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Energy
Hanwha, Taihan to spur global sales of extra-high voltage cables
Hanwha Solutions Corp., the chemical and renewable energy unit of South Korea’s No. 7 conglomerate Hanwha Group, and Taihan Cable & Soluti...
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Inster, Kia EV3, Genesis Neolun shine at Busan auto show
BUSAN – Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, on Thursday premiered the Inster, an all-electric crossover city car, the latest...
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics unveils new smartphone image sensors
Samsung Electronics Co. has developed new image sensors -- ISOCELL HP9, ISOCELL JN5 and ISOCELL GNJ -- expected to enable smartphones to take cleare...
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korea to inject $200 mn into semiconductor packaging R&D
South Korea will inject 274.4 billion won ($200 million) into a state-run R&D project for semiconductor packaging technology, a key to producing...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Galaxy Ring, new foldables set to steal the show at Samsung Unpacked Paris
Now it’s official. Samsung Electronics Co. is hosting its next Galaxy Unpacked summer event in Paris on July 10.Samsung picked Paris as the ve...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Tencent-backed Shift Up to raise up to $313 mn in IPO
Shift Up Corp., the South Korean game developer behind the global hit game “Goddess of Victory: Nikke,” could raise up to 435 billion wo...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On to sell $360 mn in perpetual bonds amid tough EV market
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, plans to sell 500 billion won ($359.6 million) in its first perpetual bon...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SK Innovation-backed Marine Innovation looks to enter US green market
Marine Innovation Co., a South Korean eco-friendly social venture company sponsored by the country’s top energy firm SK Innovation Co., is par...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korea's bet on US assets up on bull stocks, EV incentives
South Korea’s financial assets in the US hit a record high last year due to the US stock market rally and Korean companies’ capital inje...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Doosan emerges as darling in Korea’s BBB bond market
Doosan Co. is poised to raise up to 80 billion won ($58 million) in bond sales this week following its credit rating upgrade as the holding company ...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
JLK gets FDA OK for prostate cancer diagnosis AI solution
South Korea’s JLK Inc., an AI-based diagnosis solution and platform maker, announced on Monday that it got approval from the US Food and Drug ...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea’s travel payment card market competition heats up
Competition in the South Korean travel payment card market intensified as increasing overseas trips and cross-border shopping prompted credit card i...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's NPS CIO talks with GPIF, GIC execs on asset allocation
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) Chief Investment Officer Seo Won-joo has visited Japan and Singapore on his first overseas busine...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK puts shares in Goldman-backed Korea Superfreeze on market
SK Group has put its shares in Korea Superfreeze Inc., a cold chain logistics company jointly owned by EMP Belstar and Goldman Sachs, on the market,...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Innotek eyes $1.4 bn in automotive sensor sales by 2030
LG Innotek Co., South Korea’s leading mobile camera module maker, is upping the ante to lead the automotive sensing market with high-performan...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte Home Shopping to enter health functional food market
South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping announced on Monday that it plans to establish a joint venture, The Edition Health, with H.Pio, a specialized heal...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT to make AI, media-focused reshuffle in July
KT Corp., South Korea’s largest telecom service provider, is slated for an organizational reshuffle next month to reinforce its business-to-bu...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea FX authorities, NPS raise currency swap limit to $50 bn
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, said on Friday it has agreed with foreign exchange...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling
MSCI keeps Korea on emerging market list on short-selling ban
MSCI Inc. maintained South Korean stocks in its emerging market list as the government kept its blanket short-selling ban, denting the country&rsquo...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha acquires $100 million Philly Shipyard for US market debut
South Korean chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha has signed a $100 million deal to acquire a 100% stake in Philly Shipyard Inc., becoming the f...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Mom's Touch adds two new restaurants in Mongolia
South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. announced on Friday that it has recently opened its sixth and seventh stores i...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Lotte Chemical develops anti-thermal runaway material
Lotte Chemical Corp., South Korea’s second-largest petrochemicals company seeking to ramp up value-added advanced materials production, has de...
Jun 20, 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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Korean startups
Dentlink, virtual lab for dentists around the world
It's been just over two years since Innovaid Co. launched Dentlink but the South Korean startup has already pivoted from its earlier local market-ce...
Jun 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LG Uplus to enter renewable energy market through power brokerage
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea's third-largest mobile carrier, announced on Thursday that it will enter the renewable energy supply business through po...
Jun 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
S.Korea's Handsome opens global flagship store System Paris
South Korean fashion company Handsome Corp. announced on Wednesday that it will open its first global flagship store System and System Homme Paris i...
Jun 19, 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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Energy
Taihan Cable wins $94 mn power grid project in US
South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on Tuesday that it has consecutively won three power grid projects in the US. The total cont...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Value in the middle market: Smaller size means greater potential
Middle market direct lending can mean different things to different lenders and investors. Many, if not most, would agree that companies with over $...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Spaceflight venture Innospace eyes July Kosdaq IPO
South Korean spaceflight startup Innospace, which fired the country’s first private launch vehicle last year, aims to list on the Kosdaq in Ju...
Jun 18, 2024 (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