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Korea’s major airlines continue to enjoy cargo boom

Korea’s major airlines continue to enjoy cargo boom

Korean Air Lines Co., the country’s top carrier, reported a record quarterly operating profit on the strong cargo business while its smaller d...

Korea April inflation hits 13-1/2-year peak; bond yields up

Korea April inflation hits 13-1/2-year peak; bond yields up

South Korea’s consumer prices in April rose at the fastest pace since the 2008-09 global financial crisis, reinforcing expectations of further...

Can Samsung Electronics ever catch up to foundry leader TSMC?

Can Samsung Electronics ever catch up to foundry leader TSMC?

For years, Samsung Electronics Co. has been touted as the backbone of the South Korean economy, Asia’s fourth-largest, under the government&rs...

Korea’s LX Group seeks to acquire Magnachip Semiconductor

Korea’s LX Group seeks to acquire Magnachip Semiconductor

South Korea’s LX Group is looking to acquire US-listed Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. to create synergy with the group’s foundry affiliat...

Yoon administration to launch strategic committee for semiconductors

Yoon administration to launch strategic committee for semiconductors

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s transition team announced Thursday it is considering a joint public-private committee that will be in charge o...

Korea’s Yoon govt to raise nuclear power to 34% of energy source

Korea’s Yoon govt to raise nuclear power to 34% of energy source

South Korea’s incoming government plans to extend the service life of eight more nuclear power plants than originally planned as President-ele...

Global pension funds veto more of Korean firms' agendas

Global pension funds veto more of Korean firms' agendas

Global pension funds are expanding their influence as key shareholders of major companies in South Korea. Some of the world’s largest pensio...

SK's biotech bets step closer to commercialization

SK's biotech bets step closer to commercialization

Biotechnology startups in Europe, backed by South Korea's SK Inc., are speeding up their development of next-generation drug candidates by joining h...

KSOE opens R&D center in Germany for future technology

KSOE opens R&D center in Germany for future technology

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), the intermediate holding company of the world’s top shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Indus...

Samsung Group hires governance expert for unprecedented reorganization

Samsung Group hires governance expert for unprecedented reorganization

Samsung Electronics Co. has hired a 20-year governance veteran for its much-awaited corporate governance restructuring, according to those familia...

Hanmi stands out with own drugs as Korean rivals sell imports

Hanmi stands out with own drugs as Korean rivals sell imports

South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. generated sales of more than 1 trillion won ($812.3 million) from its own medicines last year on strong...

S.Korea to scrap plans to sell Ambatovy mine stake

S.Korea to scrap plans to sell Ambatovy mine stake

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol will scrap the outgoing government’s plan to sell off its stakes in loss-making overseas mines, including the Am...

BOK chief nominee to curb household debt through interest rates

BOK chief nominee to curb household debt through interest rates

South Korea’s central bank chief nominee said on Friday he will use interest rates to tackle household debt in Asia’s fourth-largest eco...

Activist fund wins over K-pop pioneer at SM Entertainment annual meeting

Activist fund wins over K-pop pioneer at SM Entertainment annual meeting

South Korea’s entertainment behemoth SM Entertainment Co. is poised to have a new outside auditor – a measure expected to bring a much-a...

Korea won at three-year high vs yen on rate differentials

Korea won at three-year high vs yen on rate differentials

South Korea’s won currency on Monday hit its strongest point against the Japanese yen in more than three years on higher interest rates and co...

Global airlines raise flights to pre-COVID levels on border reopening

Global airlines raise flights to pre-COVID levels on border reopening

Global airlines are increasing flights to pre-pandemic levels as countries worldwide are opening up their borders to support the tourism sector, ram...

Korea jittery over oil, gas, commodity weaponization

Korea jittery over oil, gas, commodity weaponization

South Korea’s energy and raw materials imports have surged to all-time highs in value terms in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,...

Suresofttech wins deal to verify NuScale’s mini reactor software

Suresofttech wins deal to verify NuScale’s mini reactor software

Suresofttech Co., a South Korean developer of verification tools for software quality, has won a deal to check a key system in small-size reactors m...

President-elect Yoon pledges drastic deregulation, with one exception

President-elect Yoon pledges drastic deregulation, with one exception

Conservative candidate Yoon Suk-yeol was elected South Korea's next president on Wednesday, narrowly beating liberal contender Lee Jae-myung from th...

Samsung hires ex-US Amb. Lippert as PR chief for N.American business

Samsung hires ex-US Amb. Lippert as PR chief for N.American business

WASHINGTON D.C. – Samsung Electronics Co. has hired Mark Lippert, former US ambassador to South Korea, as an executive in charge of corporate ...

Korea bond yields near four-year highs on extra budget

Korea bond yields near four-year highs on extra budget

South Korea’s government bond yields jumped to their highs in almost four years as lawmakers sought to raise a supplementary budget to up to $...

SK Group to establish $835 mn green biz R&D complex

SK Group to establish $835 mn green biz R&D complex

SK Group, South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate, plans to invest more than 1 trillion won ($835.3 million) in a research and development co...

Korea to reform FX market to join MSCI developed markets

Korea to reform FX market to join MSCI developed markets

South Korea is set to reform the local currency market as the country aims to reach MSCI Inc.’s developed market status for its domestic stock...

SoftBank invests $146 mn in AI startup Qraft

SoftBank invests $146 mn in AI startup Qraft

SoftBank Group Corp. is investing $146 million in South Korea’s artificial intelligence company Qraft Technologies, Inc. The investment includ...

Foreigners’ Korean stockholdings soar 180-fold in 30 years

Foreigners’ Korean stockholdings soar 180-fold in 30 years

Foreign investors ramped up their holdings of South Korean stocks 180 times in 30 years, increasing influence in the local financial markets and dom...

Hyundai to replace design, R&D presidents for future mobility

Hyundai to replace design, R&D presidents for future mobility

Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, may replace its presidents of design as well as research and development in a bold leadershi...

Korea textiles reborn as eco-friendly, high-tech

Korea textiles reborn as eco-friendly, high-tech

South Korea’s textile sector is reviving as a high value-added growth business with advanced technology. The business, once a leading industry...

KTB Asset invests $51 mn in Norwegian shipowner Knutsen

KTB Asset invests $51 mn in Norwegian shipowner Knutsen

South Korea’s KTB Asset Management Co. and Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. have jointly invested 60 billion won ($50.7 mililion) in s...

Hyundai to set up UAM research center in LA next year

Hyundai to set up UAM research center in LA next year

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group is accelerating the urban air mobility (UAM) business with a plan to set up a research center for the sector...

Deepening diesel exhaust fluid crisis puts Korea’s key industries at risk

Deepening diesel exhaust fluid crisis puts Korea’s key industries at risk

The diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) shortage in South Korea stemming from China's suspension of urea exports is getting worse, as local DEF inventories a...

Is chip winter over? Doomsayers gone as Korea’s DRAM exports surge S.Korea to have 1st civilian defense minister in decades, tap career technocrats Fubon Bank expands Korea presence into banking Hana Asset launches ultra-low-fee Nasdaq 100 ETF Even barcodes copied: Counterfeits invasion threatens K-brands

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