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Content platforms
Netflix to inject $2.5 bn in Korean drama series, movies over next 4 years
WASHINGTON, D.C. – US streaming giant Netflix is slated to invest $2.5 billion in South Korea over the next four years to boost its cont...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KHNP closes in on final deal to build nuclear plant in Poland: PGE CEO
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and its counterparts are now in a situation where most conditions have been met to allow them to sign a bin...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S.Korea imports over 8,000 tons of whiskey in Q1
South Korea's whiskey imports hit an all-time high for the same period In the first quarter of this year. It is the second-highest quarterly figure ...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung’s Lee likely to meet Apple, Google, MS CEOs during US trip
Samsung Group leader Lee Jae-yong will meet with chief executives of leading US companies, including Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook and Google LL...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Store tops home appliance store in S. Korea
Samsung Store, Samsung Electronics Co.'s direct-to-consumer (D2C) channel, has exceeded Lotte Himart in domestic sales for the first time in its his...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
S.Korea's number of youth hires falls 90,000 in March
The number of youth hired for regular or "high-quality" jobs in South Korea fell over 40,000 last month year on year, while the ranks of jobs of a p...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Preppy style attracts Korea's Gen Z, Alpha seeking retro trends
A licensed fashion brand from the University of Cambridge has entered South Korea as more young consumers are enthusiastic about the so-called Ivy L...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Rebellions CEO aims to outrival Qualcomm within a decade
Artificial intelligence is the talk of the tech world, particularly with the rise of the worldwide sensation OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the generative ...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea's electric battery maker SK On predicts 'tangible results' from 2024
"Despite many difficulties early on, we can see tangible results from next year if we overcome such challenges.”Chey Jae-won, CEO and executiv...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Galaxy S23 sales beat S22, enticing MZers
The Galaxy S23 series of Samsung Electronics Co. smartphones have beaten their predecessor Galaxy S22 smartphones in sales volume, less than two mon...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
CJ Olive Young introduces Beauty Box filled with K-beauty products
South Korea's health and beauty store chain operator CJ Olive Young Co. announced on Thursday that it will introduce its K-beauty curation service c...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Catering firm Ourhome CEO wins 1st round in sibling feud
South Korea’s catering firm Ourhome Ltd. has wrapped up the first round of its sibling dispute after its shareholders on Tuesday voted in favo...
Apr 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
POSCO pursues future energy cooperation with Malaysia's Petronas
South Korea’s POSCO Group on Sunday said its Chairman Choi Jeong-woo and Petronas Group of Malaysia CEO Tengku Muhammad Taufik in Kuala Lumpur...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Rolex resale prices tumble as the wealthy young tighten belts
The most sought-after luxury items such as Rolex watches and Chanel bags are selling at a much lower premium, or even below their original prices in...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hugel names ex-CEO of LG Household & Health Care as chairman
South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Hugel Inc. on Friday said it appointed Cha Suk-yong, former CEO and vice chairman of LG Household & Heal...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
CEOs of Samsung, LG group companies buying back their stocks
Leading executives of major South Korean corporations Samsung Electronics Co., LG Energy Solution Ltd. and LG Electronics Inc. are buying back their...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Shopping: Resurrected in Indonesia after death in China
JAKARTA – On a hot spring day in March, Lotte Mart’s Gandaria City Mall hypermarket was as bustling with shopping Indonesians as usual.I...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix unsure about applying for US chip subsidies: CEO
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Wednesday it is unsure about applying for US...
Mar 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG takes lead in nurturing young AI talent by holding AI hackathon
South Korea's LG announced on Sunday that it held the "LG AI Hackathon" for nurturing young artificial intelligence (AI) talent for two days from ...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Chairman Lee to meet new premier in China
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee arrived in Beijing on March 23 to review the chipmaker’s business in China, which is gradually rec...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KT faces protracted leadership vacuum amid political meddling
Yoon Kyoung-lim, the sole nominee to be KT Corp.’s next chief executive, has offered to resign, sending the selection committee of the top S...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
EcoPro taps mines in the Americas to secure cathode materials: EcoPro CEO
EcoPro Group, South Korea’s leading battery materials producer, is mulling investments in mines in the Americas to source cathode materials, a...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Korean 3D tech firm Koh Young looks to US medical robot market
Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean developer of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, is slated to enter the US me...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korea to raise young chip engineers for Samsung, SK Hynix
South Korea plans to nurture more youths specialized in semiconductors at high schools to ease the worsening shortage of high-skilled workers at d...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
SK Earthon to be reborn as carbon-neutral company
SK Earthon, an oil development subsidiary of South Korea's SK Innovation Co., plans to transform into a carbon-neutral company focused on oil explor...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KT CEO Ku Hyeon-mo drops reelection bid as controversy flares
KT Corp. Chief Executive Ku Hyeon-mo has abandoned his ambitious bid to lead South Korea’s largest telecommunications company for another thre...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Yanolja becomes Korea's first company to join UAE's Global Unicorn Center
South Korea's Yanolja Co. a leisure booking platform company, announced on Thursday that it has become the first Korean company to join the Global U...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Enmove stresses pursuit of energy efficiency: CEO
"This year is the first year of SK Enmove's process of becoming an energy-efficiency company," said Park Sang-kyu, CEO of SK Enmove, a lubricant sub...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Olive Young exports K-beauty products to Middle East
Olive Young, a health and beauty platform, has begun targeting the Middle Eastern cosmetics market.South Korea's CJ Olive Young, which operates Oliv...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
KT under pressure for transparency, fairness to pick new CEO, again
South Korea’s leading telecommunications company KT Corp. will pick a new chief executive after it came under fire over its CEO select...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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