HYBE earnings call
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Bio & Pharma
US calls on 2 S.Korean pharmaceutical companies for swift end to legal battle
Following its lawsuit against Daewoong Pharmaceutical, South Korea's Medytox Inc. is waging an all-out legal war against domestic counterpart Hugel ...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE cries foul over SM, Kakao’s undisclosed deal
HYBE Co., the label behind the global sensation BTS, is considering legal action to invalidate an undisclosed deal between SM Entertainment Co. and ...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KT CEO Ku Hyeon-mo drops reelection bid as controversy flares
KT Corp. Chief Executive Ku Hyeon-mo has abandoned his ambitious bid to lead South Korea’s largest telecommunications company for another thre...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
S.Korea's SK Broadband moves into public DaaS market
South Korea's leading broadband Internet access provider SK Broadband is moving into the public desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) market.SK Broadband anno...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Lessons from Korean Air’s botched mileage program reform
Korean Air Lines Co. has suspended a plan to revamp its mileage program after it drew harsh criticism from both its customers and government officia...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma gets WHO pre-qualification approval for chickenpox vaccine
South Korea's GC Biopharma Corp. is set to regain the No. 1 spot in global production of chickenpox vaccines after earning qualification to enter th...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE not to raise tender offer price for SM Entertainment
HYBE Co., the label behind the world’s top boyband BTS, said it does not plan to raise its buying price for SM Entertainment Co., denting hope...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korean shipbuilding, defense sectors offer bright 2023 outlook
South Korea’s major companies in shipbuilding, defense and construction industries expect strong earnings this year, despite growing concerns ...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SM puts cash cows up for sale as conflict with founder heats up
SM Entertainment Co., mired in conflict with its founder and former Chief Producer Lee Soo-man, is seeking to sell its shares in three key arms, wor...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Plain sailing for LS with record earnings under Chairman Koo’s leadership
LS Group’s plan to groom new growth engines from batteries to electric vehicles and semiconductors is set to gain impetus after South Korea&rs...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Hyundai Elevator's open API sees rapid expansion of participants
Hyundai Elevator Group announced on Tuesday that its open API (application programming interface), which was launched in March last year, has seen r...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Why SM emerged as hot battlefield between HYBE, Kakao
SM Entertainment Co., a South Korean music label widely credited as the pioneer of K-pop, has emerged as a new battlefield between HYBE Co., the age...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S.Korea game sector remains in dark after poor earnings
South Korea’s game publishers reported dismal quarterly earnings, deepening concerns over their outlook this year amid doubts over measures su...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korean listed firms’ Q4 results miss forecast by big margin
Weak demand from a global economic slump took a big toll on South Korean companies in the fourth quarter of last year, making many of them miss earn...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
BTS label HYBE seeks takeover of K-pop pioneer SM Entertainment
HYBE Co., the music label behind K-pop sensation BTS, is poised to acquire a controlling stake in its South Korean rival SM Entertainment Co. with m...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
KT under pressure for transparency, fairness to pick new CEO, again
South Korea’s leading telecommunications company KT Corp. will pick a new chief executive after it came under fire over its CEO select...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Individual investors in S.Korea betting on stock market's decline
Despite South Korea's Kosdaq stock market growing this month following the "January rally," individual investors in the country are still betting on...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Kakao Bank announces record-high performance in 2022
South Korea's KakaoBank Corp. on Wednesday said its net profit last year reached a record-high 263.1 billion won ($208.6 million), up 28.9% from 202...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Snack maker Orion to pursue M&As, expand Vietnam facility
South Korea’s confectionery and snack maker Orion Corp. reported its largest-ever earnings last year, driven by strong sales in emerging marke...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Low-cost carriers in S.Korea returning to profitability
South Korea's low-cost carriers (LCC) Jeju Air Co. and Jin Air in the fourth quarter last year each earned operating profit for the first time since...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korea refiners swing to Q4 loss amid windfall tax calls
South Korean refiners such as SK Innovation Co. and S-Oil Corp. are estimated to incur a combined loss of over 1 trillion won ($800 million) in the ...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Nanodrug maker CEO calls on Yoon government for deregulation
South Korean startups won four out of the 23 Best of Innovation awards at CES 2023, the world’s largest tech show last month. Among the winner...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Meritz Securities poised to become Korea’s No. 1 for first time
Meritz Securities Co., once a mid-tier securities firm in South Korea, is expected to command the local market as No. 1 after earning more than 1 tr...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea's science minister calls small modular reactors 'game changers'
Minister of Science and ICT Lee Jong-ho on Thursday pledged full support for the development of small modular reactors (SMRs), which he called a "ga...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung executives to be called without seniority title
Rank-and file-employees at Samsung Electronics Co. will call their senior executives without their titles as part of the company’s new human r...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
LS Electric builds rail signal system in Taiwan for $39.8 million
South Korea's LS Electric Co. on Friday said the Railway Bureau of the Taiwanese Ministry of Transportation and Communications named the company the...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
KT&G refuses activist funds' call for ginseng biz spinoff
KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, on Thursday refused activist funds' requests to spin off and list its ginseng unit wh...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung earns ISO 22301 certification for business continuity
Samsung Electronics Co.'s device solutions division has achieved ISO 22301 certification, the international business continuity management system (B...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korean oil refiners to bask in record profits with hefty bonuses
Employees at South Korea’s oil refiners are expected to receive hefty bonuses after their companies posted record earnings last year amid hi...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Top petrochemical makers secure cash on economic slowdown woes
South Korea's top petrochemical firms raised 2.6 trillion won ($2.1 billion) via corporate bond sales and rights offering earlier this month to gird...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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