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Banking & Finance
KB Financial's quarterly profit hits record on interest margin growth
South Korea’s largest financial holding group KB Financial Group Inc. has logged its record quarterly profit in the April-June period, thanks ...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Kookmin Bank adds Indonesian to banking platform
South Korea's KB Kookmin Bank said on Monday it launched Indonesian language services on its mobile banking platform KB Starbanking to expand its ...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Galaxy Z foldable's pre-sales soars 40% rise in India
Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest foldable phones showed strong sales potential in India, the world's most populous country, with pre-sales for the G...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Star exchange-traded funds rebranded as Rise
South Korea’s KB Asset Management Co. announced on Wednesday that it will change the name of its ETF brand from "KB Star" to "Rise."The names ...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Chairman Lee visits India for Ambani wedding
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee on Thursday visited India for the wedding of Anant Ambani — the youngest son of Asia’s riche...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Mirae Asset's India Billion Consumer ETF surpasses $150 mn in net assets
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments said on Thursday that the net assets of its TIGER India Billion Consumer ETF surpassed 200 billion wo...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor car sales hit record in India for 1st half
Hyundai Motor Co. delivered its record-high number of cars in India during the first six months of this year but lost share in the fiercely competit...
Jul 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
DN Solutions to build plant, R&D center in India
DN Solutions, the world's third-largest and South Korea's top machine tool manufacturer, said on Tuesday that it will establish a new plant and rese...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
KB Securities downgrades LIG Nex1's investment opinion
KB Securities Co. on Tuesday raised the target price for LIG Nex1 Co. from 195,000 won ($140.4) to 200,000 won amidst a recent significant rise in...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung, KB Kookmin Card launch IoT credit card
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday it launched an Internet of Things (IoT) credit card in collaboration with KB Kookmin Card. The card us...
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai files for 1st overseas unit IPO in India: reports
Hyundai Motor Co.'s Indian unit filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Board of India on Saturday to raise up to $3 b...
Jun 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Securities sees wealth management assets surpass $43.6 bn
South Korea's KB Securities announced on Wednesday that its wealth management assets surpassed 60 trillion won ($43.6 billion) this month.This is fi...
Jun 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Kookmin to revive Indonesian banking arm through digitalization
KB Bukopin, the Indonesian banking arm of South Korea’s Koomin Bank, extended its losing streak through the first quarter of this year, weighe...
Jun 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Doosan Bobcat ramps up Chennai plant in India
Doosan Bobcat Inc., the construction and agricultural machine manufacturer of South Korea’s Doosan Group, announced on Wednesday that it compl...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor India to file for IPO in June: reports
Hyundai Motor Co. plans to file for an initial public offering of its wholly owned Indian subsidiary as early as June to raise up to $3 billion in w...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean brokerage firms seek to raise $1.2 bn in property funds
South Korean brokerage firms are scurrying to raise more than 1.7 trillion won ($1.24 billion) in private equity funds to bet on soured property loa...
May 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG targets India’s edtech market with interactive whiteboards
LG Electronics Inc. is acclerating its foray into India’s business-to-business (B2B) market, zooming in on the country’s rapidly-growing...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Korean construction machine makers set sights on India, Brazil, Mexico
South Korea’s leading construction machine makers are actively advancing into emerging markets such as India, Brazil, Mexico and Saudi Arabia,...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Kookmin Bank, Cambodian Central Bank to build payment system
South Korea's KB Kookmin Bank announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the National Bank of Cambodia to establish...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Tata, Korea's Woori to expand car financing services in Asia
Woori Financial Group Inc., the fourth-largest financial holding group in South Korea, and India’s top commercial vehicle maker Tata Motors Lt...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor's Chung visits India amid talks of Indian arm's IPO
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman and Chief Executive Chung Euisun visited the headquarters of the group’s Indian operations earlier this week and ...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils 2024 AI TV lineup in India
Samsung Electronics Co. launched its 2024 new TV lineup with enhanced AI functions at the Samsung Opera House in Bengaluru, India, on April 17.At th...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SoftBank-backed Balancehero still hungry for bigger market
In India, the world’s most populous country, about 1.2 billion people are estimated to have no credit score because most are unbanked, meaning...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai-Kia’s India-only EVs to run on Exide batteries
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. will use lithium-ion phosphate (LFP) batteries that will be mass-produced by Indian battery maker Exide Energy Solut...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Kookmin Card launches card for overseas payments
KB Kookmin Card, a credit card unit of KB Financial Group, announced on Monday that it launched the WE:SH Travel credit card that offers benefits sp...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Krafton makes local soft launch of mobile game 'Bullet Echo India'
South Korea's gaming giant Krafton Inc. announced on Friday that it soft-launched "Bullet Echo India," developed by global game developer ZeptoLab, ...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea’s Shinhan to invest $180 mn in India’s HDFC Credila
South Korea’s Shinhan Bank is set to invest $180 million in HDFC Credila Financial Services Ltd., India’s largest education loan provide...
Apr 04, 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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Bio & Pharma
Genesystem enters Indian tuberculosis treatment market
Genesystem, a South Korean biotech company said on Tuesday that it will export 20 on-site tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic devices and 6,000 TB test kit...
Mar 27, 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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