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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha signs MOU with WB Group for $2 bn Polish submarine project bid
Hanwha Ocean Co. said on Wednesday it has signed an initial agreement on business cooperation with Polish defense firm WB Group to raise its chances...
Sep 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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Artificial intelligence
Samsung SDS AI service FabriX to launch on Microsoft Azure platform
Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit of Samsung Group, said on Tuesday it plans to launch its AI service FabriX on Microsoft Cor...
Sep 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
NewJeans surpasses 5 billion cumulative Spotify streams
K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed five billion combined streams on Spotify, the world's largest music platform, its agency, Adore, announced o...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Group’s 3rd-generation daughter comes to the fore
Chey Yoon-chung, the eldest daughter of SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, unexpectedly made her debut during an SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. video confer...
Aug 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK Partners’ sale of Homeplus Express hits snag over valuation gap
MBK Partners’ planned sale of Homeplus Express, the supermarket chain of South Korean hypermarket operator Homeplus, has hit a snag as potenti...
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
Samsung SDI, GM to build $3.5 bn EV battery plant in US
Samsung SDI Co., the world’s No. 6 battery maker, and General Motors Co., the leading US automaker, are set to build a $3.5 billion cell plant...
Aug 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
HYBE replaces ADOR CEO; Ex-CEO Min barks at sacking
HYBE Co. has finally removed Min Hee-jin from ADOR, the label behind girl group NewJeans, as chief executive some four months after it failed to kic...
Aug 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG Electronics mulls Indian IPO, to invest in HVAC, webOS content: CEO
LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, is considering an initial public offering of its Indian business to help achieve a...
Aug 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
POSCO to sell entire stake in P&O Chemical to OCI
POSCO Future M Co., a battery materials affiliate of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., will sell its entire stake in P&O Chemical Co...
Aug 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korea’s Tmax Group buys back software developer for $612 mn
South Korea’s Tmax Group bought back the software making unit it had sold to a local private equity firm two years ago to try to boost synergy...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Lotte Fine Chemical, JEFA to collaborate on clean ammonia value chain
Lotte Fine Chemical Co., a subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp., said on Friday that it signed a Clean Ammonia Value Chain Agreement (JC...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to veto SK Innovation’s merger with LNG affiliate
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), manager of the world’s third-largest public pension fund, said on Thursday it is set to ve...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
AI-driven shifts will unlock opportunities: SK Chairman
Challenges are ahead but the artificial intelligence industry will eventually boom, opening new markets, said South Korea’s second-largest bus...
Aug 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Kakao Mobility introduces robot delivery at Resom Resort
South Korea's Kakao Mobility announced on Wednesday that it partnered with Hoban Hotels & Resorts to operate the robot delivery service Bring at...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s Mirae Asset to open AI business unit in New York
Mirae Asset Group, the pioneer in South Korea’s mutual fund industry, plans to set up an artificial intelligence business unit in New York as ...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI, TAI ink deal to boost T-50TH support
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Thai Aviation Industries (TAI), Thailand's state-owned aircraf...
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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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Tighter emissions rules boost HD Hyundai Marine margin
HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., a ship parts manufacturing and after-sales service company, has reported the highest-ever operating profit margin in...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung's financial arms beat No.1 banking group KB in profit
Samsung Group's financial services business has overtaken South Korea's No. 1 banking group KB Financial Group in terms of net profit, posing a thre...
Aug 16, 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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Food & Beverage
Tous les Jours to enter Singapore market
CJ Foodville, the food service subsidiary of South Korea's CJ Group and the operator of the bakery chain brand Tous les Jours, announced on Monday t...
Aug 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK Earthon wins Australian carbon storage exploration rights
SK Earthon Co., the energy resources exploration and production (E&P) unit of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., will spe...
Aug 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
CJ Group to hold K-festa in Vietnam
South Korea's CJ Group announced on Thursday that it will hold a "CJ K-festa" in Vietnam from Aug. 10 to Sept. 1, focusing on food, sports and movie...
Aug 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Gas maker Air Products Korea put on sale for around $3.6 bn
US industrial gas maker Air Products and Chemicals Inc. has put its South Korean unit up for sale for an estimated 5 trillion won ($3.6 billion), in...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Memory chip demand to stay firm until H1 2025: SK Hynix CEO
The memory chip market is expected to remain upbeat for some time after the industry was resurrected by robust demand for high-performing memory chi...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor mulls connected car partnership with Google
Hyundai Motor Group is accelerating its efforts to join hands with global tech companies to advance its future mobility technologies ranging from au...
Aug 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
HI Investment & Securities changes its name to iM Securities
HI Investment & Securities Co. was rebranded as iM Securities after it held an extraordinary shareholders' meeting at its headquarters in Yeouid...
Aug 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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