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Aerospace & Defense
Samsung gears up for foray into space infrastructure industry
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Electronics
LG Electronics poised to extend OLED TV market lead into 2025
LG Electronics Inc. is on track to retain its lead in the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV market for the 13th consecutive year, bolstered by s...
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea’s Lunit installs breast cancer AI diagnostic tool at 200 US hospitals
Lunit Inc., a South Korean AI-powered cancer diagnostics company, said on Monday that more than 200 healthcare institutions across the US have now ad...
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Food & Beverage
Bird flu in Brazil hikes wholesale chicken prices in Korea
South Korea has suspended chicken imports from Brazil following the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the South American countr...
May 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Vietnam, gateway for SK Group’s global renewable energy push
TIEN GIANG, VIETNAM – Off the coast of Vietnam’s Tien Giang Province, 36 wind turbines spin steadily with a constant whoosh and swish, ge...
May 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Philly Shipyard to localize LNG builds, expand capacity
Hanwha Group will significantly increase production capacity at its US shipyard from 1.5 vessels to 10 per year as it aims to transform the facility ...
May 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kumho Tire shuts Gwangju plant after fire, derailing record sales run
Kumho Tire Co. has suspended all operations at its Gwangju plant in South Korea after a fire destroyed 50-60% of the production lines in one of its t...
May 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea’s Naver to launch Silicon Valley venture arm in aggressive AI push
Naver Corp., South Korea’s top internet portal operator, plans to set up a dedicated venture capital arm in Silicon Valley in a move seen as a ...
May 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
UK chip testing device maker TeraView seeks Kosdaq debut
TeraView Ltd., a UK semiconductor inspection device maker, is aiming to list on South Korea’s Kosdaq market in the second half of this year, in...
May 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
K-Beauty defies seasonal slump with record $980 mn in April exports
The global appetite for Korean beauty products shows no sign of slowing, with their exports in April surging 20% year on year to a record high, even...
May 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung flexes financial muscle as insurance, card units top rankings
Samsung Group’s financial affiliates are closing in on KB Financial Group for the top spot in South Korea’s financial services sector, un...
May 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Hyundai Rotem lands $301 mn Taiwan driverless train deal
Hyundai Rotem Co. has won a 420 billion won ($301 million) order to build autonomous electric trains for Taiwan’s Taichung Metro, adding to a s...
May 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
South Korea’s Rznomics inks $1.3 bn out-licensing deal with Eli Lilly
Rznomics Inc., a South Korean RNA therapeutics developer, has signed an agreement worth more than $1.3 billion with US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly...
May 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, PIF break ground on Saudi Arabia plant
Hyundai Motor Co. has joined forces with the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, to build its first manufacturi...
May 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Shinsegae Chair Chung joins Trump’s Middle East tour
Chung Yong-jin, chairman of South Korea’s retail group Shinsegae Inc., is the only Korean businessperson accompanying US President Donald Trump...
May 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha's 'Sea Ghost' makes waves as Greece eyes unmanned naval tech
GEOJE, South Korea – Under a slate-grey sky at the quiet port of Jangmok on South Korea’s southern coast, a sleek, 12-meter vessel slippe...
May 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hanjin KAL roars on hints of renewed control dispute with Hoban
Shares of Hanjin KAL Corp., the holding firm of South Korean flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co., extended their rally Wednesday after surging by the d...
May 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Dawn delivery pioneer Kurly posts 1st-ever quarterly profit
Kurly Inc., a pioneer in South Korea’s dawn delivery market, has posted its first-ever quarterly profit, bucking a slowdown in private consumpt...
May 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea’s mid-tier shipbuilders sail into new supercycle as China struggles
BUSAN – On a sunny May morning in Busan’s Yeongdo shipyard, the clang of steel and the rhythmic pounding of welders was telling the new s...
May 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Lotte to retake $269 mn stake in logistics arm after flopped IPO
Lotte Group, South Korea’s fifth-largest conglomerate by assets, will buy back a stake in Lotte Global Logistics Co. from the latter’s fi...
May 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Used SUVs pricier than new ones? Yes, in South Korea thanks to Russia
Prices of certain used sport utility vehicles in South Korea are defying the broader economic slowdown, with used models like Hyundai Motor Co.'s Pal...
May 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean LCCs boost travel demand to global tourist hubs
South Korean low-cost carriers (LCCs), including Air Premia Inc. and Air Busan Co., have been expanding into underserved smaller cities, but also dri...
May 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
With Ulta deal, APR steps up US beauty push
Medicube, the beauty-tech brand under South Korea’s fast-growing beauty company APR Co., will sell its products through both online and offline...
May 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Innotek, Boston Dynamics team up to develop Atlas eyes
LG Innotek Co., a leading South Korean electronics parts maker, will jointly develop new vision sensing systems with Boston Dynamics Inc., a major gl...
May 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG, Samsung vie for crown in wheeled TV market
The market for TVs mounted on a rollable stand has emerged as a new battleground between South Korea’s top two TV brands, LG and Samsung, four ...
May 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air, Delta to buy 25% stake in Canada’s WestJet for $550 million
Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s largest full-service carrier, and its joint venture partner Delta Air Lines Inc. will acquire a 25% stake i...
May 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
RedotPay lands in Seoul with crypto cards
RedotPay, a Hong Kong-based blockchain fintech company, has arrived in South Korea with its cryptocurrency-based payment cards and is poised to disru...
May 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Now, slim is in – and Samsung aims to be No. 1 with Galaxy S25 Edge
With the advent of mobile AI, the performance arms race among smartphone makers is reaching diminishing returns, as some market analysts put it.The b...
May 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Hankook & Company to set up CVC with $11 mn in funding
Hankook & Company Co., the holding company of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., announced Thursday a plan to launch a wholly owned corporate ven...
May 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
BYD’s Atto 3 overtakes Tesla’s Model Y as best-selling EV in South Korea
China’s BYD Co. has dethroned Tesla Inc. in South Korea with its compact sport utility vehicle, the BYD Atto 3, becoming the best-selling impor...
May 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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