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Korean chipmakers
Samsung heads to US amid intensifying chip talent war
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is heading to the US next month to scout semiconductor research and development...
Sep 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Tanking won deteriorates Korea’s dollar funding conditions
A nosediving South Korean won deteriorated local corporate dollar funding conditions with the cost of insuring the country’s sovereign debt ag...
Sep 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
EV tax credits may prove detrimental to the US: EU official
The US decision to remove tax incentives for cars produced outside North America may violate World Trade Organization (WTO) provisions and could be ...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK’s Chey says survival is now top priority over profits
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won says that survival now takes top priority over profits and management efficiency as escalating tensions between the U...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Elec to supply 5G telecom equipment to Comcast
Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s tech behemoth, agreed to supply 5G telecommunication equipment to US media giant Comcast Corp.Samsung s...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KAIST, NYU to operate joint campus in New York City from 2023
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea's most prestigious national research university, and New York University wil...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
S.Korea's fund of funds to form new fund worth $215 mn with VCs in the US
NEW YORK – The South Korean government is poised to tap into its fund of funds to form a joint investment fund with venture capital firms in t...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Battery maker SK On sweetens $1.4 bn fundraising deal
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest rechargeable battery maker, has sweetened its deal to attract 2 trillion won ($1.4 billion) in new share ...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Heavy to adopt Palantir's big data platform
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Group said on Wednesday that it has signed a contract with Palantir Technologies Inc., a US data analyt...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korean PM Han says EV tax credits may violate FTA rules
The US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) appears to have violated the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the country and South Korea, Korean Prime Minis...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
S.Korea cuts US Treasury holding by $18.9 bn in Jan-July
South Korea had sold a net $18.9 billion of US Treasury bonds in the first seven months of this year, data showed, as foreign exchange authorities w...
Sep 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startup minister vows to support Korean firms' entry into overseas markets
South Korea’s startup minister Lee Young vowed to support the country’s startup ecosystem on Sunday, during her tour to the United State...
Sep 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won rebounds on estimated $2 bn intervention
The South Korean won rebounded on Friday as the foreign exchange authorities were suspected of selling some $2 billion, showing its determination to...
Sep 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea vows favorable taxation for US, foreign firms
South Korea's National Tax Service (NTS) and the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM) held a meeting on Sept. 16 to discuss favorable ta...
Sep 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Seoul pushes for battery recycling to bypass US bill
South Korea will step up policy efforts to promote battery recycling, which might help the country get around the new US bill aimed at keeping elect...
Sep 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korea may have spent over $700 mn to support ailing won
South Korea was estimated to have dumped more than $700 million on Thursday to support the ailing won currency as it risked breaking through the psy...
Sep 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Perspectives
South Korea’s uncomfortable place between US and China
South Korea has long known what it feels like to be “sandwiched.” This was how Samsung’s Lee Kun Hee in 2007 described the economy&r...
Sep 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
South Korea bans L&F from building a battery material plant in US
The South Korean government has banned L&F Co., a battery materials maker, from building a new plant in the US amid a controversy over the Infla...
Sep 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis receives $1.6 bn order from global carmaker
Hyundai Glovis announced on Wednesday that it received an order worth 2.2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) from a global carmaker, a record-high vehicle ...
Sep 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Biden’s move to beef up US bio industry poses threat to Korean firms
President Joe Biden’s plan to support the US biomanufacturing infrastructure aimed at containing China’s clout is posing a threat to Sou...
Sep 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to build Santa Fe hybrid at Alabama plant ahead of schedule
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will manufacture a hybrid version of its signature SUV, the Santa Fe, in Alabama, earlier than p...
Sep 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Hedge funds’ speculative trade blamed for won’s drop: Dealers
Global hedge funds’ bet on further weakness in the won is blamed for the accelerated decline in the South Korean currency value against the do...
Sep 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hanmi’s anti-cancer drug Rolontis gets FDA approval; US sale via Spectrum
South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. said on Tuesday that Rolontis, an anti-cancer drug it has jointly developed with its US partner, has ob...
Sep 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
US chipmaking association chief stresses Chip 4 Alliance not about China
John Neuffer, president and CEO of the United States Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), visited South Korea earlier this week on the primary ...
Sep 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Steelmaker Husteel's operating profit skyrockets 579% in first half
Shares of Husteel, the only public company within the golf course giant Shinan Group, have doubled in price in the last three months. Industry ...
Sep 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Broadcom not to force S.Korean tech companies on deals
US chipmaker Broadcom Inc. has pledged to cease putting undue pressure on Samsung Electronics Co. and other South Korean tech companies to sign deal...
Sep 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
KKR, Macquarie race for $728 mn stake in Korea’s KT Cloud
Global private equity giants Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and Macquarie Asset Management are among the preliminary bidders for shares wor...
Sep 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
LG Elec unveils new NFT platform, aims to turn living room into art gallery
LG Electronics Inc. announced Monday it has launched its very own non-fungible token (NFT) platform, LG Art Lab. Now available in the United St...
Sep 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arts
Seoul outshines NY, LA to emerge as Frieze Art's No.2 market
The Frieze Art Fair’s first Asia exhibition in Seoul attracted big crowds of VIP collectors and general art lovers from across South Korea thi...
Sep 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia post record sales in the US, poised to overtake Toyota
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. saw their monthly car sales rise to record highs in the US where carmakers will soon be ineligible for state subsidi...
Sep 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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