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Banking & Finance
KB Financial Vice Chairman Yang named sole chairman candidate
KB Financial Group Inc. has chosen Yang Jong-hee, its vice chairman, as the sole candidate for its next chief in charge of South Korea’s leadi...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Yungjin Pharm's new drug candidate gets Fast Track from FDA
South Korea's Yungjin Pharm has secured Fast Track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its new drug candidate KL1333, des...
Sep 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Discovery in S.Korea promises dieting without limits on eating
A drug candidate in South Korea could allow people seeking to lose weight to eat to their heart's content.The Center for Cognition and Sociality of ...
Sep 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hanmi Pharm to start global clinical trials for immune-oncology drug
South Korea's Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Tuesday that it has received approval for the phase 1 clinical trial plan of the immune-oncology...
Aug 22, 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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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Qurient, US National Cancer Institute to develop anti-cancer drug
South Korea's Qurient Co. announced on Monday that it signed a research and development agreement with the US government agency National Cancer Inst...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Biopharm eyes Asia's No.1 spot in radioactive drug market
South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. is aiming to triple its enterprise value to $15 billion by 2026 with the goal of rising to the top run...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Prestige Biopharma participates in US gov’t Cancer Moonshot
Prestige Biopharma, a Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company with operations in South Korea and the US, announced on Tuesday that it will partici...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
EcoPro, Hanwha Ocean, JYP among top MSCI inclusion candidates
EcoPro Co., Hanwha Ocean Co., JYP Entertainment Corp. and Kumyang Co. are the top candidates for inclusion in the MSCI Korea Index when the global s...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GI Innovation seeks to license allergy therapy to Japan in 2023
South Korea’s GI Innovation Inc. aims to complete licensing of its allergic diseases treatment candidate to a Japanese drug company by year's ...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hanmi Pharm's Efinopegdutide gets Fast Track Designation from FDA
Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced on Monday that Efinopegdutide, a technology transferred from the South Korean ph...
Jun 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
HanAll, Daewoong to develop Parkinson's treatment with US partner
South Korea's HanAll Biopharma Co. and Daewoong Pharmaceutical on Thursday said they concluded a contract with NurrOn Pharmaceuticals of the US on...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean startup Drama & Company introduces AI talent recruiter
Drama & Company, the developer of South Korea’s popular cloud-based business card management app Remember, is readying its next business w...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Nexen Tire invests $1.3 bn to build US factory
South Korea's Nexen Tire Corp. plans to invest $1.3 billion (1.73 trillion won) to build its first-ever factory in the United States. Starting fro...
May 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong Pharmaceutical’s cumulative tech exports exceed $870 mn
South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical said on Friday that it had concluded three technology export agreements for new drugs and new drug candi...
May 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience to produce MSD’s new Ebola vaccine candidate
SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Monday that it has signed a contract with MSD, a global pharma...
May 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Elon Musk reaffirms Korea among top candidates for Asia Gigafactory
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday that South Korea is still among its top candidates to build another ...
Apr 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea-US to deepen aerospace ties through NASA's Artemis
South Korea and the US are set to deepen their partnership in the aerospace sector through the Artemis program, a human and robotic Moon exploration...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea's CJ Bioscience buys drug candidates from 4D pharma of the UK
South Korea’s pharmaceutical and healthcare company CJ Bioscience Inc. has acquired drug candidates from the UK's 4D pharma plc. to improve co...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Kwangdong introduces new drug candidate for pediatric myopia
South Korean pharmaceutical company Kwangdong Pharmaceutical announced on Monday that it has signed a contract with Hong Kong-based Zhaoke Ophthalmo...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
JW Pharma receives 1st overseas patent for its hair loss treatment
JW Pharmaceutical, a drug company based in South Korea, has received its first patent for a hair loss treatment that is currently in development. Th...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion, Genuv sign agreement for antibody joint R&D
South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. announced on Tuesday a joint research and development agreement with Genuv, Inc., a domestic drug...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Financial Group injects $385.6 million into S.Korea’s real estate PF
South Korea’s KB Financial Group on Monday said it will provide liquidity support for the domestic market for real estate project financing (P...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
OliX's hair loss treatment candidate approved for clinical trial in Australia
South Korea's OliX Pharmaceuticals has received approval from Australia's Human Research Ethics Committees (HREC) to plan a phase 1 clinical trial o...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma introduces candidates for treating blood coagulation disease
South Korea's GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Tuesday that it had entered into an agreement to transfer assets with Catalyst Biosciences, a US-based...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea's InCerebro to leverage AI to identify drug candidates
South Korean AI-based drug developer InCerebro aims to identify potential drug candidates using molecular modeling technology, according to its CEO ...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical to export tech to British company
South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical has licensed a new drug candidate for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to CS Pharmaceuticals (CSP) of the U...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Bridge Biotherapeutics, Pinotbio develop lung cancer treatment
South Korea's biotech companies Bridge Biotherapeutics Inc. and Pinotbio on Thursday said they will jointly develop new antibody-drug conjugates (AD...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Activist fund nominates director candidates for KT&G
A Singapore-based activist fund has stepped up pressure on the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker KT&G Corp. to reform governance and boo...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO to enter palm oil refining market in Indonesia
POSCO International Co., a trading arm of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Co., will build a palm oil refining plant in Indonesia to foray into...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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