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Bio & Pharma
Korean C&R Research to set up US, Thai units for global biz
C&R Research Inc., South Korea’s top contract research organization (CRO), plans to establish units in the US and Thailand this year while...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Kumho chief Park, other business leaders granted presidential pardons
Park Chan-koo, honorary chairman of Kumho Petrochemical Co., and 11 other South Korean business leaders have been granted presidential pardons to ...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Tokio Marine seeks to sell SE Asia units to S.Korean companies
Japanese insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. is seeking to sell its units in Southeast Asia for $1 billion to major South Korean companies looking fo...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's premium Genesis cars to break 1 million units in global sales
Genesis, the luxury car brand of Hyundai Motor Co., is on the verge of breaking the million mark in cumulative global sales this month in seven year...
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 stock market
KCGI Asset Management appoints former KIS head as new CMO
South Korea’s KCGI Asset Management, formerly Meritz Asset Management, announced on Friday that it has hired Cho Won-bok, former division head...
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S.Korea to deliver food safety management skill to Thai, Malaysian officials
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of South Korea announced on Friday that it will conduct an invited training program for food safety officials f...
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's all-new Santa Fe to hit Korean market mid-August
Hyundai Motor Co.'s all-new Santa Fe will finally hit the market with presales to take place this Saturday in South Korea, where the mid-size sport ...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea's SK C&C enters battery sector with DNA Motors
South Korea's SK C&C will make batteries for electric motorcycles as the first domestic system integration company to enter the battery field.SK...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
SK Square to buy back $152 mn of its stocks by March 2024
South Korean investment firm SK Square Co. will buy back 200 billion won ($151.9 million) worth of corporate shares by March of next year as an effo...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Insatiable Hyundai Motor aspires to lead India with SUVs, EVs
Hyundai Motor Group must become “the first mover” in India, which has emerged as the next fierce battlefield for global car makers after...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Kakao Healthcare signs agreement with Novo Nordisk for digital service
Kakao Healthcare Corp., a digital healthcare platform unit of South Korea's Kakao Corp., announced that it has signed on Tuesday a business agreemen...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Orion teams up with Dutch Mill to tap Vietnamese dairy market
South Korea's Orion Corp. announced on Tuesday its strategic collaboration with Thailand's dairy behemoth, Dutch Mill Co., marking its ambitious ent...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affinity's CJ Lee to become 3rd Korean executive to leave
Affinity Equity Partners’ founding member and Managing Partner Lee Chul-joo (CJ Lee) will resign from the Asia’s leading buyout manager,...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
CJ Logistics teams up with world’s No. 7 shipping company ONE
South Korea's largest parcel delivery service CJ Logistics on Thursday said it signed a strategic partnership deal with Japan’s Ocean Network ...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Advanced memory is strategic asset for Korea’s chip supremacy: Hwang
South Korea, home to the world’s two largest memory chipmakers – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. – has been the dominant...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Morgan Stanley subsidiary takes 5% stake in JYP Entertainment stock
A Morgan Stanley-affiliated asset manager has bought more JYP Entertainment shares, raising its stake to more than 5 percent.Asset management firm M...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korean carmakers post brisk sales on strong exports in July
South Korea's car sector posted strong sales last month as favorable exports offset the sluggish domestic market.Industry sources on Tuesday said th...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Bioepis seeks to buy Biogen biosimilar unit
Samsung Bioepis Co., a biopharmaceutical research and development unit under South Korea’s Samsung Group, seeks to buy a biosimilar business d...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Energy Solution converts 56% of electricity into renewable energy
South Korea’s lithium-ion battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. on Monday released a report containing the company’s environmental, soci...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai, Kia deploy CO2 emission monitor system for cooperative firms
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. revealed on Friday their AI-integrated, blockchain-enabled Supplier CO2 Emission Monitoring System (SC...
Jul 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai partners with 5 universities for carbon neutrality center
In a bid to accelerate the development of carbon-neutral technologies, Hyundai Motor Group has joined forces with prominent domestic universities.Th...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Kolon Pharma, Dongbang Medical to export medical threads to Brazil
Kolon Pharma, the pharmaceutical affiliate of South Korea's Kolon Group, announced on Thursday that it has signed a business agreement with Dongbang...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Emart partners with KOTRA to help S.Korean SMEs export
South Korea’s largest hypermarket chain Emart Inc. is partnering with Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) to expand its overseas f...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Macquarie seeks to sell off Korea’s tank terminal operator
Macquarie Korea Asset Management seeks to sell off a Korea tank terminal operator six years after the acquisition, at around 400 billion won ($314.8...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom enters cloud managed service provider market
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. will aggressively enter the cloud market by providing differentiated services based on its nationwide communication net...
Jul 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
POSCO affiliates’ shares surge; market cap rises threefold in 5 years
Shares of POSCO Group affiliates are flying high with the steelmaker rapidly transforming into a battery materials manufacturer, riding the industry...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
MyRealTrip launches restaurant reservation service in Japan
South Korea's travel app MyRealTrip announced that it partnered with the Japanese accommodation and restaurant reservation platform Ikyu, becoming t...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK E&S opens representative office in Vietnam
South Korea's renewable energy company SK E&S is speeding up the expansion of its global eco-friendly power generation business by opening a rep...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Networks to acquire data management company en-core
SK Networks Co., a South Korean trading company, will acquire en-core, a data solutions and consulting firm. The strategy is aimed at strengthening ...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)