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Korean games
Krafton diversifies its business by investing in Spoon Labs
South Korea's gaming giant Krafton Inc. said on Wednesday that it invested in SpoonLabs, a domestic short-form drama platform companySpoonLabs is th...
Sep 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Nation With Lowest Birthrate Is Rocked by Soaring Sales of Dog Strollers
SEOUL—After pushing a stroller to a park near her home in a Seoul suburb, Kang Seung-min plopped down on a bench. Then an elderly woman ap...
Sep 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's Casper, Tesla boost Korea’s online car sales
South Korea’s online car sales are expected to exceed 5 trillion won ($3.7 billion) and hit a record high this year, driven by rising internet...
Sep 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Lotte to foster Pepero as global brand by 2035: Chairman Shin
Lotte Group has selected Pepero — a thin chocolate-covered stick cookie — as the first brand that it will foster into one of the world&r...
Sep 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hanjin, China's AWOT set up e-commerce logistics JV
Hanjin Transportation Co., a South Korean logistics company, said on Friday it has established an e-commerce logistics joint venture with China&rsqu...
Sep 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
South Korean developers fret over inflow of Indian talent
South Korea is opening its doors wide to Indian developers, causing some concerns that the inflow of highly talented software developers from the So...
Sep 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Mercedes-Benz EV sales tumble in South Korea after fire
German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz AG suffered a nosedive in EV sales in South Korea in August after a fire broke out in one of its electric vehic...
Sep 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, SK Hynix up the ante on HBM to enjoy AI memory boom
TAIPEI – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, are racing to supply their advanced DRAM ...
Sep 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Samyang to cement lead in South Korean allulose market
Samyang Corp., a 100-year-old South Korean chemical and food ingredient-manufacturer, is poised to cement its leadership in the Korean allulose mark...
Sep 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea’s exports grow for 11th straight month
South Korea’s exports expanded for an 11th straight month in August on solid demand for semiconductors, smartphones and other goods overseas.E...
Sep 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung SDS AI service FabriX to launch on Microsoft Azure platform
Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit of Samsung Group, said on Tuesday it plans to launch its AI service FabriX on Microsoft Cor...
Sep 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korean travel retailers face downturn without Chinese big spenders
Before COVID-19 swept the world, South Korea’s top two travel retailers Lotte Duty Free and Shilla Duty Free Shop ascended to the world’...
Sep 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
South Koreans puzzled over rising seaweed prices despite bumper crop
Dried seaweed prices are rising at a fast pace despite handsome growth in production, leaving South Koreans puzzled over what is behind the steep pr...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai unseats Volvo as No. 1 truck brand in Korea
Hyundai Motor Co. has unseated construction truck leader Volvo in South Korea for the first time, driven by its flagship Xcient Pro model that sent ...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Junior bankers choosing track records over name value
A number of junior bankers at the Korean offices of major global investment banks such as Morgan Stanely and J.P.Morgan have resigned since July wit...
Aug 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
POSCO Int'l wins first credit rating from S&P, Moody's
South Korea's POSCO International Corp. said on Thursday that it received its first-ever credit ratings from Standard & Poor's (S&P) and Moo...
Aug 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
KT&G to sell Korean office tower to Pebblestone for $90 mn
KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, is set to sell an office tower in South Korea to a local asset manager for an estimat...
Aug 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
NCSOFT to seek recovery momentum with open-world game
South Korea’s gaming giant NCSOFT Corp. is set to develop an open-world massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) while launchin...
Aug 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Korea’s Husteel enjoys surging Saudi Steel Pipe stock prices
South Korean Husteel Co.'s long-term investments in Saudi Steel Pipe Co. are paying off as its share price surges on the back of deals with the king...
Aug 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Mirae Asset, global investors eye gain from sale of Hanoi skyscraper
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities Co. and shareholders in the three-building complex Landmark72, which encompasses the second-tallest skyscraper ...
Aug 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
What's wrong with making money from startup exits?
In South Korea, those who struck it rich from property investments are the subject of envy, but startup founders who make big money from their exits...
Aug 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Kia gets A- credit rating from S&P Global
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. said on Thursday that S&P Global upgraded their credit ratings from BBB+ to A-, with a Stable outlook for both c...
Aug 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
After Mercedes Fire, EV Owners Want to Know What Battery They Have
SEOUL—The uproar over a Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle that burst into flames in South Korea this month wasn’t only about fire...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Kolon Global, Hana Bank to form onshore wind power fund
South Korea's Kolon Global Corp. announced on Tuesday it signed an agreement with Hana Bank, Hana Alternative Asset Management, and MDM Asset Manage...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Yuhan’s lung cancer drug clears FDA hurdle for global debut
A new lung cancer treatment developed by South Korea’s Yuhan Corp. has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a co...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Asan Nanum Foundation revamps fund management
The Asan Nanum Foundation, a nonprofit foundation set up in 2011 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung’s death,...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
South Korea to extend export missile range from 300 km to 500 km
South Korea has decided to extend the range of missiles for export to 500 kilometers from the current 300 km after accepting requests to do so from ...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics tops global TV sales in H1
Samsung Electronics Co. maintained its top position in the global TV market in the first half of this year, bolstered by robust sales of its newly i...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Com2us BTS Cooking On surpasses 1 mn global downloads
South Korea's Com2uS Corp. announced on Monday that its new cooking simulation game, "BTS Cooking On: TinyTAN Restaurant," reached 1 million downloa...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
CPPIB global private equity head Suyi Kim to leave
Suyi Kim, global private equity head at Canada Pension Plan Investments Board (CPPIB), is set to leave the world’s seventh-largest pension fun...
Aug 19, 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