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LG Chem holds event for horizontal work culture

LG Chem, South Korea’s leading chemicals company, held an event to bolster communication and understanding between millennial employees and executives, the company said Friday. The event was led by ...

Sept 21, 2018
Industry
US FDA delays approval of GC Pharma’s IVIG-SN again

South Korean biopharma company GC Pharma said Friday that the US Food and Drug Administration has delayed the approval of the firm’s immunodeficiency drug IVIG-SN, demanding additional data related t...

Sept 21, 2018
Industry
Hanwha Energy, Korea Midland Power to develop US solar plant

Hanwha Energy Corp. and Korea Midland Power Corp. will build a solar power plant in the United States by 2020, Hanwha Group said Friday. The construction of a 150-megawatt solar power plant is sched...

Sept 21, 2018
Industry
Dunamu releases beta version of blockchain app builder ‘Luniverse’

Dunamu, the operator of South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, said Friday its blockchain tech research lab Lambda256 has released a beta version of its decentralized app, or dApp, buil...

Sept 21, 2018
Industry
Korea permits 2-year regulatory sandbox period for novel ICT innovation

The National Assembly on Thursday passed a bill that grants a regulatory sandbox for new businesses in the information and communication technology sector, a development that is expected to speed up ...

Sept 21, 2018
Industry
OECD cuts S. Korea's economic growth forecast to 2.7% in 2018

South Korea's economy is expected to grow at a slower than expected pace this year, a Paris-based international organization said Thursday. In its interim economic outlook, the Organization for Econ...

Sept 20, 2018
Industry
Biz leaders glad to have seen NK up close

The business leaders who accompanied South Korean President Moon Jae-in to North Korea this week returned to Seoul full of emotion, saying the trip had been worthwhile for the chance to see the North...

Sept 20, 2018
Industry
Celltrion partners with Emory University for new atherosclerosis drug R&D

Celltrion said Thursday that it had signed an “incubation” agreement with US-based Emory University to jointly research and develop new drug candidates for atherosclerosis. An incubation agreement ...

Sept 20, 2018
Industry
US exempts Korean steel from import tariff, in positive signal for local steel industry

Steel products made by South Korea’s SL Tech has been excluded from the US’ steel tariffs, marking the first case of exemption since the US imposed a quota on Korean steel shipments this May, industr...

Sept 20, 2018
Industry
Lee Jae-yong’s lip balm ‘closed’ before camera

Is it the massive media attention he received for his copious use of lip moisturizer that’s making him shy? Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong was seen reaching for a dab of his lip balm...

Sept 20, 2018
Industry
Korean trade minister says US-China trade dispute 'new normal'

South Korea's trade minister Thursday urged local companies to develop high-value-added technologies and seek new growth drivers to embrace the protracted trade tension between the United States and ...

Sept 20, 2018
Industry
S. Korean chaebol to mull NK biz opportunities upon return

South Korean business moguls are expected to start considering potential business projects in North Korea after their Pyongyang trip, according to the industry on Wednesday. According to news report...

Sept 19, 2018
Industry
Hyundai Engineering bolsters business in Indonesia

Hyundai Engineering signed memorandums of understanding with Indonesian officials on the expansion of its industrial facilities and the construction of a hydroelectric power plant there, an effort to...

Sept 19, 2018
Industry
[News Analysis] North’s willingness to denuclearize raises hope for economic cooperation of two Koreas

Projects depend on NK-US summit: experts say S. Korea sent underlying message with delegation of conglomerate chiefs

Sept 19, 2018
Industry
Paradise Culture Foundation chairwoman wins Montblanc Arts Patronage Award

Choi Yoon-jung, chairwoman of the Paradise Culture Foundation under the resort complex operator Paradise Group, was given Montblanc’s Arts Patronage Award on Tuesday. From left: Montblanc Cultural F...

Sept 19, 2018
Industry

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