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Foreign exchange
Korea won near 5-mth high as Powell signals slower hikes
The South Korean won currency hit a near 5-month high on Thursday as US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested a slowdown in its tightenin...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea adopts USB-C as unified connector for phone charging cable
The Korean government has released guidelines on its designation of USB-C as the unified national standard for charging and data transfer connectors...
Nov 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Upbit's decision to delist WEMIX ridiculous, WeMade CEO says
South Korea’s five major cryptocurrency exchanges said on Nov. 24 they will delist WEMIX, Kosdaq-listed game developer WeMade Co.’s cryp...
Nov 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea to revise dividend policy to ease ‘Korea discount’ concerns
South Korea plans to revise its stock dividend policy as part of a broader financial market reform to help attract foreign investors and obtain MSCI...
Nov 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
Food giant Nongshim exports two container units of smart farm to Oman
Nongshim Co., a South Korean food and instant noodle manufacturer, announced on Wednesday that it is slated to export a smart farm system to Oman, a...
Nov 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Lawmakers’ move to amend law could rattle Samsung governance
South Korean lawmakers are moving to revise an insurance industry law that would force Samsung Group-affiliated insurers to sell their shares in Sam...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea to launch control tower for immigration policy
South Korea is set to establish a government body as early as the first half of 2023 to comprehensively control its immigration policy as Asia&rsquo...
Nov 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
KT adds partner to expand Vietnam digital healthcare biz
KT Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, has teamed up with another local company to expand its digital healthcare business in Vietnam furth...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Perspectives
Korea should open retail electricity market for renewables
South Korea on Oct. 26 officially launched the carbon neutrality commission based on laws for green growth, which took effect last March, amid the g...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea exempts foreign investors from treasury bond tax
South Korea on Oct. 17 started exempting foreign investors from two types of taxes on Korean treasury bonds and monetary stabilization bonds investm...
Oct 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
KLA to stop chip tool supply to customers in China: Report
US chip toolmaker KLA Corp. will cease offering some supplies and services from Wednesday to China-based customers including SK Hynix Inc., the worl...
Oct 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
ETRI bolsters semiconductor technologies for use in aerospace defense
Daejeon-based Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) is poised to further the development of semiconductor technologies for us...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK Telecom-led consortium to commercialize air taxis on Jeju Island
Come 2025, visitors to South Korea’s resort island of Jeju will be able to hail air taxis while there – thanks to special air routes ded...
Sep 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea may limit NPS power on shareholder derivative suits
South Korea may keep the National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest such fund, from increasing its power for shareholder deriva...
Sep 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS' new chairman Kim Tae-hyun to start 3-year term
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is set for its new Chairman Kim Tae-hyun, a former CEO of state-run Korea Deposit Insurance Corp....
Sep 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
South Korean government slashes fund of funds budget by 40% on-year
The South Korean government is facing a backlash from the startup and venture capital sectors after slashing next year’s fund of funds budget....
Aug 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korea targets Tesla, imported EVs with new subsidy policy
South Korea is planning to set up a new subsidy policy for electric vehicle purchases, which will be commensurate to the EV makers’ after-sale...
Aug 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Tesla sweeps local EV subsidies as Korean firms at disadvantage in US
Tesla Inc. and other US electric vehicle makers are enjoying strong sales in South Korea thanks to government subsidies while the revised US EV tax ...
Aug 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
GM Korea’s outlook gloomy without EV production
General Motors Co. is unlikely to produce electric vehicles in South Korea as it aims to maximize the benefit of the US government’s tax credi...
Aug 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Activist fund steps up pressure for SM Ent's governance reform
Align Partners Capital Management, a South Korean activist fund, has threatened legal action against entertainment behemoth SM Entertainment Co., re...
Aug 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung Group to speed up corporate governance reform
Samsung Group, South Korea’s largest conglomerate, is expected to accelerate the restructuring of its corporate governance to help Vice Chairm...
Aug 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Experts criticize Seoul's quantum computer development efforts
The United States: 4158. South Korea: 50These figures refer to the number of qubits in a quantum computer that each country seeks to develop by 2026...
Aug 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korean snack shares surge, Beijing halts baked goods imports from Taiwan
Shares of South Korean confectionery and packaged snack makers skyrocketed after the Chinese government announced its decision to temporarily halt t...
Aug 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, China’s Huayou Cobalt to build battery recycling joint venture
South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. and China’s mining company Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. have agreed to launch a ba...
Jul 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Daewoo Shipbuilding may split up to find new owners
South Korea is considering splitting Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. into two units to facilitate the sale of the debt-ridden shipb...
Jul 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korea to raise cash support on foreign investments in key sectors
South Korea plans to spend more cash on attracting foreign investments in high-tech and core supply chain industries as foreign direct investment to...
Jul 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea to reboot nuclear power sector with orders, aid
South Korea plans to rebuild the nuclear power plant industry hard hit by the previous government’s nuclear energy phasing-out policy by placi...
Jun 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Ex-Samsung exec says Korea chip sector needs more support
South Korea’s semiconductor sector needs more support from the government not only to compete against global rivals backed by their own govern...
Jun 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea ushers in new space era with rocket launch success
GOHEUNG, South Korea -- South Korea opened a new space era as it succeeded in the launch of a homegrown space rocket carrying payloads to become the...
Jun 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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The Deep Dive
Why Korean chipmakers struggle with talent shortages
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday lashed out at Vice Education Minister Chang Sang-wan during a cabinet meeting, after Chang pointed t...
Jun 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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