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Energy
Korea's petroleum product exports hit record-high $28 bn in H1
South Korea’s top four oil refiners exported a combined $27.96 billion worth of petroleum products during the first half of 2022. This marked ...
Jul 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec. celebrates world's first shipment of 3-nanometer chips
Samsung Electronics Co. held a ceremony on Monday to celebrate its first shipment of 3-nanometer semiconductor chips, notching its lead in the race ...
Jul 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea's Hyundai Mobis bolsters its own chipmaking capabilities
Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s largest auto parts maker, is aiming to produce the majority of its automotive semiconductors with its own tec...
Jul 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung presents Texas with $200 bn chip investment plan proposition
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, has presented a tax break proposal to the State of Texas as part of its plan to inv...
Jul 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kia posts record-high double-digit profit margin in second quarter
Kia Corp., South Korea’s largest automaker, said on Friday it posted its first-ever double-digit operating profit margin in the second quarter...
Jul 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
POSCO Holdings Q2 profit down on higher raw material costs
POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s steel giant, reported a lower profit in the second quarter on rising raw material pr...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
South Korea to cut red tape, raise student quota to grow chip talent
South Korea, home to the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, said on Tuesday it will cut administrative red tape and ease the restrictive s...
Jul 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung develops world’s fastest graphics DRAM chip
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled a sample of the industry’s fastest graphics DRAM, designed to significantly advance the graphics ...
Jul 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Bain Capital, Lotte Chem. among shortlisted bidders for Iljin
A US private equity firm Bain Capital and South Korea’s major petrochemical manufacturer Lotte Chemical Corp. were among the shortlisted candi...
Jul 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea's top refiners likely to see strong 2022 despite tax concerns
South Korea's oil refining margin, a key indicator of refiners' profitability, dropped below $20 over the past month amid global recession fears. Ho...
Jul 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec's Q2 earnings signal end of upward run
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday estimated that its second-quarter operating profit and sales edged down from three months before, reversing its ...
Jul 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
LG Innotek to invest $1.1 bn to ramp up substrate, camera module output
South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. said on Wednesday it will invest 1.4 trillion won ($1.1 billion) in expanding facilities for semiconductor substr...
Jul 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
YG's share price surges 6.3% on news of Blackpink’s album release, concert
Shares of major K-pop label YG Entertainment Inc. finished Wednesday's trade 6% higher at 48,950 won ($37.52) a share, on news of Blackpink’s ...
Jul 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea inflation at 24-year high, adds to big step views
South Korea’s inflation accelerated to a 24-year high last month, reinforcing expectations that the central bank may raise interest rates by 5...
Jul 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung's 3 nm chip narrows microchip gap with TSMC
Samsung Electronics Co. has kicked off mass production of 3-nanometer chips based on the industry’s smallest process node as a global first, a...
Jun 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Materials, Showa Denko to jointly seek US semiconductor gas business
SK Materials Co., an industrial gas manufacturing affiliate of South Korea’s SK Inc., and Japanese chemicals company Showa Denko K.K. have agr...
Jun 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung nears 3-nano chip mass production ahead of TSMC
Samsung Electronics Co. is close to mass producing 3-nanometer chips based on a next-generation ultramicro fabrication process as a global first and...
Jun 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
South Korea to invest $794 million in AI chips, nurture 7,000 experts
The South Korean government has decided to invest 1.02 trillion won ($794 million) in the artificial intelligence semiconductor sector and foster ov...
Jun 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
DeepBrain AI to bring back deceased loved ones – virtually
Perhaps we will soon not be remembering our loved ones only through photos.Imagine a virtual rendition of the deceased speaking at his or her memori...
Jun 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korean duty-free shops hit by unfavorable exchange rate, limited inventory
The duty-free industry has been hoping that the end of COVID-19-related travel restrictions would help boost its sales. Even as international t...
Jun 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Shares in oil refiners hit by windfall tax concerns
Two listed oil refining companies in South Korea saw a combined 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) wiped off their market cap on Wednesday, after the m...
Jun 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Ex-Samsung exec says Korea chip sector needs more support
South Korea’s semiconductor sector needs more support from the government not only to compete against global rivals backed by their own govern...
Jun 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to boost chip substrate investment after Apple order
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. will expand its manufacturing facilities for high-performance package substrates in both South Korea and Vietnam, afte...
Jun 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Falling nickel prices: A boon for Korean battery makers over Chinese rivals
South Korea’s three battery players – LG Energy Solution Ltd., SK On Co. and Samsung SDI Co. – are getting a tailwind from the fal...
Jun 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korea airlines grounded by oil, currency, interest rates
South Korea’s airlines are suffering from surging oil prices, a weaker won and rising interest rates as the global border reopening has yet to...
Jun 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea Inc. hit by rising commodity prices, weak won, supply crisis
South Korea’s major industries, especially the petrochemical and auto parts sectors, are suffering from surging global commodity prices, a wea...
Jun 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Doosan adds chip post-processing to list of growth drivers
Doosan Group has added semiconductor post-processing services to its core businesses and plans to invest 1 trillion won ($774 million) in its microc...
Jun 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix to supply industry’s best-performing DRAM to Nvidia
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is set to supply the industry’s best-performing DRAM to US graphic chipmaker...
Jun 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
KAIST develops brain-like, large-scale memory system
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), a prestigious South Korean university, has developed a highly-reliable, large-scal...
Jun 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Baring PEA set to buy $1 bn stake in PI Advanced Materials
Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia is set to buy a majority stake in the world’s largest polyimide film manufacturer PI Advanced Mater...
Jun 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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