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Food & Beverage
Intake bets on alternative meat, zero-calorie drinks for future of food tech
South Korean food tech startup Intake Corp. sells a wide range of meat alternatives, such as plant-based egg substitutes and vegan burger patties.&n...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
KT adds partner to expand Vietnam digital healthcare biz
KT Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, has teamed up with another local company to expand its digital healthcare business in Vietnam furth...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Mart bulks up in SE Asia to make up for China failure
Indonesia was the destination for Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin’s first overseas business trip in August, after being granted a special p...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea's premium pet food market sees rapid growth
Korea's pet food market is getting more sophisticated, with brands appearing whose products are even more expensive than food for humans despite hav...
Nov 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Korea's SK Chemicals to make chemically recycled food containers
South Korea's SK Chemicals on Tuesday said it has joined forces with Poolinglim P&P to make the nation's first food containers using chemically ...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Vietnamese MZers ensnared by K-beauty, K-fashion, K-everything
HANOI – Vietnam’s young people are avid fans of Korean culture, collectively known as Hallyu. Trang, a 21-year-old college student, is o...
Oct 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korean EV charging startup to launch business in Indonesia
South Korea’s electric vehicle charging platform startup is set to make inroads into Indonesia, a prospective EV market with the world’s...
Oct 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Korea must embrace diversity to sustain K-culture: Sam Richards
When Penn State University sociology professor Sam Richards introduced Korean pop culture into his lectures three years ago, he compared its power t...
Oct 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
CJ ENM’s TVing looks beyond Korea with Yonder, other K-drama series
South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co.’s over-the-top streaming platform TVing is taking its original sci-fi drama series Beyond the...
Oct 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
K-pop megaband BTS to serve military duty, agency says
Members of K-pop boy band BTS will fulfill South Korea’s national military duty, starting with its oldest member Jin, their agency HYBE Co. an...
Oct 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korean bio suffers as weak won lifts global clinical trial costs
South Korean biopharmaceutical firms are facing challenges in clinical trials overseas alongside the rising Korean won to the US dollar exchange rat...
Oct 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
K-pop giant SM up against Align Partner's shareholder activism
South Korea’s Align Partners Capital Management is intensifying its shareholder activism against K-pop music label giant SM Entertainment Co.,...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Naver Cloud seeks win-win strategy with K-startups in overseas market
NEW YORK – The chief executive officer of Naver Cloud Park Won-ki said that if South Korean startups using the company’s cloud services ...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Internet lender K Bank gets green light for IPO
South Korea’s first internet-only lender K Bank on Tuesday received preliminary approval from the Korea Exchange to go public on the country&r...
Sep 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
SM mulls ending producer contract with founder Lee Soo-man's firm
SM Entertainment Co. announced Thursday it is considering terminating the production contract with Like Planning, wholly owned by its founder Lee So...
Sep 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK Telecom-led consortium to commercialize air taxis on Jeju Island
Come 2025, visitors to South Korea’s resort island of Jeju will be able to hail air taxis while there – thanks to special air routes ded...
Sep 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai faces growing rivalry with China’s BYD in Southeast Asia
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD’s announcement last week that it will build its first overseas EV plant in Thailand is setting off alarm be...
Sep 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Cash-rich Nongshim pursues first-ever sizeable acquisition
Nongshim Co., South Korea’s No. 1 instant noodle brand, is looking to buy a domestic food supplement maker for up to $50 million, which would ...
Sep 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus' K-pop idol platform goes global via smart TVs
Fans of K-pop idols such as boyband sensation BTS and girl group Blackpink will be able to enjoy their live performances through smart TVs at home a...
Sep 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
K-pop, Toyota’s platform for marketing in the US
LOS ANGELES -- Toyota Motor Corp., the top global automaker, showcased its sports cars – the GR86 and the GR Supra – at the Los Angeles ...
Aug 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
China's high entry barriers for Korean films, dramas
“Oh! My Gran” was the only South Korean movie to hit the big screen in China in the past year. It was also the first Korean film to be p...
Aug 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hyundai Motor, LG Energy secure $710 mn for battery JV in Indonesia
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. have secured $710 million from financial institutions overseas to ...
Aug 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Daewoo Shipbuilding loses $53 mn from Indonesia deal
South Korea’s major shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) lost $53 million from a deal to build submarines for Indo...
Aug 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
K-chicken chain BB.Q foresees stores quadrupling in N.America
Gourmands in North America will be able to enjoy South Korean fried chicken more conveniently as BB.Q Chicken, the country’s leading franchise...
Aug 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea’s BC Card to buy Indonesian IT firm for SE Asia biz growth
BC Card Co., a South Korean financial services provider, agreed to acquire an Indonesian IT company as it expands its businesses into overseas marke...
Aug 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Kurly enters Singapore grocery market, targeting SE Asia
South Korea’s Kurly Inc., the operator of grocery delivery service Market Kurly, made inroads into Singapore with an aim to expand its busines...
Aug 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
CJ CheilJedang posts record-high operating profit in Q2
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. logged record-high quarterly operating profit in the second quarter of 2022 amid the growing popularity...
Aug 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG CNS chosen design consultant for Indonesia's $38 bn smart city project
LG CNS Co., a South Korean major information technology service provider, is set to consult on the design of an Indonesian smart city project worth ...
Aug 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KOGAS to cut exposure to Indonesia LNG project in 2027
The state-run Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) has decided to reduce its exposure to a $2.8 billion joint liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Indonesia in...
Aug 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
K-bio firms embrace gene therapy CDMO as Samsung looks the other way
South Korea’s major biopharmaceutical companies are rapidly embracing the cell and gene therapy business under a contract drug-making mechanis...
Aug 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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