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Celltrion eyes COVID-19 vaccine development
South Korea-based Celltrion Inc. has alluded to the possibility of developing a COVID-19 vaccine on the grounds that securing a vaccine is essential...
Feb 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Market Trend
Survival of the fittest for Korean firms in COVID-19 era
The global COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up South Korea's industry landscape, whereby in each of the country's core industries, such as airline, smar...
Feb 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Amorepacific, Off-White unveil beauty collaboration for COVID-19 era
South Korea-based cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. has unveiled its beauty collaboration with Off-White, an Italian premium fashion brand, as the ...
Jan 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Monthly trade infographics
S.Korea's cleaning and disinfecting appliance exports soar amid COVID-19 pandemic
Increased time spent at home due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic has led to the rise in exports of cleaning and disinfecting appliances, including ...
Jan 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Celltrion seeks to distribute COVID-19 treatment from mid-Jan
South Korea's Celltrion Inc. has completed second-phase clinical trials of its COVID-19 treatment and is seeking conditional approval of its distr...
Dec 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Korea Superfreeze readies for mass COVID-19 vaccine storage
It's a busy day at the Korea Superfreeze warehouse in South Korea's Gyeonggi province, with trucks entering and exiting the spacious 92,500-square...
Dec 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fund inflows
Global funds flow into S.Korea as investors look to life after COVID-19
An increasing amount of global funds are flowing into South Korea as advances in COVID-19 vaccine development and a weaker dollar boost investors&rs...
Nov 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Trends
Wine sales in S.Korea surge amid COVID-19 lockdown
E-Mart Inc., one of South Korea’s largest retailers, saw its annual wine sales exceed 100 billion won ($90.3 million) for the first time as ...
Nov 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S. Korean COVID-19 test kit maker eyes listing next year
SD Bio Sensor, Inc., a South Korea-based manufacturer of COVID-19 test kits, is pushing to go public early next year, drawing market attention as a st...
Nov 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cold-chain logistics
SK Holdings cryogenic biz eyes jackpot on hopes of imminent COVID-19 vaccine
South Korea's SK Holdings Co. may hit the jackpot with the development of a COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon.Once a coronavirus vaccine is available, t...
Nov 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Celltrion says COVID-19 antibody kills virus within 5 days; shares surge
South Korea’s biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. can unveil an antibody treatment by around the end of the year that is able to kill the COVI...
Nov 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Multiplex chains
Korean cinema chain foregoes IPO plans due to COVID-19
Megabox JoongAng Co., the third-largest cinema chain in South Korea, will forego plans to go public owing to the global coronavirus crisis that has de...
Nov 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won hits 19-month high; all eyes on US election
The South Korean won is riding high against the dollar amid expectations of a new US stimulus package, as presidential candidate Joe Biden’s lik...
Oct 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Unemployment rate
COVID-19 pandemic slams Korea’s job market; elderly workers rise
Hit hard by the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, South Korea lost about 392,000 jobs in September, with the number of employed slipping for the se...
Oct 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Auto parts maker Mando to co-develop COVID-19 ventilators with NASA
Mando Corp, a South Korean auto parts manufacturer, has been picked by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a ventilator co-...
Aug 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Kakao founder becomes Korea’s second-richest stockholder amid COVID-19 era
Brian Kim (Kim Bum-soo), founder and chairman of South Korea’s biggest mobile messaging app operator Kakao Corp., has become the country’s...
Aug 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
SK Bioscience wins COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing order from US firm
SK Bioscience Co. Ltd. has secured a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) order for a new coronavirus vaccine candidate under development by the ...
Aug 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
COVID-19 test kit maker Seegen flags more than 30-fold rise in Q2 OP
Operating profits at South Korea’s diagnostic reagent maker Seegen Inc. spiked by more than 36 times in the second quarter from a year earlier, ...
Aug 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
NPS ramps up alternative investment in Jan-April despite Covid-19
The National Pension Fund has significantly increased alternative investments in the first four months to April from a year earlier, which industry so...
Jul 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Ardian raises a record $19 billion for secondary fund of funds
Paris-based private equity firm Ardian has raised a record $19 billion for its new secondary fund of funds from 275 investors, including Korea Post an...
Jun 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
[Interview] Real estate funds may bear brunt of Covid 19 in Q4: military fund
The coronavirus impact will likely spill over to the commercial real estate market around the fourth quarter of this year, with a spike in office vaca...
May 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Sovereign wealth funds to boost post-Covid-19 cooperation: KIC
Chief executives of sovereign wealth funds, including China Investment Corp. and Singapore’s GIC, and leading financial institutions have discus...
Apr 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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