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Airlines
T’way Air becomes first local budget carrier to fly Incheon to Sydney
T'way Air Co. launched a new flight route linking Incheon with Sydney, Australia, embarking into the long-haul flight sector.T'way said on Sunday ...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
T'way Air launches Pikachu Jet TW
T’way Air Co. said on Tuesday that it would start running the Pokemon-wrapped airplane "Pikachu Jet TW" from the end of this month and release...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Air Busan to resume Busan-Vientiane flights after 3-year hiatus
Air Busan Co. recently expanded the number of flights on its Japan routes and continues to resume flights on its Southeast Asian routes. It will now...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
S.Korean Airlines increase flights in anticipation of travel boom
South Korean airlines launched extensive marketing activities such as increasing international flights and giving free tickets in preparation for mo...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean PE firm Hahn & Co to sell used-car platform K Car
South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. is set to sell a majority stake in local used-car trading platform K Car Co. as its initial public o...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung suspends staff overseas training to cut costs
Samsung Group canceled overseas training for South Korean staff for the first time in 32 years as the country’s top conglomerate tried to cut ...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
MDimune signs research agreement with Australian National University
MDimune, a South Korean biotech company, said on Wednesday that it had signed an agreement with the Clear Vision Research (CVR) Lab, a research grou...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean LCCs resume flights to Taipei after nearly 3 years
As domestic budget carriers begin opening or resuming flights to Taipei, the skyways between Korea and Taiwan have widened further.Jeju Air announce...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea inflation at 7-mth low; BOK may slow rate hike pace
South Korea’s headline inflation hit a seven-month low in November as rises in agricultural and petroleum product prices slowed, adding to exp...
Dec 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Mezzion Pharma to try again for US FDA approval of drug
South Korea's Mezzion Pharma will seek to get the oral medicine Udenafil to treat side effects from heart surgery, planning to clinical trials in th...
Nov 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Seoul more expensive than Tokyo for expats due to high real estate costs
TOKYO — The monthly rent of a commercial building in Seoul has surpassed that of Tokyo for the first time.The rent for an office building in t...
Nov 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Eugene Group, Stonebridge Capital mull logistics firm Mesh acquisition
South Korean conglomerate Eugene Group, one of the largest construction materials suppliers in the country, is planning to acquire local logistics c...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
KEPCO to see record loss 2022 on slower power tariff hikes
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the state-run utility, is set to suffer a record operating loss this year with a shortfall mounting to the secon...
Nov 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Korean LED maker marks 100th victory in global patent wars
Seoul Semiconductor Co., the world’s second-largest light-emitting diode (LED) display maker, won a patent lawsuit in Germany, setting a recor...
Nov 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korean banks log record profits on rising interest rates
South Korea’s major financial groups enjoyed record quarterly earnings as higher policy interest rates increased lending rates, powering the p...
Oct 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai ups 2022 revenue, profit forecasts as quality costs hit Q3 profit
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. on Monday posted its highest-ever quarterly sales, driven by pricey sport utility vehicles and p...
Oct 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea's Samsung Biologics signs $296 mn CMO deal with GSK
South Korea’s Samsung Biologics Co. has signed a $296.1 million deal to supply biopharmaceutical products to UK-based multinational pharma gia...
Oct 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia to reflect $2 bn quality costs in Q3 earnings
Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp., South Korea’s top two automakers, plan to reflect 2.9 trillion won ($2 billion) more in quality...
Oct 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korean bio suffers as weak won lifts global clinical trial costs
South Korean biopharmaceutical firms are facing challenges in clinical trials overseas alongside the rising Korean won to the US dollar exchange rat...
Oct 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Deep learning SaaS provider Z.Ai wins at D.Camp pitch competition
Deep learning-based Software as a Service (SaaS) provider Z.Ai Inc. won the September pitch competition hosted by Seoul-based startup accelerator D....
Oct 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Higher costs, weaker won put Korean firms’ investments on hold
Rising borrowing costs coupled with the weakening local currency are forcing an increasing number of South Korean companies to withdraw or halt thei...
Sep 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Weaker won offers no leg up for Korean exporters
The steeper-than-expected decline in the won’s value is posing a grave threat to South Korean companies already struggling with rising inflati...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean warehouse project financing on brink of debt crisis
Warehouse development projects in South Korea, which boomed amid COVID-19, are facing challenges such as suspension of construction projects and ban...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LG Elec., GS EPS join forces to produce, use solar power in Korea
LG Electronic Inc. is set to produce solar energy to support 10% of the annual electricity consumption at its Changwon plant in South Korea.The firm...
Sep 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
IMM seeks to sell off low-cost cosmetics brand Missha
IMM Private Equity is trying to sell off the management rights of Able C&C, the parent of Korea’s first-generation low-priced cosmetics br...
Sep 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai Elevator logs first quarterly loss since 1996
Hyundai Elevator Co., South Korea’s No. 1 elevator producer, swung to a quarterly operating loss for the first time since it was listed on the...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Nongshim posts first operating loss from Korean sales in 24 years
South Korea’s top noodle maker Nongshim Co. has posted a quarterly operating loss from its domestic business – its first loss in 24 year...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korea game sector hopes for better profits with new titles
South Korea’s game developers aimed to improve earnings with the release of new titles in the second half after reporting disappointing quarte...
Aug 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Korea Inc. rushes to cut debt as interest rates surge
South Korean companies scrambled for lowering debts and borrowing costs with new financial and business strategies as interest rates on corporate lo...
Aug 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
South Korean firms bullish on hiring developers from India, SE Asia
Travel startup Storicity Inc. tried for a year to find a developer in South Korea – to no avail.But when it expanded its search abroad through...
Aug 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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