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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korean defense firms receive $15 bn order from Poland
South Korea’s defense makers, namely Hyundai Rotem Co., Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), and Hanwha Defense Corp., clinched export dea...
Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea shipbuilders throttle up wind farm business
South Korea’s major shipbuilders are competing to lead the global wind farm industry, an emerging game-changer in the renewable energy sector,...
Jul 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO, GM JV inks battery materials supply deal worth $16 bn
South Korea’s POSCO Chemical Co. and General Motors Co. on Friday agreed to set up a joint venture that will supply about 20 trillion won ($16...
May 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korean suppliers ride on Apple’s smooth sailing
South Korea's major chip, display and other electronic components makers have at least one thing in common: they all claim Apple Inc. as a key custo...
May 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Dongkuk buys 15% stake in Vietnamese steel fabricator
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., South Korea’s leading color-coated steel manufacturer, said on Wednesday it has acquired a 15% stake in VSSC Steel Cen...
Apr 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Kakao Games invests $15 mn in Playable Worlds for global expansion
Kakao Games Corp., a game publishing unit of Korea’s web service giant Kakao Corp., has invested $15 million in US game studio Playable Worlds...
Apr 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Creator tech startup Awake Corp. attracts over $892,000 in seed funding
Awake Corp., a startup that operates platforms to assist online creators, recently attracted 1.1 billion won ($892,473) in seed capital. The total a...
Apr 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung launches LTE-only Galaxy A23 to target low-end market
Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday launched the 4G LTE Galaxy A23 smartphone, a cheaper version of its flagship Galaxy A series models, targeting the...
Mar 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
LG Innotek shares at new highs, tracking Apple's rise
Shares in LG Innotek Co., a major camera module supplier for Apple iPhones, climbed to a record high on Monday, in stark contrast to the flat wider ...
Mar 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Galaxy A series: Budget smartphone with advanced features
Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled two new Galaxy A series models, targeting price-conscious customers looking for affordable smartphones packed w...
Mar 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Edtech startup Riiid joins Fast Company's list of most innovative firms
South Korea’s AI education startup Riiid has made it onto Fast Company's annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Since 20...
Mar 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Ultra: Setting new smartphone standard
Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday announced new additions to its Galaxy S series models as the world’s top smartphone maker by volume faces...
Feb 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Bank of Korea to test CBDC on Samsung devices, not on iPhone
The Bank of Korea (BOK) will launch real-life, offline tests for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) project on Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy ...
Jan 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
AmazeVR receives $15 mn from Korean VCs
AmazeVR Inc. received a total of $15 million from leading South Korean venture capital firms. The virtual reality platform allows users to experie...
Jan 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Innotek shares surge on anticipation of Apple Car, new iPhone
Shares of Korean companies supplying parts to Apple rose sharply on Thursday. The jump comes on the back of robust iPhone sales and buzz that the ...
Dec 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative Investments
Tiger Alternative liquidates its structured fund with over 15% IRR
South Korea’s Tiger Alternative Investors Co. has liquidated its structured fund backed by shares of US-based business development companies...
Dec 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to produce STMicro's MCUs for use in iPhones
Samsung Electronics Co. has won a foundry order from Switzerland-based STMicroelectronics to produce microcontroller units (MCUs) for use in Apple I...
Dec 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korea’s Midas Asset buys logistics center in Italy for €200 mn
South Korea’s Midas Asset Management Co. has bought a logistics center leased to Amazon, the world’s top online shopping mall, in Italy ...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SKC to invest $33 mn in British battery materials startup Nexeon
South Korea’s SKC Co. is set to invest $33 million in Nexeon Ltd., a British battery materials maker, for the silicon anode materials business...
Nov 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Office investment falls 15% in Q3 2021, CBRE says
The real estate investment market size in South Korea during the third quarter of this year reached 3.7 trillion won ($3.2 billion), showing a small...
Oct 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Won hits 15-month low as global inflation woes spur equity outflow
The South Korean won weakened past the psychologically important 1,200 per dollar mark for the first time in 15 months as growing worries about glob...
Oct 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Travel bubble triples Koreans’ trips to Saipan
A travel bubble between South Korea and Saipan more than tripled visits of residents in the Asian country to the main island in the Northern Mariana...
Oct 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Chem, OCI to produce previously imported battery material in Korea
POSCO Chemical and OCI plan to produce in South Korea a key material for electric vehicle batteries, which has so far been imported.POSCO Chemical s...
Aug 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Bank of Korea ends 15-mth ultra-easy monetary stance
The Bank of Korea has ended its ultra-easy monetary stance by bumping up the base interest rate by 25 basis points from a record-low 0.5% on Thursda...
Aug 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Coupang’s revenue grows by more than 50% for 15 consecutive quarters
The US-listed e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. has posted its highest-ever quarterly revenue. The company reported on Aug. 12 that its second-quarter r...
Aug 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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EV Batteries
SK Innovation to split battery unit in October, seeks IPO
South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co. decided to split off its battery business in October with a plan to list the new affiliate ...
Aug 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Apple adds LG Elec to iPhone vendor list in Korea
LG Electronics Inc. will begin to sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone at its retail stores across South Korea from mid-August, as the Korean home appliance mak...
Jul 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Krafton aims to become global content provider with $3.7 bn IPO
South Korean game developer Krafton Inc. dreams of growing into global content provider with an up to $3.7 billion fund to be raised from an initial...
Jul 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Kolon expands hydrocarbon resins production, becomes global No.2 maker
South Korea’s chemicals and industrial materials maker Kolon Industries Inc. have added another 15,000 tons of annual capacity in its hydrocar...
Jun 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, POSCO invest $15 mn in Aussie battery material supplier
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. and POSCO have agreed to invest a combined 17 billion won ($15 million) in Australia's Queensland Pacifi...
Jun 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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