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Economy Political crisis ups downside risk to S.Korea’s economy: S&P, Moody’s

Global credit rating agencies are warning of looming downward pressure on South Korea’s sovereign credit rating about a month after Asia&rsquo...

Retail E-Land manages New Balance’s record $689 mn in Korean sales

South Korea’s retail giant E-Land Group has achieved 1 trillion won ($689 million) in Korean sales of the global sports footwear and apparel b...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD Hyundai Heavy delivers Aegis destroyer to S.Korean Navy

South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. completed and delivered Jeongjo the Great, one of the world's top-tier Aegis destroyers, to the South ...

Korean chipmakers SK Hynix pins high hopes on specialty DRAM for AI use: CEO

In the semiconductor industry, it’s been quite a while since memory chips became a commodity, meaning so low an entry barrier that any chipmak...

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-...

Infrastructure Australia’s renewables speeding toward net zero: Palisade

Australia, among the largest carbon emitters globally, is embarking on a once-in-a-generation shift from heavy dependence on fossil fuels to the ele...

Retail S.Korea’s convenience stores sell bottled water without plastic labels

Convenience stores in South Korea now sell bottled water without plastic labels. The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and Jeju Pro...

Batteries LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China in H1

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. in the first half of this year retained its No. 1 ranking on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batte...

Artificial intelligence LG CNS’ AI-based marketing platform greatly boosts results

The trial application of South Korea's information and communications technology company LG CNS of artificial intelligence (AI) to marketing and adv...

Content platforms Netflix to inject $2.5 bn in Korean drama series, movies over next 4 years

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  US streaming giant Netflix is slated to invest $2.5 billion in South Korea over the next four years to boost its cont...

Korean Investors S.Korean LPs name 41 best alternative asset managers

Blackstone, Hamilton Lane, HarbourVest Partners and Audax Private Equity were jointly named the most preferred PE firms by South Korean institutional ...

E-commerce Shopee Korea widens logistics service range for Thailand

Shopee Korea, an e-commerce platform for Southeast Asian and Taiwanese customers, said on Wednesday that it would expand the Shopee Logistics Service ...

Research & Development KAIST invents world's 1st rubber-like printed circuit board

South Korea's top science and technology university has invented the world's first printed circuit board (PCB) that bends and stretches like rubber ...

ASK 2022 KIC sees secondary and deep value investments as attractive

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is eyeing secondary and deep value strategies, the sovereign wealth fund’s Senior Director of Private Equit...

Entertainment Squid Game makes Rolling Stone's 100 greatest TV shows list

Netflix original South Korean drama "Squid Game" has been selected as one of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time by US music and pop culture magaz...

ESG Korean firms with high ESG scores show great P/E ratios

South Korean corporates’ price-earnings ratios are affected by their environmental, social and governance (ESG) management, experts said at an...