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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec's Q2 earnings signal end of upward run
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday estimated that its second-quarter operating profit and sales edged down from three months before, reversing its ...
Jul 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Easing car delivery crunch: Boon or bane for Hyundai, Kia?
Just like its global peers, Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have suffered from the chip shortage that bogged down the entire auto industry for nearl...
Jul 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea faces risk from record $114 bn in inventory assets
South Korea’s major listed companies held record inventory assets as they piled up raw materials to deal with the global supply chain disrupti...
Jul 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
CJ CheilJedang to rev up Korean food sales in Europe
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is set to accelerate the expansion of its Korean food business in Europe. It aims to increase annual fo...
Jul 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Investors may see tough credit cycle in direct lending: TCW Private Credit
As economic uncertainties grow amid rate hikes and inflation, South Korean institutional investors are eyeing direct lending for safer investment an...
Jul 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea inflation at 24-year high, adds to big step views
South Korea’s inflation accelerated to a 24-year high last month, reinforcing expectations that the central bank may raise interest rates by 5...
Jul 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Korean firms with high ESG scores show great P/E ratios
South Korean corporates’ price-earnings ratios are affected by their environmental, social and governance (ESG) management, experts said at an...
Jul 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Top S.Korean firms face carbon neutrality dilemma
South Korea’s top 30 companies emitted their largest-ever amount of carbon dioxide last year, contrary to their goal of reducing greenhouse ga...
Jul 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
SSG.COM joins race for top spot in luxury online shopping in Korea
SSG.COM, the e-commerce brand of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Inc., launched its online luxury goods marketplace SSG Luxury on July 3. Focusi...
Jul 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Danble taps into overlooked market of men's fashion for older millennials
Danble, operated by Tailor Town, is an online fashion platform serving the often-overlooked market of men’s fashion for those in their 30s and...
Jul 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s Socar gets pushback for high valuation ahead of IPO
South Korea’s mobility unicorn Socar Inc. faces controversy over its valuation after the car-sharing startup set the price guidance for its in...
Jun 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai showcases IONIQ 6, electrified streamliner
Hyundai Motor Co. on Wednesday unveiled the design of the IONIQ 6, its first all-electric sedan on an exclusive EV platform, with which South Korea&...
Jun 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Military fund to raise payouts with interest rate increases
South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) has decided to raise the interest rates of the members’ savings products by 25 to 4...
Jun 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korean beauty brands rush for vegan certification
As more consumers seek out eco-friendly products, a growing number of South Korean cosmetics brands are in a hurry to be certified as vegan.With lab...
Jun 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea Woori Card to start installment finance biz in Indonesia
Woori Card Co. is set to start the installment finance business in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy as the credit card unit of Sout...
Jun 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
K-beauty sales see sharp drop at China's major shopping event
South Korean cosmetics giants failed to win over Chinese consumers at the 618 Shopping Festival, one of the largest online annual shopping events in...
Jun 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Top Korean companies’ new battlefield: Used car market
Hyundai Motor Co., Lotte Rental Co., and KB Financial Group, the No. 1 players in each of their sectors, are gearing up to fight in a new arena &nda...
Jun 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung to fuel rivalry with Sony in mobile image sensor market
Samsung Electronics Co. is set to narrow the gap with bigger competitor Sony in the global image sensor market. The South Korean tech giant introduc...
Jun 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
[ASK 2022] Tailored strategies outperform in European credit market: Arrow Global
As a leading European private credit asset manager, Arrow Global operates its own servicing platforms that most accurately fit E...
Jun 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's woes: Too many cars rolling out of Korean plants
The eight-day South Korean truck drivers’ strike that ended last week has laid bare one long-standing but often ignored problem at the country...
Jun 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to end hatchback coupe Veloster as Kona, Avante N favored
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will discontinue the production of its hatchback coupe Veloster to focus on the more popular hig...
Jun 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Voice Caddie, Daol PE acquire US golf grip brand SuperStroke
Voice Caddie, a South Korean maker of golf course rangefinders and related golf products, and Daol Private Equity are jointly acquiring SuperStroke,...
Jun 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Supply chain
Korean truck drivers end strike as govt agrees to extend wage guarantee
South Korea’s unionized truck drivers have decided to end their eight-day strike after the government agreed to extend minimum wage guarantees...
Jun 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Renault confident of Korean sales recovery; looks to larger cars
When French carmaker Groupe Renault dropped Samsung from its South Korean unit's company name in March, it aroused worries that the firm may not be ...
Jun 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI, Lockheed to join forces for US megaproject
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea’s aerospace manufacturer, has agreed to join forces with Lockheed Martin Corp. to enter the...
Jun 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
LG Group to invest $119 million into 300 startups through 2025
LG Group announced Thursday it will invest 150 billion won ($119 million) into 300 startups through 2025.The conglomerate hosted Superstart Brand ...
Jun 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Startup tapped to lead S.Korea’s autonomous car security project
South Korea has embarked on a public-private project to bolster communication security for autonomous driving, for which a domestic startup will pla...
Jun 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
It's time to bet on high-yield bond funds: Barings
High-yield bonds generally create greater yields than other funds, but low-quality bonds are vulnerable to economic downturns and the firms’ c...
Jun 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
South Korean startups raise record-high Series A funding
South Korea's early stage startups raised a record amount of funding in the last 12 months.Even though venture capital firms at home and abroad are ...
Jun 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Engineering, USNC to build micro reactor in Canada
Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. (USNC)...
Jun 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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