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Advertising & Marketing
Nexen Tire partners with San Diego Padres
South Korea's Nexen Tire Corp. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with US Major League Baseball (MLB) team San Diego Padres.The Padres, founde...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
IMM PE puts South Korea’s top travel agency Hanatour up for sale
IMM Private Equity Inc., a Seoul-based private equity firm, is selling its controlling stake in Hanatour Service Inc., South Korea’s top trave...
Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Licensed casual apparel brands' luster fades in Korea
The fad for licensed casual fashion brands appears to be cooling in South Korea, where American sports clubs, broadcasting networks and documentary ...
Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung gets AWS platinum certification for water stewardship
Samsung Electronics Co. has been awarded the highest level of certification for water management by the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS), a le...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
NPS to vote in favor of KT&G CEO candidate Bang
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is slated to vote in favor of the KT&G Corp. b...
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor unveils Genesis G90 Black
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Thursday that its premium brand Genesis launched the Genesis G90 Black, the highest trim of its premium brand of Gene...
Mar 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to unveil Mach-1 AI chip to upend SK Hynix’s HBM leadership
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is developing a next-generation artificial intelligence chip, Mach-1, with which th...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
HD Hyundai to supply 60 excavators to Sudan
South Korea's HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Co. announced on Wednesday that it recently signed a contract to supply 60 construction equipment un...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
Top US general sees changing nuclear threat from North Korea
COMMAND POST TANGO, South Korea—The top U.S. military official in South Korea said his thinking has changed on deterring North Korea’s n...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea’s Liner, the world’s No. 4 generative AI web product
South Korea’s home-grown artificial intelligence service Liner was ranked the world’s fourth-most popular generative AI web product as t...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Sephora to exit S.Korean market in May
Sephora, the world's leading multi-brand beauty retailer and an affiliate of French luxury conglomerate LVMH, announced on Tuesday that it will exit...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean investors’ yen savings flirt with record high
South Korean retail investors, hunting for bargains, have flocked to shovel in the Japanese currency hovering around its record low value in anticip...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung tops global soundbar market for 10th consecutive year
Samsung Electronics Co. has held its ground as the leader in the global soundbar market for ten consecutive years, from 2014 through 2023, according...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire-sponsored Formula E São Paulo Round 4 to be held
The 2024 São Paulo E-PRIX, the fourth round of the 10th season of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, the world's premier electric vehi...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Private education spending in S.Korea hits new record high
South Koreans’ spending on private education hit a new record high of 27.1 trillion won ($20 billion) in 2023, as the government’s annou...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
ISS urges KT&G shareholders to vote against CEO candidate Bang
Global leading proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) has recommended that stakeholders of South Korean tobacco maker KT&G ...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
KT&G’s No. 1 shareholder IBK vetoes naming Bang as CEO
South Korea’s KT&G Corp., the world’s leading tobacco maker, is facing challenges in its chief executive appointment as the firm&rsq...
Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Tata Daewoo resumes truck exports to Algeria
South Korea's Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company announced on Tuesday that it resumed truck exports to Algeria under the Daewoo brand. Tata...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Premium children's brands buck falling birth rate in Korea
Premium children's clothing and food brands have bucked the economic slowdown in a country grappling with the world’s lowest birth rate as Sou...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
MBK’s Michael ByungJu Kim: Most influential in Korea’s capital market
Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder and partner of Northeast Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd., has been chosen as the most influential...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
AliExpress sells top K-food maker’s products in S.Korea
AliExpress, an e-commerce arm of China’s Alibaba Group, on Thursday started selling products of CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s top ...
Mar 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung Asset wins iF Design Award
South Korea's Samsung Asset Management announced on Friday that its exchange-traded fund (ETF) brand KODEX has won the top prize in the communicatio...
Mar 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai Heavy picks Philippines as Asian base for warship sales
South Korea’s top shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (HHI) said on Thursday it has chosen the Philippines as its base for the sale of...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Duty-free shops at Incheon International Airport eager to lure boutiques
Duty-free shops at Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, are fiercely competing to lure luxury brand boutiques to their o...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea reclaims top spot in global shipbuilding orders in February
South Korean shipbuilders reclaimed the global No. 1 position in new orders last month for the first time since October 2023, according to data by U...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Galaxy S24 Ultra named top phone in US
Samsung Electronics Co. 's latest flagship AI phone model the Galaxy S24 Ultra has secured the top position in the smartphone evaluation by the US C...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Indonesia's KB Bukopin rebranded as KB Bank
Bank KB Bukopin, an Indonesian subsidiary of KB Kookmin Bank, announced on Monday that it rebranded as KB Bank. The corporate name PT Bank KB Buko...
Mar 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai’s IONIQ 6: Most efficient electric vehicle in US
Hyundai Motor Co.'s electric sedan IONIQ 6 has been named the most energy-efficient vehicle in the US, further driving the South Korean automaker&rs...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
No end in sight to Audi’s downfall in South Korea
Audi AG, once considered one of the top three German premium auto brands in South Korea, seems to have lost its charm among Korean consumers. Its sh...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Hanwha acquires US robot-made pizza brand Stellar
Hanwha Foodtech, a food & beverage subsidiary of South Korea's Hanwha Group, announced on Monday that it acquired the US robot-made pizza brand ...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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