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Energy
KOGAS cuts import costs on Qatari LNG with COVID-19 kits
Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) cut imports costs on liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar for 20 years thanks to COVID-19 test kits.KOGAS signed on July 1...
Aug 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Google’s in-app billing system ignites power play among Korean regulators
South Korea’s attempt to prohibit global app store operators from forcing certain in-app payment schemes has hit a bumpy road due to power pla...
Aug 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Philanthropy
MBK chair says philanthropy, writing are equally important in his life
Michael ByungJu Kim, founder and chairman of Korea’s largest private equity firm MBK Partners, will donate 30 billion won ($26 million) to the...
Aug 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korean love for foreign stocks tops 100 tn won mark
South Koreans’ appetite for foreign stocks continued to grow with holdings of overseas shares by retail investors exceeding the 100 trillion w...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Inside Samsung: Top level meetings drive ecosystem buildup
Samsung Electronics Co.’s latest strategic focus is setting up its own ecosystem of devices ranging from mobile phones, home appliances to TVs...
Aug 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Apple adds LG Elec to iPhone vendor list in Korea
LG Electronics Inc. will begin to sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone at its retail stores across South Korea from mid-August, as the Korean home appliance mak...
Jul 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
UK lifestyle brand Barbour enters legal battle with 10-year partner in Korea
The recent decision by Barbour, the British lifestyle brand under J. Barbour & Sons Ltd., to transfer the rights to sell its products in South K...
Jun 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Innotek eyes record profit, revenue on strong camera module sales
LG Innotek Co., a major camera module supplier for Apple Inc.’s iPhones, is looking to post a record operating profit and sales this year as i...
Jun 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
China’s heavy imports of copper, steel scrap hurt Korean SMEs
South Korea’s massive exports of scrap steel and scrap copper to China are hurting its domestic companies that are struggling to secure the st...
May 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
US' ITC says 10-year import ban on SK not excessive
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has stated that the 10-year exclusion order prohibiting SK Innovation Co. from importing battery product...
Mar 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai says not in talks with Apple over self-driving cars
Hyundai Motor Group said on Monday it is not engaged in talks with Apple Inc. over the development of an autonomous electric vehicle, throwing cold ...
Feb 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia shares jump on $3.6 bn Apple Car project news
Shares in Kia Corp. and South Korean automotive parts makers rose sharply on Wednesday, following a news report that Apple Inc. will make an initial...
Feb 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Surging freight rates, bulker shortages squeeze Korean importers
Surging sea freight rates, coupled with a shortage of bulk carriers and container ships, are putting South Korean exporters and importers in a bind ...
Jan 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung flags decent Q4 earnings growth, misses estimates on KRW, Apple
South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has flagged that its fourth-quarter operating profit likely rose by nearly a third from a yea...
Jan 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor in early talks with Apple on EV tie-up; shares surge
Hyundai Motor Co. looks to be in the early stages of discussions with Apple Inc. to jointly develop and produce self-driving electric cars, a move t...
Jan 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Tax cuts, pandemic lift imported car sales in Korea
Imported car sales in South Korea are on track to post a record high this year, benefiting from consumption tax cuts aimed at stimulating personal s...
Dec 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech
Samsung creeps up on Apple in US online smartphone sales
Samsung Electronics Co. has sharply narrowed its gap with Apple Inc. in the US online smartphone market during the second quarter of this year to arri...
Sep 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Export-Import Bank of Korea sells $500 mn euro bonds with negative yield
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) has issued euro-currency bonds worth $500 million at a negative interest rate, the bank said on Sept. 15, less...
Sep 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt
Export-Import Bank of Korea ups Aussie bond sale size to $460 mn on demand
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) has nearly doubled the size of its planned new bond sale in Australia to A$700 million ($460 million) on stron...
May 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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KIC head to move to Korea Export-Import Bank as CEO
Sung-soo Eun, the chief executive of Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), was nominated as head of the Export-Import Bank of Korea, about one and a...
Sep 07, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean institutions to invest $83 mn in mezzanine debt for Apple’s office campus
Four South Korean institutional investors, including KDB Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd., will invest $83 million in m...
Mar 13, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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