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Chemical Industry
LG Chem opens European CS Center in Germany
South Korea's top chemical company LG Chem Ltd. announced the opening of its European Customer Solution Center (CS Center) in Frankfurt on Wednesday...
Sep 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Canada's coffee brand Tim Hortons to open store in Gangnam
Canada's No. 1 coffee chain Tim Hortons revealed plans on Tuesday to establish its first South Korean flagship store at the bustling intersection of...
Sep 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Ecoplant to build data center linked to landing station in Pohang
South Korea's SK Ecoplant is set to establish, for the first time in South Korea, a global data center linked to a landing station in Pohang, North ...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea's Eximbank, Australia's EFA sign MOU on mineral supply chains
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) on Thursday in Seoul signed a memorandum of understanding with Export Finance Australia (EFA) on cooperat...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Snack maker Orion earns dividends from Vietnam for 1st time
South Korea’s confectionery and snack manufacturer Orion Corp. collected dividends from its Vietnamese unit for the first time as the company ...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Enmove CEO sees future of lubricants in electric cars
South Korea’s lubricating oil maker SK Enmove Co. is setting its sights on electric vehicle lubricants and liquid coolants for thermal managem...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Ecoplant to supply fuel cells to Singapore data center
South Korea's SK Ecoplant will supply solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) for the power supply system of a data center to be built in Singapore by GDS, Ch...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Netmarble, Hana Financial team up for metaverse service
South Korean game company Netmarble Corp. announced on Monday that it will partner with Hana Financial Group to develop new financial experiences an...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
S.Korea names 20 fabless firms to receive government support
South Korea is set to bolster support for local fabless companies, which design and sell chips, with an aim to grow the firms into global semiconduc...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Enmove partners with Dell, GRC for data center coolant business
South Korea’s lube oil maker SK Enmove Co. has partnered with US computer maker Dell Technologies Inc. and data center cooling system provider...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea’s business lobby group FKI goes down in history in disgrace
The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), the voice of the conglomerates that formed the engine of the South Korean economy for more than five deca...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Gencurix supplies companion diagnostic kits to cancer center in India
South Korean biotech company Gencurix Inc. on Friday said it started supplying its companion diagnostic test Droplex to a national cancer center in ...
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Bank of Korea appoints new senior deputy governor
The Bank of Korea announced on Friday that it has appointed Ryoo Sang-dae, the current vice president of Korea Housing-Finance Corp., as its new s...
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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KOREA Investment Week
S.Korea's largest investment forum to begin Sept. 11
South Korea’s largest investment conference will be held in Seoul Sept. 11-15 with around 100 chief executives from global financial services ...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Pharmteco secures 12 global pharma clients, sets up US R&D center
SK Pharmteco Co., South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has secured 12 global pharm...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korean academics to verify truth of room-temperature superconductor
The Korean Society of Superconductivity and Cryogenics has recently established a verification committee composed of experts in response to the ongo...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai partners with 5 universities for carbon neutrality center
In a bid to accelerate the development of carbon-neutral technologies, Hyundai Motor Group has joined forces with prominent domestic universities.Th...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea’s SK On launches domestic battery safety evaluation center
South Korean battery maker SK On has unveiled its state-of-the-art "SK On Battery Safety Evaluation Center" in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province. T...
Jul 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Solidigm launches world's largest capacity SSD for data centers
Solidigm, the NAND flash-making subsidiary of South Korea's semiconductor titan SK Hynix Inc., on Monday announced the release of its solid state dr...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Energy acquires logistics platform Goodsflow
South Korea's SK Energy will buy all shares of Goodsflow, a Seoul-based provider of logistics platform services, to enter the urban logistics center...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Engineering to enter EV charging maintenance, service market
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of Hyundai Motor Group, unveiled its ambitious plans on Mon...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Hyundai-LG’s Indonesia battery financing chosen as Asia deal of 2022
The $711 million financing organized by Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd. last year for their battery joint venture in Indonesia has bee...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics sets up 1st global R&D center in Indonesia
South Korean home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. opened its first overseas research and development center in Indonesia on Thursday to accelera...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Singapore's CDL buys Nine Tree hotel in Seoul for $107 mn
Singapore-based major real estate firm City Developments Ltd. (CDL) has bought Nine Tree Premier Hotel Myeongdong II from South Korea’s Shinha...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Kia to begin EV battery subscription service pilot project
South Korea's Kia Corp. said on Tuesday it has partnered with Hyundai Capital Services, Shinhan EZ General Insurance, the Seoul Taxi Association, Ha...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Jeju Air becomes 1st S.Korean LCC to surpass 100 mn passenger mark
South Korea's low-cost carrier (LCC) Jeju Air Co. on Sunday said its cumulative number of passengers exceeded 100 million 17 years after the company...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Gangnam takes aim at Apple Store to lure MZers
Apple Inc., the world’s leading premium smartphone maker, opened its latest South Korean flagship store in the bustling neighborhood of Gangna...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
CJ Logistics to build logistics centers in US with $416 mn investment
CJ Logistics Corp. and Korea Ocean Business Corporation (KOBC) will together build three logistics centers in the US with an estimated investment of...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Vietnam Nat'l Univ., Hanoi promote HR development
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-sun is rolling up his sleeves to develop human resources in Vietnam. Accompanying the economic delegation of ...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Asan Medical Center to establish digestive disease hospital in Dubai
Asan Medical Center announced plans on Thursday to establish a 65-bed gastrointestinal specialized hospital in Dubai Healthcare City in Dubai, UAE, ...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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