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Korean games
Com2uS to release host of new games this year
Com2uS Corps. will release a variety of new game titles this year with the goal of reaching 100 billion won ($78.6 million) in global sales for each...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
MyRealTrip launches overseas lodging booking service
Travel app MyRealTrip said Wednesday that it is launching an overseas hotel booking service that allows users to search, book, and pay for more than...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Ecoplant to jointly develop renewable energy sources with CSCEC
South Korea's construction engineering company SK Ecoplant Co., Ltd. is going to jointly develop overseas renewable energy sources with China State ...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Gmarket launches overseas hotel search service
Gmarket on Thursday say it will launch a customized search service for hotels abroad.Users can input hotel-related keywords into the Gmarket app's s...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Caliverse, KT Alpha join hands to add K-pop to metaverse
Caliverse, a subsidiary of Lotte Data Communication, said on Thursday that it has signed an agreement to expand the range of immersive metaverse con...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding expected to lead manufacturing sectors in export growth
South Korea's shipbuilding exports this year are expected to jump 76.1% from last year to $32.4 billion to lead all major manufacturing industries i...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea's coffee brand Ediya to open 1st overseas branch in Guam
Ediya Coffee, South Korea's home-grown low-priced coffee brand, will open a branch in Guam in the first half of this year to seek growth through exp...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver, Kakao to hold off M&As to pursue profits
Naver Corp. and Kakao Corp., South Korea’s two leading online platforms, will put on hold acquisition-oriented growth strategies and instead p...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Namyang sees big increase in overseas sales of Chupa Chups drink
Namyang Dairy Products is strengthening its presence in the overseas business-to-business (B2B) market through carbonated beverages. The famous loll...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Electric to switch to 100% renewable energy by 2040
Hyundai Electric, a power equipment and energy solution affiliate of HD Hyundai, said on Thursday it would convert 100% of the electricity used at a...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Koreans buy $2.7 billion Tesla shares this year, favorite foreign stock
Tesla, Inc. was the investors’ choice in South Korea this year, ahead of other overseas stocks.According to the Korea Securities Depository he...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS fund management taps former GEPS CIO Seo as new chief
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world's third-largest pension fund, has tapped Seo Won-joo as the new chief investment officer, a...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT builds hyper-connected R&D network KOREN data site
KT Corp. said on Monday that it will start operation on Jan. 5 after completing the construction of KOREN data lake portal site, which provides vari...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Launch of Innospace's Hanbit-TLV rocket called off due to technical glitch
The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on Wednesday that it will invest 350 billion won ($273 million) to build a rocket launch site, which will ...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
LabGenomics unites with Humanscape on Asia, US genetic testing biz
LabGenomics Co., a molecular diagnostics company, said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with digital healthcare company Humanscape to deve...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KKR to buy 100% stake in SK E&S' Busan City Gas for $561 mn
Private equity giant KKR & Co. is slated to buy a 100% stake in Busan City Gas Co., wholly owned by South Korean energy company SK E&S Co., ...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KED's startup news platform Geeks launches revamped website
Geeks, The Korea Economic Daily’s startup news platform launched in May, launched an upgraded website in Korean on Monday. The new conten...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
KRX opens German office to promote EU certification of Korean indices
The Korea Exchange said that it opened its third overseas office in Frankfurt, Germany, and would promote the EU Benchmarks Regulation (BMR) certifi...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Gabriela Hearst, Veronica Beard, Toteme to launch in Korea
US designer brands Gabriela Hearst and Veronica Beard, as well as Swedish premium Toteme are set to open exclusive stores in South Korea to allure f...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung suspends staff overseas training to cut costs
Samsung Group canceled overseas training for South Korean staff for the first time in 32 years as the country’s top conglomerate tried to cut ...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Shinsegae chairwoman maintains most expensive house in Korea
South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group Chairwoman Lee Myung-hee has maintained the most expensive house for an eighth straight year in South Kore...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong submits new drug applications for Fexuclue in 10 countries
South Korea's leading drug company Daewoong Pharmaceutical is accelerating its global expansion efforts for its 34th domestically developed drug Fex...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Transys holds consultations for partners to help them move overseas
South Korea's auto powertrain maker Hyundai Transys said on Monday that a total of 23 suppliers received its video consultation assistance for eight...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Korea cryptocurrency WEMIX to be delisted on court ruling
WEMIX, a South Korean cryptocurrency issued by WeMade Co., will be delisted on Thursday after a court ruled in favor of four local crypto exchanges’ d...
Dec 08, 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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Arts
Kukje Gallery, now 40, to open first overseas branch in Paris
Kukje Gallery announced Thursday that it will open its first overseas branch in Paris, France. It has been 40 years since the gallery opened in 1982...
Dec 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
BNK Capital launches operations at Kyrgyzstan subsidiary
Korea's loan and financing company BNK Capital on Thursday said its subsidiary in Kyrgyzstan, MCC BNK Finance LLC, has launched operations as its si...
Dec 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korean overseas card spending near 3-year high on resurgence in travel
Overseas card spending by residents in South Korea rose to a nearly three-year high in the third quarter as international travel surged with countri...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
First joint law office with overseas firm to open in Korea
The first South Korea-overseas joint law firm is set to start operations in Seoul.The joint firm of Korean law firm Hwahyun and UK’s Ashurst h...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Tesla’s Musk names Korea among top candidate sites for Gigafactory
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday that South Korea is among its top candidates to build in Asia another Gigafactory, the US ele...
Nov 23, 2022 (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