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Electric vehicles
POSCO Int’l wins $9 bn permanent magnet orders from US, Europe
POSCO International Corp. has bagged deals worth nearly 1.2 trillion won ($9 billion) in total to deliver permanent magnets to finished carmakers in...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan wins $114 mn Saudi power plant equipment order
Doosan Enerbility Co. said on Monday it has bagged an order worth 150 billion won ($114 million) to supply turbines and generators for two combined ...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia streamlines global sales service for EV transition
Kia Corp., a South Korean carmaker under Hyundai Motor Group, has drastically reorganized its global after-sales service operations to offer more sy...
Mar 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG releases StanbyME speaker in global market
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday that it released its portable StanbyME speaker in the global market. The StanbyME speaker is dedicated to ...
Mar 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Mirae Asset rebrands Canadian subsidiary to Global X
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. announced on Thursday that it will change the name of its Canadian exchange-traded fund (ETF) manag...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Duty-free shops at Incheon International Airport eager to lure boutiques
Duty-free shops at Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, are fiercely competing to lure luxury brand boutiques to their o...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea reclaims top spot in global shipbuilding orders in February
South Korean shipbuilders reclaimed the global No. 1 position in new orders last month for the first time since October 2023, according to data by U...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Lotte Chemical, CIP to join hands on ammonia projects
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has reached a preliminary agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to purchase and sell blue...
Mar 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Mubadala ties up with Korea’s Woori for global investments
Mubadala Investment Co., Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, has joined hands with Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest fi...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
S.Korea’s fashion brand Time to debut at Paris Fashion Week
Time, South Korea’s best-selling women’s fashion brand which is owned by Handsome Corp., will participate in Paris Fashion Week fall/w...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom sees rise of personal AI assistants as game changer
BARCELONA – SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, sees the emergence of personal artificial intelligence assistants as a gam...
Feb 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
HL Mando listed in S&P Sustainability Yearbook 2023
HL Mando Corp., an electric vehicle and self-driving system developing unit of South Korea’s HL Group, announced on Tuesday that it has been i...
Feb 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Softbank to join SK Telecom-led global AI joint venture
BARCELONA -- Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. tied up with major global telcos such as South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and E...
Feb 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
POSCO International to build motor core plants in Poland, Mexico
POSCO International Corp., the energy and trading unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Monday it will build new trac...
Feb 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia Niro surpasses 1 million global sales
Kia Corp.'s Niro, a compact crossover SUV hybrid and electric vehicle (EV) model, has surpassed the 1 million global sales milestone since its first...
Feb 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
AIMMO’s global push gains speed with US foray
South Korean AI-powered data solution-providing startup AIMMO Inc. is expediting its global push with an aggressive advance into the US market, wher...
Feb 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to unveil Galaxy Fit3 in global market
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release its new fitness band, the Galaxy Fit3. The device features an expansive 40mm di...
Feb 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
SK Energy, PTC Korea team up for smart plant construction business
SK Energy Co., South Korea’s top oil refiner and energy company, said on Wednesday it has teamed up with PTC Korea Co. to jointly enter the gl...
Feb 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mirae Asset taps Goldman veteran O’Connor as Global X ETFs CEO
South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. said on Wednesday it has appointed Ryan O’Connor, a Goldman Sachs veteran, as chief exe...
Feb 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KT to participate in MWC 2024 with five Korean startup partners
South Korea’s KT Corp. announced on Tuesday that it will participate in the world's largest mobile exhibition MWC 2024 to be held in Barcelona...
Feb 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Global property market plunge hits Korean financial firms
South Korean financial service companies are seeing increased losses in global real estate amid the commercial property value plunge and concerns ar...
Feb 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
S.Korean refiners’ competition in EV lubricants sector intensifies
Refiners in South Korea are in a race to expand their presence in the electric vehicle lubricants market through overseas production facilities and ...
Feb 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
India's love for Korean pizza spurs Gopizza’s global business
South Korea’s Gopizza Inc. opened its 50th branch in India, the world’s most populous country, as the food tech startup aims to attract ...
Feb 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Shortt gets 400 mn views in one year in SE Asian market
Shortt, a South Korean short form content company, announced on Wednesday that it has got a total of 400 million views of its campaigns for South Ko...
Feb 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
SK Group’s Chey Tae-won heads to Europe, seeks AI partnerships at MWC
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won will embark on a business trip to Europe next week as South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate seeks to streng...
Feb 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong gets stem cell facility license in Indonesia
South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced on Tuesday that its subsidiary Daewoong Biologics Indonesia has obtained a stem cell Lab Operational...
Feb 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Starbucks reigns in coffee republic of South Korea; Drink, play and work
In South Korea, coffee is not just something to drink. It’s a culture, in which people drink, play and work.Koreans’ love affair with co...
Feb 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
Samsung Asset to launch S.Korea's first obesity treatment ETF
Korea Exchange announced on Thursday that it will list Samsung Asset Management's "KODEX Global Obesity Treatment Top 2 Plus exchange-traded fund (E...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Samsung gets global carbon reduction certification for TV
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that its eight product series in 2024 Neo QLED 4K and 8K, OLED, and The Frame lineups have received th...
Feb 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Samsung C&T, Hyundai E&C see higher profits in 2023 on overseas projects
Samsung C&T Corp.'s construction unit and Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. stood out with increased profits last year on overseas proj...
Feb 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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