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Rights offerings
KB's Indonesian subsidiary to launch $551 mn rights issue
Bank KB Bukopin, South Korean bank KB Bank's Indonesian subsidiary, is set to raise capital by issuing 8.44 trillion rupiah ($550.6 million) in new ...
Oct 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s NEXO crossover tops world’s hydrogen vehicle market
Hyundai Motor Co.'s NEXO crossover has become the world’s best-selling hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) in the first eight months of...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
Fed may allow recession to stem inflation: Ex-Boston Fed chief
NEW YORK -- The Federal Reserve will not be able to stem rampant inflation in the US without an economic recession, former Boston Fed President Eric...
Oct 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE in $1.5 billion shipbuilding deals with Maersk, Excelerate Energy
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. said on Wednesday it has clinched a 1.62 trillion won ($1.15 billion) order to build six methanol-...
Oct 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
BOK mulls 50-bp rate hike despite slower Sept inflation
South Korea’s headline inflation slowed in September for a second straight month on lower oil prices, but the central bank is still predicted ...
Oct 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
Korea on watch list for WGBI inclusion; hoping for bond inflows
FTSE Russell, a global index provider, added South Korea to the watch list for potential inclusion in its FTSE World Government Bond Index (WGBI), p...
Sep 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
S.Korea to take measures to support stock, bond markets
South Korea is set to take measures to stabilize local stock and bond markets hit by global interest rate hikes amid growing risks of a worldwide ec...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Doosan Enerbility wins $383 mn power plant deal from Saudi Arabia
South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. said on Friday it has won a 540 billion won ($383 million) contract to build a combine...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
S.Korea’s SK Gas expands LNG, hydrogen biz for future
ULSAN -- SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier, is expanding its liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen ...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire aims to join global top 5 with new EV-only tires
South Korea’s leading tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co. is aiming to join the ranks of the global top five tire makers with its lat...
Sep 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, Iveco unveil jointly developed hydrogen van
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. and Italian truck maker Iveco Group on Monday showcased a large commercial van powered by hydrogen, which they had j...
Sep 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO expects typhoon to reduce sales by $1.5 billion
POSCO, the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, has predicted sales to fall by $1.5 billion as a typhoon disrupted one of its plants in South Kor...
Sep 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Samsung goes green as it eyes clean tech supremacy across supply chain
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone and memory chipmaker, said on Thursday it is aiming to power its entire operations wit...
Sep 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea in for longest monthly trade deficit spell in 25 yrs
South Korea is poised to report a trade deficit for a sixth straight month in September, which would mark its longest period of trade shortfalls in ...
Sep 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Meet Wall St. thought leaders at Hankyung conference in NYC
The Korea Economic Daily (KED) is hosting a global financial conference for Korean investors in the heart of New York City in October, where top Wal...
Sep 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Samsung C&T ties up with Korean firms for hydrogen biz
Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading arm of Samsung Group, has joined forces for the clean hydrogen businesses with South Korean comp...
Sep 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia post record sales in the US, poised to overtake Toyota
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. saw their monthly car sales rise to record highs in the US where carmakers will soon be ineligible for state subsidi...
Sep 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai CEO says on track for hydrogen-fueled NEXO’s new model
Hyundai Motor Co. is on track to develop a revamped model of its hydrogen fuel car NEXO, its chief executive said on Wednesday, as the South Korean ...
Sep 01, 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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Chemical Industry
LG Chem to build carbon nanotube Plant 4 for EV batteries
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s chemicals giant, is set to build the world’s largest single-line carbon nanotube (CNT) manufacturing plant i...
Aug 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hyundai, Hanwha ink $5.8 bn defense deals with Poland
South Korea’s defense makers Hyundai Rotem Co. and Hanwha Defense signed formal contracts worth $5.8 billion to export battle tanks and self-p...
Aug 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO builds EV battery recycling plant in Poland
South Korea’s POSCO Holdings has built a rechargeable battery recycling plant in Poland, in line with Europe’s tougher regulations on ba...
Aug 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK delivers fourth straight rate hike as inflation persists
South Korea’s central bank on Thursday delivered its fourth interest rate hike in a row for the first time in its history as the monetary auth...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Korean petchem producers cut output on weaker margins
South Korea’s petrochemical makers reduced ethylene production as a global economic slowdown is expected to hurt demand in the second half wit...
Aug 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai IONIQ 5: Car and Driver’s EV of the Year
Hyundai Motor Co.'s all-electric IONIQ 5 crossover has won another industry accolade in the US, gathering momentum to expand its market share in the...
Aug 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
SK taps Korean PE for $1.5 bn after Carlyle's Lee quit
SK On Co. has turned to domestic private equity firms to raise up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) after talks with four big global funds have dried...
Aug 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilder KSOE wins $1.5 bn order for 7 LNG carriers
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE), the intermediate holding company of the world’s top shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Indust...
Aug 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korea Zinc to invest $7.5 billion in green hydrogen, battery materials
Korea Zinc Co., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, plans to spend 9.74 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in renewable energy, green hydrogen...
Aug 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Infineon chip flaws to disrupt IONIQ 5 EV production
Hyundai Motor Co. is highly likely to suffer a further production delay for its all-electric crossover IONIQ 5 after South Korean industry sources s...
Aug 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Doosan wins $640 mn desalination plant deal in Saudi
South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility Co. secured a $640 million deal for a desalination plant in Saudi Arabia to meet water demand in the kingdom.D...
Aug 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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