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Logistics
CJ Logistics expands global e-commerce shipping services
South Korea’s CJ Logistics Corp. is ramping up its cross-border e-commerce (CBE) businesses as its local rival Coupang Inc. is increasing domi...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver Webtoon, digital comics case for global MBA study
Naver Webtoon Ltd., the world’s top digital comics provider, is set to be a textbook case study for global students as a prominent business sc...
Dec 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
S.Korea's Bespin Global secures $107 mn from Middle East
South Korea's cloud management company Bespin Global said on Monday that it has secured 140 billion won ($107 million) in investment from e& Ent...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korean Proteina gets offers from global pharmaceutical companies
Global pharmaceutical companies are expressing keen interest in the South Korean diagnostics company Proteina. Unlike companies that search for sp...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor signs MOU with OECD's International Transport Forum
Hyundai Motor Co. joined hands with the International Transport Forum under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to strengthen ...
Dec 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom gets global approval for UAM-interworking tech standard
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Thursday said the International Telecommunication Union's Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) approved ...
Dec 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea's CJ CheilJedang mulls rebrand with name change
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is considering a new name for the company in a bid to represent its main businesses and target global c...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Dragonfly, CJ ENM sign MOU on content business
Dragonfly said on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with CJ ENM Co. to cooperate in moving into new content busines...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
S.Korea sends dairy cows, livestock genetic resources to Nepal
The South Korean government is donating dairy cows and genetic resources for cattle to Nepal.The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on ...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Private equity juggernauts bid for $758 million worth of KT Cloud shares
A number of private equity giants in South Korea and beyond are bidding for shares worth up to 1 trillion won ($758.2 million) in KT Cloud, a subsid...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LG Uplus poised to acquire homegrown OTT platform Watcha
South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. is slated to acquire homegrown over-the-top (OTT) platform Watcha Inc., investment b...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Kumho Tire receives silver medal from EcoVadis
Kumho Tire Co. announced on Tuesday that it received a silver medal from EcoVadis, a global ESG (environmental, social, and governance) evaluation a...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mispriced risk in EU, UK real estate brings appealing opportunities: Abrdn
European real estate prices are adjusting, creating mispriced risk amid current market turbulence. This brings attractive opportunities for investor...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KT&G completes elementary school in Laos with employee donations
KT&G, South Korea's dominant tobacco company, announced on Monday that along with South Korea's non-profit organization Sharing Culture &a...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hahn & Co. completes SKC's industrial film unit takeover for $1.2 bn
South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. has completed a 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) deal to wholly acquire the industrial film business ...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom wins global awards for innovative virtualization technology
SK Telecom, a leading South Korean 5G services provider, announced on Sunday that it won two global awards: Global Telecom Awards 2022 and Leading L...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Delay in Apple Pay approval for South Korea sends VAN co. shares tumbling
The news of US mobile device giant Apple launching its Apple Pay service in South Korea this month sent the share prices of companies that assist th...
Dec 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
VC firms rake in profit of up to 6 times principal from Raemongraein
Venture capital firms that invested in media production company Raemongraein Co. raked in significant profit from the surge in popularity of the TV ...
Dec 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS shortlists 6 candidates for chief investment officer opening
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund managing 896.6 trillion won ($690.5 billion) as of end-S...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Samsung Electronics acquires two global cloud security certifications
Samsung Electronics Co. acquired two international certificates regarding cloud security, ISO 27001 and ISO 27017.South Korea's electronics giant an...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
SK On attracts $1 billion in investment
SK On, the electric battery affiliate of Korea's petroleum, alternative energy and oil exploration corporation SK Innovation, has secured 1.3 trilli...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
HYBE and Kakao Games to be released from mandatory escrow this month
The Korea Securities Depository said on Wednesday that 225.5 million shares of a total of 58 listed stocks registered as mandatory escrow will be li...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion to seek FDA approval for sale of Remsima SC by year-end
Celltrion Inc. said it has confirmed the effectiveness and safety of Remsima SC in its third-phase global clinical trials, conducted on 438 patients...
Nov 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Young Poong Precision emerges as key to Korea Zinc control; shares surge
Shares of Young Poong Precision Corp. are flying high as the company is emerging as the key to the control of Korea Zinc Co., which in turn is the c...
Nov 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea to cut coal's share of energy usage to under 20% by 2030
The draft of the Korean government's 10th Basic Plan for Electricity Supply and Demand contains a clause on reducing coal generation's share of nati...
Nov 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK takes 25-bp rate hike as won rebounds against dollar
South Korea’s central bank raised the base interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.25% during its monetary policy board meeting on Nov. 24, slow...
Nov 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korea Zinc exchanges treasury shares with LG Chem, Hanwha Corp.
Korea Zinc Co. will exchange part of its treasury shares with those of LG Chem Ltd. and Hanwha Corp. in a move seen to strengthen the secondary batt...
Nov 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung SDS records record-high share of overseas sales of 71%
The overseas sales of South Korea's Samsung SDS comprises 71% of overall revenue, the highest rate since the company launched its business process o...
Nov 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
FTX implosion disrupts interest issuance by GOPAX product
The implosion of the Bahamas-based crypto exchange FTX is causing ripple effects around the world, and South Korea is no exception.Seoul-based cry...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis joins hands with Lion Group to move into Malaysian logistics market (edited)
Hyundai Glovis will enter the Southeast Asian logistics market in partnership with a large Malaysian company. The company, Hyundai Motor Group's log...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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