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Construction
Korea’s top landscaping firm Dawon to expand in SE Asia
South Korea’s Dawon Corporation aims to expand its business in Southeast Asia as it beat out major domestic builders such as Samsung C&T C...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung’s Monimo set to disrupt Korea’s financial app market
Samsung Group, South Korea’s most powerful business group, is poised to crack the country’s financial app market — now crowded wit...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
TCL narrows gap with Samsung in premium mini LED TV segment
China’s TCL Technology, the world’s No. 2 TV maker, has been expanding its presence not only in the market for cheap LCD TVs but also in...
Aug 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
S.Korea's top three tire makers sell 45 mn units in H1 2024
South Korean tire manufacturers have nearly reached sales of 45 million units in the global market during the first half of this year, the Korea Tir...
Aug 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Biotech stocks, foreigners’ top pick in Korea amid panic selling
Foreigners and institutional investors in the South Korean stock market picked biotechs as their favorite shares in hopes of a biopharma stock jump ...
Aug 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Seoul Semiconductor overtakes Japan’s Nichia as top backlight LED maker
South Korea’s Seoul Semiconductor Co. has overtaken Japan’s Nichia Corp. as the world’s top backlight light-emitting diode (LED) d...
Aug 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
SIMPAC, Brazil's RIMA to set up ferrosilicon joint venture
SIMPAC Inc., a South Korean ferroalloy producer, said on Monday that it will establish a joint venture with Brazilian silicon alloy manufacturer RIM...
Aug 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Jeju Air seeks M&A, igniting race for top place in Korea's LCC market
Jeju Air Co., a leading South Korean low-cost carrier (LCC), will likely seek the acquisition and merger of a rival small airline operator amid inte...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korean cosmetics, Amazon Prime Day’s top beauty products
South Korean cosmetics were top picks among beauty products of Amazon Prime members during the global leading e-commerce platform’s largest an...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
Samsung, Ottogi unveil exclusive lifestyle TV goods
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that it collaborated with the domestic food company Ottogi to release limited edition goods called Samsu...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Financial Group relaunches brokerage arm
Woori Financial Group has returned to South Korea’s brokerage service market after a decade with the launch on Thursday of Woori Investment &a...
Aug 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean commercial real estate market to show slow recovery in H2
South Korea’s commercial real estate market will post a slow recovery in the second half of this year due to rate cut delays and no big correc...
Jul 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem emerges as global No. 4 chemicals maker: C&EN
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. has emerged as the world’s fourth chemicals producer, the second Asian company to be among the five largest a...
Jul 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung set to ship HBM3E chips in H2 after strong H1
Samsung Electronics Co. expects it will be ready to ship its fifth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, or HBM3E, in the second half, demon...
Jul 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Sapien Semiconductors looks to overtake Novatek in MicroLED DDI chips
South Korea’s Sapien Semiconductors Inc. is a lesser-known startup outside of the chip industry. However, it is a little giant in the fabless ...
Jul 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Baemin founder strikes out for new trophy platform
Kim Bong-jin, a former chairman and CEO of Woowa Brothers Corp., operator of South Korea’s No. 1 food delivery app Baedal Minjok — Baemi...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
High power bills drive Korean manufacturers out of country
South Korean manufacturers are increasingly moving abroad as the country's electricity bills are hovering about 30% higher than those of major eco...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Rebound in large OLED TV demand bodes well for LG Display, Samsung
In the flat panel market, South Korea’s two display makers – LG Display Co. and Samsung Display Co. – have been bleeding for years...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan Enerbility’s gas turbine orders top $720 mn with KOMIPO deal
Doosan Enerbility Co., a leading South Korean power plant engineering company, said on Monday it has clinched a 580 billion won ($418 million) deal ...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec OLED evo TV tops in 14 countries
LG Electronics Inc. announced that its premium lineup LG OLED evo TVs achieved first place in performance evaluations by consumer media outlets in...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung sets sights on next-generation memory CXL DRAM
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is setting its sights on next-generation memory technology, dubbed CXL, to lead the artificial intel...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Slimming wars: Samsung aims to launch 7 mm foldable smartphone
When Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled its latest iteration of foldable smartphones – the Galaxy Z Flip6 and the Z Fold6 – at the Unpacke...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK Innovation to be Asia’s top energy company through merger
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest energy company, is set to become the industry leader in Asia through a merger with an affiliate while...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Bibigo opens store in Incheon Airport duty-free shops
CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s Korean food brand Bibigo announced on Tuesday that it recently opened its stores at Shinsegae Duty Free and Shilla Duty Free ...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
BofA eyes its 1st Korean IPO management with K Bank deal
Bank of America Corp. (BofA) is quickly expanding its presence in the South Korean initial public offering market, where J.P. Morgan and Citigroup G...
Jul 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung OS Tizen embedded in Loewe TV Stellar to rival Google, Apple
Samsung Electronics Co.'s open-source smart TV operating system Tizen will be embedded in German premium TV brand Loewe’s latest model St...
Jul 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom accelerates AI push via alliance with more partners
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, is ramping up its artificial intelligence push by bringing more domestic partners into its A...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor speeds up hydrogen bus charging business in Korea
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. is set to become the largest shareholder of a local hydrogen-powered-vehicle charging station operator to boos...
Jul 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Genesis GV60 Magma to enter production in 2025; hybrid model eyed
When Hyundai Motor Co. unveiled the Genesis GV60 Magma Concept at Genesis House New York this March, the premium brand’s color – vivid o...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hana Financial mulls non-banking M&As for growth: CEO
Hana Financial Group, one of South Korea's top five financial groups, is mulling mergers and acquisitions in non-banking sectors in a bid to seize n...
Jul 12, 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