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K-pop
Blackpink’s Rose releases new song in collaboration with Bruno Mars
Girl group Blackpink's Rose released her single “APT.” in collaboration with global pop star Bruno Mars on Friday, her agency The Black ...
Oct 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sports
Twenty-something female away team fans lead Korean baseball craze
South Korea’s professional baseball league games enjoyed record-high attendance of more than 10 million this year thanks to the growing number...
Oct 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Jimmy John’s to open its first store in Seoul in October
U.S. sandwich franchise Jimmy John's will open a store in Gangnam, Seoul, in October, the company announced on Thursday.This will be Jimmy John's fi...
Oct 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
BTS Jin reveals track list of 6 songs for solo album 'Happy'
The title track of the first solo album to be released by BTS member Jin is “Running Wild,” his agency Big Hit Music announced on Thursd...
Oct 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Samsung to unveil its first wearable robot Bot Fit by end-October
Samsung Electronics Co. will unveil its first wearable robot, Bot Fit, later this month as the South Korean tech giant delves into the global health...
Oct 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Nobel laureate Han Kang craze revives Korean book market
South Koreans are flocking to bookstores to snap up 2024 Nobel laureate Hang Kang’s novels, making her books — and even those of her nov...
Oct 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Future M begins NCA production in Pohang
South Korea's POSCO Future M Co. has started production of nickel, cobalt, aluminum (NCA) cathode materials at its Pohang factory, three months ea...
Oct 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Korea Investment lists structured warrants in Indonesia
Korea Investment & Securities Co. has become the first South Korean securities firm to list derivative warrants in Indonesia after issuing 11 st...
Oct 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK flags more rate cuts but in gradual, small steps
South Korea’s central bank is open to more cuts in interest rates after its first rate reduction in more than four years on Friday but only in...
Oct 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreign appetite for Korean stocks wanes with $5.5 bn in September sales
Foreign investors' appetite for South Korean stocks turned sour with sales of 7.36 trillion won ($5.5 billion) worth of shares on the Korean bourse ...
Oct 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor celebrates 100 mn vehicles with special exhibition
Hyundai Motor Co. is celebrating the production of its 100 millionth vehicle with a month-long exhibition, "One Step Further," starting October 10 a...
Oct 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Samsung retains No. 5, Hyundai climbs to No. 30 global brand
Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s most valuable company in terms of market capitalization, saw its brand value top $100 billion for the f...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec named Lowe's 2024 vendor partner of year
LG Electronics Inc. said on Wednesday that it was named Lowe's 2024 Vendor Partners of the Year. Lowe's operates over 1,700 home improvement store...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
DB Insurance outshines domestic rivals in global business
DB Insurance Co. raked in the biggest profits from overseas operations among South Korean insurance companies in the first half of this year, leadin...
Oct 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Jeju Air launches new Batam, Bali routes
Jeju Air Co., South Korea's leading low-cost carrier (LCC), said on Tuesday that it will launch the routes to Batam and Bali, Indonesia. It's t...
Oct 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2024
Alternative investment experts to gather Oct. 16-17 at ASK 2024
South Korea’s major institutional investors and global asset managers will gather at the ASK 2024 global alternative investment conference on ...
Oct 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Lotte chief bets on K-food boom for global expansion
Lotte Group, a multinational retail-to-chemical business empire, is seeking to ride the growing popularity of Korean food to achieve its global expa...
Oct 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung's Lee inspects MLCC plant in Philippines as it eyes turnaround
Samsung Group Chairman Jay Y. Lee on Sunday inspected Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co.’s production facilities for multilayer ceramic capacitors ...
Oct 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy aims to more than double sales to $50 billion by 2028
LG Energy Solution Ltd. has vowed to more than double its sales in five years to 67 trillion won ($50 billion) by diversifying its battery products ...
Oct 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia to sweep top three spots in Korea car sales on SUV, hybrid boom
Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, is poised to claim the top three spots on the country’s best-selling car list this year thanks...
Oct 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
CU, GS25 in fierce race for top spot in Korea’s convenience store market
Using multiple measures, CU and GS25 both claim they are the No. 1 player in South Korea’s convenience store (CV) market.CU, operated by BGF R...
Oct 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Motor sells over 1,000 Elec City FCEV
Hyundai Motor Co. said on Sunday it has sold more than 1,000 units of its hydrogen fuel cell bus Elec City Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) with cu...
Oct 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, Kia’s H1 vehicle sales in Singapore double
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group said on Sunday its vehicle sales in Singapore, a high-tech innovation hub, more than doubled i...
Oct 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor, Waymo forge multi-year, strategic partnership
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Friday it has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with Waymo LLC to jointly ...
Oct 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Solus signs incentive agreement with Quebec
Solus Advanced Materials, a South Korean copper foil supplier, said on Friday that its overseas subsidiary Volta Energy Solutions Canada signed an i...
Oct 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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League table
UBS retains top position on Korea’s M&A advisor list after Ecorbit deal
UBS Group AG remained on the top of the South Korean merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory market as of the end of the third quarter after addin...
Oct 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
SK Group may beef up reform drive after CEO seminar
South Korea’s energy-to-telecom conglomerate SK Group will hold an annual strategic meeting presided over by its Chairman Chey Tae-won from Oc...
Oct 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia’s September US sales fall; hybrids buck weak sales trend
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister firm Kia Corp. saw their US sales decline last month due to fewer selling days and weak market ...
Oct 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s exports stand firm thanks to record chip sales
South Korea’s exports extended their growth streak for the 12th straight month in September mainly driven by record-high semiconductor shipmen...
Oct 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s finance min, central bank chief to take on demographic crisis
South Korea’s finance minister and central bank chief on Monday agreed to address the world’s lowest fertility rate, a most urgent task ...
Sep 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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