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Automobiles
Hyundai Transys tops JD Power's car seat quality evaluation
South Korea's Hyundai Transys Inc., an auto parts affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Wednesday that it ranked first for the first time in the...
Sep 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec unveils gram laptop featuring Intel Series 2
LG Electronics Inc. unveiled its latest LG gram laptop on Wednesday, powered by Intel's new Intel Core Ultra processor (Series 2) during an ...
Sep 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Activst fund KCGI struggles to fund Hanyang Securities deal
KCGI, a South Korean private equity firm, has been struggling to raise funds for its 244.9-billion-won ($183 million) purchase of a controlling stak...
Sep 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
NewJeans surpasses 5 billion cumulative Spotify streams
K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed five billion combined streams on Spotify, the world's largest music platform, its agency, Adore, announced o...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Korean Telco giant KT’s Midas touch with hotel business
KT Corp., one of South Korea’s top three mobile carriers, is on a roll in the hotel business despite its late foray into the hospitality indus...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire to supply tires to Mercedes-AMG for first time
Hankook Tire & Technology Co. said on Wednesday that it will supply its tires for Mercedes' high-performance brand AMG's sports car, the GT Coup...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang posts 1st quarterly loss in two years; revenue soars
Coupang Inc., South Korea's e-commerce behemoth, posted its first quarterly loss in two years after booking the hefty fine imposed in relation to it...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korean e-commerce startup funding sharply drops since 2022
South Korean e-commerce companies have seen a sharp decline in series A funding over the past three years amid intensifying competition with Chinese...
Aug 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
South Korean stock market crashes; more falls seen ahead
The South Korean stock market was one of the worst victims of panic selling by investors fearing further negative US economic news on Monday, with t...
Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Tucson HEV posts record US sales as hybrids catch on
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. saw sales of the hybrid version of its flagship Tucson SUV hit an all-time monthly high in July in the US, the...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
S.Korea, China's technology leak, anti-dumping disputes surge
South Korean companies are getting tough on anti-dumping and patent infringement cases as they feel threatened by the intensifying price competition...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
BalanceHero sees record high H1 sales in India
BalanceHero, a South Korean fintech startup that entered the Indian market, announced on Friday that its sales and loan execution amounts for the fi...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea Investment manages Vista Land $50 mn global bond issuance
Korea Investment & Securities Co. announced on Thursday that its Hong Kong subsidiary KIS Asia managed the issuance of $50 million in global bon...
Aug 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean commercial real estate market to show slow recovery in H2
South Korea’s commercial real estate market will post a slow recovery in the second half of this year due to rate cut delays and no big correc...
Jul 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilding shares surge on supercycle hope, Trump Trade
South Korea’s Big Three shipbuilders, also the world’s three largest, stand to benefit from the emerging industry supercycle and the so-...
Jul 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
LG Display cuts vendors’ stakes, axes jobs for turnaround
LG Display Co., the world’s top manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, reduced stakes in its vendors while cut...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MG Non-Life Insurance deal falls through with no bidders
The sale of South Korean mid-sized insurer MG Non-Life Insurance Co. has been canceled as the financially distressed insurer failed to attract any b...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Bibigo releases 3D ad in New York Times Square
CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s Korean food brand Bibigo announced on Thursday that it launched a large-scale outdoor 3D advertisement for the Bibigo brand i...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT introduces 10 GB Combo Internet
South Korea's KT Corp. announced on Wednesday that it introduced Combo Internet technology to its network, enabling the provision of 10-gigabit Inte...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion's Remsima SC breaks 20% market share in Europe
South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. said on Wednesday that its subcutaneous autoimmune disease treatment Remsima SC has surpassed...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1’s guided rocket passes US performance test
LIG Nex1 Co., a South Korean defense company, said on Monday that its Poniard guided rocket passed the final performance test in US Foreign Comparat...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
GIC taps its real estate expert Jasmine Loo as new Korea head
Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund with around $770 billion in assets under management, has t...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
SK Securities becomes lead IPO manager for 1st time since 2018
SK Securities Co., formerly a unit of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, is expanding its presence in the domestic equity capital mark...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Hanwha, KT to cooperate on smart mining
South Korea's Hanwha Global, the global division of Hanwha Corp. and KT Corp. announced on Monday that they signed a memorandum of understanding (...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreign net buying of S.Korean stocks hits all-time high
Offshore investors net purchased nearly 23 trillion won ($16.7 billion) worth of South Korea-listed stocks in the first half of this year. The buyin...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
NPS-backed new prime office building in Seoul struggles with poor demand
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is seeing little demand for a Seoul-based new prim...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korean IPO boom sets record; bubbles burst post debut
South Korea’s initial public offerings in the first half of this year were oversubscribed 1,610 times, the highest-ever rate for a half-year p...
Jul 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Time to revive innovator spirit: LG Energy Solution CEO
South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., also the world’s No. 3, must accelerate innovation and prop up fundamentals to ...
Jul 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean PE funds shrink in 2023 for first time in 7 years
South Korean private equity investments declined last year for the first time since 2016 due to interest rate hikes, high inflation and the Korean w...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On to sell $360 mn in perpetual bonds amid tough EV market
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, plans to sell 500 billion won ($359.6 million) in its first perpetual bon...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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