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Leadership & Management
SK Shieldus appoints former Samsung SDS president as new CEO
South Korean security company SK Shieldus announced on Tuesday that it has appointed Hong Won-pyo, former president of Samsung SDS, as its new CEO a...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung pins high hopes on new Galaxy Z foldables
Foldable phones will likely account for one-third of Samsung Electronics Co.'s domestic sales of its flagship Galaxy smartphone series this year, le...
Jul 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG rank top in J.D. Power’s appliance satisfaction study
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. top ranked in J.D. Power's 2023 US Appliance Satisfaction Study of nine major categories. J.D. ...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor’s UK sales highest in 5 years, driven by IONIQ 5
Just a few years back, vehicles built by Hyundai Motor Co. were dismissed as second-class cars of poor quality in Europe, with one car magazine deri...
Jul 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG Electronics aims to transform into platform-based tech firm by 2030
When LG Electronics Inc. made a surprise move to ungracefully exit the mobile phone business, one of its mainstay businesses, two years ago, investo...
Jul 12, 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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Energy
Korea’s KHNP wins project for tritium removal plant in Romania
State-backed Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) has won a €200 million order to build a tritium removal facility (TRF) at a nuclear pow...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea-Iraq Joint Committee resumes operations after six years
A joint committee between South Korea and Iraq will be held again after a six-year hiatus.The government plans to help Korean companies win large pr...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Biopharm’s Cenobamate gets nod in Canada, to boost US sales
South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. has obtained the sales approval for its antiepileptic treatment Cenobamate in Canada, paving the way f...
Jun 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix steps up chip stacking war with 238-layer 4D NAND
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., has begun mass production of the industry’s hi...
Jun 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Perspectives
Optimism and hope for South Koreans
I sometimes receive emails from Koreans asking why I don’t consider some of the more troubling social issues their country faces when I am pla...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix’s latest 1b nm DDR5 DRAM chip under Intel test run
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Tuesday it has supplied its latest DDR5 DRAM...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea officially asks US to ease chip rules on China expansion
WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Korea has officially requested the US government to review details of the guardrail provisions in the CHIPS and Scien...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Political crypto scandal hits Korean P2E game deregulation hopes
A South Korean lawmaker’s scandal over ownership of cryptocurrencies, including those issued by domestic game developers, is expected to jeopa...
May 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung to nurture biotech as next growth engine after chips: Lee
Samsung Group leader Lee Jae-yong, currently in the US, has vowed to make biotechnology the conglomerate’s second core strategic business afte...
May 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung bets on H2 recovery with heavy spending after record chip losses
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday reported its worst quarterly loss for its semiconductor business, but echoed the widely held industry view that ...
Apr 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Hopeful signs for full comeback of Korean resort operator Paradise
Paradise Co., a major South Korean resort and casino operator, is taking big steps towards a full comeback this year from the pandemic shock, with a...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
VIP Asset’s new mutual fund to forgo operating fees if it posts losses
VIP Asset Management Co., a leading South Korean asset manager, said on Friday it is launching a new mutual fund, and its managers won’t take ...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Boryung, Axiom Space to set up JV to explore space healthcare options
South Korea's Boryung Corp., just decades ago a mom-and-pop pharmacy, will bring its healthcare expertise to space with Axiom Space Inc., a US comme...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
F&F bets on China's beauty market under MLB brand
F&F Co., a South Korean retailer of Western brands such as Major League Baseball (MLB), has been rapidly penetrating China's cosmetics market, w...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
HD Hyundai opens free in-house daycare center for up to 300 children
HD Hyundai Co., the owner of South Korea’s biggest shipbuilding group, opened an in-house daycare center at its new headquarters building in K...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Korea’s sole foreign clinic operator CHA Healthcare to go public in 2025
CHA Healthcare Co. operating nearly 90 hospitals and infertility treatment centers across the world, is set to pave the way for South Koreans' inves...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Electronics picks private 5G network as next growth engine
LG Electronics Inc. is seeking to make inroads into the private 5G network market, set to grow rapidly amid accelerated migration to automation in a...
Mar 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Dongwon solo bidder for Boryung Biopharma estimated at $385 mn
South Korea’s leading seafood and logistics conglomerate Dongwon Group is seeking to buy local biopharmaceutical company Boryung Biopharma Co....
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KTS secures contract for LS Cable's undersea cable construction project
KT Submarine Co. (KTS), a South Korean undersea cable construction company, said on Tuesday that it signed a contract with LS Cable & System Ltd...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor Group ranks first in US vehicle dependability study
Hyundai Motor Group has once again topped the U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) conducted by J.D. Power, ranking first among 16 global automoti...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Korea’s Samsung C&T to build modular homes in Saudi Arabia
Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading arm of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, is set to build modular homes in Saud...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung touts Galaxy S23 Ultra smartphone as best of the best
Get ready for the best of the best, says Samsung Electronics Co.'s mobile business chief days before its Galaxy Unpacked 2023 event, where it plans ...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
MedPacto's anti-cancer substance designated as US FDA fast-track item
South Korean biotech company MedPacto Inc. ’s Vactosertib monotherapy for osteosarcoma patients has been designated as a fast-track developmen...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
WeMade sets up blockchain corporation in UAE
WeMade Co., South Korea's game developer and publisher and the issuer of cryptocurrency WeMix, set up WeMix MENA Ltd. in the United Arab Emirates (U...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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