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Entertainment
CJ ENM’s TVing looks beyond Korea with Yonder, other K-drama series
South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co.’s over-the-top streaming platform TVing is taking its original sci-fi drama series Beyond the...
Oct 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
K-pop megaband BTS to serve military duty, agency says
Members of K-pop boy band BTS will fulfill South Korea’s national military duty, starting with its oldest member Jin, their agency HYBE Co. an...
Oct 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Samsung Asset says to pursue global, active, bond-type ETFs
Samsung Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) manager, will focus on global, active and bond-type ETFs, as we...
Oct 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korean bio suffers as weak won lifts global clinical trial costs
South Korean biopharmaceutical firms are facing challenges in clinical trials overseas alongside the rising Korean won to the US dollar exchange rat...
Oct 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea's Naver to ramp up global IR activity as stock continues decline
South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp. is poised to hire an investor relations (IR) executive whose chief responsibility will be to com...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis, Luxoft to unveil infotainment system for future mobility
South Korea’s largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. and Swiss technology company Luxoft have jointly developed an advanced in-vehicle inf...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
K-pop giant SM up against Align Partner's shareholder activism
South Korea’s Align Partners Capital Management is intensifying its shareholder activism against K-pop music label giant SM Entertainment Co.,...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Naver Cloud seeks win-win strategy with K-startups in overseas market
NEW YORK – The chief executive officer of Naver Cloud Park Won-ki said that if South Korean startups using the company’s cloud services ...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung heads to US amid intensifying chip talent war
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is heading to the US next month to scout semiconductor research and development...
Sep 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Internet lender K Bank gets green light for IPO
South Korea’s first internet-only lender K Bank on Tuesday received preliminary approval from the Korea Exchange to go public on the country&r...
Sep 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Shareholder activism gathers momentum in South Korea
Institutional investors gathered momentum for shareholder activism in South Korea not only to boost their values but also to improve corporate gover...
Sep 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
SM mulls ending producer contract with founder Lee Soo-man's firm
SM Entertainment Co. announced Thursday it is considering terminating the production contract with Like Planning, wholly owned by its founder Lee So...
Sep 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK Telecom-led consortium to commercialize air taxis on Jeju Island
Come 2025, visitors to South Korea’s resort island of Jeju will be able to hail air taxis while there – thanks to special air routes ded...
Sep 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus' K-pop idol platform goes global via smart TVs
Fans of K-pop idols such as boyband sensation BTS and girl group Blackpink will be able to enjoy their live performances through smart TVs at home a...
Sep 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
K-pop, Toyota’s platform for marketing in the US
LOS ANGELES -- Toyota Motor Corp., the top global automaker, showcased its sports cars – the GR86 and the GR Supra – at the Los Angeles ...
Aug 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
China's high entry barriers for Korean films, dramas
“Oh! My Gran” was the only South Korean movie to hit the big screen in China in the past year. It was also the first Korean film to be p...
Aug 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
S.Korean firms adopt the x-to-earn model for data, community building
South Korean companies are embracing the x-to-earn (X2E) business model, by which users earn rewards by playing online games and accomplishing other...
Aug 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
K-chicken chain BB.Q foresees stores quadrupling in N.America
Gourmands in North America will be able to enjoy South Korean fried chicken more conveniently as BB.Q Chicken, the country’s leading franchise...
Aug 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle CEO Lee’s sudden exit puts the PE’s Korea strategy in spotlight
The sudden resignation of The Carlyle Group Inc. Chief Executive Kewsong Lee has not just surprised the global investment community but raised quest...
Aug 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
K-bio firms embrace gene therapy CDMO as Samsung looks the other way
South Korea’s major biopharmaceutical companies are rapidly embracing the cell and gene therapy business under a contract drug-making mechanis...
Aug 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
China's lockdown slams Korean beauty giants' Q2 earnings
South Korea’s two major cosmetics firms, Amorepacific Corp. and LG H&H Co., posted their second-quarter earnings heavily impacted by Chi...
Jul 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem, GM in $30.6 billion EV battery materials supply deal
South Korea’s top chemicals company LG Chem Ltd. has signed a long-term battery materials supply deal with General Motors Co. to support the U...
Jul 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Indonesian president to visit Hyundai Motor during Korea visit
Indonesian President Joko Widodo will visit Hyundai Motor Co. during his upcoming two-day official visit to South Korea as the automaker is aggressi...
Jul 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Disney+ to run two BTS shows in HYBE's 1st global content collaboration
HYBE Co., the K-pop label best known for BTS, signed an agreement with Walt Disney Company in its first collaboration with an international content ...
Jul 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Blackpink to hold K-pop’s first in-game concert on PUBG mobile game
Blackpink, the female K-pop idol group, will hold an in-game concert, the first such event by Korean pop artists, in collaboration with Krafton Inc....
Jul 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean PE firms' 2021 funds bet on parts makers, dividend stock
IMM Investment Co. and STIC Investments Co., the two most active South Korean private equity firms in 2021 fundraising, made bets on a dividend-focu...
Jul 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Online lender K Bank revs up for IPO in Nov on surging net profit
K Bank submitted a preliminary assessment request to the Korea Stock Exchange on Thursday, the first step to an initial public offering. The on...
Jul 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Meta, Seoul National University jointly set up XR research center
Meta Platforms Inc., formerly known as Facebook, and Seoul National University (SNU) jointly launched an extended reality (XR) research center in So...
Jun 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean startups rely on word-of-mouth marketing for overseas penetration
Thanks to what some economists dub a borderless economy, more South Korean startups than ever before are looking beyond the peninsula. Seoul-ba...
Jun 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
K-beauty sales see sharp drop at China's major shopping event
South Korean cosmetics giants failed to win over Chinese consumers at the 618 Shopping Festival, one of the largest online annual shopping events in...
Jun 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 2 Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans
- 3 LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess
- 4 South Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties
- 5 Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet