MBK Partners eyes China’s local consumption: Letter to investors

MBK Partners eyes China’s local consumption: Letter to investors

Private equity giant MBK Partners focused on defending its portfolio last year, especially Chinese companies during the lockdown, while being active...

Korean kitchen automation startups' US advance gains traction

Korean kitchen automation startups' US advance gains traction

South Korean kitchen automation system developers are eyeing the US as their next key market as demand for automated restaurant operating systems in...

Hyundai Rotem closes in on $190 million armored vehicle deal with Peru

Hyundai Rotem closes in on $190 million armored vehicle deal with Peru

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean defense equipment maker, is closing in on a contract to export advanced armored vehicles to Peru – a deal th...

S.Korea’s Shinsegae, KOTRA to help domestic fashion firms for export

S.Korea’s Shinsegae, KOTRA to help domestic fashion firms for export

Shinsegae Department Store revealed on Friday that they will collaborate with the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) to assist domestic...

S.Korea's K2 tanks undergo first live fire test in Poland

S.Korea's K2 tanks undergo first live fire test in Poland

South Korea's main battle tank K2 Balck Panther and K-9 self-propelled howitzers will undergo live-fire test at the Oziši training ground in ...

S.Korea's exports of instant noodles exceed $800 mn mark in 2022

S.Korea's exports of instant noodles exceed $800 mn mark in 2022

South Korea's exports of instant noodles such as ramen last year exceeded $800 million to break an all-time record.Export data released on Thursday ...

US set to emerge as top global buyer of Korean kimchi: Daesang

US set to emerge as top global buyer of Korean kimchi: Daesang

South Korean kimchi exports to the US have soared since the pandemic as local distribution channels expanded and cooking at home increased, accordin...

South Korean beef poised for export to Malaysia by end-April

South Korean beef poised for export to Malaysia by end-April

South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on Tuesday the successful conclusion of negotiations with Malaysia, allowing...

Hyundai E&C, KAI to develop export-type package for defense industry

Hyundai E&C, KAI to develop export-type package for defense industry

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction (E&C) and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) will jointly develop an export package for ...

S.Korea's CGBio exports $8 mn filler to Australia, New Zealand

S.Korea's CGBio exports $8 mn filler to Australia, New Zealand

CGBio, a South Korean bio-regenerative medical company, announced on Thursday that it has signed a contract to export its hyaluronic acid (HA) fille...

CGBio inks export deal for hyaluronic acid fillers with Chinese distributor

CGBio inks export deal for hyaluronic acid fillers with Chinese distributor

CGBio, a South Korean bio-regenerative medical company, has signed an export deal with Shanghai Feiting Trading Co., a Chinese medical device distri...

Korea's Kooksoondang sees its makgeolli exports surpass $10 mn mark

Korea's Kooksoondang sees its makgeolli exports surpass $10 mn mark

Kooksoondang Co., a South Korean brewery that produces traditional rice-based wines, announced on Tuesday that its exports reached an all-time high ...

Hyundai Rotem's unmanned electric trains exported to Malaysia start running

Hyundai Rotem's unmanned electric trains exported to Malaysia start running

South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem has started running all of the unmanned electric trains it has exported to Malaysia.The company on Thursday said 4...

S.Korea's hy to export eco-friendly refrigerated carts to Cambodia

S.Korea's hy to export eco-friendly refrigerated carts to Cambodia

hy Co., a South Korean distribution company, said on Tuesday that it will export its ride-on refrigerated electric carts “Cold & Cool&rdqu...

Hankook Tire halts fire-hit Korean plant, threatens a fifth of global capacity

Hankook Tire halts fire-hit Korean plant, threatens a fifth of global capacity

South Korea’s top tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co. shut down a local production complex on Sunday due to a fire, stoking concerns ...

Nongshim lands deal to export smart farms to Saudi Arabia

Nongshim lands deal to export smart farms to Saudi Arabia

South Korea's food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. will export smart farms to Saudi Arabia, following a similar deal with the United Arab Emirates (...

S.Korea logs biggest-ever current account deficit in Jan on export slump

S.Korea logs biggest-ever current account deficit in Jan on export slump

South Korea reported its record current account deficit in January due to sluggish exports, the country’s key growth driver, and a widened tra...

S.Korea’s exports drop for 5th straight month in Feb on plunging chip sales

S.Korea’s exports drop for 5th straight month in Feb on plunging chip sales

South Korea’s exports shrank 7.5% year over year in February on a plunge in shipments of its mainstay export item semiconductors amid the glob...

S.Korean EV charger maker lands $770 mn export deal in North America

S.Korean EV charger maker lands $770 mn export deal in North America

South Korea's Moderntec, an electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions company, on Wednesday said it signed a three-year export contract with a partne...

Novel medicines poised to be Korea’s next mainstay export

Novel medicines poised to be Korea’s next mainstay export

South Korea, a major global generic and biosimilar medicine producer with leading names such as Samsung Biologics Co. and Celltrion Inc., has rapidl...

Korea's Daewoong to export diabetes drug Envlo to Brazil, Mexico

Korea's Daewoong to export diabetes drug Envlo to Brazil, Mexico

South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. said on Feb. 24 it is set to embark on global sales of Envlo, a new drug for diabetes, by exportin...

KHNP, Westinghouse in talks to resolve Poland reactor dispute

KHNP, Westinghouse in talks to resolve Poland reactor dispute

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and Westinghouse Electric Co. are in negotiations to settle their dispute over reactor design licensing, ...

KAI inks deal to export 18 FA-50s to Malaysia

KAI inks deal to export 18 FA-50s to Malaysia

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) has secured a deal to export eighteen FA-50 light fighter jets to Malaysia for a sum of $920 million (1.2 tril...

S.Korean firms with focus on emerging Asia to shine

S.Korean firms with focus on emerging Asia to shine

South Korean companies with a large proportion of sales to emerging Asia are expected to shine in the stock market this year as their revenue from t...

KT’s global digital push deepens with Singtel partnership

KT’s global digital push deepens with Singtel partnership

KT Corp. has joined hands with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) to export its cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, as wel...

BOK sees interest rate as tight amid continued drop in exports

 BOK sees interest rate as tight amid continued drop in exports

South Korea’s central bank said on Tuesday it regards the current interest rate as tight, suggesting the monetary authority may hold the polic...

CJ Logistics opens office in Poland to beef up European business

CJ Logistics opens office in Poland to beef up European business

CJ Logistics said on Tuesday that it has opened an office in Wroclaw, Poland’s largest industrial city located in the southwest, as part of th...

S.Korea’s trade outlook dismal in Feb with stagnant exports

S.Korea’s trade outlook dismal in Feb with stagnant exports

South Korea’s trade deficit in just the first 40 days of this year inched close to 40% of its worst-ever annual deficit last year amid a conti...

Olive Young exports K-beauty products to Middle East

Olive Young exports K-beauty products to Middle East

Olive Young, a health and beauty platform, has begun targeting the Middle Eastern cosmetics market.South Korea's CJ Olive Young, which operates Oliv...

Korea returns to current account surplus in Dec but faces export slump

Korea returns to current account surplus in Dec but faces export slump

South Korea’s current account balance returned to the black in December from the previous month mainly thanks to gains in dividend payments bu...

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