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Economy
S&P expects BOK to cut rate by 100 bps in 2024 for growth
South Korea’s central bank is expected to cut its policy interest rate by one percentage point next year with inflationary pressure easing fur...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Samsung Biologics, Celltrion pledge major CO2 cuts
South Korea’s No. 1 biopharmaceutical company Samsung BioLogics Co. and No. 2 Celltrion Inc. produced higher CO2 emissions last year than in 2...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO gears up for big stride as green materials firm with Hyper NO
South Korea’s steel pioneer POSCO under POSCO Holdings Inc. is preparing to take another big stride as an eco-friendly materials provider with...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS buys more Hyosung Heavy Industries, LS Electric shares in Q2
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea increased investments in local machinery, shipbuilding and semiconductor stocks in the second quarter ...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea inflation at 21-month low; BOK may end rate hikes
South Korea’s headline inflation dropped for a fifth straight month to a 21-month low, adding to expectations that the central bank might not ...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia set fresh H1 sales record in US, beating H1 2021
South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Corp. posted record first-half-year sales in the US this year, am...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Hyundai Rotem wins $917 mn Australian electric train project
Hyundai Rotem, a South Korean railway system maker under Hyundai Motor Group, said on Friday that it had won a major contract in Australia alongside...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
EVs lack luster in S.Korea’s secondhand car market
Electric vehicles suffered sharper price falls in South Korea’s secondhand car market this year, compared with combustion engine and hybrid ca...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to invest $230 bn in Korea on speedy govt support
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is set to spend 300 trillion won ($230.4 billion) to build semiconductor manufactur...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
7-Eleven’s operator Korea Seven hit by rating cut
The credit rating of Korea Seven Co., which runs the South Korean operations of the convenience store chain 7-Eleven, was downgraded to its lowest l...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Genesis GV70 EV tops German magazine comparison
The Electrified GV70, an electric SUV from Hyundai Motor Group's luxury brand Genesis, has won the top spot in a comparison test run by Germany's ...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
3rd-gen. corporate succession in S.Korea slashes stake from 100% to 16%
South Korea's business sector is urging reform of the domestic inheritance tax system to alleviate problems in corporate succession, citing difficul...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Lotte affiliates’ credit ratings downgraded all at once
The ratings of Lotte's subsidiaries have been downgraded en masse. Lotte Chemical Corp., the group's cash cow, was cut to AA from AA+.NICE Investors...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia starts delivering electric SUV EV9 to customers
Kia Corp. announced on Sunday that its first large-scale electrified sport utility vehicle (SUV), the EV9, will be available for delivery to custome...
Jun 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Rolls-Royce unveils its first all-electric model, Spectre, in Seoul
Rolls-Royce has unveiled Spectre, the brand's first all-electric model, on Friday in Seoul for the first time in the Asia-Pacific region.The exterio...
Jun 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Perspectives
China’s hasty rate cut signals trouble ahead for Asia’s 2023
Add officials at the People’s Bank of China to the list of those disappointed by China’s post-COVID-19 reopening boom. On June 13, PB...
Jun 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Japanese yen near 8-year low against S.Korean won
The Japanese yen is nearing its lowest level in eight years against the South Korean won, with their exchange rate hovering around the 9.00 level.It...
Jun 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's Kona Electric nears 300,000 in cumulative sales
Kona Electric, the best-selling Korean electric vehicle (EV) of Hyundai Motor Co.'s compact sports utility vehicle (SUV), is on the verge of reachin...
Jun 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korea not ready for developed market status: MSCI
MSCI Inc. regards the South Korean stock market as not ready for its developed market status despite a series of reforms, dampening the country&rsqu...
Jun 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Hyosung Chemical’s credit rating downgraded one notch
Korea Investors Service downgraded the unsecured bond credit rating of Hyosung Chemical on Thursday from A to A-, saying that its profit-generating ...
Jun 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
POSCO Int'l to supply nearly 7 mn motor cores to Hyundai Motor
South Korea's largest trading company POSCO International on Thursday said its affiliate POSCO Mobility Solution will supply motor cores to Hyundai ...
Jun 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea inflation at 19-mth low; casts doubts over rate hike
South Korea’s headline inflation fell for a fourth straight month in May to a 19-month low amid continuous signs of a slowdown in Asia’s...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy to expand smart factory systems to N.America JVs
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. will introduce smart manufacturing systems to all its joint venture battery plants under construction in...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Teachers' Pension to up global alternatives to 19% of AUM by 2027
Teachers’ Pension (TP), South Korea’s major pension fund for private school employees, will accelerate investment in domestic bonds whil...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea mulls adding national pension benefits to raise birth rate
South Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare is considering adding national pension benefits for married couples to raise the ever-declining birth r...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
S.Korean treasury yields top base rate on hawkish BOK
South Korea’s three-year treasury bond yield topped the base rate for the first time in two months, after the Bank of Korea (BOK) warned again...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Moody’s cuts credit view on KEPCO to lowest investment grade
Moody’s on Friday cut its view on KEPCO’s credit to the lowest investment grade, a move that could lead the rating agency to downgrade t...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s heated debate on domestic helpers from Southeast Asia
South Korea is embroiled in a heated debate on a program to recruit domestic helpers from Southeast Asia at lower rates than those paid to their Kor...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea's total fertility rate hits 0.81 in Q1
South Korea in the first quarter posted a total fertility rate (TFR) of 0.81, the lowest in history for that quarter. Because the number of bir...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK leaves door open for another quarter-point rate rise
The Bank of Korea’s (BOK) decision on Thursday to keep its base rate steady at 3.50% does not signal the end of its one-and-a-half-year tighte...
May 25, 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