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Robotics
HL to acquire French parking robot firm Stanley Robotics for $24 million
HL Group, the construction-to-auto parts conglomerate in South Korea, will acquire the world’s sole outdoor self-driving parking robot-produci...
Oct 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Lotte chief bets on K-food boom for global expansion
Lotte Group, a multinational retail-to-chemical business empire, is seeking to ride the growing popularity of Korean food to achieve its global expa...
Oct 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Nongshim opens K-Ramyun supermarket in Myeongdong
South Korean food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. said on Monday that it opened a Korean-style ramyun experience store K-Ramen Supermarket with the ...
Oct 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s exports stand firm thanks to record chip sales
South Korea’s exports extended their growth streak for the 12th straight month in September mainly driven by record-high semiconductor shipmen...
Oct 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Uniqlo expands in Korea as No-Japanese boycott wanes
Uniqlo Co., a Japanese fast fashion brand, is vigorously expanding brick-and-mortar stores in South Korea, attracting budget-conscious consumers ami...
Sep 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Stray Kids to perform at 50th American Music Awards
K-Pop boy band Stray Kids will perform at the American Music Awards, a major music awards show in the United States.The American Music Awards announ...
Sep 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
CJ OnStyle, Amazon support K-beauty to enter US market
CJ Onstyle, the at-home TV shopping and e-commerce brand of South Korea’s content and commerce powerhouse CJ ENM Co., said on Thursday th...
Sep 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korean cosmetics fly off shelves on Amazon, other e-commerce platforms
South Korean cosmetics are top picks among beauty products on Amazon.com and other global e-commerce platforms amid the growing popularity of K-beau...
Sep 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
CJ CheilJedang to provide dumplings for Qantas Airways’ in-flight meals
CJ CheilJedang Corp. expands its K-food territory with Australia's largest airline.CJ CheilJedang announced on Tuesday that it will introduce Bibigo...
Sep 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
KakaoTalk to adopt full-screen ads as sales, profit growth stunted
Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s dominant messenger and chat app KakaoTalk, is set to introduce full-screen advertisements on the ch...
Sep 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Aespa to release its new album ‘Whiplash’ in October
K-pop girl group aespa is aiming to follow up its hit song “Supernova” with a string of hits with its new album “Whiplash."Managem...
Sep 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Mirae Asset named as Best Securities House in S.Korea by Euromoney
Mirae Asset Securities announced on Thursday that it has been named “Best Securities House in South Korea” at the Euromoney Securities H...
Sep 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Mobility firms, banks replace battery, K-culture stocks in KEDI 30 Index
Mobility, financial services and biotech companies have elbowed out battery and entertainment stocks in the KEDI Innovator ESG 30 Index in an annual...
Sep 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Pulmuone to boost K-food boom in China with gimbap
Leading South Korean food company Pulmuone Corp. is poised to crank up the K-food craze in China, the world’s second most populous country, wi...
Sep 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
APR enters UK cosmetics market
South Korea's cosmetic and clothing company APR said on Monday that it entered PureSeoul, a UK-based distributor specializing in K-beauty.PureSeoul ...
Sep 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG’s telecom unit looks to lure foreigners with more K-pop-themed shops
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, is set to lure foreign customers by opening K-pop-themed stores in the country's major sho...
Sep 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Online lender K Bank aims for IPO at $4 bn valuation in Q4
Kbank, a South Korean online bank, is preparing to list on the main bourse Kospi at an estimated value of up to 5 trillion won ($3.8 billion) in the...
Sep 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia post record August US sales, driven by hybrids, EVs
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister firm Kia Corp. saw their US vehicle sales in August rise to all-time highs, driven by eco-frien...
Sep 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s Q2 GDP slows 0.2%, upholds rate cut expectations
South Korea’s economic growth slowed in the second quarter on weaker domestic consumption and investment by private businesses, heightening ex...
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
Goldman Sachs to sell stake in Korea’s top food ingredient wholesaler
Goldman Sachs is set to sell its stake in South Korea’s leading food ingredient wholesaler in an estimated 120 billion won ($89.4 million) dea...
Sep 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, SK Hynix ramp up DRAM business on rapid AI growth
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc.,the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, are expanding their dynamic random access memory business...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
NewJeans surpasses 5 billion cumulative Spotify streams
K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed five billion combined streams on Spotify, the world's largest music platform, its agency, Adore, announced o...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korea Shopping Festa in Vietnam records $12.9 mn in export consultations
The Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups said on Friday that the "2024 Korea Shopping Festa with Lotte" export consultation event, held in collabo...
Aug 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Korea to launch regular K-content festival in June
South Korea plans to host a regular event showcasing its cultural products such as K-pop and foods in June of next year with the goal of making the ...
Aug 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI, GM to build $3.5 bn EV battery plant in US
Samsung SDI Co., the world’s No. 6 battery maker, and General Motors Co., the leading US automaker, are set to build a $3.5 billion cell plant...
Aug 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Kookmin to tighten loan limits to cool housing market
Kookmin Bank, South Korea’s largest lender under KB Financial Group, will tighten lending to curb mortgage loan growth in line with the govern...
Aug 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to veto SK Innovation’s merger with LNG affiliate
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), manager of the world’s third-largest public pension fund, said on Thursday it is set to ve...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK signals autumn rate cut as inflation, economic growth slow
South Korea’s central bank is likely to reduce interest rates in the next three months as inflation is expected to ease amid a slowdown in Asi...
Aug 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG to seek most of profit from new growth engines
LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, aims to generate most of its profit from future growth drivers by 2030 as the South Ko...
Aug 21, 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