ADB Annual Meeting
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE secures $938 mn contract for 5 LNG-powered container ships
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), the intermediate shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai Co., said on Thursday that i...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Webcash to accelerate overseas expansion as B2B fintech
South Korea's Webcash Group announced on Tuesday that it will enter the overseas market with its B2B fintech and software-as-a-service (SaaS) soluti...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK co-founder meets with Korean CIOs to finance 6th buyout fund
Asia’s private equity giant MBK Partners Ltd. is set to accelerate fundraising for its new fund, which is expected to become the firm’s ...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO, JSW discuss eco-friendly reduction steel production
Chairman of POSCO Group Choi Jeong-woo met with Sajjan Jindal, Chairman of JSW Steel, India's largest steel conglomerate, to discuss collaboration...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon to visit S.Korea on June 5
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon is set to visit Seoul on June 5 and discuss South Korea’s overseas investments with exec...
May 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
LG leader Koo seeks new growth drivers at group strategy meetings
Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, is seeking new growth drivers by hosting strategy meetings groupwide.L...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE wins order $88 mn for two product carriers
HD Hyundai's shipbuilding intermediate holding company, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), said on Friday that it has sec...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution secures lithium concentrate in N.America
South Korea's battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Friday that it has signed a lithium concentrate supply contract with Australian c...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Sartorius to build $600 mn Korea facilities, open to more investment
Sartorius AG, a global pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment supplier, plans to spend $600 million on its first facilities in South Korea, about s...
May 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem secures exclusive deal for Israeli desalination project
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. revealed on Thursday that it has been awarded the exclusive contract as the sole supplier of reverse osmosis (RO) membran...
May 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s 20-somethings tighten belts due to high interest rates: report
The decline in consumption by 20-somethings due to benchmark interest rate hikes is over eight times greater than those in their 60s.Analysts blame ...
Apr 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai Motor to pay quarterly dividends with record Q1 profit
Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday reported its largest-ever quarterly profit, which soared a whopping 86.3% from a year earlier, while unveiling a plan t...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Future M to inject $461 mn to bulk up cathode production
POSCO Future M Co., a unit of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Monday it has decided to invest 614.8 billion won ($460.5 millio...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung’s Lee likely to meet Apple, Google, MS CEOs during US trip
Samsung Group leader Lee Jae-yong will meet with chief executives of leading US companies, including Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook and Google LL...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO Group chairman presides over World Steel Association meeting
Choi Jeong-woo, Chairman of POSCO Group and the World Steel Association, attended the association's first half-regular meeting held in Vienna, Austr...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea's data market is estimated at $19 bn last year
The size of South Korea's data industry market is expected to exceed 25 trillion won ($18.96 billion) last year.According to the results of a surv...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea’s KOTRA to aid domestic pharmaceutical firms in Japan entry
The government-run (South) Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Tuesday that it will hold an export consultation meeting for...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Chairman of Polish defense company PGZ visits S.Korea
Sebastian Chwalek, the chairman of Poland's state-owned defense industry company PGZ, is reportedly meeting with domestic Korean companies regarding...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia to provide official ceremonial vehicles for ADB Annual Meeting
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. announced on Friday that they will support the official ceremonial vehicles for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Ann...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korean state-run railroad companies meet Czech Minister of Transport
South Korea's state-run railway companies Korea Railroad (KORAIL) and Korea National Railway (KR) announced on Thursday that they had met with repre...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE wins order $171 mn for two crude oil carriers
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a shipbuilding intermediate holding company of South Korea's HD Hyundai Group, announced on Th...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KCCI, JCCI hold a working level meeting in six years
Business representatives from South Korea and Japan gathered for the first time in six years, with the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCC...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea to allocate 70% of annual R&D budget to eleven core tech areas
The South Korean government plans to allocate 70% of its annual R&D budget to 40 projects for research and development in eleven core industrial...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea's electric battery maker SK On predicts 'tangible results' from 2024
"Despite many difficulties early on, we can see tangible results from next year if we overcome such challenges.”Chey Jae-won, CEO and executiv...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Ferrari, Stellantis head Elkann to visit Samsung for biz talks
John Elkann, chairman of both Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari S.p.A. and Dutch-domiciled multinational automaker Stellantis N.V., is ...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
S.Korea strikes deal with Ecuador to export pears
South Korea's Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency announced on Thursday that after 10 years of negotiations, the country has secured a deal with Ecua...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
SeAH rolls out S.Korea's first 24-inch STS steel pipe production line
South Korea's SeAH Steel Corp. through an expansion has the nation's largest plant for stainless steel (STS) welded steel pipe measuring 60.9 cm (24...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
KCC acquires international info security certification
KCC Corp., South Korea's applied materials chemical company, announced on Monday that it has acquired ISO 27001, an international standard for manag...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Chairman Lee to meet new premier in China
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee arrived in Beijing on March 23 to review the chipmaker’s business in China, which is gradually rec...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
POSCO Future M to spend $300 million on NCA cathode plant in Pohang
South Korea's battery component maker POSCO Future M, formerly POSCO Chemical, on Tuesday said it will build its first plant solely for cathode mate...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
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- 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
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