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Electronics
S.Korea relinquishes control to China in smaller OLED market
LG Display Co. and Samsung Display Co. lost ground to their Chinese rivals in the global small and mid-sized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) pan...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kia posts highest-ever profit margin, double Tesla's
Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 carmaker, on Friday posted its highest-ever operating profit margin of 13.2% in the second quarter, more than d...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Mart’s No Brand success story: A Korean snack chain goes global
When South Korean convenience store operator E-Mart Inc. launched its low-budget house label No Brand in 2015, few thought it would last long.Under ...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Baemin founder strikes out for new trophy platform
Kim Bong-jin, a former chairman and CEO of Woowa Brothers Corp., operator of South Korea’s No. 1 food delivery app Baedal Minjok — Baemi...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kumho Tire holds Latin American dealer convention
South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. announced on Friday that it held the Kumho Dealer Convention event from July 20 to 22 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, inviting ab...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha, Univ. of Surrey to team up for space business
Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s major aerospace and defense system developer, announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understan...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
China is LG H&H’s headache amid global K-beauty boom
South Korean cosmetics giant LG H&H Co. has yet to benefit from the global K-beauty boom due to its heavy dependence on China, the world’s...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Ocean wins $332 mn ship order from S.Korean Navy
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. announced on Thursday that it was selected as the preferred bidder for the second auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOE)...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Woori Financial vows higher shareholder returns, value-up after record Q2
Woori Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest financial services holding company, plans to significantly enhance its shareholder va...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea’s Economy Slowed Sharply in Second Quarter
South Korea’s economy slowed at a sharper-than-expected pace in the second quarter on sluggish private consumption and weak business investmen...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
S.Korea fines AliExpress $1.4 mn for alleged privacy breach
South Korea’s privacy authority is punishing AliExpress with measures including a $1.4 million fine for allegedly not providing measures to pr...
Jul 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s economy slows in Q2, but on growth course
South Korea’s economy unexpectedly slowed in the second quarter on softer private consumption and business investments, reinforcing expectatio...
Jul 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Paldo enters S&R, Puregold in Philippines
South Korea’s food and beverage company Paldo is strengthening its competitiveness in the Philippine market.Paldo announced on Thursday that i...
Jul 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
S.Korea's refining industry sees record export of 245.3 mn barrels
South Korea's four major oil refiners—SK Energy, GS Caltex, S-Oil Corp., and HD Hyundai Oilbank—achieved a record high in petroleum pr...
Jul 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Taihan Cable wins $137 mn long-term contract in US
South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on Thursday that its US sales subsidiary T.E.USA has secured a long-term contract worth 190 ...
Jul 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Seoul prime office deals at 10-year low on rate uncertainty
Prime office transactions in Seoul hit a 10-year low in the second quarter due to delayed fundraising amid uncertainties of the central bank’s...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
LG Display cuts vendors’ stakes, axes jobs for turnaround
LG Display Co., the world’s top manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, reduced stakes in its vendors while cut...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung tipped to supply HBM3 to Nvidia for Chinese market
Samsung Electronics Co. has passed Nvidia Corp.’s qualification tests for its fourth-generation high-bandwidth memory, or HBM3 chips, for use ...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Qoo10’s Korean units delay seller payments amid expansions
Southeast Asia-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Pte.’s units in South Korea delayed seller payments as industry sources said the online shoppin...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus to feature in-car games to Kia EV3
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. said on Wednesday that it will offer its web-based in-car game service Game Portal in Kia Corp's electric vehicle (EV) ...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Lotte Tour to operate cruise to Hong Kong
South Korea's Lotte Tour Development Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a charter agreement with global cruise line Costa Cruises to operate a ...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Huonslab eyes speedy anticancer drug delivery with new patent
South Korean biotech Huons Global Co. said on Tuesday that its research and development unit Huonslab has issued a domestic patent claiming a techno...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai eyes Japan’s commercial EV market in e-bus deal with Iwasaki
South Korean top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Tuesday it is supplying its all-electric Elec City Town buses to Iwasaki Group, effectively ent...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion’s new plant in Songdo poised for commercial production
South Korea’s largest biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. said on Tuesday that its third plant in Sondgo, west of Seoul, is undergoing process val...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea's Rebellions secures investment from Aramco
Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, announced on Tuesday that it secured investment from Saudi Arabia's sta...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE partners with University of Michigan to foster US ship engineers
South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) has joined hands with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (UM) a...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver launches Saudi digital twin project for smart cities
South Korean internet giant Naver Corp. and the Saudi Arabian government have started a five-year project to build digital twin platforms for Riyadh...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Kakao Mobility launches overseas car rental service
South Korean mobility platform Kakao Mobility said on Monday that it launched an overseas car rental service accessible through its Kakao T app.The ...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
Nongshim to build smart farm in Saudi Arabia
South Korea's food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. announced on Tuesday that it was selected as a participant in the Smart Farm Export Promotion Pro...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Rebound in large OLED TV demand bodes well for LG Display, Samsung
In the flat panel market, South Korea’s two display makers – LG Display Co. and Samsung Display Co. – have been bleeding for years...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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