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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM, SIPG to cooperate on eco-friendly fuel
South Korea’s major ocean carrier HMM Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a Shanghai Port Clean Marine Fuel memorandum of understanding ...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Blackstone sells prime Seoul office building for $586 mn to Koramco
Blackstone Inc. completed selling off Arc Place, a prime office building located in Seoul's upscale Gangnam area, to Koramco REITs Management and Tr...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
LF’s fashion brand Dunst teams up with E-Land for China push
South Korean clothing company LF Corp. said on Monday that its street fashion brand Dunst will build an offline presence in China in partnership wit...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Doosan joins hands with China’s CNGR for battery recycling
South Korea’s plant and machinery powerhouse Doosan Group has teamed up with China’s CNGR Advanced Material Co. to expand its electric v...
Mar 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia taps ex-BMW, Mercedes-Benz designers for China, Europe
Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, has appointed former designers of German luxury carmakers BMW AG and Mercedes-Benz AG as chiefs of i...
Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Shinhan to build landmark office tower for non-banking units
Shinhan Financial Group Co., South Korea's second-largest financial group, plans to build a new high-rise office tower in Seoul’s central busi...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
China exodus to elevate Korea to Asia hub: AmCham chief
South Korea has outstripped Hong Kong and Shanghai as a preferred Asia-Pacific headquarters destination for global companies, trailing only Singapor...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Commodities
Korea struggles with surging copper scrap exports to China
South Korea’s nonferrous metal industry is scrambling for the procurement of copper scrap as China, the world’s top copper consumer, has...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea's Shinhan, Hana accelerate overseas push after record profits
South Korean major banks aim to accelerate their expansions in other countries as their overseas investments paid off with record profits last year ...
Mar 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
South Korea gets tough with Chinese platforms AliExpress, Temu, Shein
South Korea plans to introduce a get-tough e-commerce policy on Chinese platforms such as AliExpress, Temu and Shein amid increasing complaints abou...
Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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Retail
Coupang launches direct purchase service to Japan
Coupang Inc., South Korea's leading e-commerce platform, announced on Monday that it is expanding its overseas direct purchase service, "Rocket Jikg...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
South Korea’s Daesang retracts bid to acquire China’s Chengfu Food
South Korea’s food giant Daesang Corp. has retracted its bid to acquire a controlling stake in China’s leading food additives maker Heil...
Mar 08, 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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Banking & Finance
Indonesia's KB Bukopin rebranded as KB Bank
Bank KB Bukopin, an Indonesian subsidiary of KB Kookmin Bank, announced on Monday that it rebranded as KB Bank. The corporate name PT Bank KB Buko...
Mar 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
IMM PE sells $135 mn Woori Financial shares in block deal
IMM Private Equity has sold 180.5 billion won ($135 million) worth of shares in South Korea’s Woori Financial Group in a block deal, reaping 4...
Mar 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Kookmin Bank opens KB Prasac Bank in Cambodia
KB Kookmin Bank announced on Monday that it held an opening event for the integrated commercial bank KB Prasac Bank PLC in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on ...
Feb 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea’s HL Mando launches auto parts JV with China’s Tianrun
HL Mando Corp., an electric vehicle and self-driving system developing unit of South Korea’s HL Group, said on Thursday it has launched an aut...
Feb 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy expedites LFP battery supply chain expansion
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, has secured enough lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode ma...
Feb 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
China’s BYD to enter South Korea’s passenger electric car market
China’s BYD Co., the world’s largest electric vehicle maker, is set to enter South Korea’s passenger EV market, setting off alarm ...
Feb 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
KB Financial posts record-high profit on loan growth
KB Financial Group and Kakao Bank, top players in South Korea’s offline and mobile banking sector, respectively, achieved their highest-ever p...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Lotte Rental, KB Capital to co-work for car rental
Lotte Rental Co., South Korea's largest car rental firm, has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the domestic financial comp...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s 2024 exports get off to strong start on China, semiconductors
South Korea’s exports, the country’s main growth driver, got off to a robust start in January, buoyed by a rebound in semiconductor ship...
Feb 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Amorepacific's profit halves on weak sales in China; shares drop
South Korean cosmetics giant Amorepacific Group's stock closed at 3,400 won ($2.6) on Wednesday, down 12.1% after the group announced disappointing ...
Jan 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, BAIC join hands to develop China-only EV brand
BEIJING – Hyundai Motor Co. has joined hands with Beijing Motor Corp. (BAIC) to debut a new electric vehicle brand specifically tailored to Ch...
Jan 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Baidu’s AI Ernie to power Samsung Galaxy S24 in China
Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest smartphone series Galaxy S24 to be released in China will feature Baidu Inc.’s Ernie Bot artificial intellige...
Jan 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Global X to liquidate China-exposed ETFs on poor returns
Global X ETFs, the New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds, will liquidate 19 ETFs, including 11 China-exposed funds, next month to stop th...
Jan 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Korean steelmakers mull anti-dumping suit vs Chinese, Japanese firms
Under growing pressure from increased imports of cheap Chinese and Japanese steel products, South Korean steelmakers are considering filing an anti-...
Jan 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
China to stop broadcast of S.Korean LoL league
China will stop the official broadcast of League of Legends (LoL) Champions Korea (LCK), according to the South Korean game industry. “There w...
Jan 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hyundai sells Chongqing plant at $227 mn for China restructuring
Hyundai Motor Co. has sold its plant in Chongqing for $227 million as the leading South Korean carmaker continues restructuring its business to surv...
Jan 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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