US LNG market
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean, another Korean shipbuilder win $951 million WTIV deals
Hanwha Ocean Co. and another major South Korean shipbuilder have won deals worth a combined 1.4 trillion won ($951 million) to each build a wind tur...
Dec 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics brings AI heat pump EHS to US HVAC market
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is unveiling an AI-powered home heat pump system at the upcoming CES 2025 event as it strives to boo...
Dec 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Land manages New Balance’s record $689 mn in Korean sales
South Korea’s retail giant E-Land Group has achieved 1 trillion won ($689 million) in Korean sales of the global sports footwear and apparel b...
Dec 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea to relax FX rules by December to boost dollar selling
South Korea will raise the limits on forward dollar purchases and expand the foreign exchange swap line between the National Pension Service (NPS) a...
Dec 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea’s Shinsegae chairman dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Chung Yong-jin, the chairman of South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group, held talks with US President-elect Donald Trump, becoming Korea's ...
Dec 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
US finalizes $4.7 bn chip subsidy for Samsung before Trump takes office
WASHINGTON – The US finalized a $4.7 billion government subsidy for Samsung Electronics Co.'s planned microchip facilities in Texas about a mo...
Dec 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LG Energy wins 7.5GWh ESS project from Excelsior Energy in US
LG Energy Solution Ltd. has landed a deal with US renewable energy infrastructure fund Excelsior Energy Capital (Excelsior) to supply a 7.5-gigawatt...
Dec 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha completes acquisition $100 mn Philly Shipyard
South Korean chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group completed the acquisition of Philly Shipyard on Friday.The size of the deal was $100 mil...
Dec 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
SK Hynix to receives $958 mn subsidy from US
SK Hynix Inc. secured a combined subsidy of $458 million in grants and $500 million in loans, a total of $958 million from the US Department of Comm...
Dec 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Daesang launches kimchi brand with three-Michelin-star chef
South Korean leading food maker Daesang Corp., the operator of kimchi brand Jongga, said on Thursday it launched San Ho Won with three-Michelin-star...
Dec 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion obtains approval of Steqeyma from FDA
South Korea's Celltrion Inc. said on Wednesday it received new drug submission (NDS) approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Steq...
Dec 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to invest record $1.4 billion in Korean property market in 2025
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) plans to invest 2 trillion won ($1.4 billion) in the domestic real estate market next year to gai...
Dec 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion’s 4 new biosimilars win EU approval recommendation
Celltrion Inc. is one step closer to commercializing its four new biosimilars in Europe after a committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) rec...
Dec 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
CLO Virtual Fashion raises $35 mn
South Korea's 3D digital fashion solution startup CLO Virtual Fashion said on Monday it raised 50 billion won ($35 million).Atinum Investment Co. an...
Dec 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Leonardo's Coulter named Hanwha Aerospace’s 1st foreign global chief
Hanwha Aerospace Co., a leading South Korean defense company, said on Monday it has hired Michael Coulter, a former senior executive at US-based Ita...
Dec 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Musinsa, Zozo to support S.Korean fashion brands
South Korea's online fashion platform Musinsa said on Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Japan's Zozo, the operator of online...
Dec 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea to hold IR session to unveil market-boosting steps
South Korea's government will host an overseas investor relations session to explain the country’s economic conditions and unveil market-boost...
Dec 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Boryung, Lotus Pharma signs CDMO deal on anticancer injection
South Korea's Boryung Corp. said on Thursday it signed a contract with Lotus Pharmaceutical, a Taiwanese oncology firm, for contract development and...
Dec 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea’s commercial vehicle sales tumble on economic slowdown
South Korea’s commercial vehicle sales are plunging on sluggish domestic demand amid a slowdown in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.Local s...
Dec 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Samsung E&A enters SAF EPC market with $955 mn Malaysian bioplant deal
Samsung E&A Co., the construction and engineering unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, said on Wednesday it has clinched ...
Dec 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
Korean firms halt bond, share issues despite tighter liquidity
South Korean companies are postponing bond issues and initial public offerings on chilled investor sentiment in the aftermath of President Yoon Suk ...
Dec 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
China’s Mingyang to foray into Korean wind turbine market with Unison
China’s Mingyang Smart Energy, one of the top five global wind turbine suppliers, is gearing up for its advance into South Korea’s wind ...
Dec 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s OCI, US partner CPS Energy sign 20-year energy storage deal
South Korean solar cell company OCI Holdings Co. said on Tuesday it has signed a deal with US power supplier CPS Energy to jointly build a 120-megaw...
Dec 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon to release The First Berserker: Khazan in China
South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. said on Monday it signed a deal with China's Tencent Games to publish its new action rol...
Dec 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Boryung invests $10 million in Intuitive Machines
South Korea's Boryung Corp. said on Friday it bought $10.0 million in shares of US-based lunar lander company Intuitive Machines to expand its space...
Dec 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
LG H&H’s sales surge 156% on Amazon Black Friday
South Korea’s LG H&H Co. said on Thursday its sales on Amazon Black Friday this year surged 156% year over year.The Face Shop's Rice Water...
Dec 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Samsung invests in AI security platform Axiado
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Thursday it invested in the Series C funding round of Axiado, a US-based artificial intelligence (AI) security platf...
Dec 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Sono International seeks IPO in 2025 with $2.1 billion in corporate value
South Korea’s top resort operator Sono International Co. is seeking an initial public offering of its shares on the Korean market next year, r...
Dec 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korea's Smilegate invests in GTA producer's studio
Smilegate, the South Korean developer of the world’s top first-person shooter game Crossfire, said on Tuesday it invested in the US-based medi...
Dec 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia on course for record 2024 US sales, led by SUVs, hybrids
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister firm Kia Corp. saw their US vehicle sales surge in November, driven by large SUVs, hybrids and ...
Dec 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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