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Shinhan Card announces 3-year partnership with Amazon

South Korea’s Shinhan Card said Thursday it has signed a three-year partnership agreement with US-based online retail giant Amazon, as it seeks to aggressively expand its list of global partners. Ac...

Nov 7, 2019
Finance
Upbit operator Dunamu launches OTC trading app U-Stockplus

Dunamu, operator of global cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, said it has launched a comprehensive over-the-counter trading platform on Thursday that will allow users to both sell and purchase unlisted s...

Nov 7, 2019
Finance
Korean pharmas eye overseas expansion through CPhI

FRANKFURT, Germany -- Korean pharmaceuticals’ participation in CPhI Worldwide continues to increase as the companies turn eyes to overseas trade in the face of domestic market limits. At the Korea P...

Nov 7, 2019
Industry
Incheon airport signs MOU for route expansion in US

South Korea's main airport operator said Thursday it has signed an initial agreement with the Portland airport as it strives to attract new routes from North American carriers. In an event held at a...

Nov 7, 2019
Industry
KT, Hyundai Heavy join hands for 5G-based smart factory

Major telecom operator KT Corp. and leading shipbuilding conglomerate Hyundai Heavy Industries Group said Thursday they will step up collaboration to develop advanced smart factory solutions based on...

Nov 7, 2019
Industry
S&P keeps Korea‘s rating at AA with stable outlook

Standard & Poor‘s on Wednesday affirmed its AA sovereign credit rating for South Korea, despite earlier slashing its growth outlook for Asia’s fourth-largest economy. The global rating agency also m...

Nov 6, 2019
Economy
Hanwha Aerospace wins $1b plane engine parts deal from Rolls-Royce

Hanwha Aerospace Co., a defense industry unit of South Korea‘s Hanwha Group, said Wednesday it has signed a $1 billion deal to supply aircraft engine parts to British airplane engine maker Rolls-Royc...

Nov 6, 2019
Industry
Reopening Kaesong complex can improve N. Korea‘s human rights: expert

Reopening a now-shuttered inter-Korean industrial complex in North Korea can lead to improvement in the country‘s human rights conditions as the factory park would provide good working conditions tha...

Nov 6, 2019
Economy
S. Korea to reduce troops number to 500,000 by 2022

Government seeks to revise military size amid demographic change

Nov 6, 2019
Economy
Han Sung Motor hires ex-MFG CEO as vice president

Han Sung Motor, the largest Mercedes-Benz dealer in South Korea, has appointed Han Jong-moon, a former CEO of MFG Korea, as vice president of sales and marketing, the company said Wednesday. Han ser...

Nov 6, 2019
Automode
Foreign companies ‘unsatisfied’ with business environment in Korea: study

Labor management, R&D environment, language barrier cited as challenges for foreign investors

Nov 6, 2019
Industry
SPC Group wins GRLC partnership award

SPC Group, a South Korean bakery and confectionary company that operates 60 brands worldwide, received the best partnership of the year award from the Global Restaurant Leadership Conference, a leadi...

Nov 6, 2019
Industry
Samsung BioLogics seeks partners for Alzheimer’s pipelines

Top Korean CDMO adds biosafety testing service to its portfolio for end-to-end client solutions

Nov 6, 2019
Industry
Coffee shops full to brim in Korea

New ones crop up even as many shut shop due to losses

Nov 6, 2019
Industry
S. Korea’s CDS premium hits lowest since 2008

South Korea’s credit default risk has dropped to its lowest point in over 12 years, to a level last seen before the 2008 global financial crisis, government data showed Wednesday. The credit default...

Nov 6, 2019
Finance

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