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Food & Beverage
Mom's Touch opens new flagship store in Myeongdong
South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. announced on Tuesday that it opened a new flagship store in Myeongdong, Jung-g...
Jun 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
France's Archimed seeks to delist aesthetic laser maker Jeisys
French private equity firm Archimed SAS, managing around €7 billion ($7.5 billion) in assets as of end-May, plans to secure a controlling stake...
Jun 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
HD Hyundai's Future-X wins Red Dot Design Award
South Korea's HD Hyundai XiteSolution announced on Thursday that its futuristic unmanned construction equipment Future-X won the Best of the Best Aw...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Monalisa, Ssangyong C&B sold to Indonesia's APP
South Korea's hygiene products company Monalisa and Ssangyong C&B, known for its toilet paper brand Codi, will be sold to Indonesia's paper comp...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s inflation slows to 10-month low amid tight policy
South Korea’s headline inflation slowed to a 10-month low in May as the Bank of Korea kept its interest rate policy tight, adding to the centr...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung becomes No.1 smartphone brand in 38 countries in Q1
Samsung Electronics Co. has become No. 1 smartphone brand in 38 countries in the first quarter of this year.According to Counterpoint Research's Sma...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai to raise Tucson Hybrid output in Korea for exports
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, plans to ramp up Korean production of the hybrid version of its Tucson sport utility vehicle f...
Jun 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Ex-Porsche engineer Harrer to lead Hyundai’s high-performance push
Hyundai Motor Group is upping the ante to lead in the luxury and high-performance car market and speed up electrification by tapping a high-profile ...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Risk management is more important than ever, GPs say
Risk management and investment firms' operational capabilities have become more important than ever amid economic uncertainties, said speakers at th...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea pledges $19 billion support package to revitalize chip sector
South Korea, home to the world’s two largest memory chipmakers Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., has unveiled a record 26 trillion wo...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG named UK’s best home entertainment brand for five years
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has been named Home Entertainment Brand of the Year at the "Which? Awards," hosted by the UK non-...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Deutsche Bank's Korea IB head quits after country head resigns
Cho Man Chul, managing director and head of investment banking at Deutsche Bank in Korea, has resigned, according to people with knowledge of the ma...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai beats Volkswagen with world's 2nd-largest Q1 profits
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group surpassed Volkswagen Group to claim the second-highest operating profit in the global automotive industry for the ...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix, Samsung set to benefit from explosive HBM sales growth
Sales of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), the red-hot DRAM product essential to artificial intelligence devices, will significantly grow in the coming y...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Woori Financial acquires Korea Foss Securities to offer brokerage services
Woori Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest financial services group, has acquired Korea Foss Securities Co., paving the way for ...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Jusung Engineering to spin off major units
South Korea's Jusung Engineering Co. plans to spin off its semiconductor, solar, and display equipment businesses and transform into a holding com...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
NGeneBio to transfer NGS tech to UAE company
South Korean medical diagnostic company NGeneBio Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based medica...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG’s washers selected as best by Consumer Reports
LG Electronics Inc. swept the top three spots in the major categories of the US Consumer Reports Best Washing Machines of 2024 evaluation.The evalua...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Uplus to ramp up AI investment by up to 40% in 2024
SILICON VALLEY – LG Uplus Corp., the third-largest mobile carrier in South Korea seeking to transform into a platform company, will expand its...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Toss Bank exceeds 10 mn customers
South Korea’s fintech platform Toss Bank saw that its subscribers surpassed 10 million. According to the company, it's been two years and...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM to sharply increase container ship fleet by 2030
HMM Co., South Korea’s flagship sea carrier, on Monday unveiled a plan to sharply increase the fleet of container and bulk carriers by 2030 to...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Manyo’s Pure Cleansing Oil to hit US Costco shelves in July
South Korea’s naturalism cosmetics company Manyo Co. has hit the jackpot in a deal to supply its best-selling face cleansing product, Pure Cle...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 the country’s to...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Infrastructure secondaries continue to rise amid inflation: Stafford
Secondaries have become one of the most sought-after assets amid market uncertainty as they provide early exit opportunities and portfolio diversifi...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Samsung C&T to build Korea’s first $103 mn hydrogen tank for power plant
Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, has clinched a 140 billion won ($103 million) deal to...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Kookmin Card launches card for overseas payments
KB Kookmin Card, a credit card unit of KB Financial Group, announced on Monday that it launched the WE:SH Travel credit card that offers benefits sp...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Perigee, Hyundai Rotem to team up for SLV
South Korea's Perigee Aerospace Inc. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hyundai Rotem Co. to expand its bus...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korean companies’ 2024 facility investment doubles to $39.4 billion
South Korea’s major companies invest heavily in facilities to seek new growth engines and drive up their corporate value amid tough business c...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia EV9 named best electric SUV in Germany
Kia Corp. 's EV9, the signature large all-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, was named the top electric ...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Hyundai Engineering, Trimble Solution to develop BIM
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering Co. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with Trimble Solution Korea to co-develop a building information mode...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Partners Group sees infrastructure secondaries quadrupling to $60 bn
- 2 MBK-invested Homeplus looks for new owner as M&A emerges as option
- 3 Hyundai Steel to displace Baoshan as GM Korea's supplier
- 4 S.Korea’s No.1 dried seaweed firm Kwangcheonkim on market for $295 mn
- 5 BOK chief warns against aggressive policy rate cuts, sees need for fiscal stimulus