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Earnings
LG Electronics posts record Q2 profit, to accelerate transition into AI leader
LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean electronics maker, on Thursday posted its highest quarterly operating profit and sales for the April-Jun...
Jul 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
High power bills drive Korean manufacturers out of country
South Korean manufacturers are increasingly moving abroad as the country's electricity bills are hovering about 30% higher than those of major eco...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Young Korean investors choose monthly dividend ETFs over crypto
For decades, investments in financial products that promise decent dividend payouts such as high-dividend stocks have been associated with elderly i...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec OLED evo TV tops in 14 countries
LG Electronics Inc. announced that its premium lineup LG OLED evo TVs achieved first place in performance evaluations by consumer media outlets in...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Struggling Korean retail stores lick Dubai chocolate, Dippin' Dots
Back in 2022 when the COVID-19 pandemic was rampant, South Korea’s convenience stores (CVs) saw their sales fly high as people dropped by smal...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG to foster smart factory business as new B2B growth driver
PYEONGTAEK, Gyeonggi Province -- LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, aims to foster its smart factory business as a new gr...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean to cut CO2 emissions from ships with smart lighting
Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea's third-largest shipbuilder, said on Friday it has won an approval in-principle (AIP) certificate from Korean Register...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK chief signals rate cut; warns of rising housing prices
The time is ripe to prepare an interest rate cut as consumer prices are holding around South Korea’s target of 2%. But it remains uncertain wh...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Mirae Asset's India Billion Consumer ETF surpasses $150 mn in net assets
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments said on Thursday that the net assets of its TIGER India Billion Consumer ETF surpassed 200 billion wo...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
PhyxUp closes in on pre-seed round with US advance
PhyxUp Health Inc., an early stage South Korean digital healthcare startup, will soon close a pre-seed funding round, said its founder and chief, wh...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics tops in S.Korea's after-sales service
Samsung Electronics Service, a service subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., announced on Tuesday that it topped all categories - home applia...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s inflation holds below 3% for 3rd straight month
South Korea’s headline inflation stayed in the 2% range for the third straight month in June after its slowest rate of increase in 11 months, ...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
LG Elec launches CLOi robot subscription service
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it launched its Robot as a Service (RaaS) with CLOi robots starting this month.Business-to-business (B2...
Jul 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung OLED gaming monitor sales surpass 20,000 units
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that its sales of the new Odyssey OLED gaming monitor series have surpassed 20,000 units in a month.&nbs...
Jul 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Hyundai Glovis to spend $6.5 billion, seek M&As for expansion
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, said on Friday it will spend 9 trillion won ($6.5 billion) throug...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s consumer goods exports to top $100 bn in 2024: KOTRA
South Korea is projected to reap more than $100 billion from selling the country’s consumer goods overseas this year. Exports of such products...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Bespoke refrigerator sells 3 mn units in five years
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that the cumulative sales of its Bespoke refrigerator in the South Korean market have surpassed 3 milli...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air named Skytrax world's top 100 airlines
Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. have been selected for the 2024 World Airline Awards by UK-based aviation consultancy Skytrax on June ...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
South Korea-Japan air travelers soar to 10 mn in first five months
The number of air passengers traveling between South Korea and Japan has surpassed 10 million in the first five months of this year, setting a new r...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Shein cracks Korea's ultra-low-cost online fashion market
Shein, a Chinese fast fashion online retailer, announced on Thursday its official debut in South Korea with the launch of its Korea-dedicated platfo...
Jun 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Line Yahoo to sever tech ties with Naver by year-end: LY CEO
TOKYO – Japan’s LY Corp., the operator of the country’s top mobile messenger app Line, plans to sever technological and system tie...
Jun 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea climbs to 20th on IMD national competitiveness list
South Korea’s national competitiveness ranking climbed eight notches to its highest-ever 20th thanks to a leap in the country’s business...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Netmarble's new RPG 'Solo Leveling' logs $70 mn sales in 1st month
South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. is enjoying growing sales of its new action role-playing game (RPG) “Solo Leveling: Arise,” ...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Jeju casinos, hotels bask in return of Chinese tourists; luxury shops fall
Following the pandemic, hotels and casinos are enjoying a renewed tourist boom with Chinese tourists returning to South Korea, particularly its top ...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Securities sees wealth management assets surpass $43.6 bn
South Korea's KB Securities announced on Wednesday that its wealth management assets surpassed 60 trillion won ($43.6 billion) this month.This is fi...
Jun 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
HYBE accelerates transition into platform company
HYBE Co. is accelerating its push to transform into a platform company as it prepares to launch a new digital fan community platform. This platform ...
Jun 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to offer AI features in Galaxy Z6 foldable series
Samsung Electronics Co. will power its Galaxy Z6 series due to be unveiled next month with mobile AI technology, including a live translation featur...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s inflation slows to 10-month low amid tight policy
South Korea’s headline inflation slowed to a 10-month low in May as the Bank of Korea kept its interest rate policy tight, adding to the centr...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung becomes No.1 smartphone brand in 38 countries in Q1
Samsung Electronics Co. has become No. 1 smartphone brand in 38 countries in the first quarter of this year.According to Counterpoint Research's Sma...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s exports at 22-month high in May on chips, cars
South Korea’s exports hit a 22-month high in May, led by strong shipments of semiconductors and automobiles abroad, adding to hopes that overs...
Jun 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Hyundai Rotem set to finalize $6 bn K2 tank order from Poland
- 2 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 3 Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans
- 4 LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess
- 5 South Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties