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Samsung Group
Samsung Electro-Mechanics suffers cut in Q3 earnings estimate
South Korea's Kiwoom Securities on Tuesday said it cut its third-quarter earnings forecast for Samsung Electro-Mechanics due to continued sluggish...
Aug 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK chief’s top mission: Soft landing for household debt
South Korea’s central bank chief on Thursday vowed to reduce household debt without causing a severe economic downturn as the Bank of Korea he...
Aug 24, 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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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom develops 5G IoT tech RedCap
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. unveiled on Thursday that it has successfully developed and tested Reduced Capability (RedCap) - a pioneering 5G Intern...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Brokerages cut E-Mart’s share price target after disappointing Q2
South Korea’s largest hypermarket chain E-Mart Inc., a unit of domestic retail giant Shinsegae Group, on Wednesday posted disappointing second...
Aug 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Lotte Chemical sells off debt-ridden JV to China's Sanjiang
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has divested all shares it owns in Chinese joint venture Lotte Sanjiang Chemical Co., according to people f...
Aug 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics cuts H1 costs by $1.6 billion on stable supply chain
LG Electronics Inc. has slashed raw material and transportation costs by 2.12 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in the first half thanks to a stable sup...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Falling mineral prices to hit Korean battery materials makers
South Korean battery materials makers are likely to report worsened profitability in the third quarter of this year as prices of lithium hydroxide a...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korean think-tank lifts inflation forecast on oil prices
A South Korean government think-tank has raised its inflation prediction for this year due to the recent rise in oil prices and expectations that As...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Carmakers in race for low-cost EVs amid tepid sales growth
Global carmakers such as Volkswagen, Hyundai Motor Group and Stellantis N.V. are in a race to release cheaper electric vehicles with the entry price...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
S.Korea, Laos boost partnership in global drive to cut CO2 emissions
South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Tuesday held talks with Laos' Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment at the Seoul hea...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea's Lotte Department Store launches 'K-Beauty' tour service
South Korea's Lotte Department Store on Monday announced the launch of a "K-Beauty tour" service for foreign tourists.The company will first give fr...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
GS25 cuts prices amid controversy over World Scout Jamboree branch
South Korea's convenience store chain GS25, which has a makeshift branch for the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Saemangeum, an estuarine tidal flat in...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s inflation eases to 25-mo low, but poised to rebound in H2
South Korea’s headline inflation rose at the slowest pace in 25 months in July on still-low international oil prices but is projected to reacc...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
S.Korea's top four accounting firms to cut hiring 30%
South Korea's top four accounting firms -- Samil PwC, Samjong KPMG, Deloitte Anjin and EY Hanyoung -- are expected to cut hiring this year more than...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Doosan Bobcat logs strong earnings on N.America price hikes
Doosan Bobcat Inc., the construction and agricultural machine manufacturer of South Korea’s Doosan Group, enjoyed strong earnings on still-sol...
Jul 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
POSCO affiliates’ shares surge; market cap rises threefold in 5 years
Shares of POSCO Group affiliates are flying high with the steelmaker rapidly transforming into a battery materials manufacturer, riding the industry...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics launches 89-inch Micro LED TV
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Sunday that it launched an 89-inch Micro LED TV model in the South Korean market. This product is Samsung's hig...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
EcoPro to log record-high foreign net purchases in July
South Korean battery materials maker EcoPro Co., the stock price of which has soared more than nine times on the junior bourse Kosdaq since Januar...
Jul 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea proposes extended tax breaks for reshoring companies
The South Korean government and the ruling party proposed longer-term tax cuts for companies that bring production back home to reinvigorate the cou...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO Holdings posts operating profit of $790 million in Q1
South Korea's POSCO Holdings Inc. has returned to the level of 1 trillion won ($790.5 million) in quarterly operating profit after a year and sales ...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Elec to enhance ties with LG at expense of BOE
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest TV maker, is set to reduce the procurement of panels from BOE Technology Group Co., the global li...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung takes on Micron with new flash auto memory UFS 3.1
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has begun mass production of its latest flash memory chip, which the company sa...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea's IPO market heats up with higher price cap for new stocks
South Korea’s initial public offering market is heating up with some 30 firms set for new share subscriptions in July and August, more than su...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S&P expects BOK to cut rate by 100 bps in 2024 for growth
South Korea’s central bank is expected to cut its policy interest rate by one percentage point next year with inflationary pressure easing fur...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Secondhand LNG carrier prices hit record high; prospects rosy
Prices of secondhand liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers are flying high, close to new LNG ship prices, amid tighter environmental regulations and ...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Samsung Biologics, Celltrion pledge major CO2 cuts
South Korea’s No. 1 biopharmaceutical company Samsung BioLogics Co. and No. 2 Celltrion Inc. produced higher CO2 emissions last year than in 2...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics sets up 1st global R&D center in Indonesia
South Korean home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. opened its first overseas research and development center in Indonesia on Thursday to accelera...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
GS E&C loses $230 mn market capitalization in one day
GS Engineering & Construction Co.'s stock price plummeted on Thursday in the aftermath of the underground parking lot collapse. Following the Mi...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
IVIM Tech supplies biomicroscope to leading US children’s hospital
South Korea’s IVIM Technology has supplied the world’s first all-in-one intravital microscopy platform that it released last year to a m...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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