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  • Mergers & Acquisitions
    Korea's M&A market poised to bounce back after bleak Q1

    South Korea’s mergers and acquisitions market is poised to bounce back after a bleak first quarter, with 22.3 trillion won...

    Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean startups
    SoftBank-backed Balancehero still hungry for bigger market

    In India, the world’s most populous country, about 1.2 billion people are estimated to have no credit score because most a...

    Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Food & Beverage
    Bubble tea chain Gong Cha struggles in its top market of Korea

    Global leading bubble tea franchise Gong Cha Global Ltd.’s South Korean affiliate, which owns the beverage chain’s J...

    Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Economy
    As many as one in 10 residents in South Korea likely to be foreign by 2042

    The number of foreign residents in South Korea is expected to rise steadily in the coming years to account for up to 10.1% of th...

    Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Automobiles
    Kia to enter pickup truck market

    Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, announced on Thursday its first pickup truck's name "The Kia Tasman."Th...

    Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Foreign exchange
    Won at 17-month low vs dollar on reduced US rate cut bets

    The Korean won weakened to its lowest level in 17 months against the dollar on Thursday, after stronger-than-expected US inflati...

    Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Aerospace & Defense
    Korea’s HD Hyundai ties up with GE, L3Harris for warship exports

    South Korea’s top shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. is joining hands with major US defense technology firms to e...

    Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Artificial intelligence
    LG CNS hosts Startup Day in Silicon Valley

    LG CNS Co., an information technology service company under South Korean conglomerate LG Group, announced on Thursday that it he...

    Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Machinery
    POSCO DX to develop self-driving unmanned facilities

    POSCO DX Co., the IT services subsidiary of South Korean steelmaker POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Thursday that it signed ...

    Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean chipmakers
    Samsung to produce 290-layer V9 NAND to win chip stacking war

    Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is set to begin mass production of 290-layer ninth-generati...

    Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Corporate strategy
    SK Innovation reshuffles units to raise value

    SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top energy company, is reorganizing its subsidiaries to boost their individual values thr...

    Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Carbon neutrality
    Modetour, Air France-KLM strengthen SAF partnership

    South Korea's travel agency Modetour Network Inc. announced on Thursday that it has extended its partnership with Air France-KLM...

    Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Artificial intelligence
    Samsung Galaxy AI expands to 16 languages

    Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it is expanding the translation and communication language support of Galaxy ...

    Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Fintech
    70% of Samsung Pay users switch to Wallet

    Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that 70% of Samsung Pay users have switched to Samsung Wallet, an upgraded versio...

    Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)