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K-pop
Blackpink's 'Ice Cream' music video surpasses 800 mn views
K-pop girl group Blackpink’s “Ice Cream” music video exceeded 800 million views on YouTube around 2 a.m. on Nov. 30 local time, it...
Nov 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
LG U+ and Korea Fanuc to devise smart factory solutions for SMEs
Korean telecom giant LG Uplus Corp. on Tuesday said it will develop a smart factory solution for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) jointly with th...
Nov 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Market volatility creates opportunities for secondary buyers: Stafford
Equity and bond portfolios' shrinking assets are major challenges currently faced by global investors in terms of asset allocation. But the situatio...
Nov 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Seoul reclaims spot as Japanese tourists' top destination after 11 yrs: HIS
Seoul has become the top destination for Japanese tourists for the first time since 2011, according to Japan’s leading travel agency HIS Gro...
Nov 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Hanwha, DL Chemical to split up two-decade-old YNCC joint venture
Yeochun NCC Co., a leading South Korean petrochemical producer, will split up after its two owners – Hanwha Group and DL Group – have ag...
Nov 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Young Poong Precision emerges as key to Korea Zinc control; shares surge
Shares of Young Poong Precision Corp. are flying high as the company is emerging as the key to the control of Korea Zinc Co., which in turn is the c...
Nov 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
SK expands sustainable food biz with $7.5 mn US investment
SK Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has expanded its sustainable food business by investing in a US-bas...
Nov 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C creates world's first children's playground using 3D printing
Hyundai Engineering & Construction said on Thursday it has installed children's playground equipment it made using 3D printing technology at Hil...
Nov 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On, EcoPro, China’s GEM to build battery materials plant in Indonesia
SK On Co., a South Korean electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, has joined forces with two energy materials companies to build a nickel intermediate ...
Nov 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle promotes two Koreans to partner, MD
The Carlyle Group Inc. announced on Tuesday 32 new partners and 39 new managing directors, effective Jan. 1 of 2023, including two Koreans, Sean (So...
Nov 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea to revise dividend policy to ease ‘Korea discount’ concerns
South Korea plans to revise its stock dividend policy as part of a broader financial market reform to help attract foreign investors and obtain MSCI...
Nov 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean universities lag international peers in nurturing entrepreneurs
The prestigious Seoul National University was the only university in South Korea to rank among the top 100 universities in terms of producing futu...
Nov 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's KDB to sell off its life insurer for fifth time
South Korea’s state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) is poised to accelerate the selling off of its affiliate KDB Life Insurance Co. next week...
Nov 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Kumho Petrochemical to recycle plastic waste with French partner
Kumho Petrochemical on Tuesday said it has concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with French engineering service provider Technip Energies...
Nov 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Medical data platform operator JNPMEDI raises $10 mn in Series A funding
Medical data platform operator JNPMEDI Inc. announced on Tuesday that it raised 14 billion won ($10.3 million) in a Series A round. Pavilion Ca...
Nov 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Lotte to replace construction unit CEO due to liquidity crisis
Lotte Group will replace the head of its construction unit, hit by a liquidity crisis stemming from project financing, to ease investor concerns ove...
Nov 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Seoul more expensive than Tokyo for expats due to high real estate costs
TOKYO — The monthly rent of a commercial building in Seoul has surpassed that of Tokyo for the first time.The rent for an office building in t...
Nov 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Saudi prince’s Seoul trip brings $30 billion in business deals
Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia, flew into Seoul on Thursday and clinched $30 billion in bilateral deals wi...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Eugene Group, Stonebridge Capital mull logistics firm Mesh acquisition
South Korean conglomerate Eugene Group, one of the largest construction materials suppliers in the country, is planning to acquire local logistics c...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
FTX implosion disrupts interest issuance by GOPAX product
The implosion of the Bahamas-based crypto exchange FTX is causing ripple effects around the world, and South Korea is no exception.Seoul-based cry...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis joins hands with Lion Group to move into Malaysian logistics market (edited)
Hyundai Glovis will enter the Southeast Asian logistics market in partnership with a large Malaysian company. The company, Hyundai Motor Group's log...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis, Malaysia’s Lion Group to enter ASEAN logistics market
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, said on Wednesday it has signed an initial agreement with Malaysi...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ CheilJedang rebrands porridge line as Hetbahn Soft Meal
CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced Wednesday it has changed the name of its line of porridge products from Bibigo Jook to Hetbahn Soft Meal. CJ Het...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
S.Korea's Iljin Group halts sale of its display maker
South Korea’s Iljin Display Co. has suspended procedures of selling its 43.19% stake with management rights, the junior bourse Kosdaq-listed d...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Geo Centric to build Asia's biggest advanced recycling plant with British partner
South Korea's SK Geo Centric, the green chemical subsidiary of SK Innovation, will build Asia's largest advanced recycling (pyrolysis) plant in the ...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
UK regulator flags concerns over Korean Air-Asiana merger
The British antitrust watchdog raised concerns over the impact on competition of the proposed merger between South Korea’s two largest carrier...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Saudi crown prince to meet Korean business leaders in Seoul
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is known to be planning meetings with leaders of major South Korean conglomerates, including S...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Yanolja to expand overseas business with global partner
South Korea's tourism platform Yanolja is expanding its overseas air and travel operations.Yanolja Cloud, an artificial intelligence-based software ...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
S-Oil to OK $6 billion Shaheen project as Saudi prince heads to Seoul
S-Oil Corp., the South Korean unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., will approve the much-touted 8 trillion won ($6 billion) Shaheen project to expand its ...
Nov 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus, Hyundai Motor Group in connected car service deal
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, will supply exclusive wireless communications services to Hyundai Motor Group for ...
Nov 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Xiaomi to open first offline store in S.Korea with premium products
- 2 Loss-making Lotte Chemical to sell water treatment unit to Synopex
- 3 Google to invest $100 mn in Gentle Monster in smart glasses push
- 4 Growth equity portfolio largely shielded from policy headwinds: Summit
- 5 Naver Financial seeks to acquire S. Korean real estate data platform Asil