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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, ...

Infrastructure IFM Investors bets big on infrastructure investing: Gee-Grant

IFM Investors, a global investment manager owned by Australian pension funds, is looking to infrastructure as the fastest-growing asset segment for ...

Korean chipmakers SKC’s US affiliate Absolics receives $100 million in US R&D grants

Absolics Inc., the US glass substrate affiliate of South Korean chemical materials company SKC Ltd., has been selected to receive up to $100 million...

Mergers & Acquisitions Sono Hospitality to buy stake in Air Premia to bolster airline portfolio

Sono Hospitality Group, South Korea’s largest resort operator, will add low-cost carrier Air Premia Inc. to its bulging portfolio after agreei...

K-pop HYBE shares fall after NewJeans demand Min's reinstatement

HYBE Co. has suffered a fall of its share price for two consecutive days after its popular girl group NewJeans demanded their former creative direct...

Corporate restructuring Doosan Robotics, Bobcat merger prompts call for law revision

Doosan Group’s announcement of a merger between Doosan Robotics Inc. and Doosan Bobcat Inc. has met with strong criticism from investors and p...

Korean chipmakers Samsung to receive over $6 bn in US chip subsidies, eyes extra investment

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to receive more than $6 billion in US chip subsidies as the Joe Biden administration is ...

Construction GS E&C banned from new construction deals for 8 months

The South Korean government said on Thursday it has ordered GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) and four smaller builders to halt t...

Leadership & Management Ex-Kumho Petrochemical chair returns as Kumho Mitsui co-CEO

Park Chan-koo, former chairman of South Korea’s Kumho Petrochemical Group, has returned to the top position of Kumho Mitsui Chemicals Inc. as ...

Regulations Korea’s antitrust body grants conditional OK to Broadcom-VMware deal

South Korea’s antitrust regulator on Monday granted conditional approval for US smartphone components maker Broadcom Inc.’s proposed pur...

Bio & Pharma Daewoong Pharma's GER drug gets product OK from Mexico

South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical on Wednesday said its gastroesophageal reflux (GER) disease drug Fexuclue (active ingredient fexuprazan ...

Shareholder activism KT&G faces another legal battle with Korean activist fund

Singapore-based private equity firm Flashlight Capital Partners Pte. said Monday that it has filed court injunctions against KT&G Corp., beginni...

Business & Politics Samsung, SK granted indefinite US waiver on chip gear supplies to China

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, have been granted an indefinite waiver on semiconductor ...

Business & Politics Kumho chief Park, other business leaders granted presidential pardons

Park Chan-koo, honorary chairman of Kumho Petrochemical Co., and 11 other South Korean business leaders have been granted presidential pardons to ...

Batteries Hyundai, SK battery JV may receive up to $700 mn in US grants

Hyundai Motor Co. and SK On Co. could receive up to $700 million in US tax breaks and grants for their electric vehicle battery plant under construc...

Economy Seoul to lower bar for multi-child family subsidies to raise birth rate

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will change the definition of multi-child families from those with three or more kids younger than 13 to household...

Business & Politics S.Korea to grant visa-free entry to transit passengers from abroad

Transit passengers from select countries from Sunday can enter South Korea without a visa, and this waiver from May 15 will apply to a wider range o...

Korean chipmakers SK Hynix unsure about applying for US chip subsidies: CEO

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Wednesday it is unsure about applying for US...

Energy KHNP gets EUR certification for nuclear plant model in Europe

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) on Thursday said the standard design of its APR1000, a nuclear power plant that it exports to Europe, has obt...

Economy Korea to retain more skilled foreign workers with visa status upgrade

South Korea plans to more than double the number of skilled foreign workers next year as the country is struggling with a declining workforce at its...

Airlines UK grants de facto approval of Korean Air's Asiana takeover

The UK's top watchdog for market competition on Monday accepted corrective measures submitted by Korean Air Lines Co. on its proposed takeover of As...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Hyundai Glovis takes first step for liquefied CO2 carrier

South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis Co. has taken the first step in developing the world’s largest liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier used...

COVID-19 Ildong mulls seeking COVID-19 pill approval from Korea first

Ildong Pharmaceutical Co., a South Korean drugmaker, considers seeking approval for a COVID-19 anti-viral pill from the country as Japan postponed g...

K-pop Lawmakers debate military exemption for pop artists like BTS

As a historic first, South Korean lawmakers are duking it out on the hotly debated topic of military exemption for global K-pop sensation BTS. ...

Mergers & Acquisitions Singapore approves Korean Air-Asiana combination

Singapore’s antitrust authority approved the integration of Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc., paving the way for South Korea&rsqu...

Korean startups Sustainable packaging firm SUPASO wins grant, office space via D.DAY event

D.CAMP, Korea’s non-profit foundation focused on helping young entrepreneurs, has joined forces with SK ecoplant Co., Ltd. to find promising...

Covid-19 treatment Indonesia grants emergency use approval for Celltrion’s COVID-19 treatment

South Korean drugmaker Celltrion Inc. has received the Indonesian government’s permission for restricted use of its COVID-19 treatment Regkiro...

Corporate investment US visa quotas hamstring Korean manufacturers’ US expansion

South Korean manufacturing companies have tripled investments in building plants in the US over the past three years, but labor shortages are slammi...