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Banking & Finance
Korea’s LS Group to operate brokerage firm LS Securities
South Korean cable-to-energy giant LS Group said on Monday that it has renamed brokerage subsidiary eBest Investment & Securities to LS Securiti...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Line Games to launch The Play of Genesis in Taiwan, Hong Kong
South Korea's Line Games Corp. announced on Friday that it signed a publishing agreement with Vietnam's tech giant VNG for the mobile game The Play ...
May 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Rebellions, SqueezeBits to co-work on AI model compression
South Korea’s fabless AI chip startup Rebellions Inc. and AI model compression startup SqueezeBits announced on Wednesday that they partnered ...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK shieldus, Yokogawa Electric Korea partner on security business
SK shieldus, the unmanned security subsidiary of SK Group, announced on Wednesday it has signed a business agreement with Yokogawa Electric Korea Co...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Webcash Global, BC Card Vietnam partner on B2B fintech
Webcash Global, an affiliate of South Korea's Webcash Co., announced on Tuesday that it has recently signed a business agreement with BC Card Vietna...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung Securities faces trading system server errors
Samsung Securities Co., the brokerage unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, suffered system errors on its servers on Monday mo...
May 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Facephi to supply ID verification solutions to Samsung Securities
South Korea's Hancom Inc. announced on Monday that Facephi, a Spain-based AI biometric recognition company in which Hancom had recently acquired equ...
May 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
GS25 opens 300th store in Vietnam
South Korean convenience store chain GS25 said on Sunday that it opened its 300th store in Vietnam. This is the milestone since it entered th...
May 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean brokerage firms seek to raise $1.2 bn in property funds
South Korean brokerage firms are scurrying to raise more than 1.7 trillion won ($1.24 billion) in private equity funds to bet on soured property loa...
May 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Bank offers internship for SE Asian students in S.Korea
South Korea's Woori Bank announced on Tuesday that it is recruiting interns targeting Southeast Asian students studying in Korea.This program aims t...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korean government vows stern response to Tokyo’s pressure on Naver
The South Korean government said on Monday it will resolutely respond to any “unfair” measures by Tokyo against Naver Corp., which is re...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha buys S’pore Dyna-Mac’s stake for $73.8 mn from Keppel
South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group bought a stake in Dyna-Mac Holdings Ltd., a Singaporean floating facility designe...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SKC to build world's top biodegradable plastic plant in Vietnam
SKC Ltd., a chemicals arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, said on Sunday its biodegradable material unit has broken g...
May 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Shinhan, POSCO invest $20 mn in Australian hydrogen startup Hysata
South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc. and banking conglomerate Shinhan Financial Group have invested a combined US$20 million in Australian g...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Samsung Welstory completes new Vietnam logistics center
South Korean food and beverage company Samsung Welstory announced on Thursday that it completed a new logistics center with a cold chain system in B...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Woori Financial acquires Korea Foss Securities to offer brokerage services
Woori Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest financial services group, has acquired Korea Foss Securities Co., paving the way for ...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea’s Lotte Card injects $68 mn into Vietnamese unit
Lotte Card Co., South Korea’s No. 5 credit card issuer, has injected $68 million into its Vietnamese unit to expand its business in the Southe...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean brokerages' foreign profits up on IB, bond trading
South Korean brokerage firms expanded their net profits from overseas operations last year, backed by increased gains from their investment banking ...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Navigating choppy waters: Dollar-won FX forecasting
Late last year, when the Korean won traded at 1,288 per dollar, most market analysts and economists predicted that the Korean currency would regai...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korea’s Lotte sells Lotte Glory Properties Shenyang amid US-China dispute
South Korea’s retail giant Lotte Group has signed a deal to sell a theme park project in Shenyang, China – its latest move to pull out o...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Financial opens DinnoLab Vietnam Center
South Korea's Woori Financial Group announced on Wednesday that it has opened the DinnoLab Vietnam Center in Hanoi.DinnoLab is a program by Woori ...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix, TSMC tie up to stay ahead of Samsung for HBM supremacy
South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. said on Friday it is partnering with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to jointly develop next-generat...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
HD Hyundai Electric likely to join MSCI Korea: Samsung Securities
HD Hyundai Electric Co., Alteogen Inc. and Enchem Co. are expected to be invited to join Morgan Stanley Capital International’s Korea Index wh...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Korea’s vision AI startup Superb AI eyes IPO in H1, 2026
South Korea’s promising vision AI platform developer Superb AI Inc., which has recently added generative AI to its business portfolio, is seek...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Holdings, KNOC to jointly secure lithium in Canada
POSCO N.EX.T Hub, the venture platform of POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the K...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Paldo completes second factory in Vietnam
South Korea’s food and beverage company Paldo announced on Tuesday that it completed the construction of its second factory in Vietnam.Paldo d...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean unicorns’ failed global expedition causes growth concern
Woowa Brothers Corp. and Viva Republica Inc., South Korea’s most valuable unicorns, have pulled the plug on some of their overseas businesses ...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Lotte Rental launches driver-inclusive rental service in Vietnam
Lotte Rental Co., South Korea's largest car rental firm, announced on Monday that it has launched a "Vietnam Driver-inclusive Rental Car."The servic...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ CheilJedang to sell feed, livestock unit for $1.4 bn
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is seeking again to sell its loss-making feed and livestock subsidiary, Asia’s largest in the ind...
Apr 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Hanwha Vision unveils cloud, AI security techs in US
South Korea's Hanwha Vision Co. announced on Friday that it participated in the International Security Conference & Exposition (ISC) 2024, the l...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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