future-oriented sectors
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Electronics
LG makes big B2B push to regain momentum, boost profits: CEO
South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. is stepping up efforts to enhance its presence in the global business-to-business marke...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
FKI to be more open, future-minded and international as part of reform
South Korea’s major business lobby group the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) will become a more open and future-oriented business group ...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG Elec target N.American air conditioner market at trade show
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are vying for the North American market for air conditioners with their cutting-edge solutions in th...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SKC eyes M&As in semiconductor, rechargeable battery materials
SKC Inc., a South Korean chemical materials company under SK Group, is seeking to buy semiconductor and rechargeable battery materials companies in ...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
NHN Dooray, HandySoft join forces to develop advanced collaboration tools
NHN Dooray, a provider of online collaboration tools, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with HandySoft, Inc., South Korea's leading gro...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK to buy Japanese nursing home and care service for $300 mn
MBK Partners, the largest private equity firm in Northeast Asia, is set to acquire Japanese senior nursing care service company Unimat Retirement Co...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea's science minister calls small modular reactors 'game changers'
Minister of Science and ICT Lee Jong-ho on Thursday pledged full support for the development of small modular reactors (SMRs), which he called a "ga...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
UK's Croda to buy Korean bio materials maker for $286 mn
Croda International Plc., a British specialty chemicals company, is set to acquire South Korean bio materials producer Solus Biotech Co. for some 35...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy inks $3.3 bn ECV battery deal for N.America, Europe
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest secondary battery maker, has inked a supply deal estimated up to $3.3 billion for North Ame...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Hanwha Hotels & Resorts to work with Vietnam's Lodgis to expand overseas network
South Korea's Hanwha Hotels & Resorts Co., Ltd. said on Wednesday that it has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Lodgis H...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea's credit card approval volume hit all-time high last year
The annual card approval amount in South Korea exceeded 1,000 trillion won ($811.4 billion) for the first time ever. This is largely because of "ret...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KISA launches ASEAN Cyber Shield project for strengthening cyber security
The Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) on Monday has announced the launch of the "ASEAN Cyber Shield" project, a major international cooper...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS underperforms global peers by returns for Q1-Q3 2022
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, ranked 10th out of the global 42 state-owned investors by rate...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Mobile Living Space: Hyundai’s new future mobility concept
A self-driving vehicle taking a passenger home and then docking into the building so that they can enter the house without being exposed to the outs...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung hires two ex-Ericsson executives to lead network business
South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has hired two former executives of Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson to boost its ne...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Bank's Vietnam subsidiary reports record-high performance
Woori Bank Vietnam, South Korean lender Woori Bank's local subsidiary in Vietnam, had heydays last year, tiding over the aftermath of the COVID-19 o...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ECM/DCM
South Korea fines US brokerage $9.6 million for high-frequency trading
South Korea has fined Citadel Securities over 10 billion won ($8.1 million) for disrupting market order through high-frequency trading in the countr...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte's virtual human Lucy makes successful debut on live commerce
Lotte Home Shopping said on Thursday that its virtual model Lucy will appear in monthly live commerce broadcasts on its official YouTube channel.Luc...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea's BSI hits 30-month low amid poor business sentiment
The economic outlook by companies is worsening given lingering global uncertainty, with the business outlook for February at its lowest level in two...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Carrier’s Korea JV aims to raise sales with cold chain biz
Carrier Global Corp.’s joint venture in South Korea aims to ramp up sales with the cold chain business, the series of actions and equipment ap...
Jan 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kakao Mobility launches future mobility hardware think tank
South Korea's Kakao Mobility has launched a think tank to study next-generation mobility hardware under the company's bid to lead overall innovation...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
PIF, GIC to invest $964 mn in Korea's Kakao Entertainment
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have agreed to invest a combined $964 million in K...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Katech signs self-driving R&D agreement with SwRI in US
The Korea Automotive Technology Institute (Katech) said on Tuesday that it will join hands with the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) of the Unite...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Kyobo Life chief says data can overcome uncertain future
Shin Chang-jae, chairman and CEO of South Korea's Kyobo Life Insurance, has urged the overcoming of the economic crisis based on leadership of VUCA,...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
Samsung to launch its first robot to assist with elderly care
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chip and smartphone maker, is set to launch its first robot later this year to care for the elde...
Jan 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Ecoplant to jointly develop renewable energy sources with CSCEC
South Korea's construction engineering company SK Ecoplant Co., Ltd. is going to jointly develop overseas renewable energy sources with China State ...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
LG Elec to increase partnerships for business expansion
LAS VEGAS -- LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top home appliance maker, is seeking more partnerships with global leading companies and increas...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
HD Hyundai to boost offshore wind power, future ships, CEO says
LAS VEGAS – HD Hyundai Co., the largest shipbuilding conglomerate in South Korea, is set to diversify its future growth engines, focusing on s...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Kolon signs MOU with Hanyang Univ. to develop gene therapy treatments
Kolon Industries Inc.'s Future Technology Institute said on Thursday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Hanyang University In...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's Nexo keeps 1st place in hydrogen car market beating Toyota
Hyundai Motor Co.'s hydrogen fuel cell car model Nexo far surpassed Toyota in the world's market share. According to SNE Research, a market research...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)