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Korean food
CJ CheilJedang launches Cuisine.K project
South Korea's largest food company CJ CheilJedang Corp., announced on Tuesday the launch of "Cuisine.K," a project aimed at discovering and nurturin...
May 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Meritz emerges fast to take on South Korea’s big financial companies
Back in the early 2000s, Meritz was an obscure, lesser-known insurance-related company in South Korea’s financial arena.Part of Hanjin Group, ...
May 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC mulls expanding assets in Asian emerging markets: CEO
NEW YORK – Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is considering expanding alternative investments in Asian emerging markets...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korean E-Land unites fast fashion units for China biz growth
South Korea’s major retailer E-Land Group has consolidated one of its fast fashion brand's operations at home and in China to accelerate growt...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Indonesia's Green Rebel enters S.Korean alternative meat market
Indonesia-based food tech startup, Green Rebel Foods, made public its official entry into the Korean plant-based protein food market. Bryan Toh, Glo...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Kolmar BNH gets approval for health functional food ingredient in US
Kolmar BNH Co. has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a domestically developed health functional food ingredient.K...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Doosan Robotics launches collaborative robot dedicated to F&B
Doosan Robotics, a robot solution subsidiary of South Korea's Doosan Group, announced on Monday the release of its E series collaborative robot, des...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
SPC supports vulnerable communities in New York
South Korea's major food company SPC Group has taken steps to improve its brand image in the United States by offering baking training and food dona...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
HLB starts Phase 3 clinical trials for ophthalmic disease treatment in US
South Korea's pharmaceutical company HLB Therapeutics Co. announced on Thursday that it has started patient administration of "RGN-259," a treatment...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S. Korean food company Ottogi opens new research center
South Korean food company Ottogi Co. has announced on Friday the opening of the food safety science research institute at its Ottogi Research Center...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Verismo's CAR-T therapy designated fast-track status by FDA
Verismo Therapeutics, a US affiliate of South Korean pharmaceutical firm HLB Co., has received fast-track designation from the US Food and Drug Admi...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
S. Korea's Orion sees brisk sales growth in Vietnam, Russia
South Korea's confectionary giant Orion Corp. has seen brisk sales growth this year, pushing out rival CJ CheilJedang Corp. to solidify its dominanc...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
NongHyup opens office in Vietnam to strengthen K-food exports
South Korea's NongHyup, or the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, announced on Wednesday that it has opened an office in Vietnam with pla...
Apr 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Kurly seeks fresh funding at half its peak valuation
Kurly Inc., South Korea’s leading food delivery platform, has embarked on a new funding round to raise 100 billion won ($76 million) at about ...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Top Korean food delivery app posts record profits
Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top food delivery app, posted a record profit in 2022, which also marked its first profit ...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Drug instructions to be provided via QR codes, URLs in S.Korea
South Korea's the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on Friday that it had revised the "Risk Management Plan (RMP) Guidelines" to allow for ...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ Haechandle Gochujang acquires Europe's V-Label
CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s flagship fermented food brand Haechandle Gochujang (hot pepper paste) is set to expand into the global market, backed by its ...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Shopping: Resurrected in Indonesia after death in China
JAKARTA – On a hot spring day in March, Lotte Mart’s Gandaria City Mall hypermarket was as bustling with shopping Indonesians as usual.I...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte Confectionery to rebrand as Lotte Well Food
South Korea's Lotte Confectionery Co. will change its name to Lotte Well Food, effective April 1, according to an announcement made on Thursday. The...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
EV fast-charging company Crocus succeeds in $5 mn Series B funding
Crocus Inc., a South Korean startup focused on energy infrastructure and leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), announced on Wednesday that it rai...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea's LifeSemantics establishes health functional food subsidiary
Digital healthcare company LifeSemantics Co. has entered the health functional food business by creating a new subsidiary, NutraSemantics. The South...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S.Korea's Harim launches street food brand Melting Piece
South Korea's leading poultry processing firm, Harim Co., announced on Thursday the launch of its new street food brand, Melting Piece, in response ...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Prestige Bio's pancreatic cancer treatment gets US FDA fast-track designation
Prestige Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company in South Korea, announced on Thursday that their pancreatic cancer antibody drug, PBP1510 (Ulenistam...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Samsung raises Rainbow Robotics stake, eyes management control
Samsung Electronics Co. is looking to own a controlling stake in Rainbow Robotics Co., a South Korean collaborative robot maker, as the tech giant h...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Mart unveils integrated private brand Good Today
South Korea's hypermarket Lotte Mart on Wednesday announced the debut of its integrated private brand (PB) Good Today under its plan to conduct focu...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
S.Korean sovereign wealth fund KIC to set up Mumbai office
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has kicked off procedures to open a Mumbai-based office later this year, The Korea Economic...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Nongshim lands deal to export smart farms to Saudi Arabia
South Korea's food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. will export smart farms to Saudi Arabia, following a similar deal with the United Arab Emirates (...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Pulmuone looks to enter US plant-based convenience food market
Pulmuone, a leading South Korean producer of plant-based foods such as tofu and bean sprouts, is trying to expand the K-food territory in the global...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Daewoo E&C wins massive $790 million public project in Libya
South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. has landed a massive order from the General Electricity Company of Libya.Daewoo E&C on F...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Dongsuh Foods applies green certification package to products
South Korea's food processing company Dongsuh Foods Corporation announced on Monday the launch of new green technology-certified packaging.This gree...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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