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Sports
Global sportswear brands race to ride on Korea’s running craze
Global sportswear makers have stepped up competition in South Korea to take advantage of the country’s growing running craze with major brands...
Nov 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1, UK’s Babcock sign MOU to develop global MRO market
LIG Nex1 Co., a leading defense systems developer in South Korea, announced on Wednesday that it had signed a comprehensive memorandum of understand...
Nov 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom unveils AI personal agent Aster for global users
SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday unveiled an AI-driven personal assistant Aster (A*) that understands users' intentions and goes beyond answering simple qu...
Nov 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Korean choreography copyrights to be protected by Naver Z deal
South Korean dance choreography copyrights will be protected through an agreement between Naver Z Corp., the operator of Asia’s largest metave...
Nov 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics to venture into food waste disposer market
LG Electronics Inc., the world's largest home appliance maker, will foray into the food waste disposer market in the first quarter of 2025, heraldin...
Nov 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
In South Korea, cash is king on US election, Samsung uncertainties
South Korean investors are hoarding cash as Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, hurts local stocks and uncertainties ov...
Nov 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia gets triple A credit rating from S.Korean agencies
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. said on Monday they received AAA ratings, with Stable outlooks for both companies, from Korea Ratings Corp., Nice In...
Nov 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
PharmaResearch hosts 5th global symposium on 'Rejuran'
PharmaResearch Co. announced that it successfully held the 5th PharmaResearch Global Symposium (PGS) at the Lakai Sandpine Resort on Oct. ...
Nov 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Mediaiplus aims to be the Amazon of clinical trials
Mediaiplus Inc., South Korea’s only provider of data analytics and contract research organization (CRO) matching services for clinical trials,...
Nov 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai may nearly double shipbuilding capacity in Vietnam
HD Hyundai Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, is likely to nearly double its vessel construction capacity in Vietnam to meet surging...
Oct 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
Samsung Electronics to standardize global CI
Samsung Electronics Co. has standardized its corporate identity (CI) by implementing the SAMSUNG logo at all international business sites. This move...
Oct 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
PEN Ventures: A skilled startup accelerator for entrepreneurs going global
For startup accelerators that nurture promising young entrepreneurs, identifying a soon-to-be-unicorn, or a company valued at over $1 billion, in ...
Oct 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Nexilis poised to sell thin film division to Affirma Capital
SK Nexilis Co., the world’s largest copper foil maker, is in the final stage of negotiations to sell its thin film manufacturing division to A...
Oct 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia debuts Tasman to target $333 bn global pickup truck market
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, on Tuesday premiered the Tasman, its first pickup truck to target t...
Oct 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Blackpink Rosé’s APT. debuts at No. 8 on Billboard Hot 100
Blackpink Rosé's single APT. has debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, according to the music magazine Billboard on Tuesday.With the tit...
Oct 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Toyota, Hyundai agree to deepen ties in hydrogen, robotics
Toyota Motor Corp. and Hyundai Motor Group agreed to deepen their partnership in developing future mobility technology, especially in hydrogen fuel-...
Oct 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s LG CNS, DN Solutions seek billions of dollars via Jan IPOs
LG CNS Co., DN Solutions Co. and other South Korean companies aim to raise billions of dollars through domestic initial public offerings (IPOs) in J...
Oct 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte to liquidate rubber JV in Malaysia, sell overseas assets for $1 bn
South Korea’s No. 2 petrochemical manufacturer Lotte Chemical Corp. plans to liquidate its rubber joint venture in Malaysia to scale back its ...
Oct 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Instagram poised to crack Korean webcomics market
Big tech has begun its encroachment on the South Korean webcomics market, largely dominated by local players over the past two decades, fanning fear...
Oct 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Netmarble’s RPG ‘Solo Leveling’ reaches 50 mn cumulative users
South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. announced on Tuesday that the action role-playing game (RPG) “Solo Leveling: Arise” has reac...
Oct 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea Investment Management to list Global AI-based ASIC ETF
Korea Investment Management Co. said on Monday it will list the ACE Global AI ASIC exchange-traded fund (ETF) on October 22. The ETF will focus on ...
Oct 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Kookmin Bank opens branches in Chennai, Pune
South Korea's KB Kookmin Bank opens branches in Chennai and Pune, major economic hubs in India on October 21. The bank, which established its Gurug...
Oct 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S.Korea’s No.1 soju maker HiteJinro to foray into global beauty market
HiteJinro Group, South Korea’s No. 1 alcoholic beverage maker with a century-old history, has tapped cosmetics development and production as a...
Oct 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2024
NPS bullish on real estate in low interest era: chairman
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will raise exposure to residential housing and data centers to take advantage of lower interest r...
Oct 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korean livestreaming platform SOOP eyes global market
AfreecaTV, South Korea’s first-generation interactive livestreaming service with a nearly two-decade history, has started a new chapter under ...
Oct 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Paris Baguette opens 600th overseas store in Canada for global expansion
Paris Baguette opened its 600th overseas store in Toronto, Ontario, as the leading South Korean bakery brand is rapidly expanding its global busines...
Oct 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiber & Textile
Global Sae-A completes spinning mill in Costa Rica
South Korea's Global Sae-A Group said on Monday it had inaugurated a third spinning factory for its yarn-producing subsidiary, Sae-A Spinning, in ...
Oct 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreign appetite for Korean stocks wanes with $5.5 bn in September sales
Foreign investors' appetite for South Korean stocks turned sour with sales of 7.36 trillion won ($5.5 billion) worth of shares on the Korean bourse ...
Oct 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Samsung retains No. 5, Hyundai climbs to No. 30 global brand
Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s most valuable company in terms of market capitalization, saw its brand value top $100 billion for the f...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
DB Insurance outshines domestic rivals in global business
DB Insurance Co. raked in the biggest profits from overseas operations among South Korean insurance companies in the first half of this year, leadin...
Oct 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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