Q4
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Energy
Korea refiners' recovery accelerates on strong margins
South Korean refiners are gathering recovery momentum as refining margins hit a two-year high on falling petroleum product supply from China and r...
Sep 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG delays decision on battery unit IPO to Q4
LG Chem Ltd.’s battery unit LG Energy Solution Ltd. will not be listed on Kospi within the third quarter. Investors are keeping close eyes on ...
Aug 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Naver to boost content, shopping businesses in Q4 via Shinsegae alliance
South Korea’s top portal operator Naver Corp. plans to beef up its shopping and content businesses in the second half of this year, backed by ...
Jul 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, LG Energy agree to split EV recall costs, reflect in Q4 results
Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd. have agreed on how to split the costs of replacing the electric vehicle batteries made by the LG Group...
Mar 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS adds APG, IFM Investors, Thoma Bravo as managers in Q4
The National Pension Service (NPS) has entrusted funds to three overseas alternative investment firms newly hired in the fourth quarter of last year...
Mar 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
BTS label logs all-time high earnings in Q4 2020
Big Hit Entertainment Co., the label behind global sensation BTS, reported all-time high earnings for last year's fourth quarter despite the drop in...
Feb 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korean Air: Another earnings surprise in Q4 2020
Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) posted a positive earnings surprise in 2020, reporting an operating profit of 238.3 billion won ($212 million) amid a dra...
Feb 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Hynix sees robust chip demand; Q4 profits jump y/y
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest DRAM maker, reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings on Friday and expected the DRAM marke...
Jan 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Innovation’s Q4 EV battery business revenue hits record high
South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. on Friday posted record sales revenue in its electric-vehicle battery business in the fourth quarter of 2020 a...
Jan 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
Samsung to pay record dividends, more through 2023; Q4 profit jumps
Samsung Electronics Co. has announced that it will pay record-high dividends to its shareholders this year and raise dividends further in coming yea...
Jan 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kia delivers Q4 earnings surprise; operating profit hits all-time high
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, on Wednesday posted a record quarterly operating profit on the back of strong sales of high...
Jan 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai Motor Q4 net profit jumps on Genesis, high-end SUVs
Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday reported a 78% jump in its fourth-quarter net profit, driven by robust sales of its luxury Genesis models and high-end ...
Jan 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung flags decent Q4 earnings growth, misses estimates on KRW, Apple
South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has flagged that its fourth-quarter operating profit likely rose by nearly a third from a yea...
Jan 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korean firms' Q4 earnings seen to jump, led by exporters
Exporters, including Samsung Electronics Co., LG Chem Ltd. and Samsung SDI Co., are estimated to have led a sharp increase in listed South Korean ...
Dec 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung Elec posts record-high quarterly sales, warns of Q4 profit decline
Samsung Electronics Co.’s third-quarter operating profit rose to its highest level in two years on firm demand in smartphones and memory chips, ...
Oct 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
[Interview] Real estate funds may bear brunt of Covid 19 in Q4: military fund
The coronavirus impact will likely spill over to the commercial real estate market around the fourth quarter of this year, with a spike in office vaca...
May 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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