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Automobiles
Lotte Rental, KB Capital to co-work for car rental
Lotte Rental Co., South Korea's largest car rental firm, has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the domestic financial comp...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling
Korea’s top regulator detects more foreigners’ naked shorting
South Korea’s top financial regulator is detecting more circumstances of naked short-selling worth tens of millions of dollars by foreign inve...
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
HS Ad, Coupang to co-work for retail media advertising
South Korea’s HS Ad Inc. announced on Thursday that it will collaborate with the domestic e-commerce giant Coupang for data-based digital mark...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
MBK raises Hankook bid price, asks FSS to probe Cho's stock purchase
The sibling rivalry for control of Hankook & Company Co., the holding firm of South Korea’s largest tire maker Hankook Tire & Techno...
Dec 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO develops EV battery material for lithium extraction
POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Thursday it has developed a key material used for recovering lithium from ore and saltwater jointly with WSK, a South K...
Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
More Koreans seek high-yield bond funds, betting the Fed will end hikes
South Korean investors are growing more interested in global high-yield bond funds, betting that the US Federal Reserve is likely to end its interes...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Supply chain
POSCO Int'l, NongHyup to team up for feed supply chain
South Korea's POSCO International Corp. announced on Tuesday that it will collaborate with the largest domestic feed company NongHyup Feed to stabil...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
KAIST, IVI to collaborate on global vaccine research
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the I...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Cytogen, Japan NCCH collaborate on cancer research
South Korea's Cytogen, Inc. announced on Monday it will start cancer research using circulating tumor cells (CTC) with the National Cancer Center Ho...
Nov 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem, SNU to jointly develop next-generation material
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. partnered with Seoul National University (SNU) to develop next-generation material technologies, including pivotal materi...
Nov 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
DL E&C, Saudi SWCC team up for carbon neutrality
South Korea's DL E&C Co. announced on Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the application of small modular reactors (SMRs) ...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
CJ Logistics reinforces ties with India’s Tata Motors
South Korea’s CJ Logistics on Friday said its Indian subsidiary CJ Darcl has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tata Motors of India on...
Oct 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Biologics wins $242 mn order from Bristol Myers Squibb
Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, said on Monday it has signed an agreement to produce $242 million worth of anti...
Sep 18, 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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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG CNS to develop GenAI market with Google Cloud
South Korea’s largest cloud computing service provider LG CNS has formed a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) alliance with Google Clo...
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Zuck’s Threads losing battle against Musk’s X in South Korea
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is losing a fight against Tesla CEO Elon Musk in the South Korean short-form social media platform sector.Threads, Meta&rsq...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Samho sees bumper 2023 as ship orders pile up
Yeongam, South Jeolla Province -- On Aug. 14, workers at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co.'s shipyard were meticulously inspecting the cargo hold o...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Geo Centric, China’s Sinopec mark 10-year alliance
China-Korea Petrochemical, a joint venture (JV) between South Korea’s SK Geo Centric and the Chinese public oil company Sinopec, celebrates it...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea is far more reliant on China for rare earth metal than Japan: report
South Korea is far more dependent than Japan on neodymium permanent magnets from China at 88%, while the rate for Japan, a land devoid of rare earth...
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
China sets up battery JVs with S.Korea to bypass IRA
Chinese battery materials suppliers are rushing to expand their production bases in South Korea, mainly in partnership with domestic companies.Such ...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils global campaign video of Galaxy Z
Samsung Electronics Co. has announced the release of a new global campaign video ahead of the unveiling of the new foldable phone series on July 26....
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Hancom, POSCO DX pursue robotic process automation solutions
South Korea’s office suite software maker Hancom and engineering and information and communications technology service provider POSCO DX will ...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea's military aircraft exports to NATO get major boost
South Korea has concluded a deal with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on mutual recognition of certification of military aircraft airw...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Seegene to share tech with Spanish diagnostics company
South Korea's in vitro diagnostic product maker Seegene Inc. on Wednesday said it signed a technology-sharing agreement with the Barcelona, Spain-ba...
Jun 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
S.Korea's Mirae Asset, Hana Financial Group form security token tie-up
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities on Thursday said it signed an agreement with Hana Financial Group on the security token consortium Next Finance...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
POSCO, LG Electronics to jointly build smart factory
POSCO Holdings Inc. and LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that they will collaborate to upgrade POSCO's smart factory technology. The initi...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Neurophet strives to be first mover in fight against Alzheimer’s
Neurophet Inc., a South Korean startup developing artificial intelligence-powered medical solutions for brain diseases, is striving to make a breakt...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK, Hana Financial groups to jointly develop credit rating model
South Korea’s SK Group and Hana Financial Group are jointly developing a next-generation credit rating model for the financially disadvantaged...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Korean won needs economic fundamentals recovery for rebound
The South Korean won is underperforming most other currencies as Asia’s fourth-largest economy is gradually losing steam for long-term growth....
May 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
K-Bio Lab Hub, Japan's iPark to jointly support bio startups
South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on Friday that it has reached the previous day an agreement with Japan's iPark Institute duri...
May 12, 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