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Economy
S.Korea’s exports fall 2.9% in first 20 days of October; chip sales strong
South Korea’s exports, the country’s main growth driver, fell 2.9% in the first 20 days of October amid falling demand for vehicles and ...
Oct 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung mobile chief to talk with Qualcomm on Galaxy S25 chips
Global smartphone leader Samsung Electronics Co.'s mobile business chief is expected to hold talks with senior executives of Qualcomm Inc. about s...
Oct 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Ecoplant establishes integrated chip service division
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company under SK Group, said on Thursday it reorganized its business s...
Oct 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung primed for graphics chip leadership with 24 Gb GDDR7
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has unveiled the industry’s first 24 gigabit (Gb) graphics DRAM chip, opt...
Oct 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
South Korea’s next AI unicorns stand out at KPAS 2024
South Korea’s major telecom company KT Corp. and the country’s leading financial newspaper The Korea Economic Daily have teamed up to sc...
Oct 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia production may be disrupted by subsidiary labor strike
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s two largest carmakers, are likely to face disruptions in local production as their auto parts s...
Oct 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Activist Palliser Pushes for Change at AI Chip Investor SK Square
Activist investor Palliser Capital has built a stake in the holding company of highflying artificial-intelligence chip maker SK Hynix Inc. and is pu...
Oct 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Rebellions partners with Arm on AI computing chiplet Techs
Rebellions, South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) chip design startup, said on Tuesday that it partnered with the UK-based semiconductor design...
Oct 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Kookmin Bank issues €500 mn in covered bonds
South Korea's KB Kookmin Bank said on Tuesday that it issued €500 million ($545 million) in global covered bonds the previous day.Covered bonds...
Oct 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Sono Hospitality to buy stake in Air Premia to bolster airline portfolio
Sono Hospitality Group, South Korea’s largest resort operator, will add low-cost carrier Air Premia Inc. to its bulging portfolio after agreei...
Oct 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Lightweight cobots with higher payload fuel robot arms rivalry
Denmark-based Universal Robots’ release of the world’s slimmest collaborative robot (cobot) with an increased lifting capacity is spurri...
Oct 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s financial exposure to real estate nearly doubles in 10 years
South Korea’s financial exposure to real estate has nearly doubled over the past decade, with lending to households making up about half. The ...
Oct 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Zinc ups share buyback price, volume to counter MBK
Korea Zinc Inc. said on Friday it will buy back more shares at a higher price than originally planned to counter North Asia-focused private equity f...
Oct 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mirae Asset India surpasses 2 million retail client accounts
Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Thursday that the number of retail client accounts in its India operations has crossed the 2 million mark.This ma...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Apologizes for Falling Behind in AI Chips Race
SEOUL—For a major maker of semiconductors such as Samsung Electronics Co. , the artificial-intelligence boom should be a time of great promise...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Samsung to cut chip executive jobs, restructure in battle versus SK Hynix
Samsung Electronics Co. plans to drastically cut its chip executive jobs and restructure semiconductor-related operations as it struggles to compete...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung chip head vows drastic revamp after flagging weak Q3 earnings
Jun Young-hyun, vice chairman and head of Samsung Electronics Co.'s semiconductor business, on Tuesday vowed to take drastic steps to improve profit...
Oct 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Two out of 5 CEOs hold negative views on Korean startup scene
Nearly half of South Korean startups hold negative views on the country’s startup ecosystem, citing the prolonged startup funding winter and t...
Oct 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries gets AIP for 2,300 ton submarine
South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said on Thursday it received Approval in Principle (AIP) for its 2,300-ton export submarine from the...
Oct 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Artificial intelligence creates DRAM divide between hot sellers, laggards
In recent years, the big buzz across industries has been around the power of artificial intelligence, with some critics raising concerns about AI ex...
Oct 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
S.Korea’s inflation dips below 2% for 1st time in 42 months
South Korea’s headline inflation slowed below 2% for the first time in three and a half years in September on lower international oil prices, ...
Oct 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Zinc, Bain Capital offer $2.4 bn share buyback vs MBK
Korea Zinc Inc. said on Wednesday it will buy back shares for 3.1 trillion won ($2.4 billion) with the backing of Bain Capital to counter MBK Partne...
Oct 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s exports stand firm thanks to record chip sales
South Korea’s exports extended their growth streak for the 12th straight month in September mainly driven by record-high semiconductor shipmen...
Oct 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip winter looming? Micron, Samsung give opposite views
Micron Technology Inc. on Wednesday delivered stronger-than-expected quarterly results and gave a bullish outlook for the current quarter, shrugging...
Sep 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix mass-produces 12-layer HBM3E for Q4 shipment
SK Hynix Inc. said on Thursday it has begun mass-producing the world’s first 12-layer HBM3E with a capacity of 36 gigabytes (GB) for shipment ...
Sep 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
Samsung develops health software development kit
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday introduced the Samsung Health Software Development Kit (SDK) Suite, aimed at helping developers and researchers ...
Sep 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Fed’s big rate cut spurs Korean firms to issue foreign bonds
South Korean companies rushed to issue foreign currency bonds after the US Federal Reserve lowered interest rates for the first time in more than fo...
Sep 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
KRX launches Korea Value-up Index featuring 100 best practice firms
South Korea’s securities exchange operator, Korea Exchange, launched a new corporate value-up index on Tuesday, a key plank for the government...
Sep 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Analysts rebut Morgan Stanley’s chip winter view; oversupply unlikely
Morgan Stanley’s recent view that the global chip industry faces an imminent winter and companies like SK Hynix Inc. will suffer is exaggerate...
Sep 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Koreans log most hours on YouTube worldwide
YouTube was the most popular app among South Korean smartphone users, a study found, logging the most hours on the video streaming platform worldwid...
Sep 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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