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Beauty & Cosmetics
Olive Young exports K-beauty products to Middle East
Olive Young, a health and beauty platform, has begun targeting the Middle Eastern cosmetics market.South Korea's CJ Olive Young, which operates Oliv...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korean LPG importers' profits surge on replacement demand
South Korea’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) importers such as E1 Corp. and SK Gas Ltd. saw their operating profit skyrocket in 2022, as a surg...
Feb 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Survey reveals consumer preference for hybrid cars over pure EVs
Although global automakers are ramping up efforts to increase sales of pure electric vehicles (EVs), hybrid models remain the preferred choice among...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kakao Pay joins MSCI Korea Index
Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment arm of South Korean tech firm Kakao Corp., has been added to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Kor...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S.Korea game sector remains in dark after poor earnings
South Korea’s game publishers reported dismal quarterly earnings, deepening concerns over their outlook this year amid doubts over measures su...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Electric vehicles in S.Korea beat diesel cars in sales
Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in South Korea last year including hybrids surpassed those of diesel cars for the first time due to the price of di...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Oasis IPO draws tepid interest from institutional investors
South Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis Corp. saw lukewarm interest from domestic institutional investors during the Feb. 7-8 bookbuilding for ...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Individual investors in S.Korea betting on stock market's decline
Despite South Korea's Kosdaq stock market growing this month following the "January rally," individual investors in the country are still betting on...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S.Korea's InnoGene sets its public offering price at 3,000 won
InnoGene, which is seeking to be listed on the Kosdaq market at the end of this month, said on Wednesday that it has confirmed its offering price at...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
SK Hynix set for largest-ever corporate bond issue at bargain prices
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is gearing up for its largest-ever corporate bond issue in South Korea at lower-th...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
LG Electronics honored for resolving consumer complaints
LG Electronics Inc. on Monday said it was named an "excellent business for independently resolving consumer complaints" by the Korea Consumer Agency...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s inflation picks up 5.2% in January on high utility prices
South Korea’s headline inflation accelerated 5.2% year on year in January, reversing its course of slowing in the past two months due to gains...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Chem, Samsung SDI ink $33 bn EV battery material deal
POSCO Chemical Co., a battery material unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., and Samsung SDI Co., the world’s No. 6 ele...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Four out of ten exporters expect raw material prices to rise again this year
A survey revealed that a large number of South Korea's major exporters expect troubles ahead for this year due to rising raw material prices and sup...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korean oil refiners to bask in record profits with hefty bonuses
Employees at South Korea’s oil refiners are expected to receive hefty bonuses after their companies posted record earnings last year amid hi...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK, Unison agree on tender offer for Korea’s Osstem Implant
MBK Partners, a leading Asian private equity firm, and Unison Capital Korea agreed on a tender offer to acquire management rights of Osstem Implant ...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Bank's retirement pension soars 15% to $107 bn last year
Retirement pensions at banks in the fourth quarter of last year emerged as a haven for money that tried to generate a stable return, shunning away f...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Poongsan’s sale of ammunition, artillery shells surges on Ukraine war
Poongsan Corp., one of South Korea’s leading copper smelters and defense equipment makers, saw its sales of ammunition and artillery shells su...
Jan 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to drop A7 model as focus shifts to premium smartphones
Samsung Electronics Co. is unlikely to release an A7 model this year as the South Korean tech giant is shifting its business focus to premium and lo...
Jan 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ECM/DCM
Kakao Pay and Hanwha Aerospace likely to be added to MSCI Korea Index
South Korea's Kakao Pay Corp. and Hanwha Aerospace Co. next month are expected to get newly incorporated into the MSCI Korean Index, which measures ...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Lotte Chem to sell Pakistan unit for $156 mn to finance other projects
Lotte Chemical Corp. is set to sell its Pakistan unit for 192.4 billion won ($155.8 million won) to a chemical company in the country as the South K...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ECM/DCM
S.Korean brokerage lowers stock forecast for S-Oil over poor prospects
South Korea's Eugene Investment & Securities on Monday cut S-Oil Corp.'s target share price from 140,000 won ($113.5) to 133,000 won due to a lo...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korean cosmetics shares rise as China reopens borders
Shares in South Korean cosmetics brands are gaining momentum after brokerage houses lifted their target prices on expectations that China’s bo...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea resumes egg imports in 13 months due to soaring prices
As egg prices soared due to the spread of bird flu or avian influenza, the South Korean government resumed imports of eggs to ease price pressure.It...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kakao Pay likely to be included in MSCI index next month
South Korean mobile payment services firm Kakao Pay Corp. will be newly incorporated into the MSCI index next month, inducing an influx of more than...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec sweeps 1st place in Best Washers chosen by US consumers
LG Electronics Inc. swept this year's top spot in all major categories of best washing machines evaluated by Consumer Reports, a leading US consum...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
S.Korea's DLS incurring losses due to stock slump exceed $800 billion
South Korea's derivatives-linked securities that entered the knock-in or loss period due to stock slumps at home and abroad exceeded 1 trillion won ...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Diverging lithium, nickel prices unnerve Korean battery makers
The prices of lithium and nickel, key minerals for electric vehicle batteries, have been diverging since late last year, which is set to further wid...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
Golfzon to showcase portable golf simulator at CES 2023
Golfzon Co., a global indoor golf equipment maker, will participate in CES 2023 in Las Vegas to showcase its "Wave Play" product line, which targets...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
K-defense sector to reach annual export of $16 bn for two consecutive years
The South Korean defense market is forecast to sign export contracts worth more than 20 trillion won (15.7 billion) combined this year on the back o...
Jan 04, 2023 (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