K-defense
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Aerospace & Defense
Hyundai Rotem signs defense deal with Norway’s Kongsberg
South Korean arms maker Hyundai Rotem Co. has clinched a strategic partnership with Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS to jointly d...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hanwha agrees to buy Daewoo Shipbuilding for $1.4 billion
South Korea's leading weapons manufacturer Hanwha Group agreed on Monday to buy a controlling stake in Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering ...
Sep 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
ETRI bolsters semiconductor technologies for use in aerospace defense
Daejeon-based Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) is poised to further the development of semiconductor technologies for us...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea defense firms showcase new weapons for record exports
South Korean defense makers showcased next-generation products with artificial intelligence, robot and stealth functions for the future battlefiel...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Internet lender K Bank gets green light for IPO
South Korea’s first internet-only lender K Bank on Tuesday received preliminary approval from the Korea Exchange to go public on the country&r...
Sep 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
SM mulls ending producer contract with founder Lee Soo-man's firm
SM Entertainment Co. announced Thursday it is considering terminating the production contract with Like Planning, wholly owned by its founder Lee So...
Sep 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK Telecom-led consortium to commercialize air taxis on Jeju Island
Come 2025, visitors to South Korea’s resort island of Jeju will be able to hail air taxis while there – thanks to special air routes ded...
Sep 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus' K-pop idol platform goes global via smart TVs
Fans of K-pop idols such as boyband sensation BTS and girl group Blackpink will be able to enjoy their live performances through smart TVs at home a...
Sep 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hyundai, Hanwha ink $5.8 bn defense deals with Poland
South Korea’s defense makers Hyundai Rotem Co. and Hanwha Defense signed formal contracts worth $5.8 billion to export battle tanks and self-p...
Aug 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
K-pop, Toyota’s platform for marketing in the US
LOS ANGELES -- Toyota Motor Corp., the top global automaker, showcased its sports cars – the GR86 and the GR Supra – at the Los Angeles ...
Aug 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
China's high entry barriers for Korean films, dramas
“Oh! My Gran” was the only South Korean movie to hit the big screen in China in the past year. It was also the first Korean film to be p...
Aug 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
K-chicken chain BB.Q foresees stores quadrupling in N.America
Gourmands in North America will be able to enjoy South Korean fried chicken more conveniently as BB.Q Chicken, the country’s leading franchise...
Aug 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
K-bio firms embrace gene therapy CDMO as Samsung looks the other way
South Korea’s major biopharmaceutical companies are rapidly embracing the cell and gene therapy business under a contract drug-making mechanis...
Aug 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
China's lockdown slams Korean beauty giants' Q2 earnings
South Korea’s two major cosmetics firms, Amorepacific Corp. and LG H&H Co., posted their second-quarter earnings heavily impacted by Chi...
Jul 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korean defense firms receive $15 bn order from Poland
South Korea’s defense makers, namely Hyundai Rotem Co., Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), and Hanwha Defense Corp., clinched export dea...
Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korean defense stocks boosted by $7.6 bn deal with Poland
South Korean defense stocks got a boost from a 10 trillion-won ($7.6 billion) export deal with Poland announced last week. Korea Aerospa...
Jul 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hanwha Aerospace, Hanwha Defense likely to merge
Hanwha, the South Korean chemicals-to-financial conglomerate, has been a key player in the M&A market with a series of conspicuous acquisitions ...
Jul 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI targets to sell 1,000 units of FA-50 light attack aircraft worth $30 billion
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., South Korea’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, is seeking to sell 1,000 units of the FA-50 light combat a...
Jul 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea defense firms poised to ink $7.7 bn in deals with Poland
South Korea’s defense makers including Hyundai Rotem Co., Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) and Hanwha Defense are poised to clinch 10 tri...
Jul 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Disney+ to run two BTS shows in HYBE's 1st global content collaboration
HYBE Co., the K-pop label best known for BTS, signed an agreement with Walt Disney Company in its first collaboration with an international content ...
Jul 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Blackpink to hold K-pop’s first in-game concert on PUBG mobile game
Blackpink, the female K-pop idol group, will hold an in-game concert, the first such event by Korean pop artists, in collaboration with Krafton Inc....
Jul 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1 showcases guided rocket at top navy exercise
South Korea’s defense exporter LIG Nex1 Co. showcased its guided rocket at the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise l...
Jul 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Online lender K Bank revs up for IPO in Nov on surging net profit
K Bank submitted a preliminary assessment request to the Korea Stock Exchange on Thursday, the first step to an initial public offering. The on...
Jul 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean startups rely on word-of-mouth marketing for overseas penetration
Thanks to what some economists dub a borderless economy, more South Korean startups than ever before are looking beyond the peninsula. Seoul-ba...
Jun 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
K-beauty sales see sharp drop at China's major shopping event
South Korean cosmetics giants failed to win over Chinese consumers at the 618 Shopping Festival, one of the largest online annual shopping events in...
Jun 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Poland closer to deal to buy South Korean fighter jets, tanks, howitzers
Poland is moving closer to clinching a megadeal to buy South Korean weapons such as fighter jets, tanks and artillery amid the ongoing Russian war o...
Jun 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
K-beauty makers focus on US as China business slows
South Korea’s major cosmetics makers are trying to lure more customers in North America as the K-beauty boom has been weakening in China, the ...
Jun 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Why Samsung didn't join race for S.Korea's air taxi project
Samsung, a name seen everywhere in South Korea from apartment complexes to home appliances, is missing on the list of bidders for the country’...
Jun 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
CJ to beef up content, K-food sector with $9.7 billion investment
South Korea’s CJ Group, which operates the country’s largest food and beverage company CJ Cheiljedang Corp. and entertainment giant CJ E...
May 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Hanwha to boost defense, aerospace biz with $2.1 bn spending
Hanwha Group, South Korea’s chemical-to-financial conglomerate, is set to invest 37.6 trillion won ($29.8 billion) in future growth sectors su...
May 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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