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Foreign exchange
S.Korea-Indonesia central banks renew currency swap agreement
Central banks of South Korea and Indonesia renewed a bilateral local currency swap arrangement to keep supporting trade and financial cooperation fo...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
S.Korea needs bold investment to keep K-chip supremacy: SNU scholar
The South Korean government and the private sector must commit to more generous and comprehensive support for the country's memory chip industry if ...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea's K Bank posts highest net profit in 2022
K Bank, a South Korean Internet-only bank, reported a net profit of 83.6 billion won ($63.6 million) in 2022, which nearly quadrupled compared to th...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
S.Korean EV charger maker lands $770 mn export deal in North America
South Korea's Moderntec, an electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions company, on Wednesday said it signed a three-year export contract with a partne...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Battery material maker EcoPro Materials eyes $2.3 billion IPO
EcoPro Materials Co., a unit of South Korea’s battery materials group EcoPro Group, is looking to list its shares on the country’s main ...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
FADU joins ranks of unicorns as S.Korea’s first fabless chip firm
FADU Technology has become South Korea’s first fabless semiconductor unicorn after successfully raising funds from share sales before its init...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea’s SK Telecom to advance AI tech through partnerships
BARCELONA -- SK Telecom Co. plans to develop world-class artificial intelligence technology through partnerships with companies of Korean descent at...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK holds rates as it lowers growth, inflation forecasts
South Korea’s central bank held its policy interest rate unchanged on Thursday as it slashed forecasts for economic growth and inflation altho...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Car-sharing platform Humax Mobility begins IPO process
Humax Mobility, a South Korean car-sharing and parking platform operator, is aiming to become the second mobility service firm to go public in the c...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
S.Korea's UAM project finalizes list of 46 participating companies
Forty-six companies in South Korea including three in mobile telecommunications are participating in the Korean-style urban air mobility (UAM) demon...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Daewoo E&C, Jeju Air kick off K-UAM Grand Challenge phase 1 project
Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. and Jeju Air Co. have teamed up to participate in the Korean urban air mobility (K-UAM) project. The two c...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Smaller firms' successful IPOs fail to boost Korean listing market
South Korean companies are returning to the local initial public offering market this year, after failing their market debuts last year. But that ha...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea sees first decline in household loans in 20 years
Household loans in South Korea last year fell from 2021 for the first time in 20 years because of high interest rates, but credit card debt hit a re...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE not to raise tender offer price for SM Entertainment
HYBE Co., the label behind the world’s top boyband BTS, said it does not plan to raise its buying price for SM Entertainment Co., denting hope...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
LG Uplus to participate in Drone Show Korea
On Sunday, South Korean mobile telecom carrier LG Uplus Corp. announced that it would host a joint exhibition hall with Kakao Mobility, GS Engineeri...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea's Yoon presses banking, telecom sectors over inflation
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Wednesday called for measures to stabilize mounting price pressure caused by "oligopolies" in the banking an...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
HK inno.N's GERD drug K-CAB gets approval in Mexico
South Korea's biohealth company HK inno.N said on Tuesday that its gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) treatment K-CAB (active ingredient: tegopr...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S.Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis drops IPO on weak demand
Oasis Corp., a South Korean grocery delivery platform, decided to withdraw its local initial public offering plan on Feb. 13 amid tepid interest fro...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Olive Young exports K-beauty products to Middle East
Olive Young, a health and beauty platform, has begun targeting the Middle Eastern cosmetics market.South Korea's CJ Olive Young, which operates Oliv...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Why SM emerged as hot battlefield between HYBE, Kakao
SM Entertainment Co., a South Korean music label widely credited as the pioneer of K-pop, has emerged as a new battlefield between HYBE Co., the age...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea's banks see deposits plummet $35.5 billion in Jan
Banks in South Korea last month saw deposits plummet over 45 trillion won ($35.5 billion) from the previous month due to a decline in deposit intere...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
BTS label HYBE seeks takeover of K-pop pioneer SM Entertainment
HYBE Co., the music label behind K-pop sensation BTS, is poised to acquire a controlling stake in its South Korean rival SM Entertainment Co. with m...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Oasis IPO draws tepid interest from institutional investors
South Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis Corp. saw lukewarm interest from domestic institutional investors during the Feb. 7-8 bookbuilding for ...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Kakao Bank announces record-high performance in 2022
South Korea's KakaoBank Corp. on Wednesday said its net profit last year reached a record-high 263.1 billion won ($208.6 million), up 28.9% from 202...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
K-pop pioneer SM engulfed in management dispute
Kakao Corp., South Korea’s mobile platform giant and operator of the country’s top messenger app Kakao Talk, is set to become the second...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Hyundai Rotem releases data on eco-friendly railway businesses
Hyundai Rotem, the railway system subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Monday it has published information about its sales and research a...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Industrial Bank of Korea goes all in with Eastern Europe push
Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) will open an office in Poland in the first half of this year, with analysts saying the bank's president Kim Seong-tae...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S.Korea's online K Bank withdraws plan for Kospi listing
South Korea's K Bank has withdrawn its highly anticipated plan to hold an IPO this year in the judgement of a lower corporate value due to the slugg...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
BC Card signs strategic partnership deal with Mongolian Central Bank
South Korea's credit card issuer BC Card said on Monday that it has signed a strategic partnership deal with the Bank of Mongolia.With this collabor...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Bank's Vietnam subsidiary reports record-high performance
Woori Bank Vietnam, South Korean lender Woori Bank's local subsidiary in Vietnam, had heydays last year, tiding over the aftermath of the COVID-19 o...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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