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Central bank
BOK chief’s top mission: Soft landing for household debt
South Korea’s central bank chief on Thursday vowed to reduce household debt without causing a severe economic downturn as the Bank of Korea he...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver eyes global market with new LLM HyperCLOVA X
Naver Corp., the South Korean online platform giant, has finally debuted its upgraded large language model (LLM) HyperCLOVA X, its new pillar busine...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
POSCO Int'l marks 1st animal vaccine exports
POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea's steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Thursday t...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
HLB signs with Japan's OSCL for exclusive supply of C-Trelin ingredient
South Korea's pharmaceutical company HLB Therapeutics Co. announced on Thursday that it has entered into a business agreement with Japan's Osaka Syn...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Poland kicks off approval process to import S.Korean reactors
Poland has started an approval process to build a nuclear power plant consisting of South Korean reactors, according to foreign media reports, despi...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Indonesia, Vietnam boost Korean banks’ overseas profits
South Korea’s top four banks posted sharp earnings growth in overseas operations in the first half of this year, buoyed by solid profits in In...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience resumes output of flu vaccine after two years
SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, on Wednesday shipped SKYCellflu, its vaccine for the common flu, for the fi...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korean exodus from China funds amid deepening property crisis
South Korean investors’ retreat from Chinese equity funds of nearly 10 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in total principal is accelerating amid dee...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
More Korean FSS retirees find jobs in legal, financial biz
More retirees of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) are snagging new jobs at private companies such as the banks they regulated during their te...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
LG Chem to sell film factories amid shift to new growth drivers
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s chemical major, is seeking to sell its film factories at home amid accelerating business reorganization centered a...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Schindler-invested Hyundai Elevator faces S.Korean activism
South Korea’s Hyundai Elevator Co., the No. 2 shareholder of which is Schindler Holding AG, has faced a request from a local activist investor...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Tesla Model Y runs with Kumho’s EV tires, its new cash cow
Tires tailored for electric vehicles are expected to become the next cash cow of South Korean tire maker Kumho Tire Co. thanks to growing EV tire or...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung weighs retooling Galaxy S series with Exynos chipsets
Samsung Electronics Co. is seeking to switch the application processors (APs) of some Galaxy S models to its Exynos chipsets next year to lower its ...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Mirae Asset Securities exceeds $3 bn in overseas equity
Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday it owns more than 4 trillion won ($3 billion) of equity capital in overseas operations as of June 30 of t...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
HiteJinro to strengthen soju marketing in UK
South Korea’s leading soju maker HiteJinro Co. announced on Tuesday that its soju sales in the UK are showing consistent growth year by year. ...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion gets OK partial approval for phase 3 of biosimilar in Europe
South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has received approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) fo...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Ildong Pharma to export high blood pressure treatment to China
South Korea's Ildong Pharmaceutical Co. on Tuesday said it will export benidipine hydrochloride, a raw material used in the treatment of high blood ...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK head says Korea inflation to dip below mid-2% in H2 2024
South Korea’s central bank chief expected consumer inflation to fall below the mid-2% level in the second half of 2024, adding to predictions ...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB, Shinhan, Woori improve rankings on Top 1,000 bank list
South Korea’s KB Financial Group, Shinhan Financial Group and Woori Financial Group improved their rankings on the list of the global top 1,00...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Fans of Supreme rush into the label's 1st Korean store
The US street fashion brand “Supreme,” which has a global fandom with a brand name written in white in a red box, opened its first store...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Transys' car seats rank in top 3 by US market survey
A leading US consumer satisfaction survey has ranked car seats made by South Korea’s Hyundai Transys in the top three for the fourth consecuti...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia’s first vehicles T-600, Brisa resurrected after 40 years
Not many people in the auto industry know that South Korea’s Kia Corp. started as a bicycle parts maker 79 years ago.Back in 1944, Kim Chul-ho...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
MXene: Korean investors’ next target after superconductor craze fizzles
Speculative investors in South Korea have started to amass shares related to Mxene, touted as a next-generation material, after dumping a large numb...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Hyundai Department Store, Nestlé forge dietary supplement alliance
Hyundai Department Store Group has chosen multinational food giant Nestlé S.A. as a partner in its long-term drive to expand its bio and heal...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Doosan Enerbility to produce aviation gas turbine with ADD
South Korea’s power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. announced on Monday that it signed a contract with the Agency for Defense Development ...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korean hybrid car market surpasses $4.56 bn in H1 2023
South Korea's hybrid car market has shown a remarkable surge, reaching 6.12 trillion won ($4.56 billion) in the first half of 2023, according to the...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to apply gaming-specific tech to Nexon’s new title
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. announced a partnership with domestic video game developer Nexon Co. on Monday to release the world's first ...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Hanwha Life sees cumulative profit in 15 years in Vietnam
Hanwha Life Insurance Co.’s Vietnamese subsidiary has reported a cumulative profit in 15 years, marking the first South Korean insurers’...
Aug 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia to revive Ray EV to kick start S.Korean city car market
Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, aims to revitalize the local city car segment with the reintroduction of an electric version of the ...
Aug 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
WeMade partners with three companies for WEMIX Play onboarding
South Korea's game developer and publisher WeMade Co. announced on Friday that it has signed onboarding agreements with several domestic and interna...
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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