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Entertainment
Disney focuses on local content for global expansion
ANAHEIM, California -- The Walt Disney Co. is concentrating on local content to attract more viewers worldwide for its streaming services through do...
Sep 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
S.Korea plans to adopt mandatory pre-disclosure of major insider trading
Executives and major shareholders of South Korea’s listed companies will be obligated to disclose their share transaction plans at least 30 da...
Sep 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics to operate two lounges for OLED R monitor at Frieze Seoul
South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics Inc. will operate two lounges at the world-renowned Frieze Art Fair’s inaugural event in Seoul.&...
Aug 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Korea Ginseng Corp. intensifies marketing efforts in the UAE
South Korea’s Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC) said on Tuesday it recently hosted its second annual conference for large retail pharmacy chains in th...
Aug 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Chinese game Genshin Impact's summer fest draws large crowds in Seoul
Shanghai-based game developer and publisher miHoYo Co. on Wednesday wrapped up its well-attended week-long Genshin 2022 Summer Festival in Seoul.&nb...
Aug 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display to close LCD TV panel business for domestic use in Korea
LG Display Co., South Korea’s major display maker, is set to pull out of the liquid crystal display (LCD) TV panel business for domestic use. ...
Jul 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Korean firms rush to sell real estate to raise cash
South Korean companies are selling real estate and subsidiaries to raise cash as accelerating inflation, rising interest rates and the soft won all ...
Jul 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Danfoss installs energy-saving heating systems in Korea's tallest building
SONDERBORG, Denmark – Denmark’s eco-friendly energy system provider Danfoss has made inroads into South Korea, installing its energy-eff...
Jun 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
KAIST develops brain-like, large-scale memory system
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), a prestigious South Korean university, has developed a highly-reliable, large-scal...
Jun 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
VA Corp. to build Asia’s largest virtual studio with LG’s LED displays
VA Corp. (VAC), a South Korean visual effects production startup, is building Asia’s largest virtual studio complex equipped with super-large ...
May 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S&P lowers KEPCO’s stand-alone credit rating to non-investment grade
Standard & Poor's (S&P), an international credit rating agency, has lowered Korea Electric Power Corp.'s stand-alone credit profile to non-i...
May 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis unveils 34-inch swivel screen
Hyundai Mobis, the car parts manufacturing arms of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Sunday it developed the world’s first variable display te...
May 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK to further slim down Homeplus before exit
MBK Partners has put one of the large store buildings of South Korea's supermarket chain Homeplus up for sale as part of an ongoing effort to improv...
May 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Philippines LCS Group buys Korea’s special purpose vessel maker
The Philippines’ LCS Group of Companies bought a South Korean special purpose vessel maker as it aims to supply defense products to the Southe...
Apr 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Mid-cap, small-cap outperform large-cap stocks in Q1 2022
South Korea’s mid-cap and small-cap shares outperformed large-cap stocks during the first quarter of 2022 as some glitzy initial public offe...
Apr 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea shipbuilders aim for strong demand on tougher rules
South Korea’s shipbuilders targeted demand for new vessels and ship modification as tougher environmental regulations are scheduled to take ef...
Mar 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Lotte to join used car market, seen as boost for small players
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and the country’s No. 1 car rental firm Lotte Rental Co. are advancing into the domestic u...
Mar 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia heavily exposed to Ukraine crisis; shares at 52-week lows
Shares of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. on Monday fell to their lowest levels in more than 52 weeks as investors engaged in panic selling on conce...
Feb 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Stocks
Ukraine woes, global tightening knock down Asian stocks
Asian stock markets lost ground on Monday with South Korea’s main shares down to their lowest level in more than two weeks as rising tensions ...
Feb 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai, Daewoo race for ship orders after merger fails
The world’s two largest shipbuilders Hyundai Heavy Industries Group and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. are battling it out t...
Feb 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Stonebridge Ventures to set up $168 mn new fund in H1
Stonebridge Ventures Inc., South Korea’s most profitable venture capital firm, plans to establish a fresh fund of $168 million, the largest in...
Jan 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling
Kospi short sales hit $639 mn amid rate hike woes
Short selling on the Korean stock market is soaring rapidly on concerns over the US Fed Reserve’s interest rate hike. Particularly, a large ...
Jan 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Year-end review
Pension funds sell net $21 bn worth of shares in 2021
South Korea’s pension funds sold a net 24.5 trillion won ($20.6 billion) worth of Kospi and Kosdaq stocks this year, the largest annual ne...
Dec 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao becomes Korea’s top platform firm, besting archrival Naver
Kakao Corp., best known for South Korea’s top mobile messenger app KakaoTalk, has become the country’s top platform company in terms of ...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilders turn focus to high-value vessels
South Korean shipbuilders, brimming with heavy order backlogs, are turning their focus to high-value and eco-friendly vessels for new orders as the ...
Oct 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
S.Korean heavy equipment makers ride global raw materials boom
The surging demand for raw materials around the world are driving sharp sales rebounds of South Korea’s two leading equipment makers Hyundai C...
Oct 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanjin Heavy wins $270 mn container ship order, first deal in 6 years
Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. said on Tuesday it has won a $270 million deal to build four 5,500 TEU container ships for a European...
Oct 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud providers
Naver Cloud looks to join AWS, Microsoft as Asia's top cloud service provider
South Korea-based Naver Cloud Corp. is determined to become one of the key cloud service providers in Japan and Southeast Asian markets, following o...
Sep 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Daewoo Shipbuilding tops 2021 order target
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. exceeded its order target for this year with a $846 million contract for liquefied natural gas (LNG...
Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE in $1.4 billion deal to build 8 methanol-powered ships for Maersk
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) said on Tuesday it has won a 1.65 trillion won ($1.42 billion) order to build eight methano...
Aug 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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