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Banking & Finance
Korea's credit card approval volume hit all-time high last year
The annual card approval amount in South Korea exceeded 1,000 trillion won ($811.4 billion) for the first time ever. This is largely because of "ret...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO Int'l to expand LNG storage capacity for $810 mn
POSCO International Co. will sharply increase its liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage capacity by spending 1 trillion won ($810 million) to build a ...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Bluecove buys Grand Hyatt Seoul for over $565 million
South Korean real estate firm Bluecove Investment has signed an agreement to acquire five-star hotel Grand Hyatt Seoul for more than 700 billion won...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s Hyundai Electric wins $86 mn transformer deal in US
Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems Co., a power equipment and energy solution affiliate of the world’s largest shipbuilding group holding c...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Tmap, Shinsegae I&C sign agreement for EV charging collaboration
Tmap Mobility said on Monday that it has signed an agreement for the electric vehicle charging business with Shinsegae I&C, an IT service affili...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Kakao Mobility to pursue joint development with 4 major delivery services
South Korea's transportation company Kakao Mobility on Monday said it concluded a "delivery service business agreement for joint development of the ...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Philip Morris, KT&G extend sales partnership to 2038
KT&G Corp., the world's fifth-largest tobacco maker, has extended its sales partnership with US cigarette giant Philip Morris International Inc....
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea's venture capital investment falls 12% last year amid downturn
South Korea's venture capital investment last year fell more than 10% from a year ago due to the economic downturn caused by a series of global rate...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Hyundai Dept. Store introduces AI chatbot service Jellppo
Hyundai Department Store Co. said on Sunday that it would introduce the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot "Jellppo." Jellppo is an AI-based one-o...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korea’s SK E&S opens 1st US EV charging stations with Avis
South Korea’s SK E&S Co. opened its first electric vehicle charging station in the US in a partnership with Avis Budget Group, a major Ame...
Jan 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy to raise capex by 50% in bet on strong EV growth
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, plans to ramp up capital expenditure by more than half thi...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Doosan Bobcat opens parts distribution center in Atlanta, Georgia
South Korea's Doosan Bobcat said on Friday that it has opened an additional construction equipment parts distribution center (PDC) in Atlanta, Georg...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ECM/DCM
South Korea fines US brokerage $9.6 million for high-frequency trading
South Korea has fined Citadel Securities over 10 billion won ($8.1 million) for disrupting market order through high-frequency trading in the countr...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea's Bespin Global launches all-in-one AIoT
South Korea's cloud solution provider Bespin Global said on Thursday that it would launch "IoTOps," a software as a service (SaaS)-based artificial ...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai vows $8.5 billion investment after record 2022 sales, profit
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Thursday it will spend 10.5 trillion won ($8.5 billion) this year to ramp up facilities ...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Solutions, Microsoft sign solar energy partnership in US
Hanwha Solutions Corp., a unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group, said on Thursday it has formed a strategi...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
NHN Cloud joins ranks of unicorns with $120 mn funding
NHN Cloud Co., a computer clouding service provider, has raised 150 billion won ($120 million) from South Korea-based IMM Investment, joining the ra...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Silicon Valley, Korean startups’ choice for global business
Silicon Valley was the favorite place for South Korean startups for their global business as more of them were established in other countries for th...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea's waste recycler ReCo lands $11.8 million in investment
South Korea's startup ReCo, which runs the comprehensive waste collection and transportation service UpBox, on Wednesday said it attracted Series B ...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Koh Young to showcase 3D inspection tech at IPC APEX EXPO
Koh Young Technology Inc., a leading 3D optical inspection devices maker in South Korea, is set to participate in IPC APEX EXPO 2023 in San Diego to...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air to resume flight services on four European routes
Korean Air Lines Co. will resume operations on four European routes, including Prague, the Czech Republic, sequentially from March for the first tim...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
LG Chem completes acquisition of US biotech firm AVEO
LG Chem Ltd. is set to complete its $571 million purchase of the US biotech firm AVEO Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Friday, which would strengthen its ant...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On, graphite processor Urbix to jointly produce anode materials
South Korea's SK On Co. and US graphite processor Urbix Inc. have signed an agreement to jointly develop high-performance anode materials, Korea's l...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan Enerbility acquires US design approval for metal nuclear cask
South Korea's energy equipment maker Doosan Enerbility Co. has obtained the green light in participating in the domestic nuclear storage cask market...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Content platforms
KT Skylife offers Disney Plus service via its channel
KT Skylife Co.,the satellite TV service subsidiary of South Korea's telecommunications-oriented KT Group, said on Wednesday that it is offering Disn...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Epikar inks MOU with Singapore's NTU Research Center
South Korea's auto distribution digital solutions company Epikar said on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for R&...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Woori Financial to acquire VC firm Daol Investment
South Korea’s Woori Financial Group is set to acquire Daol Investment Co., a venture capital arm of the liquidity-strapped Daol Financial Grou...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
MedPacto's anti-cancer substance designated as US FDA fast-track item
South Korean biotech company MedPacto Inc. ’s Vactosertib monotherapy for osteosarcoma patients has been designated as a fast-track developmen...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Modetour signs agreement with mobility platform Danida
South Korea's travel agency network Modetour Network Inc. said Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with mobility platform Dan...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Naver Cloud to partner with Singapore's StarHub
Naver Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Naver Corp., signed a strategic alliance deal with Singapore's telecommunications company StarHub to provide...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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