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Samsung bags new battery material dealIndustryMar 20, 2020STM, a subsidiary of South Korean battery manufacturer Samsung SDI, has bagged a deal to sell electric vehicle battery materials to Cosmo Advanced Materials & Technology. According to industry sourc... -
KT’s new CEO meets with stock market experts amid stock price plungeIndustryMar 20, 2020KT’s new CEO Koo Hyun-mo held closed-door meetings with stock market experts this week on the company’s future strategy following a plunge in share prices, industry sources said Friday. The meetings... -
Samsung shuts down TV plants in SlovakiaTechnologyMar 20, 2020Samsung Electronics announced Friday it has decided to suspend operations of its Slovakia plant for a week due to the fast spread of coronavirus. The South Korean tech giant said it made the decisio... -
Asiana Airlines to suspend all European routes from AprilIndustryMar 20, 2020Asiana Airlines will halt all its European routes in April as the new coronavirus spreads fast and the continent closes its borders and restricts movement, the firm confirmed Friday. The decision co... -
Hyundai Rotem wins 345b won train order in S. KoreaTransportMar 20, 2020The subway trains will be built at Hyundai Rotem's plant in Changwon, 400 kilometers south of Seoul, and delivered to SGRail Co., an affiliate of Shinhan Bank, a company spokesman said. Hyundai Rote... -
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[Newsmaker] Chung Euisun elected as chair of Hyundai Motor Group boardTransportMar 19, 2020Decision comes amid unprecedented virus-hit difficulties including plant shutdown in US -
Asiana Airlines sends chartered flight to bring Koreans from IranTransportMar 19, 2020South Korean full-service carrier Asiana Airlines said Thursday that it has sent a chartered flight to bring back some 80 South Koreans stuck in Iran, where the COVID-19 has been rapidly spreading. ... -
Lotte head Shin Dong-bin to lead Japanese holding firmIndustryMar 19, 2020Lotte Group announced Wednesday that Chairman Shin Dong-bin will head the holding firm in Japan, securing leadership of operations in South Korea and Japan, ending a six-year dispute with his elder b... -
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[Weekender] Hyundai or Mercedes-Benz: Why is Korea’s car market so polarised?TransportMar 19, 2020History and strategy behind lopsided shares in Korean car market -
Shilla Duty Free also closes its doors at Gimpo AirportIndustryMar 19, 2020Hit by a sharp drop in the number of passengers flying in and out of Gimpo International Airport amid COVID-19 concerns, Shilla Duty Free said Thursday that it will temporarily close its store at Gim... -
Hanwha Defense beefs up online effort to win Australian defense dealIndustryMar 19, 2020The Australian subsidiary of South Korean defense company Hanwha Defense has launched a web portal as part of an effort to supply military land systems to the Australian Defense Force. Recently, Han... -
Airlines halt more flights as coronavirus spreadsTransportMar 19, 2020South Korean airlines are halting more flights as countries increasingly imposed entry restrictions in their fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus. Korean Air Lines Co., the country's bi... -
Sharp dip in oil prices weighs on Korean firmsIndustryMar 19, 2020Oil refineries, construction, shipbuilding hit hard, transport sector expects no boon -
Samsung releases 2020 QLED TVsIndustryMar 19, 2020Samsung Electronics launched nine models of 2020 quantum-dot light-emitting diode TVs on Thursday. The company said it has expanded its QLED 8K models by twofold from before, to increase consumer op... -
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