US-China tension influence
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Entertainment
Korean entertainment stocks advance, unfazed by US tariff concerns
South Korean entertainment and gaming stocks climbed on Friday, defying a broader market drop as investors sought refuge in sectors seen as immune t...
Apr 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung, LG review strategies as Trump slaps Vietnam with steeper tariffs
South Korea’s two leading electronics makers – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. – are being forced to reassess thei...
Apr 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK sees better exit landscape in 2025, bets on governance reform
MBK Partners sees a recovery in the exit environment in 2025 and seeks to capitalize on the opportunities emerging from corporate governance reform ...
Apr 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Strong momentum in non-US markets, digital real estate: Principal AM CEO
It is time to shift focus toward non-US markets after years of stellar performance of US assets driven by the robust world’s No. 1 economy, sa...
Apr 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
China says it is aiming to coordinate tariff response with Japan, South Korea
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Apr 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
MicroDigital's Disco Pang Pang-inspired bioreactors debut in US
MicroDigital Co., a bio-instrument and diagnostic kit manufacturer, is set to launch single-use bioreactors in the US, marking the first shipment of...
Apr 01, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
K-pop exports boom as end of Chinese K-wave ban looms large
Exports of Korean popular music, or K-pop, have seen a significant surge in recent months, driven by increasing demand from China and Japan, accordi...
Mar 31, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea, China, Japan resume FTA talks after 6-year hiatus
South Korea held an economic ministers’ meeting with China and Japan on Sunday to discuss cooperation, including resuming negotiations about a...
Mar 31, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel picks Donaldsonville as $5.8 bn US plant site, seeks investors
South Korea’s Hyundai Steel Co. has chosen Donaldsonville, Louisiana, as the location for its $5.8 billion US steel mill, marking a major stra...
Mar 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung's Lee meets with Xi amid Beijing’s balancing act vs Washington
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong, along with other global tech leaders, met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday as C...
Mar 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
LF to open Korea’s 1st standalone fashion outlet in India
LF Corp., a leading South Korean clothing company, will foray into India with its flagship brand Hazzys to build its presence in the rapidly growing...
Mar 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s new American dream comes with new plant, more spending
ELLABELL, Georgia – When Hyundai Motor Group Honorary Chairman Chung Mong-koo opened the South Korean automaker’s first US plant in Alab...
Mar 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy makes breakthrough in FLNG liquefaction technology
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a major Korean shipbuilder, has made a breakthrough in its liquefaction technology for floating liquefied natural gas ...
Mar 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor shares rally after US investment plan
Hyundai Motor’s shares gained ground after it unveiled a new U.S. investment plan to help avoid President Trump’s tariffs.The South Kore...
Mar 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion to sell autoimmune drug Stelara biosimilar at Costco in US
South Korea’s leading biosimilar drug developer Celltrion Inc. said on Monday it is set to sell Steqeyma, a biosimilar to autoimmune disease t...
Mar 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to invest $21 billion in US amid tariff concerns
South Korean auto behemoth Hyundai Motor Group will invest $21 billion to expand its manufacturing in the US, which could provide Hyundai and its ho...
Mar 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
US Chamber of Commerce sees Korea’s business penalties as trade barrier
The US Chamber of Commerce, the country’s largest lobbying group, told Washington that South Korea’s penalties on businesspeople are amo...
Mar 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
L&F to invest $10 mn in Mitra Chem for US LFP production
L&F Co., a South Korean electric vehicle battery materials supplier, plans to invest $10 million in Mitra Chem, a US lithium-ion battery ingredi...
Mar 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea eyes laws akin to US AMPC to offer subsidies for its battery makers
South Korea, home to global top battery makers such as LG Energy Solution Ltd., SK On Co. and Samsung SDI Co., is seeking to enact laws that would l...
Mar 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
OCI to build $265 mn solar cell plant in Texas, expects $80 mn tax credit
South Korean solar cell company OCI Holdings Co. said on Thursday it will build a solar cell manufacturing plant in Texas through its US subsidiary ...
Mar 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO to sell entire stake in Nippon Steel, ending equity ties
POSCO Holdings Inc. has decided to sell its entire stake in Nippon Steel Corp., according to industry sources on Wednesday, marking the end of their...
Mar 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea wary of inclusion on US ‘Dirty 15’ nations list for reciprocal tariffs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The US government plans to unveil country-specific reciprocal tariffs on April 2, with particular attention to nations impo...
Mar 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
South Korean VCs back US humanoid robot developer Apptronik
South Korean venture capital firms invested undisclosed tens of billions of won, equivalent to tens of millions of dollars, in US humanoid-developin...
Mar 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea sees record February auto exports before looming Trump tariffs
South Korea enjoyed record February auto exports on strong demand in the US ahead of its looming tariffs, the government said on Tuesday, while the ...
Mar 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
S.Korea courts active funds for $140 bn treasury issuance
South Korea’s finance ministry will hold its largest-ever investor relations (IR) event for global institutional investors at the end of this ...
Mar 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea’s Hanwha Ocean sends USNS Wally Schirra back to theater after MRO
A 210-meter, 40,000-ton US Navy vessel, heavily corroded and weathered from years of service, was pulled into Hanwha Ocean Co.'s shipyard in Ge...
Mar 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
Samsung to invest $10 million in US-based C2N Diagnostics
Samsung Group companies will jointly invest $10 million in C2N Diagnostics LLC, a U.S.-based company specializing in blood-based Alzheimer’s d...
Mar 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Stocks
China stock funds outperform US funds in South Korea
Chinese stocks are attracting South Korean investors looking beyond Wall Street amid the downturn in US Big Tech stocks.South Korea’s equity f...
Mar 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy eyes $5.5 bn FLNG ship deals as Trump sanctions China
GEOJE, South Gyeongsang – At a huge shipyard operated by Samsung Heavy Industries Co. on Geoje, an island in South Gyeongsang province some 39...
Mar 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
LX Pantos acquires logistics center near Atlanta for $120 mn
LX Pantos Co., a logistics arm of LX International Corp., announced on Tuesday it has acquired a logistics center near Atlanta in Dalton, Georgia fo...
Mar 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
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- 5 South Korea accelerates stablecoin framework in global race