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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Big 3 Korean shipmakers all likely to log quarterly profit
South Korea’s three major shipbuilders are all poised to log quarterly surpluses for the July-September period and stay in the black for years...
Oct 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Energy Q3 profit at record high on gains from US battery tax credit
LG Energy Solution Ltd., one of the world’s leading battery makers, said on Wednesday its operating profit soared to a record high in the th...
Oct 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Lotte Chemical sells JV stakes in China, eyes other profitable markets
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has sold its entire stakes in joint ventures with Chinese partners as the Korean company faces a supply glu...
Oct 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Ildong Pharma to spin off R&D subsidiary in Nov
South Korea’s Ildong Pharmaceutical Co. will spin off its research and development (R&D) unit into the subsidiary Yunovia from Nov. 1.&nbs...
Oct 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Glovis pledges carbon neutrality by 2045
South Korean shipping and logistics company Hyundai Glovis Co. on Thursday pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. Despite producing a h...
Oct 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
S.Korea’s corporate R&D spending lags global rivals
Major South Korean companies’ spending on research and development lags investments made by their global competitors due to lower government t...
Oct 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean banks go digital in Southeast Asia for non-interest gains
South Korea’s top four banks are strengthening their overseas operations, particularly in the digital banking business, to increase their non-...
Oct 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
From fast follower to first mover under Hyundai Motor's Chung
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun emphasized “customers” as his management keyword when he took the helm of the largest automoti...
Oct 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ CheilJedang, T&R Biofab team up for alternative meat
South Korean food and bio giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is harnessing advanced innovative technology to secure sustainable future food resources. The c...
Oct 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to launch cloud gaming service for Galaxy users
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, is set to unveil a cloud gaming service for mobile devices as it seeks new profit s...
Oct 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
EcoPro Materials to quadruple precursor output by 2027
South Korea's precursor manufacturer EcoPro Materials, aims to quadruple its production capacity by raising funds between 524 billion won ($390 mill...
Sep 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea logs surplus in IP trade in H1 on surge of culture, art
South Korea posted a surplus in its intellectual property (IP) rights trade in the first half of this year, thanks to profits on culture, art and so...
Sep 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korea’s Lotte Shopping aims to double profit, seek new biz
Lotte Shopping Co., South Korea’s retail giant, aims to double its profit in three years by expanding its Southeast Asian operations and cemen...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
KT to build AI medical R&D innovation zone in Seoul
South Korean wireless carrier KT Corp. will build an innovation valley for medical research and development (R&D) based on artificial intelligen...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Young Poong, AJ Networks to form battery recycling chain in Europe
South Korea’s non-ferrous metal company Young Poong Co. has teamed up with AJ Networks to establish a secondary batteries resource circulation...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Moderna signs mRNA access deals with S.Korea's universities
The US biotech and pharmaceutical company Moderna on Friday announced signings of contracts with the academic-industry cooperation foundations of Ko...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea to receive $1 bn in unpaid bills from Uzbek gas project
South Korean firms are poised to receive $1 billion in unpaid bill that has accumulated since 2017 from Uzbekistan’s Surgil gas project as the...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis to raise car shipping rates amid vehicle carrier shortage
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, plans to raise vehicle shipping rates considering the sharp rise ...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Group manages ESG information like financial data
LG Group has decided to manage environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management activities as if they were financial data. The aim is to provi...
Sep 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Voronoi to strengthen AI-driven open innovation
South Korea’s biotechnology startup Voronoi Inc. announced on Monday that it is intensifying its artificial intelligence (AI)-driven new drug ...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
DGB Fin to set up asset management firm in Singapore
South Korea’s DGB Financial Group is poised to set up an asset management unit in Singapore, its first overseas fund management arm, according...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to hire experienced foreign staff in R&D
Three affiliates of Samsung Group are looking to hire outstanding foreign researchers.Samsung Electronics Co., Samsung Display and Samsung SDI Co. o...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
JW Pharma to participate in S.Korea’s new drug project
South Korea's JW Pharmaceutical announced on Monday that its experimental hair loss drug, JW0061, has been selected for a two-year funding program b...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Future M aims to raise profit 20-fold by 2030
POSCO Future M Co., South Korea’s electric vehicle battery materials maker, aims to raise its profit by about 20 times and sales over tenfold ...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix leads DRAM industry’s Q2 revenue rebound, retakes No. 2 spot
SK Hynix Inc. saw its DRAM chip shipments significantly increase in the second quarter, leading the industry’s overall revenue rebound, market...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Indonesia, Vietnam boost Korean banks’ overseas profits
South Korea’s top four banks posted sharp earnings growth in overseas operations in the first half of this year, buoyed by solid profits in In...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Hanwha Life sees cumulative profit in 15 years in Vietnam
Hanwha Life Insurance Co.’s Vietnamese subsidiary has reported a cumulative profit in 15 years, marking the first South Korean insurers’...
Aug 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung C&T sells 150-MW solar power project in US
South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. on Wednesday said its US-based green energy affiliate Samsung C&T Renewables sold a project for construction...
Aug 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Citibank Korea’s H1 net profit more than doubles on-year
Global banking giants’ South Korean units saw their first-half earnings led by non-interest income and business expenditures. Citibank Korea&r...
Aug 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Nomura says new shipbuilding orders peaked; Korean firms refute
Nomura Securities recently said global new shipbuilding orders likely peaked in 2022, slashing its stock recommendation rating on industry leader HD...
Aug 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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