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K-pop
K-pop label JYP Entertainment earnings disappoint; shares down
JYP Entertainment Corp., the music label behind K-pop bands Stray Kids, Twice and NiziU, saw its stocks drop on Monday due to its disappointing quar...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Falling on deaf ears: Costco Korea cart pusher's death
Costco Wholesale’s co-founder Jim Sinegal had said South Korea was a “fantastic market,” where it ran its largest store in terms o...
Aug 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korea chip exports to rebound in Oct; car, cell exports to stay firm
South Korea expected overseas sales of semiconductors, the country’s top export item, to rebound from October while the auto, secondary batter...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korea tops US eco-friendly car import rankings despite IRA disadvantage
South Korea retained its top spot in exports of eco-friendly vehicles including electric cars to the US in the first quarter despite challenges pose...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai ramps up ties with Samsung, SK, LG for EVs, self-driving cars
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is strengthening its tech alliance with its local partners such as Samsung, LG and SK to stay ah...
Jun 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
S.Korea to seek expansion of healthcare package export
South Korean government has set a goal to expand medical service exports by attracting 700,000 foreign patients and receiving 70 applications of ove...
Jun 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea inflation at 19-mth low; casts doubts over rate hike
South Korea’s headline inflation fell for a fourth straight month in May to a 19-month low amid continuous signs of a slowdown in Asia’s...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Fifty Fifty longest K-pop girl group to stay on Billboard Hot 100
Fifty Fifty has stayed on the US Billboard Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks, setting a new record for the longest stay by a K-pop girl group.Accor...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Q Cells holds No.1 position in US solar module market
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group, secured the top position in the US resid...
May 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung’s Lee likely to meet Apple, Google, MS CEOs during US trip
Samsung Group leader Lee Jae-yong will meet with chief executives of leading US companies, including Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook and Google LL...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s debt-ridden public companies selling off overseas coal mines
South Korea’s debt-ridden public enterprises are selling off their stakes in overseas coal mines to improve their financial status and stay in...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korea refiners swing to Q4 loss amid windfall tax calls
South Korean refiners such as SK Innovation Co. and S-Oil Corp. are estimated to incur a combined loss of over 1 trillion won ($800 million) in the ...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Bluecove buys Grand Hyatt Seoul for over $565 million
South Korean real estate firm Bluecove Investment has signed an agreement to acquire five-star hotel Grand Hyatt Seoul for more than 700 billion won...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung vows no chip output cut, eyes second-half demand recovery
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday it has no plans to cut semiconductor production even if it incurs temporary losses as the world’s larg...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Stay-in-hotel trend for the holidays revs up luxury hotels
Luxury hotels in South Korea are enjoying the emerging trend of Koreans choosing relaxing vacations at hotels, rather than taking holidays overseas....
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Stay disciplined, be more aggressive in 2023: PGIM Real Estate CEO
Investors often lose deals as they are too cautious or wait too long for values to go up to the exact point they expect. However, being too precise ...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won to stay weaker than profitable levels – poll
The South Korean won was expected to stay weaker than levels for corporate profits this year as the local currency was likely to stay under pressure...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korean stocks with healthy earnings to shine in H2 2023
South Korea’s Mirae Asset Securities Co. expected local shares with strong earnings including growth stocks to rally in the second half of nex...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
KEPCO to see record loss 2022 on slower power tariff hikes
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the state-run utility, is set to suffer a record operating loss this year with a shortfall mounting to the secon...
Nov 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Hotel Shilla's biz hotel to post record guest room sales
When Hotel Shilla Co. CEO and Samsung Group heiress Lee Boo-jin said in a shareholders’ meeting in March that the Korean hotel company will br...
Oct 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Oil prices to remain high, petrochem a concern: GS Caltex CEO
GS Caltex Corp. Chief Executive Hur Sae-hong said on Monday he expects global oil prices, which remain elevated due to geopolitical tensions, won&rs...
Oct 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Moderna to stay ahead in mRNA technology: CSO Melissa Moore
CAMBRIDGE, MA – The COVID-19 coronavirus disease has been a curse for many people and companies around the world over the past couple of years...
Oct 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Hanwha Group needs to stay innovative to succeed, CEO says
South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group needs to look ahead and prepare for the next century, its Chairman and CEO Kim Se...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Stay in market despite rising interest rates: Howard Marks
NEW YORK – Investors should stay in the financial market as rising interest rates have put the values of assets such as stocks and bonds at ap...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung’s $22 bn new chip plant up and running to make NAND flash
PYEONGTAEK – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it has put its new 30 trillion won ($22 bi...
Sep 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea trade deficit jumps as chip exports fall on Aug. 1-10
South Korea suffered from a larger trade deficit in the first 10 days of the month as semiconductor exports declined on weaker demand for memory chi...
Aug 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korea stocks see dead cat bounce; outlook remains gloomy
South Korea’s shares on Friday rebounded after tumbling in the previous two straight sessions, outperforming their peers in Asia, but few expe...
Jun 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, SK Hynix scramble for talent amid a lack government support
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s top memory chipmakers, are scrambling for semiconductor manpower in South Korea as the ...
May 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Morgan Stanley to sell Jeonju Paper for around $803 mn
New York-based Morgan Stanley Private Equity is slated to sell its entire stake in Jeonju Paper Corp., South Korea's top newsprint producer, and its...
Mar 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s record trade deficit stirs capital outflow fears
South Korea reported the largest trade deficit on surging raw material prices in January, string worries that capital outflows from Asia’s fou...
Feb 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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