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Taihan selected as Kepco’s top cable supplier

South Korean cable maker Taihan Electric Wire was chosen as the top-quality power manufacturer of the year by the Korea Electric Power Corp., according to the firm Tuesday. Taihan said its undergrou...

Nov 12, 2019
Industry
Samsung Bioepis expects 2019 to yield first-ever profit

CEO Ko Han-sung expects over W1tr in revenue for the year, on back of sales of Humira-biosimilar Imraldi in Europe

Nov 12, 2019
Industry
HDC consortium picked as preferred bidder for Asiana

HDC Chairman Chung Mong-gyu dubs Asiana acquisition as step toward becoming mobility group

Nov 12, 2019
Industry
[News Focus] HDC spreads its tentacles with bid for Asiana

Real estate giant seeks business synergies to become 17th-largest conglomerate

Nov 12, 2019
Automode
S. Korea’s issuance of green bonds more than doubles on-year

Green bond issuance in South Korea has more than doubled so far this year, compared to the cumulative total floated last year, data provided by local companies showed Tuesday. Green bonds are fixed-...

Nov 12, 2019
Finance
Netflix estimated to have 2m users in S. Korea

Netflix Inc. had an estimated 2 million paid viewers in South Korea as of the end of October, more than doubling from a year earlier, data showed Tuesday. South Korean subscribers to the US video st...

Nov 12, 2019
Industry
M&A value in S. Korea reaches W7.3tr in H1

The value of mergers and acquisitions by listed firms in South Korea amounted to 7.3 trillion won ($6.2 billion) in the first six months of this year, data showed Tuesday. There were 139 mergers, sp...

Nov 12, 2019
Economy
[News Focus] Investment banks not upbeat about Korea’s 2020 economy

SEJONG -- South Korea’s economic growth is projected to fall behind that of the US this year, according to outlooks from global investment banks and international organizations. Most of them have pr...

Nov 12, 2019
Economy
S. Korea recaptures No. 1 spot in shipbuilding orders in Oct.

South Korea recaptured the top spot in global shipbuilding orders last month, industry data showed Tuesday, on the back of its dominance in the liquefied natural gas carrier market. In October, loca...

Nov 12, 2019
Industry
Kepco signs 25-year power supply deal in Guam

State-run power supplier Korea Electric Power Corp said Monday that it has signed a deal to sell electricity to the Guam Power Authority Pacific for 25 years. Kepco will start providing electricity ...

Nov 11, 2019
Automode
Samsung Display earns gold grade from UL for recycling

Samsung Display said Monday it has received a gold grade from Underwriters Laboratories in recognition of its efforts to recycle waste at its factory. The panel maker’s second plant in Asan, South C...

Nov 11, 2019
Technology
[From the Scene] Incheon Airport draws MRO cluster blueprint

Boeing executive cites Incheon as advantageous location for MRO cluster

Nov 11, 2019
Industry
170 conglomerate affiliates remain in regulation blind spot

Owner families control affiliates despite holding company system

Nov 11, 2019
Industry
Hyundai adds inverted sound waves to GV80 for noise control

The first sport utility vehicle under the Genesis marque will use inverted sound waves for noise control, the first of its kind in the world, Hyundai Motor said Monday. The South Korean carmaker sai...

Nov 11, 2019
Automode
Vickers Venture plans to invest in high-tech Korean startups

Singapore-based VC in talks with local conglomerates for partnership

Nov 11, 2019
Industry

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