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Pharmaceuticals
Korean pharma joins global race in RNA therapeutics development
The field of ribonucleic acid (RNA) therapeutics, once considered an unexplored area, is now the most coveted sector in the global biotech industry....
Jan 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pharmaceuticals
ABL Bio in $1.06 bn deal with Sanofi for Parkinson's disease treatment
South Korea’s ABL Bio Inc. has signed a $1.06 billion contract to license out its technology for a Parkinson's disease treatment candidate t...
Jan 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fraud scandals
Investors prepare loss claim for Osstem's fraud case
Minority investors are preparing to file a class-action lawsuit against Osstem Implant Co., which on Monday revealed itself the victim of the larges...
Jan 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang’s share price rebounds as market digests lockup release
Shares of Coupang Inc., widely seen as the South Korean version of global e-commerce giant Amazon.com, are staging a rebound as the market is grad...
Dec 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Electronics names strategy chief as new CEO
South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday appointed its strategy chief Cho Joo-wan as the company's new chief executive officer, in a major resh...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pharmaceuticals
Samsung Biologics wins another Eli Lilly COVID treatment order
Samsung Biologics Co., a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has stepped up its partnerships with global big pharmas ...
Nov 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Koreans log $5.7 bn loss in Q3 from overseas stock investments
South Korean investors suffered a $5.7 billion loss in the third quarter from overseas stock investments on weak foreign shares. Individual investor...
Nov 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Group's No. 2 exec Kwon to head EV battery unit
Kwon Young-soo, the No. 2 leader of South Korea's LG Group, will be appointed as the chief executive officer of LG Energy Solution Ltd. next month, ...
Oct 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Kumho Asiana assures 30-year profits to Gate Gourmet in catering deal
Kumho Asiana Group’s management assured net profits for 30 years to Gate Gourmet when the South Korean conglomerate signed a deal for Asiana A...
Oct 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biotech
JW Bioscience in pancreatic cancer biomarker deal with Immunovia
JW Bioscience Co., a subsidiary of South Korea’s JW Life Science Co., has signed a non-exclusive agreement to transfer its patented technology...
Sep 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Apple Likely Has More App Store Deals to Make
As Apple Inc. works to negotiate its way out of its App Store troubles, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: the technology titan mig...
Sep 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Japan’s Aeon plans to sell off struggling Ministop Korea
South Korea’s fifth-largest convenience store chain Ministop Korea Co. is up for sale by its owner, the Aeon Group of Japan. Ministop Korea is...
Aug 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Can SSG.COM IPO succeed despite mounting losses?
SSG.COM, the e-commerce brand of South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Inc., reported its second-largest operating loss in the second quarter a...
Aug 20, 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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Alternative investments
Tourism, aircraft take bulk of 2020 alternatives loss
South Korea's eight leading brokerage companies, including Mirae Asset Securities Co. and Hana Financial Investment Co., are estimated to have booke...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
War for bio talent intensifies as S.Korea works on mRNA vaccines
As concerns rise over a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war for talent in South Korea’s pharmaceutical industry is intensifying as th...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Hynix sees robust chip demand for rest of year after strong Q2 sales
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, on Tuesday posted its highest quarterly profit and sales in nearly three years on ...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Underwater cables
LS Cable to build Korea’s tallest cable production tower, invest $161 million
LS Cable & System Ltd. is investing 185.9 billion won ($161 million) to expand its high-voltage underwater cable manufacturing facilities, inclu...
Jul 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korea Shipbuilding delivers dismal Q2 loss on higher steel plate prices
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE), a leading South Korean shipbuilder, on Wednesday posted a dismal quarterly operating loss ...
Jul 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Disney Plus' S.Korea launch delayed after Netflix's court loss
Disney Plus, a global over-the-top (OTT) streaming service provider, has pushed back its South Korean service launch by about a quarter to the end o...
Jul 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Korea’s pharma consortium to develop mRNA vaccines by 2022
South Korea will develop its own messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines by next year with plans to annually manufacture 100 million doses from 2...
Jun 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
CureVac may pick Korea as Asian base for COVID vaccine production
German biopharmaceutical company CureVac N.V. may choose South Korea as one of its global production bases for the COVID-19 vaccine following Korean...
Jun 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Medicine
JW Pharm exports new antibiotic substance to US
JW Pharmaceutical Co. has become the first South Korean drug maker to develop the generic version of a next-generation antibiotic substance, the med...
Jun 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mezzanine loans
Mirae, NH face lawsuit over Drew Las Vegas loan loss
Mirae Asset Securities Co. and NH Investment & Securities Co. have been sued by South Korean institutional investors over the loss of their comb...
Jun 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Vision Fund loss slashes Masayoshi Son’s 2020 salary by 52%
SoftBank Group founder and CEO Masayoshi Son’s salary more than halved last year, according to the group’s regulatory filing on May 28.T...
May 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, TSMC up ante in US foundry competition
The world’s two largest foundry chipmakers, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and Samsung Electronics Co., are upping the ante in ...
May 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mezzanine loans
Korean LPs to sue Mirae, NH over Las Vegas loan loss
South Korean institutional investors in the Drew Las Vegas development are preparing to file a lawsuit against two domestic brokerage firms, seeking...
May 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Korean pharmas may turn into global vaccine makers on Biden remarks
South Korea’s biosimilar and pharmaceutical companies are looking at a growing chance of emerging as a global hub for manufacturing vaccines f...
May 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korean LED maker moves up to 3rd place; CEO still growing hair
Seoul Semiconductor Co., whose founder and CEO has not cut his hair since 2018 to concentrate on patent lawsuits, has moved up one notch to third pl...
Apr 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Meritz Sec faces losses from $350 mn loan on NY condo
South Korea's Meritz Securities Co. is at high risk of incurring losses from its $350 million lending on a luxury condominium tower in Manhattan, Ne...
Apr 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)