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Travel & Leisure
S. Korea’s foreigner-only casinos suffer poor profit
Foreigner-only casino operators in South Korea reported weaker-than-expected operating profit in the second quarter as prolific gamblers traveling f...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
Hyundai AutoEver wins $66 mn public safety contract in Angola
Hyundai AutoEver Corp., a software subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, secured consecutive contracts to build public safety systems in African countr...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korea’s airline firms plagued by elevated fuel costs, strong dollar
South Korea’s six listed airline companies posted worsening profitability in the second quarter, plagued by higher jet fuel costs and the US d...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver Cloud takes the lead in Korea’s public AI business
South Korean online giant Naver Corp.'s cloud subsidiary is expanding its presence in the country’s public artificial intelligence market by w...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Korea’s top landscaping firm Dawon to expand in SE Asia
South Korea’s Dawon Corporation aims to expand its business in Southeast Asia as it beat out major domestic builders such as Samsung C&T C...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Acquisition loan rates dip to pre-pandemic levels in S.Korea
Interest rates on acquisition financing in South Korea are set to stabilize at the 5% level, rates last seen before COVID-19 swept the world, height...
Aug 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Alipay’s rise puts Korea on alert to private data breaches
South Korean fintech companies' customer data transfers to Alipay, a Chinese payment platform, are setting off private data breach alarm bells amid ...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korean Air, L3Harris to introduce more AEW&C aircraft
South Korean airliner Korean Air Lines Co. held the Industry Day in Seoul on Wednesday with the US-based defense company L3Harris to discuss South K...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea’s job growth rises in July led by elderly workers
South Korea’s job numbers grew in July, led by new hires among those in their 60s and older in one of the world's fastest-aging countries. The...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Fire-plagued Mercedes uses Chinese cells for most EVs in S.Korea
Mercedes-Benz AG, a German luxury carmaker hit by an electric vehicle fire in South Korea, said most of its EV models in the country are equipped wi...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung’s Monimo set to disrupt Korea’s financial app market
Samsung Group, South Korea’s most powerful business group, is poised to crack the country’s financial app market — now crowded wit...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
7-Eleven ratchets up sports marketing to take on GS25, CU
7-Eleven, the third-largest convenience store chain in South Korea, is challenging its bigger rivals GS25 and CU, attracting customers with Hello Ki...
Aug 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean pension subscribers show ultra-low risk tolerance
South Korean pension plan subscribers prefer to protect their money rather than taking risks for capital gains despite the government's effort to en...
Aug 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
S.Korea, Vietnam complete Smart City Cooperation Center in Hanoi
The South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on Tuesday that it completed the construction of the Korea-Vietnam Smart C...
Aug 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Fashion OEM Hansae bids for GM Korea supplier Erae AMS
The holding company of Hansae Co., a leading global apparel original equipment manufacturer (OEM), is eyeing expansion into auto parts production by...
Aug 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea’s retail investors buy stocks on dips in turmoil
South Korea’s individual investors took the recent turmoil in stock markets as an opportunity to buy shares at home and abroad on dips, bettin...
Aug 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
MSCI Korea Index adds LS Electric
South Korea's LS Electric Co. will be added to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Korea Index, MSCI announced on Tuesday.MSCI Inc. reba...
Aug 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Mercedes, BMW, Audi, VW offer deep discounts amid EV phobia in Korea
Imported vehicle dealers in South Korea are offering deep price cuts amid the growing electric vehicle phobia following a Mercedes-Benz EV blaze tha...
Aug 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Korea’s Ssangyong C&E exports eco-friendly limestone cement to US
Ssangyong C&E Co., a leading South Korean cement maker, said on Monday it has exported 30,000 tons of low-carbon limestone cement to the US &nda...
Aug 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
S.Korea's top three tire makers sell 45 mn units in H1 2024
South Korean tire manufacturers have nearly reached sales of 45 million units in the global market during the first half of this year, the Korea Tir...
Aug 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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KOREA Investment Week
Korea's investment forum KIW 2024 kicks off September 9
South Korea’s largest investment forum Korea Investment Week 2024 (KIW 2024) will kick off next month in Seoul, drawing around 150 leaders fro...
Aug 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea opens probe into Woori's loans to ex-chair's relatives
South Korea’s financial watchdog agency said on Sunday it has found that Woori Financial Group, the country's fourth-largest financial holding...
Aug 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Biotech stocks, foreigners’ top pick in Korea amid panic selling
Foreigners and institutional investors in the South Korean stock market picked biotechs as their favorite shares in hopes of a biopharma stock jump ...
Aug 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Carlyle, Keppel, IMM stay in final race for Ecorbit
Carlyle Group, a union of Hong Kong-based Keppel Corp. and Gaw Capital Partners and a consortium of IMM Investment and IMM Private Equity are the th...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai Mipo to build Korea’s first LCO₂ carrier
HD Hyundai Mipo Co., formerly Hyundai Mipo Dockland Co., has embarked on the construction of South Korea’s first liquefied CO₂ (LCO₂) carrier,...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Half of EV imports in Korea run on Chinese batteries as EV fires rise
Of 58 electric vehicle models running on the streets of South Korea, 22 models are equipped with Chinese batteries, a survey showed on Friday.Accord...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea seeks to curb China's offshore wind farm dominance
South Korea will prioritize non-price factors such as economic security and contributions to the domestic supply chain over bidding prices when sele...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KOGAS executes first simultaneous LNG bunkering in Korea
South Korea's state-run Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) said on Friday that its subsidiary, Korea LNG Bunkering, successfully carried out the country’...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
HD Hyundai secures Korea's hydrogen engine generator project
HD Hyundai Infracore Co., a construction equipment and engine manufacturer, said on Thursday it has won the government's first project to develop ge...
Aug 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung SDS gains AI management system certification
Samsung SDS Co. announced on Thursday that it has become the first company in South Korea's IT service industry to receive the ISO/IEC 42001 certifi...
Aug 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)