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Construction HJ S&C wins $200 mn Philippines new port construction project order

HJ Shipbuilding & Construction Co. (HJ S&C) said on Thursday its construction division secured a 280 billion won ($200 million) contract to ...

Logistics Hyundai Glovis to build logistics complex in Korea’s top port city

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of the world’s third-largest carmaker Hyundai Motor Group, plans to establish a logistics complex in Bu...

Energy KOGAS executes first simultaneous LNG bunkering in Korea

South Korea's state-run Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) said on Friday that its subsidiary, Korea LNG Bunkering, successfully carried out the country’...

Automobiles Kia releases 2024 model year of K9

Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, released its flagship sedan K9’s model year The 2024 K9 on Tuesday. Kia has enhanced the ext...

Infrastructure STX to develop Gargoub port in Egypt with grain silos

STX Corp., a South Korean general trading company, is expected to develop a Mediterranean port in Egypt and build grain silos at the port, a move ex...

Travel & Leisure Staying 5 hours on cruise ship in Busan raises sales 30%: study

With the resumption of international cruise ship travel to South Korea, domestic credit card company BC Card says daily sales in commercial district...

Logistics CJ Logistics revamps itself into tech-based company

South Korea’s CJ Logistics on Monday said it has revamped its internal organization that it had maintained since its foundation in 1930. ...

North Korea US to send Its biggest sub to Korean Peninsula in message to North and South

SEOUL—The U.S. plans to send its largest nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in four decades, in an effort to deter Nort...

Logistics S.Korea opens logistics center at Surabaya port, Indonesia

South Korea said it opened a logistics center at a port in Surabaya, Indonesia, to support exports to Southeast Asia’s top economy.The Ministr...

Food & Beverage Russian fresh pollock imported for first time at Donghae Port

As Korean cod, which had been considered everyone's fish, has virtually disappeared, Russian fresh  pollock has finally become available to Kor...

Future mobility Lotte Data Communication, Lotte E&C, UK Skyports tie up for VTOL

Lotte Data Communication Co. announced on Friday that it has signed a business agreement with Lotte Engineering & Construction and UK-based urba...

Travel & Leisure Lotte Tour signs with Costa Cruise to resume Korea-Japan routes

Lotte Tour Development Co. signed on Monday an agreement with Costa Cruise, an Italian cruise line, to charter cruise ships in Dubai, the United Ara...

Travel & Leisure Busan Port's cruise ship visits to resume after 3 years of hiatus

Cruise ship visits to Busan Port, which was suspended after COVID-19, will resume after three years.The Busan Port Authority said Friday that cruise...

Bio & Pharma JW Pharmaceutical relocates US research center from Seattle to Boston

JW Pharmaceutical announced on Wednesday that it has relocated its US research center to Boston from San Diego. JW Theriac was first establishe...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Korea, US to work on Busan-Seattle green cargo shipping corridor

South Korea and the US are looking to create a green cargo shipping corridor linking the port of Busan with the ports of Seattle and Tacoma as part ...

RFPs Korean Presbyterian pension to tap GPs for alternative assets, equity

Pension Foundation of Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK Pension), a South Korean retirement plan for pastors and churches, is poised to hire several...

Construction Hyundai E&C wins $158 mn order for port facility construction in Kuwait

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. announced Tuesday it won a 220 billion won ($157 million) deal from Kuwait to add sev...

Blockchain About 1,000 attend Upbit Developer Conference preliminary events

South Korea’s unicorn startup Dunamu Inc. hosted two preliminary events for the Upbit Developer Conference (UDC) scheduled for later this mont...

Electronics Samsung’s new foldables: High-stakes game changers in smartphones

Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled its fourth-generation foldable phones – new additions to its high-end line of Galaxy Z Fold and ...

Logistics Korea’s Busan port congestion worsening with boxes stacked, ships delayed

At the Hyundai Pusan New Port Terminal (HPNT), one of the largest terminals in South Korea’s southeastern port city of Busan, 12 quay cranes a...

Logistics Hyundai Glovis, Ulsan Port Authority to build logistics center in Ho Chi Minh City

South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis Co. and a local port authority will build a logistic center in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City to use it as a di...

Real Estate Hana Financial acquires $740 mn Seattle office tower

Hana Financial Investment has acquired a 95% stake in a 38-story downtown Seattle office tower for $740 million from Skanska AB, a Swiss-based m...

Real Estate Hana Financial named preferred buyer of $700 mn Seattle office tower: report

A consortium of South Korea's Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. and other units of Hana Financial Group has signed a preliminary agreement to buy ...

Real estate Hana Fin, Hotel Lotte buy Seattle hotel for $175 mn

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Hotel Lotte Co. Ltd. have acquired the hotel portion of a 44-story building in downtown Seattle for $175 millio...

Korean firms invest $87 mn in mezzanine debt for Amazon office building in Seattle

Kyobo Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and other South Korean institutions have invested 100 billion won ($87 million) in mezzanine debts backed by an Amazon-o...

NPS, CIC joint fund invests in A$9.7 bn Australian port deal

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has invested A$500 million in a deal of securing a 50-year-lease on Australia’s biggest container and car...

Mirae Asset-led funds on buying spree of overseas property, including Amazon HQ building in Seattle

A consortium of South Korean institutional investors, led by Mirae Asset Global Investments, has recently closed a deal worth about $245 million to bu...

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