mid-sized gas carrier
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea’s HMM expands bulk carrier fleet for stable profit
HMM Co., South Korea’s top shipping company, is expanding its fleet, especially bulk carriers, for stable profits amid the sluggishness of the...
Nov 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Asiana Airlines to sell cargo business for merger with Korean Air
Asiana Airlines Inc. on Thursday decided to carve out its lucrative cargo business, clearing a major hurdle to its merger with bigger rival Korean A...
Nov 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean taps middle-aged women, robots for ship welding work
GEOJE, Gyeongsang Province – Hanwha Ocean, the world’s No. 2 shipbuilder, is actively embracing middle-aged female workers and robots fo...
Oct 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Mobile carrier LG Uplus makes inroads into EV charger market
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s mobile and broadband service provider, has released the prototype of its first electric vehicle charger to make ...
Oct 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor muscles into online used car market
Hyundai Motor Co. is slated to start selling certified used cars online from Oct. 24, three years after its announcement to enter the 30 trillion wo...
Oct 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S.Korean airlines see 12.87 mn int’l passengers in Q3 2023
South Korean airlines’ international passenger traffic in the third quarter reached 85% of that over the same period in 2019, the year befor...
Oct 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Dana Petroleum discovers new gas field in North Sea
Dana Petroleum, wholly owned by state-run Korea National Oil Corp. (KNOC), has discovered a new high-quality gas field in the North Sea, KNOC said o...
Oct 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE builds world’s first mid-size ammonia-fueled vessel
South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), an affiliate of HD Hyundai Group, is building the world's first mid-siz...
Oct 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus set to catch up to KT as Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier
LG Uplus Corp., the perennial No. 3 mobile carrier in South Korea, is fast catching up to its closest rival KT Corp. to rank second just beh...
Oct 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI participates in International Astronautical Congress 2023
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea's sole military aircraft manufacturer, participated in the 74th International Astronautical Congr...
Oct 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus invests $7.4 mn in S.Korean edu-tech startup
South Korea’s No. 3 wireless carrier LG Uplus Corp. on Tuesday said it will make an equity investment of some 10 billion won ($7.4 million) in...
Sep 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK E&S, Honeywell UOP to capture carbon from LNG plants
SK E&S Co., a clean energy unit of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, and Honeywell UOP, a US major refining and petrochemical tec...
Sep 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean Air may give up Asiana’s cargo business, 4 routes for EU approval
Korean Air Lines Co. may give up the cargo business of Asiana Airlines Inc. and four of its lucrative routes in Europe in an all-in bet as the marri...
Sep 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean, ABS to join forces for LCO2 carrier study
South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co. said Thursday that it has signed a four-way agreement with global entities in the shipping industry to bui...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy develops laser high-speed welding robot for LNG vessels
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries said on Thursday that it has developed the maritime sector's first laser high-speed welding robot, aimed at s...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Woori, HMM, KOBC to buy bulk carrier operator Polaris
South Korean bulk carrier operator Polaris Shipping Co. is poised to sell its entire stake at around 600 billion won ($447.5 million) to Woori Priva...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy, Pan Ocean to co-develop digital solutions
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pan Ocean Co., the country's...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung C&T sells 3GW solar energy project in US to local firm
Samsung C&T Renewables, the renewable energy corporation of South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. in the US, announced on Thursday that it has s...
Sep 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Hanjin KAL to sell off its Waikiki Resort Hotel at $108 mn
South Korea’s Hanjin KAL Corp. will sell the assets owned by its Hawaii-based subsidiary Waikiki Resort Hotel Inc. to US company AHI-CLG LLC a...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Qualcomm, Samsung execute tech to improve 5G performance
Qualcomm Inc., the leading global mobile chip maker, and Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest smartphone manufacturer, have suc...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea to receive $1 bn in unpaid bills from Uzbek gas project
South Korean firms are poised to receive $1 billion in unpaid bill that has accumulated since 2017 from Uzbekistan’s Surgil gas project as the...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE to build world's largest ammonia carriers
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE), the intermediate holding company of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, is set to become the f...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
S.Korea's airline industry waging fierce price war in fall
South Korea's airline sector is meeting high travel demand during the extended Chuseok (Thanksgiving) holidays late this month by aggressively offer...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis to raise car shipping rates amid vehicle carrier shortage
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, plans to raise vehicle shipping rates considering the sharp rise ...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Under siege by OTT players, Korean mobile carriers seek higher VOD sales
Once, video-on-demand (VOD) services over internet TV easily generated money for most telecommunications companies in South Korea.Those days are g...
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Dongkook Lifescience, Veolia team up for energy efficiency initiatives
Dongkook Lifescience Co., established through a spin-off from Dongkook Pharmaceutical Co. in May 2017, announced on Tuesday that it has entered into...
Aug 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
LG Innotek inks renewable energy deal with SK E&S
South Korea's LG Innotek Co. announced on Wednesday that it has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with a domestic energy company...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK head says Korea inflation to dip below mid-2% in H2 2024
South Korea’s central bank chief expected consumer inflation to fall below the mid-2% level in the second half of 2024, adding to predictions ...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Doosan Enerbility to produce aviation gas turbine with ADD
South Korea’s power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. announced on Monday that it signed a contract with the Agency for Defense Development ...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korean hybrid car market surpasses $4.56 bn in H1 2023
South Korea's hybrid car market has shown a remarkable surge, reaching 6.12 trillion won ($4.56 billion) in the first half of 2023, according to the...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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