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Corporate bonds
KT receives record-high corporate bond bids of $2.3 billion
KT Corp., which boasts the nation's highest credit rating at the stable “AAA,” reached a whopping 2.89 trillion won ($2.27 billion) in c...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
KT, E-mart warm up S.Korea's corporate bond market
South Korea's KT Corp. and E-mart Inc. are the frontrunners in the new year's corporate bond demand forecasts, attracting attention on if they can b...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
K-BBQ brand Mapo Galmaegi signs agreement to get halal certification
South Korean food service enterprise Didim E&F said on Monday that its Korean barbecue brand Mapo Galmaegi signed a business agreement with a Ko...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Korea's Traders Wholesale Club launches paid membership program
S.Korea's big-box store Traders Wholesale Club officially launched its paid membership program called Traders Club on Sunday.The store has secured...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Bank to completely scrap mobile, online balance transfer fees
Beginning on New Year's day, Shinhan Bank started waiving all balance transfer fees to other bank accounts and automated transfer fees for its mobil...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
S.Korea begins PCR testing of all passengers coming from China
South Korea on Monday implemented tougher quarantine measures on arrivals from China like a PCR test for COVID-19.Thus quarantine authorities requir...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
E-Mart enters Singapore with two corner shops selling K-food
South Korea’s largest supermarket chain E-Mart Inc. has become the first Korean company that has launched a convenience store in Singapore.The...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's Tucson named BBC Top Gear's Best Family Car
Hyundai Motor Co. said on Friday that its Tucson SUV has been selected as the "best family car" by the British motoring TV show Top Gear.In the rece...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea's CJ Logistics launches AI-based freight transportation platform
South Korea's CJ Logistics on Thursday said it launched The Unban, a freight transportation platform that directly connects senders and freight truc...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hanwha E&C, Panasia sign joint hydrogen production agreement
The construction division of Hanwha Corp. said on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement to produce hydrogen based on biogas with Panasia, an eco...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK E&S builds world's largest production base for blue hydrogen
South Korea's SK E&S has accelerated a blue hydrogen project in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, in what will be the world's largest comple...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
GS E&C inks deal with AirFirst on industrial gas tech development
GS Engineering & Construction Co. said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with AirFirst to work together in the areas of industrial gas ...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KKR to buy 100% stake in SK E&S' Busan City Gas for $561 mn
Private equity giant KKR & Co. is slated to buy a 100% stake in Busan City Gas Co., wholly owned by South Korean energy company SK E&S Co., ...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea to retain more skilled foreign workers with visa status upgrade
South Korea plans to more than double the number of skilled foreign workers next year as the country is struggling with a declining workforce at its...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
S.Korea's e-commerce platform Plugo secures $9 million in investment
South Korea's Plugo, a comprehensive e-commerce platform based in Singapore, has attracted $9 million in Series A investment, the Silicon Valley, Ca...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
S.Korea's Bespin Global, Daewoo E&C sign smart city deal with Aussie company
South Korea's cloud management company Bespin Global on Wednesday said its subsidiary Bespin Global Vietnam formed a strategic partnership with Daew...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
CJ Logistics expands global e-commerce shipping services
South Korea’s CJ Logistics Corp. is ramping up its cross-border e-commerce (CBE) businesses as its local rival Coupang Inc. is increasing domi...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Neurophet acquires Singaporean certification for Alzheimer's diagnosis
South Korea's medical imaging device maker Neurophet said on Tuesday that its SCALE PET has obtained a medical device certification from the Health ...
Dec 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
S.Korea's Bespin Global secures $107 mn from Middle East
South Korea's cloud management company Bespin Global said on Monday that it has secured 140 billion won ($107 million) in investment from e& Ent...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Coupang to invest $4.7 billion in supply chains in Korea over 12 years
South Korea's e-commerce giant Coupang has briefed US Ambassador to Seoul Philip Goldberg at the company's fulfillment center in Daegu, a fa...
Dec 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Shopee Korea widens logistics service range for Thailand
Shopee Korea, an e-commerce platform for Southeast Asian and Taiwanese customers, said on Wednesday that it would expand the Shopee Logistics Service ...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Air Busan offers 4 daily flights on Busan-Fukuoka route
Korea's low-cost carrier Air Busan Co. from Thursday will add a daily flight to its route linking the nation's biggest port city of Busan to Fukuo...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's sales of E-GMP-based EVs exceed 100,000 units in Korea
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group sold more than 100,000 units of electric vehicles (EVs) that adopted Hyundai Motor’s E-GMP, or Electri...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Imported auto sales jump 50% in November
The Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA) announced on Monday that along with the easing of a supply shortage of auto se...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
SK Telecom to team up with Singapore's Singtel for metaverse venture
SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singapore's top telecom provider Singtel Group on joint business o...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Korea’s e-commerce giant Coupang to invest in logistics automation
Coupang Inc. is poised to invest in the automation transformation of its logistics system, according to industry insiders. Headquartered in Seo...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C creates world's first children's playground using 3D printing
Hyundai Engineering & Construction said on Thursday it has installed children's playground equipment it made using 3D printing technology at Hil...
Nov 25, 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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Travel & Leisure
Number of tourists to S.Korea, Japan surge on eased visa restrictions
As restrictions to traveling across national borders loosen, the number of international travelers to both South Korea and Japan have been on the ri...
Nov 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
South Korea's DL E&C wins 1st petrochemical plant order in US
South Korean construction company DL E&C has landed its first contract to build a petrochemical plant in the US.The company on Thursday said it ...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)