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Aerospace & Defense
Boeing’s Korean supplier targets UAV market with guided weapons
Boeing Co.’s leading South Korean contractor aims to develop unmanned aerial vehicles with guided weapons, given the rapidly growing military ...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
S.Korea's Krafton, Naver to set up JV for metaverse services in H1
Krafton Inc., a leading game developer in South Korea, is slated to establish a joint venture with Naver Z Corp., a metaverse unit of the country&rs...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Google, Microsoft laying off staff in S.Korea
The South Korean branches of Google and Microsoft have started efforts to cut staff in line with what analysts call large-scale restructuring of glo...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai L&C targets China’s interior materials market
Hyundai L&C, a South Korean building materials company under the Hyundai Department Store Group, said on Sunday that it has entered the Chinese ...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE wins order for 2 mid-sized gas carriers at $146 mn
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), an intermediate shipbuilding holding company for HD Hyundai Co., announced on Friday in a regu...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Ecoplant targets European waste battery recycling market
SK Ecoplant Co., its Singaporean subsidiary TES-AMM, and domestic eco-friendly business and secondary battery materials leader Ecopro Co. are poised...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK chief defies rate cut calls amid sustained inflation
South Korean central bank chief on Tuesday defied calls for an interest rate cut this year despite growing risks of a recession in Asia’s four...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea reigned supreme on global shipbuilding market in February
South Korea’s shipbuilding industry has blown away that of China in order volume.Clarkson Research, a British shipbuilding and shipping market...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
KTO promotes travel to Korea in ITB Berlin
The Korea Tourism Organization announced on Monday its participation in ITB Berlin 2023, the world's largest tourism fair held in Berlin, Germany, f...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
S.Korea's KIC to strengthen responsible investments
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) plans to actively voice its opinions on portfolio companies' management over the next two years to tighten its re...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea's KSOE wins order for 3 LNG carriers at $770 mn
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, a shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai Group, has secured a contract for liquefied natural gas ...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Biologics bags $183 million CMO order from Pfizer
Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s No. 1 contract drug maker in terms of production capacity, has won a $182.7 million contract manufacturing ...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE wins order for 4 petrochem product carriers
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), HD Hyundai Co.'s intermediate shipbuilding subsidiary, announced on Tuesday that it had signed...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
China's CDFG targets duty free operation at Incheon Airport
China Duty Free Group Co. (CDFG), the only state-owned duty free business manager in China, has joined a bid alongside four South Korean retail gian...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Bangladesh: Hyundai’s next target for partially assembled Tucson SUV
Bangladesh has long been a tough market for South Korean automakers to break into, given the decades-old dominance of Japanese carmakers such as Toy...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Kakao Brain to launch investment fund for AI startups
Kakao Brain, a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) company owned by Kakao Corp., said on Sunday it plans to set up a fund of up to 10 billion ...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
GM Korea begins mass production of Trax crossover
General Motors Korea announced on Sunday that it celebrated the start of mass production of the Chevrolet Trax Crossover, a new utility vehicle, at ...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
KT&G potential target of aggressive activist shareholder
KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, is likely to face a tougher battle against activist shareholders as an aggressive hed...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK Signet lands first order in UK worth $7.7 million
South Korea's SK Signet Inc., which produces ultra-fast chargers for electric vehicles (EVs), on Monday said its European branch SK Signet Europe in...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung ‘demanding customer’ for ASML as orders rise
VELDHOVEN, Netherlands – South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. is a “demanding customer” for the Netherlands-based ASML Hold...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Blind revamps job matching service to rival LinkedIn
Teamblind Inc., the developer of South Korea’s homegrown anonymous professional community app Blind, will reach out to a broader job-seeking p...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea's Engel coefficient rises sharply amid COVID-19 pandemic
South Korea’s low-income households are feeling the pinch of rising food prices amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by a local t...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus to invest $77.3 million annually against data theft
South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. will spend 100 billion won ($77.3 million) a year to enhance data security about a m...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korean shipbuilding, defense sectors offer bright 2023 outlook
South Korea’s major companies in shipbuilding, defense and construction industries expect strong earnings this year, despite growing concerns ...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
Korea's Daedong to speed up growth with smart farming machines
Daedong Corp., South Korea’s top agricultural machinery manufacturer, aims to accelerate growth based on new businesses such as smart machines...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Biopharm holds sales meeting for marketing Cenobamate in US
On Wednesday, SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. announced that its US subsidiary, SK Life Sciences Inc., held a "National Sales Meeting" in San Diego. The p...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI expects 2023 sales to grow by a third, driven by fighter jets
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, said on Wednesday it aims to achieve 3.83 trillion w...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Innotek targets XR device market with new substrate
South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. aims to lead the market for components of the extended reality (XR) device industry, which is expected to surge b...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
Korean sovereign wealth fund KIC logs record loss in 2022
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) posted the largest annual loss last year since its inception in 2005, according to its 20...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Chanel Korea to power its stores with renewable energy
Chanel Korea has taken a step toward reducing its carbon footprint by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea East-West Power. The ag...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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