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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Dream Tour partners with Air France-KLM for eco-friendly fuel
On Monday, Hyundai Dream Tour, a travel company affiliated with Hyundai Department Store Group, announced a partnership with Air France-KLM to promo...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Chemicals joins global initiative to cut carbon emissions
South Korea's SK Chemicals said on Monday that it has joined a global initiative that aims to set science-based targets for reducing greenhouse gas ...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK Signet lands first order in UK worth $7.7 million
South Korea's SK Signet Inc., which produces ultra-fast chargers for electric vehicles (EVs), on Monday said its European branch SK Signet Europe in...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
AMCHAM head James Kim joins Hyundai Mobis as outside director
James Kim, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM), is joining South Korea’s largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co....
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Hyundai Green Food breaks $1.5 billion in sales for first time in 2022
Hyundai Green Food Co., an affiliate of Hyundai Department Store Group, saw its main business unit of food surpass 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) in ...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korean shipbuilders rule world’s eco-friendly vessel market
South Korea’s shipbuilders have won more than half of the orders to build eco-friendly vessels so this year based on advanced technology to do...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Husteel raked in record-high operating profit in 2022
South Korea's Husteel, the steel affiliate of Shinan Group, posted incredible results last year with operating profit breaking a company record of c...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Responsible mineral sourcing key to Korean battery materials makers
South Korea’s battery materials makers are stepping up their efforts to conform to environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards throug...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korean court rules Daewoong poached Medytox’s botox strain
A South Korean court on Friday ruled in favor of Medytox Inc. in a civil lawsuit against its crosstown rival Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. over the so...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Samsung Asset Management's bond-type ETF assets exceed $7.9 billion
Investment in South Korea is pouring into bond-type exchange-traded funds (ETFs) under the anticipation that interest rate hikes end this year. Such...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korea to fine German carmakers for alleged R&D collusion
South Korea’s antitrust body has preliminarily decided to impose a combined fine of 42.3 billion won ($33.5 million) on four German automakers...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
China's alleged Korean trademark piracy surges during COVID-19
South Korean companies have witnessed a sharp increase in alleged trademark piracy in China over the past few years, as COVID-19 curbed their overse...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea's growing ETF market sees net assets jump $5.9 billion in Jan
The net assets and trading volume of South Korea's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) this year have seen major growth.The Korea Exchange on Monday said t...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won falls on firm US jobs data, new BOJ head report
The South Korean won currency skidded to a four-week low on Monday as stronger-than-expected US employment data renewed expectations that the Federa...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Lotte Construction develops eco-friendly concrete
Lotte Engineering & Construction has developed eco-friendly concrete that can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 90%. In collaboration wit...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Group to invest $2.7 bn in decarbonization by 2030
South Korea's No. 4 conglomerate LG Corp. is set to accelerate its net zero by 2050 strategies.LG will invest 3.4 trillion won ($2.7 billion) by 203...
Feb 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK Ecoplant passes industry-first carbon reduction target verification
South Korea's construction and engineering company SK Ecoplant Co. said on Thursday that it has passed the greenhouse gas reduction target verificat...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils Galaxy S23 with better camera, processor
SAN FRANCISCO – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, unveiled on Wednesday its flagship Galaxy S23 series equipped...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical to export tech to British company
South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical has licensed a new drug candidate for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to CS Pharmaceuticals (CSP) of the U...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS underperforms global peers by returns for Q1-Q3 2022
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, ranked 10th out of the global 42 state-owned investors by rate...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Samsung Electronics' life cycle assessment gauges CO2 emission impact from chips
Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday said it set up a life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology for semiconductors to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.T...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
Rice consumption in S.Korea hits record low in 2022
Last year, per-person annual rice consumption in South Korea fell by half from 30 years ago, marking a record low.According to the results of the 20...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korean proptech startup Sweet Spot attracts $7.7 mn Series B funding
South Korea's retail property technology startup Sweet Spot attracted a Series B investment of 9.5 billion won ($7.7 million) from venture capital a...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE wins orders for 7 LNG carriers in 1 week
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a mid-level shipbuilding holding affiliate of HD Hyundai Co., has landed successive orders for...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung Eng. wins ADNOC’s $80.7 mn joint project
South Korea’s Samsung Engineering Co. has won a $80.7 million joint project from Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) for multi-billion-dollar g...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI aims to become world's No. 7 aerospace company by 2050
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) seeks to become the world's No. 7 aerospace company by 2050, aiming to rival the likes of global defense giant...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
EcoPro Group nearly doubles sales target to $7.8 billion this year
South Korea's EcoPro Group has set its sales target this year at 10 trillion won ($7.8 billion), nearly double that of last year, under a strategy t...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
No holds barred: State support for Samsung, SK Hynix, Hyundai Motor
It couldn’t come at a worse time.South Korea’s exports are set for a 4.5% decline in 2023. So believes the Yoon Suk-yeol government.The ...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korea's gaming industry reaches $15.7 billion in scale
South Korea's game industry in 2021 saw sales of over 20 billion won ($15.7 billion), ranking the country fourth on the global market. The Kore...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
7-Eleven shows off first realistic metaverse store at CES 2023
Convenience store franchiser 7-Eleven said on Tuesday that it would display a new concept metaverse store for the first time in the industry toget...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)