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Chemical Industry LG Chem promises extra $14.4 million in aid over Indian gas leak

South Korea’s top chemicals maker LG Chem Ltd. said on Wednesday it will offer an additional 1.2 billion Indian rupees ($14.4 million) in huma...

Batteries Sodium-ion batteries: Attractive option for EVs as costs, supply matter

Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), fast emerging as the next-generation battery cells, will be up to 24% cheaper than the most affordable lithium-based ba...

Business & Politics South Korea officially asks US to ease chip rules on China expansion

WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Korea has officially requested the US government to review details of the guardrail provisions in the CHIPS and Scien...

Business & Politics KT faces protracted leadership vacuum amid political meddling

Yoon Kyoung-lim, the sole nominee to be KT Corp.’s next chief executive, has offered to resign, sending the selection committee of the top S...

Shareholder activism JB Financial refuses activist fund's request to increase dividends

South Korea’s JB Financial Group Co. has refused a local activist fund’s request to raise dividend payouts, stressing such a measure wil...

Business & Politics KT CEO Ku Hyeon-mo drops reelection bid as controversy flares

KT Corp. Chief Executive Ku Hyeon-mo has abandoned his ambitious bid to lead South Korea’s largest telecommunications company for another thre...

Korean startups Profit matters for survival of startups amid investment drought

As venture capitalists tighten their purse strings amid looming recession fears, only startups with killer products that generate profits are well-p...

Memo from Howard Marks What Really Matters?

I’ve gathered a few ideas from several of my memos this year – plus some recent musings and conversations – to form the subjec...

Retail Retailers rely on property redevelopment as earnings sag

South Korea’s large retailers are keen on redeveloping their decades-old stores into modern residential and commercial complexes as a way out ...

Entertainment Netflix’s Squid Game slammed by Kim Jong-un’s propagandists as ‘beastly’

SEOUL—“Squid Game,” Netflix Inc.’s dystopian drama set in South Korea, is the top-watched show in more than 9...

Autodesk CEO Digital transformation, a matter of life and death: Autodesk CEO

SILICON VALLEY – One of the things that have drastically changed the business environment in the pandemic era is the prevalence of companies t...

Editor's note Korea Does Matter: Why KED decided to go global

Korea Does Matter. This was one of many candidates for the name of our new global media outlet. Although we ended up going with our existing brand ...