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Business & Politics
Hyundai Motor Group to nurture young talent in Indonesia
Hyundai Motor Group said on Wednesday that it held the inaugural ceremony for the first cohort of H-Jump School Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia, the...
Sep 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
HD Hyundai Electric to build 3rd circuit breaker factory
HD Hyundai Electric Co., a South Korean electric power distribution equipment manufacturer, will spend 120 billion won ($89 million) to build its th...
Sep 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
OCI supplies ultrapure phosphoric acid to SK Hynix
OCI Co. has won a contract from SK Hynix Inc. to supply it high-purity phosphoric acid, becoming the country’s first to provide the core chip-...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korea Shopping Festa in Vietnam records $12.9 mn in export consultations
The Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups said on Friday that the "2024 Korea Shopping Festa with Lotte" export consultation event, held in collabo...
Aug 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
Hyundai Mobis showcases 42 new techs utilizing AI, VR
South Korea's Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Thursday that it held the M-Sphere 2024 exhibition at its Uiwang Research Center in Gyeonggi Province from...
Aug 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
One Store vows to crack Apple, Google-led app market with localization
One Store Co., South Korea’s homegrown app marketplace, will take on Apple Inc. and Google LLC in the global app market by offering tailored s...
Aug 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Lotte develops nickel-plated foil for solid-state batteries
Lotte Energy Materials Corp., a major South Korean battery materials maker, said on Tuesday it has developed a nickel-plated copper foil for use in ...
Aug 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Mastern, Woods Capital team up for tech hub
Mastern Investment Management Co., South Korea's real estate investment firm, said on Monday that its US subsidiary Mastern America LLC signed a mem...
Aug 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Cosmax, China's Jiangnan Univ. to cooperate joint research
Cosmax Inc., South Korea's largest cosmetics original development and design manufacturer (ODM), said on Thursday that it signed a strategic memoran...
Aug 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Bibigo dumplings enters New Zealand food market
South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Wednesday that it will launch Bibigo dumplings at supermarket chains New World and PAK’nSAVE i...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
HD Hyundai Infracore to supply construction equipment to Saudi Arabia
South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract to supply 100 excavators and wheel loaders to Saudi Arabia's l...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Fashion ODM Pond Group buys K-beauty retailer Most
Pond Group, a South Korean original design manufacturing (ODM) clothing company, said on Monday it has acquired Most Inc., a domestic beauty product...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to unveil industry’s highest-capacity eSSD in November
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to unveil the industry’s highest-capacity enterprise solid-state dr...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Financial opens new headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City
South Korea's Shinhan Financial Group opened a new headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.Shinhan Financial held an inauguration ceremony for t...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
RaonSecure wins order for Indonesia's digital ID project
South Korean cybersecurity firm RaonSecure Co. announced on Tuesday that it secured a project for Indonesia's integrated digital identity (ID) servi...
Aug 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Dongkuk buys Aju Steel to create No.1 color coated steel maker
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co. (Dongkuk CM), the cold-rolled steel unit of South Korea's Dongkuk Holdings Co., has agreed to buy Aju Steel Co. specializin...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Telecom logs higher quarterly profit on AI, lower costs
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, reported a higher quarterly profit as its cost-cutting and strong artificial intelligence (A...
Aug 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korean e-commerce startup funding sharply drops since 2022
South Korean e-commerce companies have seen a sharp decline in series A funding over the past three years amid intensifying competition with Chinese...
Aug 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Gas delays $1 bn combined cycle power plant operation
SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s No. 1 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributor, has postponed the commercial operation of its combined cycle power...
Aug 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
BalanceHero sees record high H1 sales in India
BalanceHero, a South Korean fintech startup that entered the Indian market, announced on Friday that its sales and loan execution amounts for the fi...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
EcoPro BM may cut battery materials capacity on EV slowdown
South Korea’s leading battery materials maker EcoPro BM Co. is considering reducing cathode output capacity despite continuous investments in ...
Jul 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shinsegae Factory Store to enter Laos in 2025
South Korea's Shinsegae Department Store announced on Wednesday that its off-price retail chain, Shinsegae Factory Store, will expand its global foo...
Jul 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
HD Hyundai Electric expands power transformer facility in Alabama
HD Hyundai Electric Co., an energy solution provider under South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai, said on Sunday it completed a 12,690-square-meter st...
Jul 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Baemin founder strikes out for new trophy platform
Kim Bong-jin, a former chairman and CEO of Woowa Brothers Corp., operator of South Korea’s No. 1 food delivery app Baedal Minjok — Baemi...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Paldo enters S&R, Puregold in Philippines
South Korea’s food and beverage company Paldo is strengthening its competitiveness in the Philippine market.Paldo announced on Thursday that i...
Jul 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor forms EV Charging Alliance in Indonesia
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Monday that it established the Hyundai EV Charging Alliance with six local private charging operators at the Gaikindo...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion’s new plant in Songdo poised for commercial production
South Korea’s largest biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. said on Tuesday that its third plant in Sondgo, west of Seoul, is undergoing process val...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
High power bills drive Korean manufacturers out of country
South Korean manufacturers are increasingly moving abroad as the country's electricity bills are hovering about 30% higher than those of major eco...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Kakao Mobility launches overseas car rental service
South Korean mobility platform Kakao Mobility said on Monday that it launched an overseas car rental service accessible through its Kakao T app.The ...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Lotte Rental to service Vietnam's individual long-term rental
Lotte Rental Co., South Korea's largest car rental firm, announced on Monday that it will enter Vietnam's individual long-term car rental market in ...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
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- 3 BMW surpasses Mercedes in Korean sales amid imported vehicle market shake-up
- 4 Seoul appeal: Korean art captivates Indonesia’s affluent connoisseurs
- 5 CJ CheilJedang scraps $3.5 bn green bio sale, shifts gears to expansion