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Business & Politics S.Korea's Han, Trump discuss transactional diplomacy in 1st direct talks

South Korea’s Acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo spoke with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday to discuss various issues of mu...

Mergers & Acquisitions IMM consortium owns 100% of Hyundai LNG Shipping; Stake sale eyed

A consortium of IMM Private Equity Inc. and IMM Investment Corp. has secured full ownership of Hyundai LNG Shipping, South Korea’s top liquefi...

Tech, Media & Telecom Microsoft's quantum computing bet sparks controversy, again

In 2021, Microsoft Corp. faced significant scientific embarrassment when a landmark research paper it had sponsored was retracted.Published in the U...

Debt financing Korea debt financing faces woes as $34 bn in corporate bonds mature in H1

South Korea’s financial markets will see nearly 50 trillion won ($34 billion) in corporate bonds mature in the first half of next year —...

Retail S.Korea’s food delivery apps relish fresh boom in demand

South Korea’s online food delivery market is poised to hit record-high transactions in 2024 as lower fees triggered by Coupang Eats’ fre...

Retail GS Retail selects six startups to innovate retail biz

South Korea's GS Retail said on Friday it selected six startups—Studio Lab, Tilda, Oasis Business, YesPlzAI, Vessl AI, and Raondata—th...

Artificial intelligence GS Group, Notion to team up on AI capabilities

South Korea's GS Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Notion, the US-based popular collaboration software company to enhance its ...

Retail CU, GS25 in fierce race for top spot in Korea’s convenience store market

Using multiple measures, CU and GS25 both claim they are the No. 1 player in South Korea’s convenience store (CV) market.CU, operated by BGF R...

Automobiles BMW, GS, LG open EV charging hub lounge in Seoul

BMW Group Korea said on Thursday it opened the electric vehicle (EV) Charging Hub Lounge with GS Group and LG Group in Hoehyeon-dong, Seoul.The Char...

Private equity MBK Partners’ sale of Homeplus Express hits snag over valuation gap

MBK Partners’ planned sale of Homeplus Express, the supermarket chain of South Korean hypermarket operator Homeplus, has hit a snag as potenti...

Mergers & Acquisitions GS E&C in talks to sell entire stake in GS Elevator to Chinese firm

South Korea’s GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) is in talks to sell its entire stake in GS Elevator Co. to a Chinese strate...

Carbon neutrality GS Caltex to capture and utilize carbon with own technology

South Korea's GS Caltex Corp. will launch a carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project in collaboration with South Jeolla Province and Yeosu City ...

Energy Korea’s GS Entec to invest $217 mn in wind power business

South Korea’s GS Entec Corp. is set to invest 300 billion won ($216.8 million) in facilities to manufacture wind power equipment as it shifts ...

Automobiles GS Global launches BYD's T4K electric refrigerator truck

South Korea's general trading company GS Global Corp. announced on Monday that it will launch BYD Company Ltd.'s 1-ton electric truck, the T4K Refri...

Earnings Overseas projects boost Korean builders’ earnings; GS profit cut in half

Large-scale overseas construction projects boosted major Korean builders’ quarterly results while lackluster domestic construction work, coupl...

Construction & Planning Samsung, GS win $7.2 bn gas plant project in Saudi

South Korea’s Samsung Engineering (new name: Samsung E&A) and GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) won a $7.2 billion co...

Economy Korea’s rate cut hope wanes with inflation above 3% in March

South Korea’s headline inflation stayed above 3% for two straight months in March on a surge in fruit and vegetable prices coupled with higher...

Economy South Korea tightens export controls to Russia, Belarus

South Korea will halt shipments of nearly 700 additional items, including rechargeable batteries, heavy equipment and cars with 2,000 and larger-lit...

Earnings Korea’s GS offers dim outlook after weak earnings; stocks down

GS Holdings Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s energy-to-retail conglomerate GS Group, on Wednesday provided a dismal business outloo...

Construction GS E&C banned from new construction deals for 8 months

The South Korean government said on Thursday it has ordered GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) and four smaller builders to halt t...

Markets S.Korean securities downgrades GS E&C’s investment opinion

Hyundai Motor Securities downgraded its investment opinion on GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) from "Buy" to "Market Perform" on...

Corporate restructuring Taeyoung’s fresh measures raise hope for debt workout

Taeyoung Group, South Korea’s midsize conglomerate controlling logistics, media and construction businesses, on Tuesday vowed to offer up its ...

AgTech S.Korean Keumsil Strawberries exports to SE Asia

"Keumsil," one of South Korea's representative strawberry varieties, has been exported to Southeast Asia. Jinju City in South Gyeongsang Province an...

Food & Beverage Pulmuone expands US fresh noodles plant

South Korea's food company Pulmuone announced on Wednesday it expanded its production line of fresh noodles plant in Gilroy, California, the US.&nbs...

Korean startups Goldman Sachs lists Moloco CEO among exceptional entrepreneurs

Moloco Inc., a Silicon Valley-based ad-tech solution startup, said Wednesday that its co-founder and Chief Executive Ikkjin Ahn was named one of the...

Regulations Korea's GS Caltex faces FTC probe into intra-group trading

The Korea Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has begun an investigation process for alleged intra-group transactions between GS Caltex Corp., the country&r...

Chemical Industry LG Chem, GS Caltex form eco-friendly materials alliance

LG Chem Ltd. and GS Caltex Corp. are accelerating their efforts in the eco-friendly bio-material business involving 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3HP). 3...

Energy POSCO International, GS Caltex to build palm oil refinery in Indonesia

South Korea’s POSCO International Corp. and GS Caltex Corp. on Thursday signed a $210 million deal to build a bio feedstock refinery facility ...

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...

K-pop K-pop rookies, fresh boost for Korean entertainment stocks

South Korea’s entertainment stocks are poised to rally as K-pop newbies gain momemtum, attracting not only global music fans but also investor...