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COVID-19
Ildong mulls seeking COVID-19 pill approval from Korea first
Ildong Pharmaceutical Co., a South Korean drugmaker, considers seeking approval for a COVID-19 anti-viral pill from the country as Japan postponed g...
Jul 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience wins marketing license for Korea's first COVID-19 vaccine
South Korea’s SK Bioscience Co., a biopharmaceutical unit of SK Group, has won marketing authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine from the Minis...
Jun 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea Woori Card to start installment finance biz in Indonesia
Woori Card Co. is set to start the installment finance business in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy as the credit card unit of Sout...
Jun 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Broadband applies quantum cryptography to Korea network
SK Broadband Co., a South Korean internet service provider, succeeded in using quantum cryptography for the government’s backbone communicatio...
Jun 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hugel accelerates European botox sales with Poland's approval
Hugel Inc., South Korea’s largest maker of botulinum toxin products used to treat overactive muscles and facial wrinkles, has won sales approv...
Jun 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea to bid for Saudi Arabia's $10 bn nuclear plant order
Saudi Arabia invited South Korea last week to join the bid for the construction of its first-ever nuclear power plants, worth over $10 billion, sour...
May 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Hyundai Wia likely to deploy smart robots at Georgia EV plant
Hyundai Wia Corp., an auto parts unit of Hyundai Motor Group, will likely deploy smart robots at the group’s first dedicated electric vehicle ...
May 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean Air vows to get nod from all antitrust bodies for Asiana merger
Korean Air Lines Co., which is putting the final touches on its acquisition of crosstown rival Asiana Airlines Inc., said on Monday it expects to ob...
May 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong's Nabota approved for sale in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine
South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. has obtained approval for the sale of its botulinum toxin product, Nabota, in Saudi Arabia and Ukrai...
May 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor to take Korean ondol heating system to GV90
In the era of autonomous driving, the definition of the space inside a car is expanded into a moving living space, and Hyundai Motor Co. aims to tak...
May 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Medytox-Hugel dispute over botox strain intensifies with ITC probe
A legal dispute over a botox strain between South Korean pharmaceutical company Medytox Inc. and its crosstown rival Hugel Inc. has intensified with...
May 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Rotem to kick off liquid hydrogen fueling station project
Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korea’s railway system maker under Hyundai Motor Group, said on Friday that it has won a demonstration project to b...
Apr 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
FDA to review Hanmi Pharmaceutical’s Rolontis for marketing approval
The US Food and Drug Administration has begun reviewing a medicine developed by South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. for marketing authoriza...
Apr 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kurly applies for Korea IPO to raise about $800 mn
South Korea's Kurly Inc. on Monday applied for a preliminary review of its initial public offering, the Korea Exchange said, as the operator of groc...
Mar 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Seoul to tighten eligibility for institutions to bid for IPOs
South Korea will tighten its eligibility requirements for institutional investors to bid for initial public offerings, a move aimed at cooling the o...
Mar 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea Hanmi to launch blockbuster hypertension drug in China
South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. is set to launch its blockbuster high blood pressure drug Amosartan in China, the world’s largest...
Mar 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea approves Korean Air-Asiana merger; hurdles remain
The proposed merger of Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. has moved one step closer to completion with approval by South Korea’s an...
Feb 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Singapore approves Korean Air-Asiana combination
Singapore’s antitrust authority approved the integration of Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc., paving the way for South Korea&rsqu...
Feb 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
NPS approves POSCO's split into holding firm, steelmaker unit
The National Pension Service (NPS) of Korea, the largest shareholder of POSCO Co., has given its nod to the steelmaking giant’s plan to spli...
Jan 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hylium, KRISO, POSCO receive initial approval for liquid hydrogen storage tanks
Hylium Industries Inc. announced Wednesday that it has been granted an approval in principle (AIP) by the Korean Register for two types of jointly d...
Jan 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Heavy uneasy ahead of EU decision despite $2.5 bn orders
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Group grew more concerned ahead of the European Union’s decision on the combination of the world&...
Jan 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Edison Motors and Ssangyong Motor ink takeover deal
Ssangyong Motor Co. has finally found a new owner. South Korea’s bankruptcy court approved Ssangyong Motor Co. and electric carmaker Edison Mo...
Jan 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Hyundai Motor to set up metaverse factory with Unity
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, is set to establish a digital virtual factory in a metaverse space with Unity, a US-based real...
Jan 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean Air’s post-merger plan hits snag after conditional approval
Korean Air Lines Co. faces growing pressure from the country’s antitrust regulator to drastically adjust its post-merger integration plans aft...
Jan 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Former K-pop dancer turns to AI for personal training services
When Dia Kang first moved to Silicon Valley in October 2016 to create a dance app to learn K-pop moves, there was no worldwide pandemic. By Jan...
Jan 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pharmeceuticals
Kolon resumes Invossa phase 3 clinical trials in US
Kolon TissueGene Inc., the cell therapies unit of South Korean pharmaceutical company Kolon Life Science Inc., said on Dec. 28 it has resumed admi...
Dec 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Hynix wins China’s approval for $9 billion Intel NAND acquisition
SK Hynix Inc. has received approval from China’s antitrust regulator for its $9 billion deal to acquire Intel Corp.’s NAND memory chip b...
Dec 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Korea approves export of Samsung Biologics-made Moderna vaccine
South Korea approved exports of Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine produced by Samsung Biologics Co. in a move that will help the country’s...
Dec 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai Oilbank applies for first-half IPO in 2022
Hyundai Oilbank Co., part of South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co., on Monday submitted an application for an initial public offering,...
Dec 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
POSCO approves holding company plan for eco-friendly business
South Korea’s POSCO Co. is set to split off the company to launch an investment holding firm, 21 years after its privatization. The move aims ...
Dec 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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