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Business & Politics S.Korea confident of winning Czech nuclear plant deal despite court ruling

A landmark nuclear energy export deal between South Korea and the Czech Republic was postponed at the eleventh hour following a local court ruling, ...

Business & Politics US Chamber of Commerce sees Korea’s business penalties as trade barrier

The US Chamber of Commerce, the country’s largest lobbying group, told Washington that South Korea’s penalties on businesspeople are amo...

Business & Politics South Korea’s sovereign credit rating stable: S&P, Moody's, Fitch

South Korea’s sovereign ratings remain stable despite the political turmoil caused by the short-lived martial law declaration of President Yoo...

Entertainment Disney Plus bets big on Korean content to boost global presence

SINGAPORE -- Disney Plus, a global over-the-top (OTT) platform, is expanding its lineup of original Korean titles, buoyed by the popularity of K-dra...

Shareholder activism Align Partners calls on Doosan Bobcat to boost shareholder value

Align Partners Capital Management Inc., a South Korean activist fund, has called on Doosan Bobcat Inc., a global construction machinery maker owned ...

Korean chipmakers Samsung releases 1-terabyte microSD cards for mobile devices

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday released higher-capacity memory cards for portable devices that can store up to 1 terabyte (TB) of data, almost ...

Entertainment LG Uplus to produce live-action robot drama

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced plans to partner with SAMG Entertainment and HighZium Studio Co. to create Korean-style robot content, aimi...

K-pop HYBE conflict vs NewJeans label set to escalate into legal battle

HYBE Co., the company behind boy band BTS, has reported Min Hee-jin, the chief of popular girl group NewJeans’ label ADOR, to police for inves...

E-commerce Korea probes AliExpress as Chinese e-commerce threat grows

South Korea’s antitrust body launched a probe into alleged violations of consumer protection regulations by China’s AliExpress, as Chine...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Hanwha seeks further legal action vs HD Hyundai amid Navy project rivalry

Hanwha Ocean Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, is seeking new legal action against HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. over the bigger ...

Fraud scandals Doosan Enerbility faces record $15 mn in fines for improper bookkeeping

South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. faces a record-breaking fine to the tune of about 20 billion won ($15 million) over it...

Retail Costco Korea under heavy scrutiny over cart pusher’s death

Costco has come under heavy scrutiny after a 29-year-old cart pusher at one of its outlets near Seoul died after working in scorching heat in June, ...

Electronics Samsung Display sues BOE over iPhone 12 panel patents

Samsung Display Co. has stepped up its fight against BOE Technology over display panels, taking its first legal action against the Chinese rival ove...

Korean food Bread mimicking S.Korean penny embroiled in design theft controversy

The Bank of Korea (BOK) has announced that it is in talks with companies to change the design of the “Gyeongju 10 won bread,” which rece...

Business & Politics Korea’s new EV subsidy plan favors Hyundai over Tesla, other imports

South Korea is revising its electric vehicle subsidy plan in a way that favors local cars such as the Hyundai IONIQ 6 over imported vehicles, includ...

Cryptocurrencies Upbit's decision to delist WEMIX ridiculous, WeMade CEO says

South Korea’s five major cryptocurrency exchanges said on Nov. 24 they will delist WEMIX, Kosdaq-listed game developer WeMade Co.’s cryp...

Shareholder activism KT&G taps top-tier law firm to defend itself against shareholder activism

KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, has appointed South Korea’s top-tier law firm Kim & Chang to take action ag...

Electric vehicles Korean PM Han says EV tax credits may violate FTA rules

The US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) appears to have violated the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the country and South Korea, Korean Prime Minis...

Regulations Broadcom not to force S.Korean tech companies on deals

US chipmaker Broadcom Inc. has pledged to cease putting undue pressure on Samsung Electronics Co. and other South Korean tech companies to sign deal...

Corporate strategy SK Group reworks 'financial story' action plans

Chief executives of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group are overhauling their action plans to implement the “financial story&rdquo...

Cryptocurrencies Crypto investors threaten Terraform founders with class-action lawsuit

Cryptocurrency investors in South Korea have threatened to file a class action lawsuit against co-founders of the disgraced blockchain platform oper...

Bio & Pharma Medytox files complaint with ITC against Hugel over botox strain

South Korean pharmaceutical company Medytox Inc. has filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC) against Hugel Inc., alleging th...

ESG APG urges Samsung, other Korean carbon emitters to take action

Europe’s largest pension fund manager APG has urged Samsung Electronics Co. and nine other major South Korean companies to drastically cut the...

Fraud scandals Investors prepare loss claim for Osstem's fraud case

Minority investors are preparing to file a class-action lawsuit against Osstem Implant Co., which on Monday revealed itself the victim of the larges...

Shareholder activism US activist fund to face off with IMM PE over Hanssem

Teton Capital Partners, a US-based activist fund, has taken legal action to block IMM Private Equity from exercising its management rights over Hans...

ESG NPS adopts limited negative screening on high emitters

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) decided on Friday to exclude from its portfolio new coal-fired power development projects both at home ...

Batteries LG Chem CEO vows stern action against SK in battery legal dispute

The chief executive of LG Chem Ltd. said on Thursday that the company will sternly deal with SK Innovation Co. in the battery technology trade secre...

Automobiles Renault vows action if Korean unit fails to improve productivity, cut costs

French auto giant Groupe Renault has warned of stern action against its struggling South Korean unit, urging it to improve productivity and cut cost...

GM Korea to cut production; carmakers call for govt action

The South Korean arm of General Motors Co. has become the country’s first automaker forced to cut production due to the global semiconductor c...

Central bank Bank of Korea keeps rate steady at record low; signaling no further action

The Bank of Korea has left its policy rate unchanged at a record low of 0.5% as was widely expected, citing a slow economic recovery amid the ongoing ...