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Korean stock market
Kospi 200 firms' values sharply below MSCI developed market rivals
South Korea’s listed firms are undervalued compared with companies in public markets of developed and emerging countries, according to the Kor...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor Group has most IIHS ROP top safety pick cars
Hyundai Motor Group announced on Friday that the Hyundai Motor Co.'s IONIQ 5 achieved the highest rating of "Top Safety Pick Plus" (TSP+) in crash t...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Life Science invests in US biotech firm Latus Bio
Samsung Life Science Fund, managed by Samsung Group’s venture investment arm, has invested in US biotechnology firm Latus Bio Inc. during the ...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Sapeon to supply NPU IP to Telechips
Sapeon Inc., the artificial intelligence (AI) chip subsidiary of South Korea's SK Telecom Co., announced on Friday that it will supply its AI semico...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Overhang concerns loom over HD Hyundai Marine IPO shares
Concerns are growing that South Korea’s main stock bourse could be inundated with a huge number of HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co. shares next ...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Jusung Engineering to spin off major units
South Korea's Jusung Engineering Co. plans to spin off its semiconductor, solar, and display equipment businesses and transform into a holding com...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lunit, Radiobotics team up to enter EMEA markets
South Korean medical AI company Lunit announced on Thursday that it partnered with the Danish musculoskeletal AI diagnostics company Radiobotics ApS...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix’s HBM chip orders fully booked; 12-layer HBM3E in Q3: CEO
ICHEON, Gyeonggi Province – SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Thursday i...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SK Geo reconsiders extent of $1.3 bn plastic recycling plant project
South Korea’s SK Geo Centric Co. is reconsidering how much it will invest in a planned $1.3 billion waste plastic recycling complex project in...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
S.Korea’s project financing exposure reaches $145 bn
South Korean financial services companies and construction firms are exposed to a combined 200 trillion won ($145 billion) worth of potential risks ...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
STIC Investments to sell Korea’s top mobile coupon platform
Seoul-based private equity firm STIC Investments is set to sell Coop Marketing, South Korea’s largest mobile coupon platform company that oper...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korean battery maker SK On expects business turnaround in H2
SK On Co., the battery unit of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., said on Monday it expects a business turnaround in the seco...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung holds Odyssey event with T1 in Chengdu
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it held an Odyssey gaming monitor experience event with the T1, the top-tier League of Legends team...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Malaysia, OCI’s base set to beat Chinese polysilicon rivals
SARAWAK, Malaysia – OCI Group, South Korea’s leading chemical and green energy conglomerate, is expanding its polysilicon facility in Ma...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shinsegae faces off with Affinity, BRV over SSG.COM
Shinsegae Group could face a legal battle against two private equity firms that are demanding it buy back their combined 1 trillion won ($727 millio...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai Glovis expects better 2024 after beating market in Q1
Hyundai Glovis Co. expects an improvement in earnings this year from last year after reporting better-than-expected sales and operating profit in th...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Lotte Global Logistics, Megvii to collaborate AI logistics
South Korea's Lotte Global Logistics announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Megvii Technology, a Chinese arti...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai AutoEver gets CSMS Level 3 certification
South Korea's Hyundai AutoEver Corp. announced on Thursday that it obtained the international standard Cybersecurity Management System (CSMS) Level ...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Hynix, latest chipmaker to emerge victorious with record Q1 sales
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Thursday it has swung to a profit in the fir...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Networks establishes AI lab in Silicon Valley
South Korea's SK Networks Co. announced on Wednesday that it opened the PhnyX Lab, an artificial intelligence (AI) technology development organizati...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix to invest $14.6 bn to build HBM plant in S.Korea
SK Hynix Inc. will spend 20 trillion won ($14.6 billion) to build a new memory chip manufacturing plant on a site originally designated to build a N...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Korea's Lotte Insurance put on market for around $1.5 bn
Lotte Group’s non-life insurance affiliate Lotte Insurance Co., has been put up for sale at around 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion), according to...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Telecom, SoftBank to collaborate for SV measurement
South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for cooperation in measuring social value...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hana Bank launches All-care Solution for Real Estate Wealth
South Korea's Hana Bank announced on Tuesday that it launched the premium real estate wealth management service Hana Real Estate All-care Solution i...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Krafton shares sink as SK Square taps 2.2% block trade
Shares of Krafton Inc., South Korea’s gaming behemoth, lost about 8% on Tuesday on news that SK Square Co., an investment arm of the country&r...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korean banking group's Q1 profits drop on ELS sales
The combined net profit at South Korea’s four largest financial services firms, including KB Financial Group, are estimated to have dropped ne...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Gas’ 1st LNG terminal completes test operations
SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s No. 1 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributor, has completed the test operation of its first liquefied natural ga...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Innotek, SK On win Edison Awards for second consecutive year
South Korea's LG Innotek and SK On have won the Edison Awards in the US for the second consecutive year. LG Innotek announced on April 21 that it r...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Microsoft CEO to meet with Samsung, SK Hynix, LG, SK Telecom chiefs
Microsoft Corp.’s top executives will meet with leaders of South Korea’s four top technology companies next month to discuss ways to str...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Dept. Store introduces AI translation service
South Korea's Lotte Department Store announced on Monday that it introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) interpretation service for foreign touri...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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