ASEAN 3 Macroeconomic Research Office
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom invests $3 mn in AI-powered video analysis startup Twelve Labs
South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said on Friday it will invest $3 million in Twelve Labs Inc., a Korean AI-powered video analys...
Dec 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hanmi breaks ground pharmaceuticals complex in Beijing
South Korea's Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. said on Friday that Beijing Hanmi Pharm, its subsidiary in China, held the groundbreaking ceremony for a proj...
Dec 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1, Electroninks to team up for component materials
South Korea's LIG Nex1 Co. said Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the US-based Electroninks Inc. to research and develop ne...
Dec 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix to produce HBM4 on 3 nm foundry process in 2025
SK Hynix Inc. will adopt the 3-nanometer process, the most advanced foundry technology available, to produce customized HBM4 chips in the second hal...
Dec 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS enjoys 9.2% return as of Q3 on bullish US stocks
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s largest institutional investor, reported a preliminary 9.18% return from investments, equiva...
Nov 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
President of Latvia visits S.Korea's Daan Cancer Lab
Daan Cancer Laboratory under Severance Hospital said on Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Latvian government to streng...
Nov 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Samsung to replace chiefs of 3 key posts: Memory, foundry, system LSI
Samsung Electronics Co. plans to replace the three key posts of its semiconductor business — memory, foundry and system LSI — as the Sou...
Nov 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Samsung C&T-Sumitomo consortium wins $3.7 billion Qatar project
An international consortium involving South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corp. and financial firms has won a $3.7 billion project to build a desali...
Nov 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK to keep rate at 3.25% in Nov despite dim GDP outlook: survey
South Korea’s central bank is expected to freeze its policy rate at 3.25% during its last monetary policy meeting of the year to prevent any f...
Nov 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Bank to arrange $3.7 bn for Qatar desalination, power plant
South Korea's Woori Bank said on Tuesday it will arrange the Qatar Ras Abu Fontas desalination and power plant project, estimated to cost $3.7 billi...
Nov 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean funds offer rescue financing for global offices
South Korean institutional investors are offering rescue financing for overseas office buildings, which their local peers have yet to exit, as they ...
Nov 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LS Cable, Denmark's CIP sign LOI for floating offshore wind
South Korea's LS Cable & System Ltd. said on Wednesday that it signed a letter of intent (LOI) for offshore wind cooperation with Copenhagen Inf...
Nov 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Electro-Mechanics gets European certification for camera SW
South Korea's Samsung Electro-Mechanics said on Wednesday it obtained Automotive SPICE (A-SPICE) Level 3 certification for its vehicle camera modu...
Nov 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
US private equity giant Apollo opens Seoul office for APAC expansion
Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, said on Monday it has opened an office in Seoul to expand its business in the Asia Pa...
Nov 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
NH Nonghyup buys Donuimun D Tower for $640 mn
NH Nonghyup REITs Management Co. has completed the purchase of Donuimun D Tower, a prime office building in central Seoul, for 895.3 billion won ($6...
Nov 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hanmi Bank rises from Koreatown lender to regional bank
It began in 1982 as a small community bank for Korean immigrants in Los Angeles, California. Today, Hanmi Bank, under Nasdaq-listed Hanmi Financial ...
Nov 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
BYD to debut passenger EVs in South Korea in 2025
China’s electric vehicle giant BYD Co. will debut in the South Korean passenger car market next year with premium models in hopes of becoming ...
Nov 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea’s HD Hyundai, Hanwha fail to win $7.3 bn Australian navy deal
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Hanwha Ocean Co. failed to win a $7.3 billion deal to build frigates for the Australian Navy, industry sources a...
Nov 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hybrids, EVs power Hyundai, Kia’s US auto sales in October
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, saw a rebound in US auto sales last month thanks to surges in demand for its hybrid ...
Nov 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
PharmaResearch hosts 5th global symposium on 'Rejuran'
PharmaResearch Co. announced that it successfully held the 5th PharmaResearch Global Symposium (PGS) at the Lakai Sandpine Resort on Oct. ...
Nov 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Mediaiplus aims to be the Amazon of clinical trials
Mediaiplus Inc., South Korea’s only provider of data analytics and contract research organization (CRO) matching services for clinical trials,...
Nov 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS commits $436 mn to Koramco, Hana Alternative for real estate lending
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s largest institutional investor, has selected Koramco Asset Management Co. and Hana Alternati...
Nov 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung SDI's operating profit plunges in Q3 amid EV chasm
Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest battery maker, continues to grapple with dwindling battery demand from the electric vehicle industr...
Oct 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Cuckoo eyes $172 mn IPO of Malaysian unit in Kuala Lumpur: Bloomberg
South Korea’s leading rice cooker and small appliance maker Cuckoo Holdings Co. is said to be seeking to list its Malaysian unit in the Southe...
Oct 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Toyota, Hyundai agree to deepen ties in hydrogen, robotics
Toyota Motor Corp. and Hyundai Motor Group agreed to deepen their partnership in developing future mobility technology, especially in hydrogen fuel-...
Oct 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Cosmax, Fudan Univ. to team up for microbiome research
Cosmax Inc., South Korea's largest cosmetics original development and design manufacturer (ODM), said on Friday it signed a memorandum of understand...
Oct 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai Motor logs highest-ever Q3 revenue; margin drops
Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday reported its worst quarterly profit margin for this year, despite delivering its highest-ever revenue for a third quar...
Oct 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix chief says no delay in 12-layer HBM3E supply as demand soars
Kwak Noh-jung, chief executive of SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, has said there will be no delay in the company&r...
Oct 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, SNU, POSTECH, KIST build joint robotics lab
Hyundai Motor Group said on Wednesday that it established a joint robotics research lab in collaboration with South Korea's top research institution...
Oct 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai AutoEver SW platform gets A-SPICE level 3 certification
South Korea's Hyundai AutoEver Corp. said on Tuesday that its Mobilgene Classic 2.0 software platform has become the first in South Korea to receive...
Oct 22, 2024 (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