Project of the Year awards
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Leadership & Management
POSCO’s Choi traverses Canada, US to pitch for battery material projects
Choi Jeong-woo, chairman of South Korea’s largest steel group POSCO, is crisscrossing Canada and the US to meet with politicians and business ...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Plasma to supply $30 mn in blood products to Singapore
South Korea's SK Plasma on Wednesday announced the launch of full-scale production this month of the blood products albumin and immunoglobulin for S...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KOTRA hosts ESG cooperation project in Baubau, Indonesia
Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Wednesday that it conducts an "Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Cooperation P...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG CNS develops AI coding solution based on ChatGPT
LG CNS, the information technology service arm of LG Group, announced on Wednesday that it has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based code ...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai bets big on futuristic displays, eyes roll-up screen in 3 years
South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Tuesday it expects to begin mass production of its rollable vehicle display &ndas...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea to return to Japan’s preferential trade partner list in July
Japan has decided to put South Korea back on the list of its preferential trade partners, nearly four years after its removal. The Korea-Japan trade...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO Int'l, CIP tie up for Korean offshore wind project
POSCO International, the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., has joined hands with C...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s KHNP wins project for tritium removal plant in Romania
State-backed Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) has won a €200 million order to build a tritium removal facility (TRF) at a nuclear pow...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KOGAS, Vietnamese firms to jointly undertake major infra projects
South Korea's state-run Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) has announced a partnership with Vietnamese firms, kickstarting a major infrastructure project follo...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Yen’s plunge spurs bargain-hunting in Korea; savings fastest in 6 years
The sliding yen is prompting South Koreans to go bargain-hunting for the Japanese currency in the wobbly financial market as yen-denominated deposit...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Seoul preps to launch ferry service for tourists, commuters
The city of Seoul plans to launch a ferry service in 2024 as authorities in the South Korean capital vie to draw more foreign tourists and ease comm...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
POSCO-led consortium signs 47-yr Oman green hydrogen project
A consortium led by POSCO Holdings Inc. and Samsung Engineering Co. has signed a 47-year contract with Oman worth an estimated $7 billion-$8 billion...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
US beats China to become S.Korea’s No.1 export destination in 2022
South Korea last year exported most to the US thanks to brisk sales of the country’s cars in the world’s No. 1 economy, whereas trade wi...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
SK supports memorial monument honoring Korean War figures
South Korea's SK Group announced on Thursday its support for the construction of a memorial monument honoring the late Colonel William E. Weber and ...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea has just 1.2% of world's corporate unicorns: study
Among 10 major economies worldwide, South Korea's global share of unicorn companies, or startups with a corporate value of over $1 billion, has shru...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Seoul to build world's largest startup campus by 2030
The Seoul Metropolitan Government will establish the world’s largest startup campus in the capital city of South Korea by 2030, benchmarking S...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Singapore includes KS Standards in construction guidelines
KS standards have been included in Singapore's Class 1 Building and Construction guidelines (BC1). As a result, it is expected that steel exports to...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Get It Made in Korea
Dong-A ENG Co.
Key facts Industry Mass-production mold design and manufacturing/machinery manufacturing Mainstay products/services Automotive int...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
HiteJinro tops global distilled liquor sales for 22nd consecutive year
South Korea’s leading soju maker HiteJinro Co. announced on Wednesday that it dominated the global distilled liquor market for the 22nd year i...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver’s AI translation app Papago surpasses 10 mn MAU
The global monthly active user (MAU) number of Naver Corp.'s artificial intelligence (AI) translation app, Papago, has surpassed 10 million users, a...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Transys unveils future UAM indoor design
South Korean auto powertrain and seat maker Hyundai Transys on Tuesday said it unveiled its new urban air mobility (UAM) cabin concept Hyundai Trans...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Tribunal partially accepts Elliott’s claims over Samsung merger
The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Tuesday ruled in favor of US-based hedge fund Elliott Investment Managemen...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affirma Capital’s Korean MD Thomas Shim promoted to partner
Global private equity firm Affirma Capital has promoted Seoul-based Managing Director Min Hyun (Thomas) Shim to partner, investment banking sources ...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Samsung C&T wins order $585 mn construction project in Taiwan
The construction division of South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. on Monday said it landed an order for the Fubon Aozihdi Development Project from Ta...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korean cosmetics maker Able C&C rejuvenated by sales in Japan, US
Able C&C, the parent of South Korea’s first-generation low-priced cosmetics brand Missha, has swung to the black after years of net losses...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea-Iraq Joint Committee resumes operations after six years
A joint committee between South Korea and Iraq will be held again after a six-year hiatus.The government plans to help Korean companies win large pr...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Samsung SDS HQ sale likely to be Korea's biggest real estate deal of 2023
The sale of Seoul-based Samsung SDS Co. headquarters, which is likely to become South Korea's largest real estate market deal of 2023, is predicted ...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Yen breaches key level vs Korean won to hit 8-year low
The Japanese yen on Monday extended losses against the South Korean won to touch an eight-year low, briefly breaching a psychological support line a...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S.Korea's Daesang acquires US food company Lucky Foods
Daesang Corporation, a South Korean manufacturer of food and pharmaceutical ingredients, announced on Monday that it has acquired the US food compan...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems joins C-130H airplane modification project
Hanwha Systems Co. announced on Monday that it has been awarded a second contract by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration for the South Ko...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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