Saudi Food and Drug Authority
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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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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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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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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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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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Corporate strategy
Lotte leader Shin Dong-bin stresses pivot to AI-centered innovation
Shin Dong-bin, chairman of South Korea’s retail, food and chemicals conglomerate Lotte, on Friday urged affiliate executives to ramp up effort...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG UltraGear selected as official gaming monitor of EWC
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday that its UltraGear gaming monitors were selected as the official monitors of the eSports World Cup (EWC), th...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Pulmuone's Tofu Bar sold 70 mn units in Japan
Asahiko, the Japanese subsidiary of South Korea's Pulmuone, announced on Friday that its protein snack Tofu Bar has sold more than 70 million units ...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Bibigo releases 3D ad in New York Times Square
CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s Korean food brand Bibigo announced on Thursday that it launched a large-scale outdoor 3D advertisement for the Bibigo brand i...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korean banks raise mortgage rates despite looming rate cut
South Korean banks are raising mortgage rates again as the government strives to curb household debt growth that grew at its sharpest pace in three ...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Bibigo opens store in Incheon Airport duty-free shops
CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s Korean food brand Bibigo announced on Tuesday that it recently opened its stores at Shinsegae Duty Free and Shilla Duty Free ...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems signs $867 million missile radar deal with Saudi Arabia
Hanwha Systems Co., a leading South Korean defense company, said on Tuesday it has clinched a $867 million deal to supply its advanced mobile multi-...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS overweight in beauty, food; chases APR, Samwha higher
The National Pension Service (NPS) has raised its bets on South Korean beauty and food companies in the second quarter of this year on expectations ...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Mart renewed Hanoi Store as K-food special
South Korea's Lotte Mart said on Thursday it renewed its Hanoi Center store into a grocery specialty outlet, catering to the growing demand for Kore...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
CJ CheilJedang hosts K-food competition in China
South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Thursday that it organized the CJ Challenge Live Competition at the 2024 K-Food China Qingdao Intern...
Jul 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Woori adopts Samsung culture index for internal controls
Woori Financial Group has adopted Samsung Electronics Co.'s Samsung Culture Index (SCI) to tighten its internal controls, which will be given more w...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean seafood giant Sajo acquires Foodist for $181 million
Sajo Group, a South Korean seafood and fisheries conglomerate, has acquired Foodist Co., a domestic food ingredient and catering service provider, f...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Fried chicken chain bhc adds two more stores in Thailand
South Korean fried chicken chain bhc Chicken announced on Monday that it opened its fifth and sixth stores in Thailand.The number of stores has incr...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte Home Shopping to enter health functional food market
South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping announced on Monday that it plans to establish a joint venture, The Edition Health, with H.Pio, a specialized heal...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea FX authorities, NPS raise currency swap limit to $50 bn
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, said on Friday it has agreed with foreign exchange...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ CheilJedang makes alternative flour with wheat bran
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. has engaged in an upcycling business by utilizing wheat bran, previously discarded as a milling byprodu...
Jun 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s food prices highest among OECD nations; utility bills at bottom
South Korea’s food prices were found to be the highest among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries last y...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
S.Korean companies open K-food section at Amazon
South Korean small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will showcase Korean food (K-food) on Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce platform, the Mi...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Frozen kimbap market emerges as new K-food battlefield
South Korean fishery processing and seafood major Sajo Daerim Corp. has forayed into the frozen kimbap market, becoming a new big player in the coun...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Korean food firms chase sizzling K-food demand with expansion
South Korean food companies are scrambling to ramp up factory output at home and abroad to meet the insatiable appetite for Korean flavors and aroma...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
KGC enters Malaysian healty functional food market
Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp., announced on June 13 that it sells its red ginseng brand Jung ...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Transys to export EV drive systems to CEER
Hyundai Transys Inc., an auto parts affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it signed a contract to supply a 3 trillion won ($...
Jun 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Biopharm mulls acquiring firms, drug sales rights in US
SAN DIEGO, California -- South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. is considering acquiring firms in the US, or the sales rights to some of thei...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affinity fails in Lock&Lock tender offer; eyes equity swap
Hong Kong-based Affinity Equity Partners is planning for an equity swap between its new entity and South Korean food container maker Lock&Lock...
Jun 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shinsegae, CJ to tie up for product delivery, food launch
Retail-focused Shinsegae Group is set to outsource delivery services and logistics management for its e-commerce platforms such as SSG.COM and Gmark...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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