National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor, Kia to research EV energy with three universities
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. will form a research ecosystem for sustainable electric vehicle (EV) energy with Seoul National University, Chung-An...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Plasma to build blood products plant in Indonesia
South Korea’s SK Plasma will build a blood products plant in Indonesia.Industry sources on Tuesday said the company recently received approval...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE barely ups SM stake in tender offer amid tensions with Kakao
HYBE Co. has raised its stake in the K-pop pioneer SM Entertainment Co. by merely 0.98% in a tender offer, after just one institution and minority i...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
S.Korea's Igaworks inks deal with Thai ad agency for data solutions
Igaworks, a big data platform company from South Korea, announced on Thursday a strategic partnership and solution supply deal with YDM Thailand, th...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korea ranks fifth in global auto output for third straight year
South Korea’s auto production last year ranked fifth worldwide for the third year in a row.A report on world automotive output from the Korea ...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea SMEs, Startups Agency cooperates with India's IIT
The Korea SMEs and Startups Agency announced on Monday that it had signed a business agreement with the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Tra...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
DB Insurance acquires Vietnam's 10th largest insurer VNI
DB Insurance has acquired Vietnam National Aviation Insurance (VNI), Vietnam's 10th-largest property and casualty(P&C) insurance company. With a...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea's Daewoong to export diabetes drug Envlo to Brazil, Mexico
South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. said on Feb. 24 it is set to embark on global sales of Envlo, a new drug for diabetes, by exportin...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korean firms with focus on emerging Asia to shine
South Korean companies with a large proportion of sales to emerging Asia are expected to shine in the stock market this year as their revenue from t...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
US calls on 2 S.Korean pharmaceutical companies for swift end to legal battle
Following its lawsuit against Daewoong Pharmaceutical, South Korea's Medytox Inc. is waging an all-out legal war against domestic counterpart Hugel ...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Dongwon solo bidder for Boryung Biopharma estimated at $385 mn
South Korea’s leading seafood and logistics conglomerate Dongwon Group is seeking to buy local biopharmaceutical company Boryung Biopharma Co....
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
AmCham pledges to make S.Korea Asia's top biz hub
The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in South Korea on Thursday said it seeks to make the nation Asia's top business hub on the 70th anniversar...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Heavy to develop core technology for seawater electrolysis system
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. signed a business agreement for jointly developing seawater electrolysis system core technology at the Korea Institute ...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Elec gets vehicle cyber security certification from German agency
LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, said on Monday that it has obtained ISO/SAE 21434 certification for its vehicle co...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea United Pharm signs contract to supply medicines to Saudi Arabia
Korea United Pharm. Inc. announced on Monday that it signed a contract to supply nine types of medicines, including 11 anticancer drugs, to Saudi ph...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Brazil approves Celltrion Pharm’s syringe facility
Celltrion Pharm Inc., a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, said on Monday it received certification from Brazil’s health regulator for it...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea to lure global talent with high pay for space agency
South Korea is set to attract global talent with high salaries for a planned government space agency as the country aims to boost long-term growth i...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
POSCO Int'l's pharmaceutical biz in Sudan attains No. 2 market ranking
A pharmaceutical company in Sudan set up by South Korea's POSCO International to find business opportunities in and make social contributions to the...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Biopharm holds sales meeting for marketing Cenobamate in US
On Wednesday, SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. announced that its US subsidiary, SK Life Sciences Inc., held a "National Sales Meeting" in San Diego. The p...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Zigbang signs agreement with Saudi's National Housing Company
On Monday, South Korean proptech company Zigbang announced a partnership with Saudi Arabia's National Housing Company with the goal of digitalizing ...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG provides electronics service training to Cambodian youths
LG Electronics Inc. said on Sunday that it is offering technology training to help talented Cambodian youths become more self-reliant.For four days ...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hanmi Pharmaceutical reports record-high revenue in 2022
South Korea's Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. last year saw record-high performance thanks to its self-developed drugs, surpassing its previous best year o...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
SK Hynix set for largest-ever corporate bond issue at bargain prices
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is gearing up for its largest-ever corporate bond issue in South Korea at lower-th...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Medytox to sell off 2.2 mn shares of Daewoong's American partner Evolus
Medytox Inc. said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday that it is selling off approximately 2.19 million shares of Evolus, Daewoong Pharmaceutical's ...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
LG Electronics honored for resolving consumer complaints
LG Electronics Inc. on Monday said it was named an "excellent business for independently resolving consumer complaints" by the Korea Consumer Agency...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Boryung receives EU GMP certification
South Korean pharmaceutical company Boryung announced that its production facility for anti-cancer injections in Yesan, South Chungcheong Province, ...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong receives approval for its GERD drug Fexuclue in Ecuador
Daewoong Pharmaceutical said Friday that it has obtained marketing authorization from Ecuador's National Agency for Health Regulation, Control and S...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
KAL introduces self-service bag drop for domestic flights
South Korea's flagship carrier Korean Air Lines Co. is the first airline in the country to adopt self-service bag drop on domestic flights.The compa...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S.Korea's Woowa Brothers launches professional service robot affiliate
Woowa Brothers, the parent company of South Korea's food delivery app Baedal Minjok, on Wednesday spun off its professional service robot unit into ...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea's fisheries ministry to transfer tech on Napoleon fish to SE Asia
South Korea's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries will transfer technology to Indonesia on farming the tropical Napoleon fish and reduce sea pollution ...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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