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Economy
S.Korea posts current surplus on bigger import decline in July
South Korea maintained a surplus in the current account balance for the third consecutive month in July, driven by its positive goods trade balance ...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK Rent-a-Car to replace internal combustion engine cars with EVs
SK Rent-a-Car plans to overhaul its existing fleet of internal combustion engine vehicles in favor of electric cars. The company aims to capitalize ...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean recognized for eco-friendly tech at Gastech 2023
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. said on Friday that it had received key environmental certifications from two leading maritime classification societi...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea inks FTA with Philippines, boon to Korean car exports
South Korea has signed a free trade pact with the Philippines, which is expected to bolster Korean car exports to the Southeast Asian country with a...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea's Eximbank, Australia's EFA sign MOU on mineral supply chains
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) on Thursday in Seoul signed a memorandum of understanding with Export Finance Australia (EFA) on cooperat...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Korea Inc. to focus more on India, Vietnam as biz partners
South Korean companies are set to concentrate more on business with emerging markets including India and Vietnam than Asian major countries such as ...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
S.Korea’s web novel sector hits $750 mn in value: Study
South Korea's rising web novel industry, which has seen popular works like "Reborn Rich" and "The Red Sleeve" made into TV series, has exceeded 1 tr...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
AriBio applies for Phase 3 clinical trials in China for oral dementia drug
South Korean clinical-stage biotech company AriBio Co. on Thursday said it applied for Phase 3 clinical trials on the anti-Alzheimer's candidate t...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO Int'l, Equinor tie up for Ulsan offshore wind project
POSCO International Corp., a South Korean energy and trading arm of steel behemoth POSCO Holdings Inc., signed a memorandum of understanding on Thur...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Snack maker Orion earns dividends from Vietnam for 1st time
South Korea’s confectionery and snack manufacturer Orion Corp. collected dividends from its Vietnamese unit for the first time as the company ...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE to build world's largest ammonia carriers
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE), the intermediate holding company of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, is set to become the f...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong gets patent of Nabota as migraine drug in US
South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Thursday that it has received a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for the use of...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
LG seeks outside innovators' ideas on new growth drivers at Superstart Day
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest business group, is actively embracing collaboration with outside innovators to foster its new growth dr...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Card collaborates with Singapore Air
Shinhan Card announced on Thursday that it has launched the "Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer the Best Shinhan Card" through a strategic partnership wit...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung releases Galaxy Z Fold5 Thom Browne edition
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will unveil the Galaxy Z Fold5 Thom Browne edition, a foldable smartphone created in collabora...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus to hold job fair in Los Angeles
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. on Thursday said it will hold the recruiting event LG Uplus US Fair at the hotel Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey near Los ...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Amorepacific's Hera enters Japanese market
South Korea's Amorepacific Corp. announced on Thursday that its premium color cosmetics brand Hera has launched in Japan, signaling a significant mo...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics avoids EU’s digital market regulations
Samsung Electronics Co. has steered clear of the European Union’s new set of regulations designed to rein in the dominance of Big Tech compani...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha vice chair pitches submarines to Polish president
Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan is stepping up efforts to win Poland's high-profile submarine project worth an estimated 3 trillion won ($2...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
S.Korean food company hy boosts cosmetics unit
South Korea’s hy, formerly Korea Yakult, has launched cosmetics made with fermented products using its self-developed lactic acid bacteria, ex...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
S.Korea's Lotte Group helps SMEs penetrate Indonesian market
South Korea's Lotte Group through Friday is holding the event Korea Expo in Jakarta in the Indonesian capital with the Korea Trade-Investment Promot...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
Aramco, PIF chief to meet key South Korean figures this week
Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan, chairman of the world’s top oil company Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco) and governor of the kingdom’s sovereign...
Sep 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
India, LG’s land of promise with young, rich population
NOIDA, India -- LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, plans to build a new electronics plant in India to cement its dominant...
Sep 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Over 130 Chinese travel industry officials visit S.Korea
Since the Chinese government allowed its citizens to participate in group tours to South Korea last month, Chinese travel industry representatives h...
Sep 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
Hyundai Card to showcase Meta's MR, AR techs at Da Vinci Motel
Hyundai Card said on Wednesday that its annual Da Vinci Motel event will feature state-of-the-art mixed reality (MR) and augmented reality (AR) expe...
Sep 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Yungjin Pharm's new drug candidate gets Fast Track from FDA
South Korea's Yungjin Pharm has secured Fast Track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its new drug candidate KL1333, des...
Sep 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
KT, Vector Institute to cooperate for hyperscale AI
South Korea's KT Corp. announced on Wednesday that it has been in talks with Canada's Vector Institute to explore collaborative opportunities in the...
Sep 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Broadband launches hybrid quantum security service
South Korean internet service provider SK Broadband on Tuesday said it launched the country’s first dedicated line service that supports the o...
Sep 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korean gov't to invest $827 mn in cyber security sector by 2027
South Korea will invest 1.1 trillion won ($827.1 million) in the information security sector by 2027, nearly double its combined budget of 556.9 bil...
Sep 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Solus aims to mass-produce copper foil in Canada from 2026
Solus Advanced Materials Co., a South Korean copper foil supplier to Tesla Inc., on Tuesday broke ground on its third overseas plant in Quebec, Cana...
Sep 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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