2023 earnings
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E-commerce
Coupang posts first profit in 8 years after adopting rapid delivery
South Korea's Coupang CEO Kim Bom-seok has kept his promise, with his online shopping giant posting its first surplus in eight years since introduci...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Celltrion's Q3 earnings boosted by Remsima sales in Europe
South Korean biopharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. announced 654.6 billion won ($478.2 million) in revenue and 213.8 billion won in operating profi...
Nov 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
SK Square chief expects significant investment gains from next year
SK Square Co., the investment management arm of South Korea’s SK Group, is looking to reap handsome gains from its investment and divestment a...
Nov 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding earns $10 billion in orders this year
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has earned $10 billion in orders for the second straight year.The company on Tuesday said Maran Ga...
Nov 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG gear up for launch of 8K gaming monitors
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s two largest TV makers, are bracing for the impending arrival of a next-generati...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Doosan Bobcat, Doosan Group’s cash cow, set for record 2022 earnings
Doosan Bobcat, the construction and agricultural machine making affiliate of South Korea’s Doosan Group, is poised to join the “one tril...
Nov 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Korea's KB Securities to earn market's 1st quadruple crown
In a first for a Korean brokerage, KB Securities has led all major performance categories this year and could achieve the domestic sector's first "q...
Nov 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Game publisher Com2uS buys $47 mn worth of SM Entertainment shares
South Korean mobile and online game developer and publisher Com2uS Corp. acquired a whopping 67 billion won ($47 million) worth of SM Entertainment ...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Meritz Securities posts positive third-quarter earnings surprise
Meritz Securities saw net profit rise 14% in the third quarter in stark contrast to other brokerages suffering from earning shocks due to the stock ...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Chem posts strong Q3 earnings, buoyed by battery business
South Korea’s top chemicals company LG Chem Ltd. on Monday posted strong third-quarter sales and profit as gains at its battery affiliate offs...
Oct 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
HD Hyundai’s machinery units post profits despite slump in China
HD Hyundai Co., the holding company of South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, saw its two construction equipment affiliates post strong...
Oct 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
KBIZ eyes value-added, senior loans for real estate
The Korea Federation of SMEs (KBIZ) bet on value-added and senior loans in global real estate investment this year, the institutional investors&rsqu...
Oct 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Rising interest rates reshuffle Korean market cap list
Rising interest rates amid a slowing global economy rattled South Korean companies’ market capitalization rankings, bumping online players suc...
Oct 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
Samsung SDI supplier Jaewon seeks about $280 mn in pre-IPO
South Korean mid-sized petrochemical company Jaewon Industrial Co. is looking to attract pre-IPO investment, according to investment banking sources...
Oct 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia to reflect $2 bn quality costs in Q3 earnings
Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp., South Korea’s top two automakers, plan to reflect 2.9 trillion won ($2 billion) more in quality...
Oct 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO breaks ground on nickel refining plant in Korea
POSCO Group, the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, broke ground on Friday for a high-purity nickel refining plant in South Korea to meet risin...
Oct 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to shift gear toward software-centric cars from 2023
Hyundai Motor Group will introduce software-defined vehicles (SDVs) that receive wireless software updates for models to be released from next year,...
Oct 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung Q3 earnings disappoint on weak chip business
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, missed third-quarter earnings estimates on the weak semiconductor business and its ...
Oct 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Sinking won fans doubts over Korea’s economic fundamentals
The tanking South Korean won currency has stoked doubts over the fundamentals of Asia’s fourth-largest economy, although the government contin...
Sep 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO says normalization of typhoon-hit steel mill unlikely until Q1 2023
POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s largest steelmaker, expects its steel mill in the southern port city of Pohang flood...
Sep 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea ramen packet maker inks $1 bn battery material deal
A South Korean instant noodle packet maker has secured a $1 billion deal to supply battery materials to a joint venture between General Motors Co. a...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Weaker won offers no leg up for Korean exporters
The steeper-than-expected decline in the won’s value is posing a grave threat to South Korean companies already struggling with rising inflati...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KAIST, NYU to operate joint campus in New York City from 2023
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea's most prestigious national research university, and New York University wil...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
ADB cuts Korea’s 2023 growth outlook as trade in deficit for sixth month
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has slashed its 2023 growth outlook for the South Korean economy, citing daunting global risks, as the country is h...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI signs $3 bn fighter jet export contract with Poland
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s military aircraft manufacturer, has inked a formal deal worth $3 billion to export light ...
Sep 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis receives $1.6 bn order from global carmaker
Hyundai Glovis announced on Wednesday that it received an order worth 2.2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) from a global carmaker, a record-high vehicle ...
Sep 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea to cut spending in 2023, first time in 13 years
South Korea plans to reduce spending in 2023 for the first time in 13 years by cutting pandemic-era stimulus payments in a move to curb the country&...
Aug 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Demand for Samsung foldables keeps smartphone parts makers busy
Smartphone parts suppliers to Samsung Electronics Co. are running their plants at full capacity as the South Korean tech giant’s latest fold...
Aug 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korea targets Tesla, imported EVs with new subsidy policy
South Korea is planning to set up a new subsidy policy for electric vehicle purchases, which will be commensurate to the EV makers’ after-sale...
Aug 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai IONIQ 6 logs record pre-orders in South Korea
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, announced on Tuesday that its first fully electric sedan IONIQ 6 is enjoying record pre-orders...
Aug 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 2 Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans
- 3 LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess
- 4 South Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties
- 5 Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet