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Asset management Stay liquid, be selective, look outside US tech, says TCW CEO

Global financial markets are facing rising volatility and uncertainty this year as the US stock market rally led by Big Tech is losing steam amid co...

Cloud computing Salesforce outage disrupts businesses across Asia Pacific

Salesforce Inc., the world’s top customer relationship management (CRM) platform, is grappling with a major service outage affecting more than...

Automobiles Hyundai, Kia production may be disrupted by subsidiary labor strike

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s two largest carmakers, are likely to face disruptions in local production as their auto parts s...

Banking & Finance Samsung’s Monimo set to disrupt Korea’s financial app market

Samsung Group, South Korea’s most powerful business group, is poised to crack the country’s financial app market — now crowded wit...

Entertainment K-content powerhouse’s YouTube channels disrupted by hacks

The YouTube channels of South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co.'s units, with more than 8 million subscribers, were disrupted for 14 hours ...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Korea’s HMM among shippers benefiting from growing Red Sea crisis

The Red Sea crisis, disrupting the passage of ships through the Suez Canal, a central artery for global trade, is a bane for exporters looking for s...

Food & Beverage CJ Freshway to boost smart farming business

South Korea’s CJ Freshway Corp. announced on Monday that it will launch a smart farm contract cultivation business in 2024. South Korea's...

Supply chain China’s urea halts raise specter of another logistics crisis in Korea

China has halted customs clearance on its exports of urea, a substance used to reduce carbon emissions in diesel vehicles, raising the prospect of a...

Leadership & Management SK Group needs agility to survive disruptions: chairman

South Korea's No. 2 conglomerate SK Group needs agile responses to rapidly changing business circumstances amid global geopolitical crises, C...

ECM/DCM South Korea fines US brokerage $9.6 million for high-frequency trading

South Korea has fined Citadel Securities over 10 billion won ($8.1 million) for disrupting market order through high-frequency trading in the countr...

Tech, Media & Telecom Kakao unveils measures to prevent recurrence of service disruptions

South Korea’s Kakao Corp. has unveiled a series of measures to prevent a recurrence of service disruptions after the mobile platform giant cam...

Supply chain Korea’s industrial losses balloon to $1.2 bn as truckers continue strike

South Korea’s manufacturing sector faces ballooning losses across industries as the trucker strike entered its eighth day on Thursday, disrupt...

Cryptocurrencies FTX implosion disrupts interest issuance by GOPAX product

The implosion of the Bahamas-based crypto exchange FTX is causing ripple effects around the world, and South Korea is no exception.Seoul-based cry...

Korean chipmakers Samsung to use rare gas produced by POSCO for chip manufacturing

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will significantly raise the use of locally produced xenon, a critical gas for ...

Tech, Media & Telecom Korea’s FTC to toughen reviews on platform sector M&As

South Korea’s antitrust body is set to strengthen reviews on acquisitions for different businesses in the platform industry to resolve the pro...

Earnings POSCO Holdings' Q3 profit tumbles on steel mill shutdown

POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of the world’s sixth-largest steel maker, missed market estimates for its quarterly profit as last mo...

Korean chipmakers Samsung mulls new foundry plant in Europe, to expand outsourcing

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is considering expanding outsourced chip production and building a new foundry ...

Korean chipmakers SK Hynix hikes use of locally produced neon gas for chip manufacture

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it will significantly raise the use of locally produced neon, a ...

Automobiles Infineon chip flaws to disrupt IONIQ 5 EV production

Hyundai Motor Co. is highly likely to suffer a further production delay for its all-electric crossover IONIQ 5 after South Korean industry sources s...

Electric vehicles Korean EV, battery makers to benefit from US inflation bill

South Korea’s electric vehicle and battery makers are expected to benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the US bill designed to br...

Economy Korea sees record H1 trade deficit, weak consumer sentiment

South Korea suffered the largest trade deficit for the first half of a year on surging energy prices and slowing exports, while consumer sentiment i...

Automobiles Hyundai Motor, battery firms strive to limit China lockdown disruptions

The growing fears of a Beijing lockdown are prompting South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and battery makers, already suffering from...

Steel Korea steelmakers see risks from carbon, supply issues

The South Korean steel industry’s top executives are anticipating a perfect storm amid the global push for carbon neutrality and supply chain ...

COVID-19 Korea firms’ Shanghai plants to remain disrupted long on lockdown

South Korean companies’ production in Shanghai is expected to remain disrupted long on the lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, raising co...

Earnings LG Energy Q1 profit beats forecast on strong demand, price hikes

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, reported a lower-than-expected decline in quarterly profit...

Banking & Finance Korean online banks’ disruptive business model: Woo low-credit borrowers

South Korea’s three major digital banks are stepping up their credit loans to borrowers with low credit ratings, a disruptive business model s...

Korean stock market China's lockdown: Double effect to Korean tech stocks

The COVID-19 lockdown of Shenzhen, the city known as Silicon Valley of China, is increasing concerns over supply disruptions to South Korea’s ...

War in Ukraine Hyundai’s auto exports to Russia cut by half in February, hit by war

Hyundai Motor Co.'s car exports to Russia have dwindled by nearly half in the latest indication that global automakers are feeling the pinch due to ...

War in Ukraine Korea jittery over oil, gas, commodity weaponization

South Korea’s energy and raw materials imports have surged to all-time highs in value terms in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,...

War in Ukraine Russia-Ukraine war disrupts Korean exports to Europe

Suspended land, air and sea routes to and from Russia are putting South Korean exporters – from Samsung Electronics Co. and Hyundai Motor Co. ...