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Banking & Finance
Korea’s Hana Financial Group targets foreign customers
Hana Financial Group, South Korea’s third-largest financial holding company, is targeting foreign individual customers in the country with a d...
Sep 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Display to build $1.8 billion OLED plant in Vietnam
Samsung Display Co., a leading South Korean display maker, will build a $1.8 billion organic light-emitting diode (OLED) line in Vietnam for small- ...
Sep 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Blackpink’s dance performance video surpasses 1.7 billion views
K-pop girl group Blackpink's “How You Like That” dance performance video has garnered more than 1.7 billion YouTube views, the group's a...
Sep 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Daishin Securities lowers its price target for Nongshim
Daishin Securities Co. cut its price target on Nongshim Co.'s stock to 530,000 won ($397) from 550,000 won ($412) on Tuesday, saying the company's o...
Sep 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s MeatBox to go public despite other failed grocery platform IPOs
MeatBox Global Inc., South Korea’s online livestock product sales platform operator, aims for an initial public offering valued at up to 28.5 ...
Sep 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix’s CXL optimization software tool installed on Linux
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Monday the key features of its computer expr...
Sep 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver to set up Middle Eastern headquarters in Saudi Arabia
Naver Corp., which has been actively seeking to unlock opportunities in the Middle East with its new growth engines artificial intelligence, cloud a...
Sep 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem to provide cathode materials to Japan's PPES
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. said on Sunday it will begin supplying cathode materials to Prime Planet Energy & Solutions (PPES), a battery joint v...
Sep 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai to supply shaft generator for Middle Eastern firm
South Korea's HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co. secured a $37 million contract to supply shaft generator systems for 17 liquefied natural gas (LNG) car...
Sep 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Analysts rebut Morgan Stanley’s chip winter view; oversupply unlikely
Morgan Stanley’s recent view that the global chip industry faces an imminent winter and companies like SK Hynix Inc. will suffer is exaggerate...
Sep 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean banks post significant H1 profit drop at overseas operations
South Korea’s top four banks saw a significant drop in their overseas earnings in the first half as they focused more on domestic businesses s...
Sep 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Paradise opens VIP-only casino at Walkerhill Hotel
Paradise Co., a South Korean casino operator, unveiled a new VIP section at its Walkerhill Hotel casino, aiming to capitalize on its recent performa...
Sep 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Hyundai Motor Group becomes KT's largest shareholder
Hyundai Motor Group has officially become the largest shareholder of South Korea's major telecommunications company KT Corp., following a public int...
Sep 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Zinc teams up with brokerage firm to counter MBK
Korea Zinc Inc. Chair Choi Yun-birm has joined hands with a major local securities firm in a counterattack against MBK Partners Ltd. and the company...
Sep 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Koreans log most hours on YouTube worldwide
YouTube was the most popular app among South Korean smartphone users, a study found, logging the most hours on the video streaming platform worldwid...
Sep 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Mirae Asset named as Best Securities House in S.Korea by Euromoney
Mirae Asset Securities announced on Thursday that it has been named “Best Securities House in South Korea” at the Euromoney Securities H...
Sep 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Enmove gets gold rating of EcoVadis ESG evaluation
South Korea’s lube oil maker SK Enmove Co., Korea’s top oil refiner SK Innovation Co.'s subsidiary, said on Thursday it received a Gold ...
Sep 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
LX Pantos founder’s son sells shares to LX International for $37 mn
The only son of LX Pantos Co.’s late founder has unloaded his additional shares in the company to South Korean logistics-to-trading conglomera...
Sep 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Rising overseas trips to raise Korea’s travel account deficit
Demand for overseas travel among South Koreans during the upcoming holiday grew, while the number of inbound tourists from China is expected to shri...
Sep 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor’s IONIQ 5: Pope Francis’ Popemobile in Singapore
Pope Francis on Friday wrapped up his 12-day visit to the Asia-Pacific region with a visit to Singapore, where less than 10% of the population ident...
Sep 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK E&S mulls sale of real estate to boost clean energy biz
SK E&S Co., the natural gas business unit of South Korea’s SK Group, is considering selling its real estate asset in Seoul, which is expec...
Sep 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
MBK, Young Poong seek $1.5 bn hostile bid for Korea Zinc
MBK Partners Ltd., the North Asia-focused private equity firm, is set to take over Korea Zinc Inc. through an up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) ho...
Sep 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia, 42dot, Geotab to team up for PBV management system
Kia Corp. said on Friday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with 42dot and Geotab to develop a management system for purpose-built vehi...
Sep 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung mass-produces QLC V9 NAND to lead AI storage market
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Thursday it has begun mass production of a 286-layer high-capacity NAND...
Sep 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG CNS establishes joint venture with Sinarmas in Indonesia
South Korea's LG CNS Co. said on Thursday that it established a joint venture LG Sinarmas Technology Solutions in Indonesia with Sinarmas Group in J...
Sep 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha to take full control of S’pore Dyna-Mac with tender offer
South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group plans to acquire all shares it does not own in Dyna-Mac Holdings Ltd., a Singapor...
Sep 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea’s LIG Nex1, Iraq set for $2.6 billion deal on M-SAM missile system
Iraq has decided to import South Korean-made mid-range surface-to-air missile (M-SAM) system II, known as Cheongung II, in a deal estimated at $2.6 ...
Sep 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan SOL Travel Cards' cumulative issuance reaches 1.2 mn
South Korea's Shinhan Card said on Wednesday that the cumulative issuance of its travel-specialized card, the Shinhan SOL Travel Card (available in ...
Sep 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix unveils powerful data-center SSD to maintain AI memory lead
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc. on Wednesday unveiled a new solid-state drive (SSD) for data centers to expand its memory leadership in the AI ...
Sep 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Human Interest
After 37 years of use, Kim returns trusty microwave to Samsung with love
For 37 years, a simple microwave made by Samsung Electronics Co. sat in the kitchen of Kim Kyu-won, providing much more than convenience.It was ther...
Sep 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
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- 2 LG Chem closes $1 bn water filter division sale to Glenwood PE
- 3 Hyundai Motor-backed Motional names AI veteran Laura Major as CEO
- 4 President Lee: Businesses at center of policy priorities for economic growth
- 5 Samsung supplies HBM3E to AMD’s new accelerators