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Debt financing
Kookmin Bank raises $700 mn in forex bonds amid strong demand
Kookmin Bank, a unit of KB Financial Group, raised $700 million in foreign exchange bonds on Tuesday, signaling a recovery in investor sentiment tow...
Apr 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
K-pop stocks surge as China set to loosen cultural ban after 9 years
Shares in South Korea’s leading entertainment companies are rallying amid growing signs that China will likely lift its longstanding ban on Ko...
Apr 29, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
China bans export of Korean goods containing its rare earth metals to US
The Chinese government has warned South Korean companies of retributions for exporting any product containing its critical metals to US military con...
Apr 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
South Korean defense industry thriving on strong overseas demand
The South Korean defense industry's current heyday is expected to continue for a while as global demand for Korean-made weapons and combat systems h...
Apr 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
K-beauty exports to China rebound after 4-month slump
South Korea’s beauty industry is showing signs of recovery in China, with exports rebounding after four months of decline.The turnaround follo...
Apr 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
K-pop exports boom as end of Chinese K-wave ban looms large
Exports of Korean popular music, or K-pop, have seen a significant surge in recent months, driven by increasing demand from China and Japan, accordi...
Mar 31, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Games
Chinese games expand foothold in South Korea
Chinese games are making deep inroads into South Korea, increasing their presence in the mobile gaming market amid a lack of restrictions on foreign...
Mar 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Stocks
Meritz leaps to No. 2 financial holding firm in South Korea
Meritz Financial Group Inc., once a medium-sized financial service firm in South Korea, has become the second-most valuable publicly traded financia...
Feb 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
South Korea to fully resume short selling in March: FSC Chief
South Korea will allow short selling on all listed stocks in the country next month as planned, said the chief of the country’s financial regu...
Feb 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
China likely to lift ban on South Korea’s K-wave as early as May
BEIJING – China will likely lift its ban on Hallyu, or Korean popular culture in the country, as early as May, moving away from its “wol...
Feb 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
S.Korea to allow listed firms to trade cryptocurrencies in second half
South Korea plans to allow companies listed on the local stock market to trade virtual assets, including cryptocurrencies, on a pilot basis in the s...
Feb 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Korean investors abandon savings, stocks for cryptocurrencies
Money is rapidly shifting to cryptocurrency markets in South Korea as lower interest rates and lackluster stock prices reduce the investment appeal ...
Feb 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreign investors sells $3.86 bn in S.Korean stock market
The Bank of Korea (BOK) said on Wednesday that the foreign investors' net selling in the South Korean stock market was $3.86 billion in December las...
Jan 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Korea seeks to ease fintech ownership, crypto regulations
South Korea’s top financial regulator has proposed loosening restrictions on financial holding companies’ ownership of fintech platforms...
Jan 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea becomes super-aged society faster than expected
One in five South Koreans is now 65 years old or older as the Asian country grapples with the demographic challenge of a rapidly aging population an...
Dec 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
HYBE Q3 profit down; foresees better 2025 after BTS’ military discharges
HYBE Co., the K-pop behemoth behind BTS, suffered a double-digit profit fall in the third quarter amid an ongoing feud with Min Hee-jin, the creativ...
Nov 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Volpara to supply breast cancer SW to US Defense Health Agency
Lunit, a South Korean cancer diagnostics AI company, said on Monday its US subsidiary Volpara Health secured a 10 billion won ($7.5 million) contr...
Nov 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Netmarble’s RPG ‘Solo Leveling’ reaches 50 mn cumulative users
South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. announced on Tuesday that the action role-playing game (RPG) “Solo Leveling: Arise” has reac...
Oct 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Mom's Touch to enter Laos in 2025
South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. said on Wednesday that it signed a master franchise agreement with Laos-based ...
Oct 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Microsoft, KT to invest $1.8 bn in Korea’s AI, infrastructure
Microsoft Corp. and KT Corp. plan to invest 2.4 trillion won ($1.8 billion) in South Korea’s artificial intelligence, cloud and infrastructure...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Enmove, SQM ink supply deal for refrigerant material iodine
SK Enmove Co. a lubricant-producing arm of SK Innovation Co., said on Thursday that it has signed a preliminary agreement to buy iodine from Socieda...
Oct 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Korea’s E-Mart to delist troubled building unit for restructuring
South Korea’s largest supermarket chain E-Mart Inc. said on Monday it is set to delist its troubled construction subsidiary from the main loca...
Sep 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Microsoft, KT join forces to propel Korea’s AI innovation
Microsoft Corp. and KT Corp., one of South Korea's top three telecom companies, will drive artificial intelligence transformation in the Korean firm...
Sep 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion earmarks billions of dollars to build CDMO plant: chairman
Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s largest biosimilar maker, will spend several billion dollars to build a factory to crack the contract developmen...
Sep 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
HD Hyundai affiliates participate in Mining Indonesia 2024
South Korea's HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Co. and HD Hyundai Infracore Co. announced on Wednesday that they participated in Mining Indonesia 2...
Sep 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
No Korean firms make it onto Korea’s top five mobile games list
No South Korean game titles developed by domestic game developers made it onto the list of the country’s top five mobile games last month, ind...
Sep 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
CJ CheilJedang launches protein snack O-right Tempeh Chips in Thailand
CJ CheilJedang Corp. accelerates its business expansion in Thailand with a new protein snack.CJ CheilJedang announced on Monday that it has launched...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
HD Hyundai Electric wins $50 mn transformer order in Sweden
South Korea's HD Hyundai Electric Co. said in a regulatory filing on Friday that it signed a 66.2 billion won ($49.6 million) contract to supply pow...
Aug 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Com2us BTS Cooking On surpasses 1 mn global downloads
South Korea's Com2uS Corp. announced on Monday that its new cooking simulation game, "BTS Cooking On: TinyTAN Restaurant," reached 1 million downloa...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang, CJ CheilJedang end feud and resume Rocket Delivery
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, on Wednesday resumed the same- or next-day delivery service dubbed Rocket Delivery fo...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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