E-Land Retail
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Future mobility
Hyundai E&C unveils 1st designs for Korean-made UAM vertiports
South Korea's Hyundai Construction and Engineering (E&C) has unveiled for the first time its concept designs for the urban air mobility (UAM) in...
Nov 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korean retail brand F&F’s Chinese sales seen above $800 million
South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. is expected to post 1.1 trillion won ($807 million) in sales revenue in China this year, emerging...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Korea's SK E&S to produce 30,000 tons of liquid hydrogen per year
SK E&S, the energy affiliate of SK Group, from next year will start domestic output and distribution of up to 30,000 tons of liquid hydrogen ann...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang posts first profit in 8 years after adopting rapid delivery
South Korea's Coupang CEO Kim Bom-seok has kept his promise, with his online shopping giant posting its first surplus in eight years since introduci...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
E-book platform Millie's Library drops IPO plan on tepid market interest
South Korean e-book platform Millie’s Library dropped its listing plan on Nov. 8 due to tepid demand from institutional investors, marking the...
Nov 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang launches Rocket Fashion Growth division to beef up fashion retail
Coupang, Inc. recently established the Rocket Growth Fashion division, according to industry insiders on Monday. As the name suggests, the team...
Nov 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha E&C to expand offshore wind power business
South Korea's Hanwha Engineering and Construction (E&C) on Tuesday concluded a business agreement on joint development of offshore wind power in...
Nov 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Perspectives
Korea should open retail electricity market for renewables
South Korea on Oct. 26 officially launched the carbon neutrality commission based on laws for green growth, which took effect last March, amid the g...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea's stock deposits dip to lowest point since July 2020
Monthly average deposits for stock investment in South Korea are poised to drop below 50 trillion won ($35.1 billion) for the first time since July ...
Oct 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Singapore PE firm proposes KT&G spin off ginseng biz
A Singaporean private equity firm has proposed a number of measures to KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, including a sp...
Oct 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C, Holtec embark on detailed design of SMR-160 model
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. and its US nuclear reactor partner Holtec International have agreed to start working ...
Oct 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korea's luxury e-commerce platform Balaan completes Series C
South Korean luxury e-commerce platform operator Balaan Co. will complete the attraction of 25 billion won ($17.3 million) in investment in a Series...
Oct 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hanwha E&C abandons Bismayah project in Iraq; $581 mn loss expected
South Korean builder Hanwha Engineering & Construction Co. has aborted a $10 billion project to build a Bismayah new city in Iraq after failing ...
Oct 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Naver to buy Poshmark at $1.6 bn to boost US e-commerce biz
Naver Corp. is set to take over US Poshmark Inc. for some $1.6 billion to make inroads into the e-commerce sector in North America as South Korea&rs...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS Asia, Quadreal to form JV for warehouse development in Korea
IGIS Asia Investment Management Pte., the Singapore-based subsidiary of South Korea’s largest real estate manager IGIS Asset Management, and V...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C wins $158 mn order for port facility construction in Kuwait
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. announced Tuesday it won a 220 billion won ($157 million) deal from Kuwait to add sev...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea’s No. 1 bookstore Kyobo seeks to acquire OTT platform Watcha
The Kyobo Book Centre, South Korea’s largest bookstore chain, is seeking to acquire over-the-top (OTT) platform Watcha Inc. to expand its busi...
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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Construction
Hyundai wins $1.2 bn railway order from Philippines
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. has won a $1.2 billion order from the Philippines to build a railway connecting the c...
Sep 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Price of napa cabbage, key kimchi ingredient, keeps soaring
The price of napa cabbage continues to soar in South Korea. Hit by heavy rainfall during its harvest season, Gangwon Province suffered from a l...
Sep 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
DRX aims to be first Korean e-sports firm to go public with 2024 IPO
South Korea’s e-sports company DRX is aiming to become the first e-sports firm to list on the secondary bourse Kosdaq with its planned 2024 IP...
Sep 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Shipyards, TV plants to shut down as typhoon lands on Korea
The world’s two largest shipbuilders Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., decided to shut down t...
Sep 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korean big-box stores see credit rating downgrades
Two credit rating agencies have lowered South Korean big-box retail giants’ credit profiles. Korea’s top three big-box stores, Homeplus ...
Aug 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Korea's Hyundai E&C to build smart green city in Vietnam
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. is poised to become the first South Korean company to join Vietnam’s green smart city development p...
Aug 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Korean e-scooter platforms diversify to survive
South Korean shared electric scooter platforms are taking over their smaller rivals or entering new markets as beefed-up safety guidelines on two-wh...
Aug 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
POSCO Int'l to absorb energy unit to move up E&P value chain
POSCO International Corp., the trading unit of Korean steel giant POSCO, will merge with its unlisted affiliate POSCO Energy Co. to reinforce its en...
Aug 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korea’s GS Retail fined $18.7 million over unfair dealings with contractors
South Korea’s antitrust regulator on Tuesday slapped GS Retail Co., a GS Group unit that operates the country’s second-largest convenien...
Aug 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Starbucks Korea faces its biggest challenge in 23 years
Starbucks Korea, the undisputed leader in South Korea’s coffee franchise landscape, is facing the biggest challenge of its 23-year history.&nb...
Jul 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Korean DL E&C to enter SMR biz with Canada’s Terrestrial
South Korea’s construction company DL E&C Co. is set to make inroads into the small modular reactor (SMR) business for future growth ...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Award-winning Hyundai IONIQ 5 EV to land in Japan as MK Taxi
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Wednesday it is supplying its all-electric IONIQ 5 crossover to Japan’s taxi servi...
Jul 20, 2022 (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