mutual aid association
Scope
Date
~
-
Pension funds
Korea's Military Mutual Aid Association starts search for new CIO
South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), which managed 10.4 trillion won ($7.7 billion) in assets as of the end of 2023, said on ...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Banking & Finance
Korean savings banks swing to loss after 9 years
South Korea’s savings banks turned to the red after nine years in 2023 as they put aside heavy reserves on future loan losses, with their loan...
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Foreign exchange
Korea, Indonesia to facilitate bilateral trade in won, rupiah
The central banks of South Korea and Indonesia agreed to facilitate the settlement of bilateral trade in their currencies from next year as the elec...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Advertising & Marketing
Innocean to enter Japanese ad market
Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding...
Nov 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Central bank
BOK governor named chair of BIS financial system committee
Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong has been appointed as the chairman of the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) at the Bank for Int...
Nov 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Batteries
SK, Hyundai Motor's US JV, named Georgia's Deal of Year
South Korea’s battery maker SK On and Hyundai Motor Group's joint battery project in Georgia, the US, was awarded the "Deal of the Year 2023 i...
Nov 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Bio & Pharma
Dong-A ST, UMass to jointly research for gene therapy
South Korea's Dong-A ST announced on Friday it has signed a joint research agreement with the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Chan Medical Schoo...
Nov 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Steel
POSCO Group chief: steel desperately needs corporate solidarity
South Korea’s POSCO Group on Tuesday said its Chairman Choi Jeong-woo presided over the regular meeting of the World Steel Association on Su...
Oct 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Energy
Hyundai E&C, Poland bolster partnerships in nuclear power
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., a major affiliate of South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co., is boosting its networks in the nuclear p...
Sep 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Bio & Pharma
NGeneBio applies for US patent of early diagnosis tech of dementia
South Korean medical diagnostic company NGeneBio Co. announced on Thursday that it has completed the US patent application for its technology relate...
Sep 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Bio & Pharma
S.Korea’s aid service Boram Group enters companion animal market
South Korea’s Boram Group, whose main affiliate is an aid company, has entered the companion animal market. Affiliates Boram Sangjo and ...
Jul 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Labs opens door to unconventional idea seekers
South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. has launched LG Labs, a playground for those wanting to test unconventional ideas that ...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Batteries
Deal reached on LG-Stellantis battery plant subsidy; construction resumes
All construction work at a battery joint venture in Canada between South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. and multinational automaker Stellanti...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korean chipmakers
Samsung Electronics to aid foundry clients with state-of-the-art tech
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will provide its foundry clients with state-of-the-art technology to support th...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
E-commerce
Coupang taps former Trump aide for political relations
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. hired a top aide of former US President Donald Trump to expand its political network in Washington and se...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Batteries
Korea-China battery minerals tie-up mutually beneficial: CNGR chief
China and South Korea stand to mutually benefit by strengthening their partnership in the battery materials business amid tougher US regulations on ...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea's military aircraft exports to NATO get major boost
South Korea has concluded a deal with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on mutual recognition of certification of military aircraft airw...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Insurance
DB Group, T&T Group sign agreement for business corporation
DB Group, South Korea's conglomerate, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for business collaboration with Vi...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Private equity
MBK co-founder meets with Korean CIOs to finance 6th buyout fund
Asia’s private equity giant MBK Partners Ltd. is set to accelerate fundraising for its new fund, which is expected to become the firm’s ...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Business & Politics
S.Korea business lobby group regrets past political role
The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) on Thursday said it deeply regretted the political role it took in the previous governments and vowed to b...
May 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Business & Politics
S.Korea to send $130 mn in aid for Ukraine’s reconstruction
South Korea will aid the reconstruction of Ukraine, which is at war with Russia, through loans worth $130 million from the Economic Development Coop...
May 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Regulations
Korea to require pre-disclosure of major shareholder stake sales
South Korea is set to require pre-disclosures of major shareholders’ listed company stake sales in an aim to prevent tumbles in stock prices.A...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Kainos Medicine exports AIDS treatment technology to China
South Korean new drug developer Kainos Medicine Inc. announced on Friday that it had signed a technology transfer agreement with Chinese pharmaceuti...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korean startups
Korean gov’t pledges additional $7.9 bn for startups amid fund squeeze
The South Korean government will spend an additional 10.5 trillion won ($7.9 billion) to shore up the country’s startups and venture capitalis...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Steel
POSCO Group chairman presides over World Steel Association meeting
Choi Jeong-woo, Chairman of POSCO Group and the World Steel Association, attended the association's first half-regular meeting held in Vienna, Austr...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Bio & Pharma
S.Korea’s KOTRA to aid domestic pharmaceutical firms in Japan entry
The government-run (South) Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Tuesday that it will hold an export consultation meeting for...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Culture & Trends
Preppy style attracts Korea's Gen Z, Alpha seeking retro trends
A licensed fashion brand from the University of Cambridge has entered South Korea as more young consumers are enthusiastic about the so-called Ivy L...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korean startups
TIMWORK lifts trophy at March D.Camp startup pitch competition
TIMWORK Inc., a South Korean digital construction plan management software developer, won first prize at D.Camp’s March startup pitch competit...
Apr 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korean stock market
VIP Asset’s new mutual fund to forgo operating fees if it posts losses
VIP Asset Management Co., a leading South Korean asset manager, said on Friday it is launching a new mutual fund, and its managers won’t take ...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver to aid in Saudi’s digital transformation, green light for Neom deal
South Korea’s online business giant Naver Corp. said on Thursday it has signed an initial agreement with the Saudi Arabian government to assis...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)