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Korean startups
Everyone deserves a good night’s sleep: Munice CEO
Insomnia is a common clinical phenomenon in modern societies profoundly affecting many people’s health and well-being, and South Korean startu...
Nov 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte puts department store in Centum City, Busan on market
Lotte Shopping Co. has put one of its core department stores, Lotte Department Store Centum City in Busan, on the market in line with its parent gro...
Nov 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Hyosung TNC mulls takeover of chemical affiliate’s specialty gas unit
Hyosung TNC Corp., the world’s top spandex maker, is considering taking over the specialty gas business of its chemical affiliate, news of whi...
Nov 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Q cells’ US subsidiary EnFin raises $321 mn through ABS
Hanwha Q Cells Co., the solar power unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group known as Qcells in overseas markets, ...
Nov 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion to acquire additional $72 mn in treasury shares
South Korea's Celltrion Inc. announced on Thursday that it decided to repurchase additional treasury shares worth 100 billion won ($71.6 million).Fr...
Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korean firms bet big on US LNG market under new Trump gov't
South Korean energy and shipbuilding companies are gearing up for a swift advance into the US liquefied natural gas (LNG) market, which is expected ...
Nov 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics rises to global prominence in HVAC segment, ranks fifth
LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, has emerged as one of the world’s top five players in the heating, ventilati...
Nov 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures named Google Play's Best Game
"Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures", the globally popular mobile game of South Korean game developer DevSisters Corp., was selected the Best for Googl...
Nov 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
CJ CheilJedang puts bio business on market for $4 bn
CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food company, is seeking to sell its bio business for about 6 trillion won ($4.3 billion) in what ...
Nov 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Macrogen's GenTok to feature on Samsung Health app
South Korea's biotech company Macrogen, Inc. signed a supply agreement to integrate its genome analysis platform, GenTok, into the Samsung Health ap...
Nov 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Alux's export contracts with US, Japan top $5 million
South Korean drone maker Alux Co. said on Monday its cumulative export contracts with the US and Japan have surpassed 7 billion won ($5 million). Th...
Nov 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea Inc. rushes to booming local corporate bond market
South Korean companies are rushing to raise money in the local corporate bond market, which is unusually buoyant at year's end amid expectations of ...
Nov 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Samyang Foods Buldak Topokki enters Walmart in US
South Korea's Samyang Foods Co. said on Monday its Buldak Topokki entered Walmart stores in the US.Available in Original and Carbo (carbonara) fla...
Nov 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Bespoke AI Combo targets European market
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Sunday it held the showcase for launching its all-in-one washer-dryer, Bespoke AI Combo, in Berlin, Germany on Nov...
Nov 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
S.Korean firms’ rights issues poised for 12-year low
The lackluster South Korean stock market and softening Korean currency have discouraged local companies from raising money at home and pushed some t...
Nov 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hanjin to open Mexico subsidiary
South Korea's Hanjin Transportation said on Friday it will establish a subsidiary in Mexico this year to expand its logistics market in Latin Americ...
Nov 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea’s food delivery apps relish fresh boom in demand
South Korea’s online food delivery market is poised to hit record-high transactions in 2024 as lower fees triggered by Coupang Eats’ fre...
Nov 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
NinjaTrader to revitalize Koreans’ domestic, overseas derivatives investments
NinjaTrader Group LLC., a leading US futures broker, is set to accelerate South Koreans’ investments in overseas derivatives while seeking to ...
Nov 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Paradise targets Taiwanese MICE market
Paradise Co., a South Korean casino operator, said on Tuesday it held the 2024 Paradise Taipei MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibiti...
Nov 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Bibigo enters Australian supermarket chain Coles
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Monday that its Bibigo products will be sold in Coles, Australia’s second-largest superma...
Nov 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S-1 releases CCTV monitoring service
South Korea's security service provider S-1 Corp. said on Monday it launched CCTV Monitoring Service, a system designed to notify customers of any r...
Nov 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
S.Korean investors' US stock holdings surpass $100 bn
The US stock holdings of South Korean individual investors surpassed $100 billion for the first time, driven by a sustained rally in the US markets ...
Nov 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Naver to lead hyper-personalized shopping trends with super app
Naver Corp., South Korea's largest internet portal, will launch an AI-driven shopping app in the first half of 2025 to boost its lackluster e-commer...
Nov 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG unveils AI-powered commercial washers, dryers in renewed B2B push
South Korean home appliances giant LG Electronics Inc. is stepping up efforts to enhance its presence in the global business-to-business (B2B) marke...
Nov 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Mart to launch grocery shopping app
South Korea's Lotte Mart and Lotte Super will introduce a grocery-focused app, Lotte Mart Zeta, in the first half of next year to expand its digital...
Nov 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
S.Korea's BBQ enters world's most populous market, India
Genesis BBQ Group, the operator of a popular South Korean fried chicken brand, is expanding its market to South Asia by entering India, the world&rs...
Nov 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1, UK’s Babcock sign MOU to develop global MRO market
LIG Nex1 Co., a leading defense systems developer in South Korea, announced on Wednesday that it had signed a comprehensive memorandum of understand...
Nov 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Systems, HJ S&C to enter overseas naval vessel market
South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. said on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with HJ Shipbuilding & Construction Co. to...
Nov 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics to venture into food waste disposer market
LG Electronics Inc., the world's largest home appliance maker, will foray into the food waste disposer market in the first quarter of 2025, heraldin...
Nov 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Galaxy solidifies dominance in Indian smartphone market
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. solidified its dominance in the Indian smartphone market, capturing its largest revenue share in the...
Nov 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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