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Business & Politics
KCCI, JCCI hold a working level meeting in six years
Business representatives from South Korea and Japan gathered for the first time in six years, with the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCC...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Investors ready their return to Korean stock market but with bet on declines
Investors are readying their return to the stock market in South Korea, encouraged by the rosy outlook for secondary battery stocks, but more retail...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korea's auto industry faces shortage of skilled workers for future cars
South Korea's automobile industry is rapidly transitioning toward the future such as environmentally friendly and smart cars, but the sector is faci...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
H2O Hospitality signs MOU with Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia
H2O Hospitality Ltd., a South Korean company specializing in digital transformation in the hospitality and leisure industries, announced on Monday t...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
POSCO Int'l, Daesang sign MOU to cooperate in food business
POSCO International, South Korea's largest general trading company, announced on Friday that teams up with Daesang Corp. in the food business area.P...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Lexus, Volvo: Koreans' top picks among foreign brands in after-sales service
Lexus, the premium brand of Japanese carmaker Toyota Corp., offers the best after-sales service among imported cars in South Korea, followed by Swed...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Energy Solution joins global climate disclosure initiative
South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Wednesday that it has become the first domestic battery maker to endorse the Task Force o...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG U+, Plana jointly research data transmission tech for urban air mobility
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. and Plana, a domestic startup for urban air transportation (UAM) craft, have signed a business deal on joint research o...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT DS secures global standard certification for Smart-X
KT DS, an IT service arm of South Korea's KT Group, said on Thursday that its Internet-of-Things (IoT) solution Smart-X has passed the oneM2M certif...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Mobile Living Space: Hyundai’s new future mobility concept
A self-driving vehicle taking a passenger home and then docking into the building so that they can enter the house without being exposed to the outs...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Samsung Heavy, MISC to jointly develop floating CO2 storage units
South Korea's major shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries said on Thursday that it has signed an agreement with MISC Berhad, a Malaysian offshore ene...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK mulls business, financial stability this year while focusing on inflation
The Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong on Wednesday said, "We will focus on inflation this year but also closely consider tradeoffs to preserve ...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
WeMade signs partnership deal with global fintech Hashkey
South Korea's game publisher WeMade Co. said on Friday that it had signed a strategic alliance with Hashkey Group, a Hong Kong-based global fintech ...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KT Investment injects $27.8 million in 20 startups this year
KT Investment said on Thursday that it invested 35 billion won ($27.8 million) in 20 startups this past year, and that six invested companies succee...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Laon People registers patent on AI vision inspection, methods in China
Laon People, South Korea's Kosdaq-listed company specializing in AI-based vision inspection solutions, said Monday that it has registered a patent i...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
European real estate is well-positioned for attractive relative value: M&G
The war in Ukraine continues to stoke ongoing uncertainty in Europe, with the impact on energy supplies and prices likely to be felt more intensely ...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Neurophet acquires Singaporean certification for Alzheimer's diagnosis
South Korea's medical imaging device maker Neurophet said on Tuesday that its SCALE PET has obtained a medical device certification from the Health ...
Dec 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
LG plans additional $4 billion investment in Vietnam
South Korean electronics giants including LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics plan to pour billions of dollars of additional investment into Viet...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea adopts USB-C as unified connector for phone charging cable
The Korean government has released guidelines on its designation of USB-C as the unified national standard for charging and data transfer connectors...
Nov 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion wins trial against Regeneron for US patent lawsuit over biosimilar
South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. announced Friday that it won its first trial against New York-based biotech giant Regeneron Ph...
Nov 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
Youngone acquires $23 mn worth of Hanjin KAL shares in August
South Korean clothing and footwear distributor Youngone Corp. acquired 30 billion won ($22.8 million) worth of Hanjin KAL Corp. shares in August of ...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Geo Centric secures $363 mn in sustainability loans on favorable terms
SK Geo Centric Co., a South Korean petrochemical company, said on Tuesday it has secured 475 billion won ($363 million) in sustainability-linked loa...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Aekyung Chemical develops 1st domestically made refrigeration lubricant
Korea's Aekyung Chemical, an affiliate of Aekyung Group, along with GS Caltex, has made the nation's first localized refrigeration lubricant in line...
Nov 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai ups 2022 revenue, profit forecasts as quality costs hit Q3 profit
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. on Monday posted its highest-ever quarterly sales, driven by pricey sport utility vehicles and p...
Oct 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Weak won, boon to Doosan Bobcat but bane to Enerbility
A weaker South Korean won currency has become a double-edged sword to Doosan Group’s affiliates. Construction equipment maker Doosan Bobcat is...
Oct 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Investor sentiment on Korean IPOs remains chilly in H2
Investors are staying away from South Korea’s initial public offering markets as sentiment remains sour on global interest rate hikes, the sus...
Aug 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
Sejong Univ. unveils upgraded biosensor-related technology
South Korea’s Sejong University has developed a technology to sharply reduce the detection time of biomolecules produced by cells and living o...
Aug 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startup CEOs suffer depression, anxiety: survey
About one-third of South Korean startups' chief executives are more prone to stress and depression than general adults, with funding constraints and...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Patents, LG Elec.’s legacy from smartphone business
LG Electronics Inc., the global home appliance leader, is targeting the quickly growing global earbuds market with new products based on technologie...
Jul 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
The case for improved Seoul-Tokyo relations
Unlike the West or China, which showed vastly different reactions, most South Koreans had a more complicated initial response to the news of forme...
Jul 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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