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Food & Beverage
CJ CheilJedang releases Buddhist temple-style vegan dumplings
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. has rolled out Buddhist temple-style dumplings without meat and the five vegetables banned in Buddhism ...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samyang secures contract for supplying filler with Chinese company
South Korea's Samyang Holdings announced on Thursday that it has signed a partnership agreement with Hangzhou Yxintent, a Chinese medical device a...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's NPS maintains good grade despite heavy losses: finance ministry
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund with 939 trillion won ($713 billion) in assets as of end...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea's loan delinquency rates soar; outlook to worsen in H2
South Korean banks are seeing loan delinquency rates surge due to the increase in lending during the pandemic and a series of rate hikes. The rates ...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics to participate in Frieze Art Fair in New York
LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday that it will participate in Frieze New York, one of the world's three major contemporary art fairs, from May 17...
May 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Night at Korean royal palace brims with stars and Gucci fashion
Seoul has again grabbed the attention of global fashionistas as Italian fashion house Gucci on Tuesday night finally staged its belated Korean fashi...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s new Bespoke line: It's time of reckoning for device chief
Han Jong-hee, Samsung Electronics Co.'s vice chairman, has been in charge of the South Korean tech giant’s digital experience or DX division, ...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Korea Tourism Organization to host K-Tourist Festival in Japan
The Korea Tourism Organization announced on Thursday that it will hold a "K-Tourism Festival" on Apr. 21-22 in Hiroshima and Fukuoka, the key market...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea’s five major companies form data network alliance
South Korea's five major companies have joined forces to make a combined data product that consolidates their respective information, ranging from c...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
S.Korea’s character Baby Shark stars with Sesame Street’s Elmo
Baby Shark, the popular children’s character from South Korea’s family entertainment company Pinkfong, and Elmo, the famous red monster ...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
HD Hyundai Infracore targets Middle East and African markets with new brand Develon
HD Hyundai Infracore (formerly Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co.), a South Korean construction equipment maker, has ventured into the Middle East and Afr...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korea's tech special IPOs face criticism on poor earnings of ventures
Around 200 South Korean ventures have debuted on the country’s secondary Kosdaq market since 2005 when Korea Exchange introduced a technology ...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Louis Vuitton to launch the third pop-up restaurant in S.Korea
The French luxury brand Louis Vuitton to open a pop-up restaurant in South Korea. This is the third one since May and September last year. Acco...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
S.Korea to cut COVID-19 quarantine from seven days to five in May
South Korea’s mandatory quarantine for confirmed COVID-19 patients from May will be cut from seven days to five, as the country is expected to...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korean beef poised for export to Malaysia by end-April
South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on Tuesday the successful conclusion of negotiations with Malaysia, allowing...
Mar 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korean startup investments rapidly dry up in wake of SVB debacle
The shock from the collapse of American startups’ main financing artery Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has been deeply felt in the South Korean sta...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea’s KCC develops AI-based color matching system
South Korea’s chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. on Monday said it developed the K-Smart system of using an artificial intelligence (AI)-...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK to acquire Korea’s top FCCL maker NexFlex for $407 mn
MBK Partners agreed to buy NexFlex Co., South Korea’s top flexible copper-clad laminates (FCCL) producer, as the leading Northeast Asian priva...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
US burger giant Five Guys set for June S.Korea debut
Five Guys, one of the top three burger brands in the US, will open in June its first branch in South Korea in Seoul’s posh Gangnam District. W...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
S.Korea's Taekwang Industrial acquires ISO 45001 certification
Taekwang Industrial Co., a textile and petrochemical subsidiary of Taekwang Group, announced on Sunday that it has achieved ISO 45001 certification ...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Kyochon sets sights on Western expansion with Canadian franchise deal
Kyochon F&B, the operator of South Korea's premier fried chicken brand Kyochon Chicken, said on Tuesday that it has secured a master franchise a...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea's Engel coefficient rises sharply amid COVID-19 pandemic
South Korea’s low-income households are feeling the pinch of rising food prices amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by a local t...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Samsung C&T to cancel $2.3 bn worth of treasury shares, stocks up
Samsung C&T Corp.’s share price zoomed on Thursday on news that the company will cancel its entire treasury stock holdings worth about 2.9...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Webtoon starring Netmarble's girl group MAVE coming soon
Netmarble Corp. announced that the webtoon "MAVE: Another World," based on the virtual girl group, will be available on KakaoPage and Kakao Webtoon ...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Bluecove buys Grand Hyatt Seoul for over $565 million
South Korean real estate firm Bluecove Investment has signed an agreement to acquire five-star hotel Grand Hyatt Seoul for more than 700 billion won...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
One in 5 South Koreans claims Starbucks Rewards stars
Starbucks Korea saw members of its rewards program surpass 10 million this month, meaning that one in every five South Koreans is a registered membe...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung's Galaxy S23 obtains Canstar Blue's Most Satisfied Customers award
Galaxy S23, the latest mobile handset of South Korea's electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co., obtained the Canstar Blue 2023 Most Satisfie...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Stay-in-hotel trend for the holidays revs up luxury hotels
Luxury hotels in South Korea are enjoying the emerging trend of Koreans choosing relaxing vacations at hotels, rather than taking holidays overseas....
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Kookmin Bank launches foreign currency trading platform KB Star FX
South Korea's largest lender Kookmin Bank on Monday launched its new contactless platform for foreign exchange transactions dubbed KB Star FX.The on...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung SDS calls attacks on cloud biggest threat to cyber security
Cloud protection is the top cyber security concern for companies this year, a study says.Samsung SDS Co. on Thursday said this in its report "Top Fi...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)