The Turning Point
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Leadership & Management
Sibling rivalry for Hankook Tire control takes new turn as MBK steps in
The sibling rivalry for management control of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire maker, has taken another turn as the e...
Dec 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Seoul office leasing turns lender’s market as vacancy rates at 2023 low
Office vacancy rates in South Korea’s capital city of Seoul fell to their lowest level this year last month as people returned to work follo...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea turns more upbeat about economic recovery
South Korea is more hopeful about a gradual recovery in the economy, driven largely by revived global demand for its mainstay export semiconductors,...
Nov 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korea’s forex reserves dwindle to lowest point in more than 3 years
South Korea’s foreign exchange reserves dropped in October for the third straight month to their lowest point since June 2020, as local author...
Nov 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion’s approved merger removes hurdle to three-way combination
South Korea’s biosimilar drugmaker Celltrion group on Monday moved one step closer to the planned combination of its three major affiliates wi...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea Inc.’s record short-term borrowing raises specter of debt overhang
South Korea’s short-term corporate loan growth is picking up at a fast pace, stirring concern among some analysts who see parallels to the 200...
Oct 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy barely fends off CATL in global EV battery market
LG Energy Solution Ltd. retained the top position in the global electric vehicle battery market excluding China in the first eight months of this ye...
Oct 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver integrates points program with Samsung Pay
The online money and points of South Korea's Naver Pay, an affiliate of the country's largest web portal Naver Corp., can now be used at offline sto...
Sep 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung’s canine love rewarded as its guide dog school turns 30
Back in the 1990s, South Korea was internationally denounced as a country where people eat dog meat.People hardly recognized nor paid attention to t...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Chairman Chey vows to turn Ulsan into green energy, AI hub
Chey Tae-won, chairman of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, has vowed to turn the industrial city of Ulsan, where SK’s...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Battery cell prices plummet amid supply glut in China, weak EV demand
The competition among automakers to cut prices of electric vehicles is expected to intensify with battery cell prices falling at a fast pace due to ...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Paris Baguette to open nine new North American stores in Sept.
Paris Baguette, the bakery franchise owned by South Korea's SPC Group, said on Wednesday that it plans to open nine new stores in North America this...
Sep 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver raises S.Korean market lead thanks to LLM HyperCLOVA X
South Korea’s leading web portal Naver Corp. has raised its domestic market share, which plummeted to the mid-50% range in May, thanks to Hype...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia hope to turn Indians into EV consumers
CHENNAI, INDIA – When Hyundai Motor Co. decided to establish its operations in Chennai, India, 27 years ago, many of its executives in Seoul q...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s connectivity vs. LG’s sustainability at IFA 2023
BERLIN – South Korea’s household names in home electronics are set to show off their high-tech home electronics boasting upgraded connec...
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Gucci cedes throne to Chanel in Korean used luxury market
Italian luxury brand Gucci gave up the throne to French fashion powerhouse Chanel in the South Korean used designer goods market as more customers a...
Aug 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Indonesia, Vietnam boost Korean banks’ overseas profits
South Korea’s top four banks posted sharp earnings growth in overseas operations in the first half of this year, buoyed by solid profits in In...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Enmove partners with Dell, GRC for data center coolant business
South Korea’s lube oil maker SK Enmove Co. has partnered with US computer maker Dell Technologies Inc. and data center cooling system provider...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea’s business lobby group FKI goes down in history in disgrace
The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), the voice of the conglomerates that formed the engine of the South Korean economy for more than five deca...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom to host global AI hackathon in Seoul with OpenAI
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. will hold next month an artificial intelligence contest with OpenAI, the American information and communications techno...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Budget carriers turn around with highest-ever profits in Q2
South Korea’s low-cost carriers (LCCs) posted their highest-ever quarterly profits on the back of a surge in international travel as the indus...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korea’s duty-free sales skid despite China border reopening
South Korea’s duty-free shops suffered a sharp decline in sales in June, when the number of Chinese visitors jumped more than three times that...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean LLM by Upstage beats global benchmark ChatGPT
The latest artificial intelligence model of South Korean AI startup Upstage scored higher than ChatGPT by global AI giant OpenAI in a world-recogniz...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arts
Hanwha to turn Seoul landmark into modern art hub
Standing 249 meters (817 feet) high, 63 SQUARE, well known as the 63 Building to older generations, was once the tallest building in Seoul until it ...
Jul 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung pins high hopes on new Galaxy Z foldables
Foldable phones will likely account for one-third of Samsung Electronics Co.'s domestic sales of its flagship Galaxy smartphone series this year, le...
Jul 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea's oil refining margins exceed break-even points
Refining margins at South Korea’s four oil refiners, led by SK Innovation Co., have exceeded their break-even points after three months, a sig...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Elec Q2 profit misses forecast on costs; stocks tumble
LG Electronics Inc., the world’s leading home appliance maker, missed quarterly profit projections due to one-time costs related to job cuts, ...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Heyday over for Amorepacific, LG Household in China’s beauty market
Amorepacific Corp. and LG Household & Health Care Ltd., basking in the global K-beauty boom, reaped handsome profits in China, the world’s...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea's shipyards get OK from shipping companies to delay vessel delivery
South Korean shipbuilders are breathing a sigh of relief despite the postponed delivery of their container ships due to a chronic shortage of domest...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Market views turn bullish on Samsung as AI-led chip demand rises
Views on leading memory chipmaker Samsung Electronics Co. are becoming more bullish as the South Korean tech giant is expected to benefit from a ris...
Jun 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Korea’s top cinema chains seek merger to counter box office slump
- 2 S.Korea’s GEPS to commit $143 million to foreign mid-cap buyout funds
- 3 CJ CheilJedang to open $72 mn dumpling plant in Japan
- 4 LG Electronics breaks ground on $600 million home appliance plant in India
- 5 KakaoBank posts record Q1 profit, eyes Thai expansion after Indonesia