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Fashion
Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Chanel: Winners in S.Korea’s luxury market
South Korea’s luxury goods market is becoming increasingly polarized, with ultra-high-end brands such as Hermès, Louis Vuitton and Chan...
Apr 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Must Asset calls on Young Poong to take steps to boost shareholder value
South Korea’s Young Poong Corp., embroiled in a fierce management control dispute with Korea Zinc Inc., is now the target of an activist fund ...
Nov 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Korea tightens rules on Netflix, Spotify subscription billing
South Korea’s antitrust body is slated to tighten the leash on subscription businesses of streaming service providers such as Netflix Inc. and...
Aug 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Korea likely to lift short-selling ban in April after leveling playing field
South Korea’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), said on Thursday it will extend its blanket stock short-selling ba...
Jun 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
State intervention in HSCEI-tied ELS sale debacle could backfire: scholars
South Korea’s economics scholars oppose government-led countermeasures, including compensation packages, to handle mounting retail investor lo...
Feb 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Ocean carrier HMM's share price gains put KDB in hot seat
On Nov. 20, HMM Co., South Korea’s No. 1 ocean carrier, issued new 200 million shares after its two largest shareholders -- Korea Development ...
Dec 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
The Hyundai Seoul, a must-visit for young foreigners
The Hyundai Seoul, the largest department store in the South Korean capital, topped the 1 trillion won mark in annual sales at the fastest pace in t...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics avoids EU’s digital market regulations
Samsung Electronics Co. has steered clear of the European Union’s new set of regulations designed to rein in the dominance of Big Tech compani...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Get away from it all? Korea is a must-visit, says Airbnb's strategy officer
This summer is expected to be one of the busiest travel seasons seen in a while.Trapped in the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown over the past couple of ye...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Leeum's enduring charm to foreign VIPs
On a shiny Monday morning, the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art nestled on the slope of Mt. Namsan in a quiet Hannam neighborhood in Seoul was flanked b...
May 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Chinese weak domestic demand causes S.Korean trade deficit: report
The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) has urged South Korea to develop a strategy to strengthen exports to China based on its market situ...
Apr 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On to attract $1.1 bn from BlackRock, MBK consortium
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, is slated to attract 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) from a consortium of US private equit...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korea must nurture chip materials, parts, facilities: Jusung
South Korea needs to nurture its materials, parts and facilities industries to keep competitiveness in the semiconductor sector, said the chief exec...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee walks on tightrope in US, China investments
BEIJING – Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee plans to attend the China Development Forum later this month for the first time as the South Korean ...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Perspectives
Biden must ensure US allies aren’t China collateral damage
The biggest irony about China-US relations today is just how much Xi Jinping misses Donald Trump. China’s leader would never admit this. ...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean banks must increase total shareholder returns: Align Partners
South Korean private equity firm Align Partners Capital Management Inc. is set to lead shareholder activism against the country’s top financia...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korea must use Indonesia, Thailand as EV output-export bases: report
The Korea Automotive Technology Institute says the domestic auto industry should more proactively use Asean-region members like Indonesia and Thaila...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Perspectives
Korea should open retail electricity market for renewables
South Korea on Oct. 26 officially launched the carbon neutrality commission based on laws for green growth, which took effect last March, amid the g...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
Korea Post's insurance arm uses buyout, senior debt as core strategies
Korea Post’s insurance bureau will maintain its core-satellite strategy in private equity and debt investments for both stable revenue streams...
Oct 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Korea must embrace diversity to sustain K-culture: Sam Richards
When Penn State University sociology professor Sam Richards introduced Korean pop culture into his lectures three years ago, he compared its power t...
Oct 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
S.Korea mulls public survey to decide on BTS' military service exemption
The issue of allowing K-pop megaband BTS to fulfill alternative service to active military duty resurfaced again on Thursday, with government offici...
Sep 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Time for Samsung to get another Fukuda Report
Eight years ago today, the late Samsung Group leader Lee Kun-hee collapsed at his home following a heart attack, a harbinger of doom six years later...
May 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
HYBE to develop game biz further to cut reliance on BTS
South Korea’s HYBE Co. plans to accelerate the development of its game business by separating the unit as the entertainment giant aims to cut ...
Apr 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Low-carbon energy costs to haunt airlines from 2025
The European Union's tougher emission standards are creating a new headache for airline companies, which are raising their international flights to ...
Apr 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
SM Entertainment founder’s final audition: New owner
“It was not like an M&A negotiation but rather an audition by Lee Soo-man,” said a source at a company that is looking to buy a stak...
Nov 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Monthly trade infographics
Computers, a must-have in the contactless work-from-home era
Computers, a must-have in the contactless work-from-home era South Korea’s exports of computers and peripheral devices have logged steady gro...
Oct 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Tax burden pushes Samsung heirs to sell $1.8 bn worth of shares by April 2022
The heavy inheritance tax burden in South Korea is pushing the heirs of the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee to sell about 2.2 trillion won (...
Oct 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kakao Pay must refile IPO registration statement to FSS
South Korea’s financial regulator Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) on July 16 requested correction of Kakao Pay’s IPO registration st...
Jul 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SBW emerges as sole bidder for Eastar Jet acquisition
Korea’s fashion company Ssangbangwool Inc. (SBW) was the only participant in the Eastar Jet Co. sellout bidding held at the Seoul Bankruptcy C...
Jun 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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