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Korean chipmakers
Uncertainty clouds Samsung as paradigm shifts toward profitability
Samsung Electronics Co.’s third-quarter earnings report on Thursday was almost perfect but for one thing. The world’s top memory maker s...
Oct 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Slower Korean economic growth puts 4% target at risk
South Korea’s economy expanded slower than expected in the third quarter on sluggish private consumption and capital expenditures offset healt...
Oct 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Netflix brings $4.7 bn economic impact to Korean industries: Deloitte
Netflix Inc. has contributed to a socio-economic impact worth 5.6 trillion won ($4.7 billion) across various South Korean industries through the joi...
Sep 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Batteries, chips strengthen US-Korea economic ties
Battery and chip industries are reinforcing economic cooperation between the United States and South Korea, expanding their ties focused on security...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea's potential growth rate drops to record low
The COVID-19 pandemic has dampened South Korea's growth potential between this year and the next by 0.2 percentage points to its historic low of 2.0...
Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
US may return to low rates after modest inflation
The rising inflationary risk in the US, fueled by strong recovery from the pandemic-induced slowdown, is likely to be short-lived and modest, and in...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
BOK ratchets up warning over asset price bubble, private debt
The recent asset price rises in South Korea, in particular in the equities and real estate markets, have been too rapid, even considering an expecte...
Jun 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Korean firms split into new units for fair valuation amid uncertainty
The blurring of industry boundaries and increasing new opportunities in the pandemic era are driving major Korean companies to split businesses into...
Jun 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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President Moon's state visit to US
Korea’s top 4 conglomerates pledge $40 bn investment in US
Samsung Group, Hyundai Motor Group, SK Group and LG Group, companies unofficially accompanying South Korean President Moon Jae-in on his state visit...
May 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
BOK to offer news-based weekly economic index
South Korea’s central bank will launch a new economic index based on analysis of online business news articles. The Bank of Korea said on Apr....
Apr 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC sees pre-pandemic level economic recovery as early as H2
A senior investment manager of the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) said on Thursday that the global economy may return to pre-pandemic levels lat...
Feb 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startup foundation D.CAMP generates $6 bn in economic value
D.CAMP, South Korea's largest non-profit foundation for startups, has generated 6.7 trillion won ($6 billion) in economic value, including 32,523 ...
Jan 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea posts worst economic contraction since 1998; down 1%
South Korea’s economic growth rate dropped by 1 percent last year, its worst performance since the 1998 Asian financial crisis when the coun...
Jan 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korea’s economically inactive population rises to record high in July
Hit hardest by the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, South Korea’s jobless rate rose to the highest level in two decades, while many people w...
Aug 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chips
Korea’s reliance on semiconductor chips increases economic vulnerability: FKI
South Korea’s heavy dependence on semiconductor chips and its concentration on the US and China for exports pose a greater risk to the export-or...
Aug 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean investors
[Survey] Korean LPs tilt to infrastructure on dull 2019 economic outlook
A majority of leading South Korean institutional investors are planning to boost overseas infrastructure investment next year with focus on developed ...
Oct 30, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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