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Bio & Pharma
Samsung’s biotech duo on a roll with $1.1 bn CMO order
Samsung Group is on track to rise to the top of biosimilar companies in the world and become South Korea’s largest drug maker for contract man...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Hyundai, Kia to require stricter ESG compliance from subcontractors
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group plans to require stricter environmental, social and governance compliance from its partners st...
Jun 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Hanmi Semiconductor wins $110 mn HBM equipment order from SK Hynix
South Korean chip equipment company Hanmi Semiconductor Co. announced on Friday that it has received an order from SK Hynix Inc. for its dual TC bon...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Q Cells eyes solar power business diversification
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korean chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group, is striving for revenue stream diversificatio...
May 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Lotte Tour's Jeju Island casino triples revenue
Jeju Dream Tower Casino, located on South Korea's top tourist island of Jeju and run by Lotte Tour Development Co., surpassed $6 million in cumula...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kia logs record profit, revenue in Q1 on weak won
Kia Corp., the second-largest automaker in South Korea, posted record quarterly profit and revenue for the first three months of this year, backed b...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
McDonald’s Korea sees record sales in 2023
Fast food giant McDonald’s Corp. achieved record revenue of 1.29 trillion won ($815.9 million) last year in Korea, according to its regulatory...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Electronics logs record-high revenue in Q1 on B2B push
LG Electronics Inc. raked in its largest-ever quarterly revenue in the first quarter of this year, maintaining upward momentum after a stellar 2023,...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion'a autoimmune disease drug Zymfentra makes US debut
South Korean biopharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. said on March 17 that it has launched its new autoimmune disease treatment Zymfentra in the US m...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SoftBank-backed Coupang posts 1st-ever annual profit in 2023
South Korea’s leading e-commerce platform Coupang Inc. on Wednesday posted its first-ever operating profit of $473 million in 2023, driven by ...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Zuckerberg to meet LG CEO for XR headset development
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of US tech giant Meta Platforms Inc., will meet LG Electronics Inc. CEO Cho Joo-wan in Seoul around Feb. 28 to disc...
Feb 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea’s corporate tax-to-GDP ratio hits record high
South Korean companies paid more corporate taxes than their rivals in developed countries in 2022, losing competitiveness, with the nation’s c...
Feb 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Amorepacific's profit halves on weak sales in China; shares drop
South Korean cosmetics giant Amorepacific Group's stock closed at 3,400 won ($2.6) on Wednesday, down 12.1% after the group announced disappointing ...
Jan 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis sees record high performance in 2023
South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis, the world’s sixth-largest auto parts maker, reported on Friday that its revenue was 59.25 trillion won ($44...
Jan 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
HYBE ranks fifth in global tour revenue in 2023
The global tour revenue of HYBE Co., home to BTS and Seventeen, reached 250 billion won ($190 million) over the year.According to Hybe on Tuesday, t...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Earthon starts shipping crude oil from South China Sea
SK Earthon Co., the resources development unit of South Korean energy major SK Innovation Co., said Wednesday that it has started shipping crude oil...
Nov 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korean PE VIG Partners soaks up shampoo brand Kundal’s growth
South Korean private equity firm VIG Partners is enjoying rapid growth of The Skinfactory Co., the maker of local shampoo and body wash brand Kundal...
Nov 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
NCSOFT looks beyond MMORPGs to draw young gamers
South Korea’s major gaming company NCSOFT Corp., known for its cash cow Lineage series, is shifting its focus from multiplayer online role-pla...
Nov 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ CheilJedang’s frozen rice sales surpass $74 mn in US
South Korean food company CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Monday the cumulative sales of its frozen rice products produced and sold in the United ...
Oct 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion gets FDA approval for Remsima SC
South Korea's Celltrion Inc. announced on Monday it received a new drug approval for an autoimmune disease treatment Remsima SC (active ingredient i...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S.Korea sees rise in young, independent Chinese tourists
South Korea is welcoming a growing number of Chinese tourists since China lifted a ban on group tours to its neighboring country on Aug. 10 after mo...
Oct 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
KEPCO's new CEO heralds electricity rate hikes, drastic reforms
South Korea’s near-monopoly power company Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) is expected to raise electricity rates and lessen its outsized re...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Mart opens 4th Korean hypermarket in Ulaanbaatar
South Korea’s top supermarket chain E-Mart Inc. launched its fourth hypermarket in Ulaanbaatar on Thursday with a stronger push for Korean bra...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung narrows gap with TSMC in foundry market share
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. has narrowed its market share gap with foundry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), pos...
Sep 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix leads DRAM industry’s Q2 revenue rebound, retakes No. 2 spot
SK Hynix Inc. saw its DRAM chip shipments significantly increase in the second quarter, leading the industry’s overall revenue rebound, market...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
Kakao to release super-large AI model, superapp
Kakao Corp. on Thursday announced that it will transform South Korea’s dominant mobile messaging app KakaoTalk into an AI-powered platform com...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Lotte Tour's Jeju Island casino hits record revenue in July
South Korea’s Lotte Tour Development's Jeju-based casino saw record revenue in July thanks to an increased number of foreign tourists to the c...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Boryung Pharma's sales surpass $311 mn in H1 2023
South Korea’s Boryung Corp. has alleviated the fear of falling behind in its sector expressed by its third-generation chairman Jay Kim Jung-Gy...
Jul 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Samyang’s Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen sales exceed 5 bn
South Korea's Samyang Foods Co. announced on Friday that the cumulative sales of ramen with its Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen, or Buldak-bokkeum-myeon br...
Jul 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KEPCO KPS signs O&M extension agreement for Uruguay power plant
South Korea’s KEPCO KPS signed an extension agreement with the Uruguayan Electricity Authority (UTE) on Wednesday for the operation and mainte...
Jul 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 BYD’s Atto 3 overtakes Tesla’s Model Y as best-selling EV in South Korea
- 2 Korea’s top cinema chains seek merger to counter box office slump
- 3 S.Korea’s GEPS to commit $143 million to foreign mid-cap buyout funds
- 4 CJ CheilJedang to open $72 mn dumpling plant in Japan
- 5 LG Electronics breaks ground on $600 million home appliance plant in India