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COVID-19
COVID-19 blues? Pandemic makes SD Biosensor Korea’s top-grossing bio firm
Multinational biopharmaceutical companies have dominated the world’s diagnostics market for years. However, the coronavirus pandemic, which st...
Jul 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Sale of Citibank Korea gains traction; preferred buyer may emerge in July
The sale of Citibank Korea’s consumer banking business is gaining traction as potential bidders have started due diligence of the bank, with e...
Jun 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Motor, Grab deepen partnership for EV adoption in Southeast Asia
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and Grab Holdings Inc. have agreed to strengthen their partnership in mobility services to accelerate the ad...
Jun 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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The Deep Dive
The butterfly effect: How the W Concept takeover stirred up Korea's fashion industry
“Just give us three weeks. We’ll offer a price by then.”This conversation took place in early March. A senior executive from retai...
Jun 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyosung, Linde kick off building world’s largest liquid hydrogen plant
Hyosung Group has once again made a key step forward in achieving its long-term ambition to become South Korea’s corporate leader in the hydro...
Jun 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Naver's Line makes remote working the new norm; who will be next?
South Korea-based Line Plus Corp. is set to become the country's first large business group to allow employees to work from home permanently. T...
Jun 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Singapore emerges as new financial hub for S.Korean banks
South Korea’s major banks are rushing to Singapore as the city-state is emerging as a new financial hub in Southeast Asia, replacing the tradi...
Jun 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang changes leadership roles to expand global business
Coupang Corp. has executed changes in leadership roles to focus more on overseas ventures. The company has entered Japan and Singapore this year. So...
Jun 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
GS Energy to create renewable JV with Spain’s Iberdrola
South Korea’s leading oil and gas company GS Energy Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Holdings, and Spain’s largest utility company...
Jun 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor chairman sees future in self-driving, robot businesses
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun is in the United States seeking business opportunities in one of the South Korean automotive group’s...
Jun 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Samsung Electronics to market wearable robot for healthcare by year-end
Samsung Electronics Co. will commercialize a wearable robot for healthcare by the end of this year as the South Korean tech giant is delving into th...
Jun 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
KT makes another step beyond telecom, enters digital therapy sector
The telecom companies in South Korea, one after another, are taking bold steps outside their traditional turf of mobile business. They are eng...
Jun 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai Oilbank revives IPO push, expands blue hydrogen business
South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. is seeking to list its shares on the local bourse next year, according to its parent Hyundai Heavy Industri...
Jun 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Nature Holdings beats Shinsegae, CJ to join TaylorMade deal
The Nature Holdings, a South Korean importer of popular apparel brands such as National Geographic, Jeep, NFL and Vera Wang, has been chosen as the ...
Jun 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai to provide hydrogen fuel cell system for world’s first electric car race
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group will provide its hydrogen fuel cell system to the world’s first touring race for electric vehicles, Hy...
Jun 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai, SK, POSCO, Hyosung agree to launch Korea’s hydrogen council
Hyundai Motor Group and three other South Korean conglomerates have agreed to launch an industry-wide consultative body on hydrogen, underscoring an...
Jun 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rights offerings
Hanwha Systems’ $1 bn rights offer oversubscribed; investors to book gains
South Korea’s Hanwha Systems Co. is set for a successful rights offering as the defense and air mobility unit of Hanwha Group has garnered str...
Jun 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Citibank alludes to S.Korean retail business closure
Citibank Korea will begin to examine ways to gradually liquidate its consumer banking business as it faces difficulties in selling the retail operat...
Jun 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
Camera module supplier Partron eyes record sales, considers affiliate IPO
South Korea’s Partron Co., specialized in electronic parts for telecommunication devices, started as a mobile phone antenna maker in 2003 afte...
Jun 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
SK invests in the US 'turquoise' hydrogen maker Monolith Materials
SK Inc., the holding and investment company of SK Group, has made another big investment in the US hydrogen segment.On Jun. 3, SK said that it bough...
Jun 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
HYBE raises $400 mn in a move to diversify BTS-dependent portfolio
HYBE Co., the global entertainment powerhouse behind BTS, has successfully closed its previously announced rights offering to raise 445.5 billion wo...
Jun 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
LG Electronics expands overseas appliance plants as it exits phone business
LG Electronics Inc. is expanding its overseas production facilities as the South Korean home appliance giant is shifting gears toward new growth dri...
Jun 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
SK, Lotte to set up hydrogen JV within 2021
South Korea’s major conglomerates SK Group and Lotte Group have joined hands to strengthen their foothold in the fast-growing hydrogen sector....
May 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Korea’s OCI to return to highest profit in decade on rising polysilicon prices
OCI Co., a South Korean chemical and green energy company, has been in the red for years, weighed by weak prices of its mainstay product polysilicon...
May 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO, Orsted form offshore wind and hydrogen partnership
South Korea’s steelmaker POSCO has taken another big step in accelerating the industry’s shift toward renewable energy. POSCO said on Ma...
May 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
POSCO chairman: Future at stake without co's hydrogen push
Choi Jeong-woo, chairman of POSCO, South Korea’s largest steelmaker, said it’s no exaggeration to say that the company’s future is...
May 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Motor’s new XCIENT truck raises hydrogen game in Europe
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled an upgraded version of its fuel cell truck XCIENT, turning up the heat on rivals in...
May 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Motor chairman vows to go carbon neutral, stresses electrification
Chung Euisun, chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, has vowed to go carbon neutral in the group's processes, from automaking to vehicle disposal, in a mo...
May 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Concurrent deal closings by Kakao, Naver: Mere coincidence?
Early this month, when Anchor Equity Partners was in intense negotiations with Kakao Corp. over the terms of its 600 billion won ($530 million) inve...
May 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Lotte Chem in hydrogen deal with Air Liquide, invests $185 mn in materials
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. is diversifying into electric vehicle raw materials and hydrogen businesses as new growth drivers, moving a...
May 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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