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Earnings
SK Hynix to halve investment after posting first quarterly loss in decade
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it will significantly slash its investment for this year after p...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ECM/DCM
S.Korean brokerage lowers stock forecast for S-Oil over poor prospects
South Korea's Eugene Investment & Securities on Monday cut S-Oil Corp.'s target share price from 140,000 won ($113.5) to 133,000 won due to a lo...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea's SK On scraps $3.2 bn Turkey EV battery factory plan
SK On Co., the world’s No. 5 electric vehicle battery maker, dropped a plan to build a 4 trillion won ($3.2 billion) plant in Turkey as higher...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Bank to completely scrap mobile, online balance transfer fees
Beginning on New Year's day, Shinhan Bank started waiving all balance transfer fees to other bank accounts and automated transfer fees for its mobil...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Fast-shrinking chip lead time clouds semiconductor industry’s future
The global semiconductor industry has been plagued by a chip shortage for a couple of years with automakers and other manufacturers struggling to se...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Perspectives
Korea should open retail electricity market for renewables
South Korea on Oct. 26 officially launched the carbon neutrality commission based on laws for green growth, which took effect last March, amid the g...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korea Inc. cuts factory runs, capex on record inventory
Samsung Electronics Co. and other major South Korean companies have reduced their plant operations and capital expenditures as weakening demand amid...
Aug 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea faces risk from record $114 bn in inventory assets
South Korea’s major listed companies held record inventory assets as they piled up raw materials to deal with the global supply chain disrupti...
Jul 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Motor scraps LNG plant construction plan
Hyundai Motor Co. has scrapped a plan to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled plant to power its main production lines in South Korea due to a...
Jul 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korean duty-free shops hit by unfavorable exchange rate, limited inventory
The duty-free industry has been hoping that the end of COVID-19-related travel restrictions would help boost its sales. Even as international t...
Jun 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea to scrap plans to sell Ambatovy mine stake
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol will scrap the outgoing government’s plan to sell off its stakes in loss-making overseas mines, including the Am...
Apr 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea to scrap ambitious 2050 renewable energy target
South Korea’s incoming government will scrap the country’s ambitious goals of expanding renewable energy sources to 70% of the electrici...
Apr 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Suresofttech wins deal to verify NuScale’s mini reactor software
Suresofttech Co., a South Korean developer of verification tools for software quality, has won a deal to check a key system in small-size reactors m...
Mar 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Korean steel mills rush to secure metal scrap from abroad
South Korean steelmakers, led by POSCO Co., are rolling up their sleeves to secure metal scrap as they are shifting into less carbon-intensive steel...
Dec 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Steel scrap in high demand in steelmakers' push to cut emissions
Steel scrap, once derided as trash, is emerging as a national strategic resource as steelmakers are increasingly recycling metal scrap to reduce rel...
Nov 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Commodity
Carbon neutrality reshapes global commodity markets
Global moves for carbon neutrality are reshaping commodity markets around the world. Iron ore prices have tumbled, while steel scrap prices have soa...
Sep 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
PEF-owned Korean firms jumping off IPO bandwagon
South Korea's initial public offering market is gaining fresh momentum from high-profile listings such as mobile banking app KakaoBank and game deve...
Jul 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
China’s heavy imports of copper, steel scrap hurt Korean SMEs
South Korea’s massive exports of scrap steel and scrap copper to China are hurting its domestic companies that are struggling to secure the st...
May 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Anbang Insurance
Mirae Asset scraps $5.8 bn US hotels deal with China’s Anbang
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. notified Anbang Insurance Group on May 3 of its decision to cancel a $5.8 billion acquisition of 15 US luxury ...
May 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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MBK Partners scraps $1.5 bn IPO of Korean retail REIT
MBK Partners has cancelled an initial public offering for a retail real estate investment trust (REIT) in South Korea due to a lack of demand, which...
Mar 15, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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