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Pension funds
Inflation casts shadow over S.Korea NPS' hedging strategies
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), with 920.4 trillion won ($694.6 billion) in assets as of November 2022, faces growing concerns o...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
dConstruct Robotics becomes 2nd foreign startup to win at D.Day
South Korea’s decade-old startup pitch competition D.Day has picked Singapore-based mobile robotics application developer dConstruct Robotics ...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
GM Korea begins mass production of Trax crossover
General Motors Korea announced on Sunday that it celebrated the start of mass production of the Chevrolet Trax Crossover, a new utility vehicle, at ...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Car-sharing platform Humax Mobility begins IPO process
Humax Mobility, a South Korean car-sharing and parking platform operator, is aiming to become the second mobility service firm to go public in the c...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor begins Genesis GV70 EV production in US
Hyundai Motor Co. has commenced production of the Genesis GV70 electric vehicle in the United States. This marks the first locally produced vehicle ...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Ford, LG Energy to build Turkey EV battery plant for Europe
US automaker Ford Motor Co. and South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution Ltd. are targeting the electric commercial vehicle sector in Eu...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung ‘demanding customer’ for ASML as orders rise
VELDHOVEN, Netherlands – South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. is a “demanding customer” for the Netherlands-based ASML Hold...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
AIMMED’s Somzz ushers in digital therapeutic device market in Korea
South Korea’s health and drug safety authority has cleared Somzz to treat patients with sleep disorders, a dynamic move that is expected to vi...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea's Dongsuh to rival Nestle in local capsule coffee market
South Korea’s No.1 instant coffee maker Dongsuh Foods Corp. is set to rival global food and beverage giant Nestle in the local capsule coffee ...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
S.Korea's Kyung Dong Navien expands its business in Central Asia
South Korea's heating systems manufacturer Kyung Dong Navien Co. held a conference for 100 local dealers in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Feb. 10.The con...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG U+, Plana jointly research data transmission tech for urban air mobility
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. and Plana, a domestic startup for urban air transportation (UAM) craft, have signed a business deal on joint research o...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom doubles capacity of its AI service's supercomputer Titan
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Sunday said it had doubled the processing capacity of its supercomputer Titan, the brain of its artificial intellige...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong Pharma wins permission from Singapore for Nabota
South Korea's drug development company Daewoong Pharmaceutical said on Thursday that it received on Jan. 20 product approval for its botulinum toxin...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1 to work with Romanian state-run defense supplier
South Korea's defense contractor LIG Nex1 Co. will join hands with ROMARM, a Romanian state-run defense company, to develop anti-aircraft missiles a...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korea to allow offshore investors to directly trade won
South Korea is set to allow offshore investors to directly trade the won and extend the operating hours of the local currency market from July next ...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
South Korea's SK Ecoplant localizes core tech to make ultrapure water
South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. is expanding its portfolio in the water industry through localizing core technology to produce ultrapure water (UPW), ...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
S.Korean institutional investors inject more capital in MMFs
South Korean institutional investors, such as pension funds, mutual aids and corporates, are rushing to money market funds (MMFs) for short-term pro...
Feb 06, 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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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience's SKYCellflu approved by Chilean health authority
SK Bioscience Co., a bio and pharmaceutical affiliate of South Korea's SK Group, announced on Thursday that its world-first cell culture-based quadr...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO Int'l to expand LNG storage capacity for $810 mn
POSCO International Co. will sharply increase its liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage capacity by spending 1 trillion won ($810 million) to build a ...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha kickstarts localization of 1,000-hp gas turbine engine components
A project to lengthen the lifecycle of 1,000-horsepower gas turbine engine core components and materials, which is led by Hanwha Aerospace Co. locat...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
A-Team Ventures succeeds in attracting $4.1 mn investment from LX
A-Team Ventures, which runs an online manufacturing platform "Capa," said on Friday that it has raised a Series B funding of 5 billion won ($4.1 mil...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
Korea Exchange acquires market operator license in Singapore
Korea Exchange (KRX) on Thursday said it has received a "Recognized Market Operator" (RMO) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), a...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
Samsung Biologics CEO focuses on global business
John Rim, chief executive of Samsung BioLogics will directly lead his company's global sales operations for biopharmaceuticals through contract deve...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Cosmax to make inroads into Japanese market in earnest
Cosmax Inc., South Korea's cosmetics original design manufacturing (ODM) company, said on Thursday that it would start targeting the Japanese market...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
CJ HDC Biosol completes plant for green biodegradable materials
South Korea's CJ HDC Biosol on Thursday said it held a completion ceremony for its biodegradable material compounding plant at Gwanghyewon Industria...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte to invest $55 mn in Indian ice cream subsidiary for 5 years
South Korea-based Lotte Confectionery Co. will invest 4.5 billion rupees ($55.1 million) in its Indian unit Havmor Ice Cream in the next five ...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Bespin Global establishes Vietnam Tech Center for cloud, digital innovation
South Korea's cloud management company Bespin Global will foster cloud and digital innovation industries in Central Vietnam. To this end, the compan...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Pulmuone builds data sharing cluster for factories
South Korea's major plant-based food company Pulmuone Co. Ltd. said on Monday that it has built a "digital cluster smart factory" that can share, in...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec's Tennessee plant named Lighthouse Factory by WEF
LG Electronics Inc.'s home appliance factory in Tennessee, the US, has been selected as a "Lighthouse Factory" by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for...
Jan 16, 2023 (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