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Kogas overhauls LNG pricing method to tackle cherry-picking of power utilities

Oct 18, 2020

Korea Gas Corp. said Sunday it would impose a new format for supplying liquefied natural gas starting 2022 to address cherry-picking by electricity suppliers which it says ultimately leads to higher ...
Incheon Port announces smart port plan as part of Korean New Deal program

Oct 18, 2020

Incheon Port Authority announced on Sunday a multiproject plan to build a smart port, a move in line with the country’s New Deal program that seeks a way out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the plan...
HMM injects 2 more container ships

Oct 18, 2020

HMM said Sunday the company will dispatch two more container ships to support South Korean exporters that are struggling to ship out their products to foreign countries amid the protracting COVID-19 ...
Samsung heir to visit Vietnam this week after returning from Europe

Oct 18, 2020

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, the de facto leader of South Korea's top conglomerate, plans to visit Vietnam this week, his second overseas business trip this year after returning fr...
[Weekender] Korean bio taps Switzerland

Oct 17, 2020

Switzerland has four official languages: German, Italian, French and Romansh. The country teems with people from all parts of Europe who understand how matters are done in their respective home count...
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering clinches W140b of orders

Oct 16, 2020

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the shipbuilding holding company of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, announced Friday that the company has secured 140 billion won of new deals from overseas...
Samsung tops Forbes list of world's best employers

Oct 16, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co. topped the world's best employer rankings released by US business magazine Forbes, industry officials said Friday. The South Korean tech giant ranked No. 1 on the Forbes list...
Samsung dominates 5G smartphone market in Western Europe in H1: report

Oct 16, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co. dominated the 5G smartphone market in Western Europe in the first half of the year, a report showed Friday, but its market share is likely to decline in the second half as App...
S-Oil donates scholarship worth W50m to underprivileged students

Oct 15, 2020

S-Oil, one of the four major oil refineries in South Korea, donated 50 million won ($43,600) to the Mapo Scholarship Foundation at a ceremony held at the Mapo-gu office in western Seoul on Thursday, ...
GS Caltex launches lubricants for hybrid vehicles Kixx Hybrid

Oct 15, 2020

GS Caltex said Thursday it has become the first refinery in South Korea to launch lubricants dedicated for hybrid vehicles called “Kixx Hybrid.” According to GS Caltex, it mixed special additives wi...
Nexon donates game profits to retrieve Korea’s national treasure

Oct 15, 2020

Nexon said Thursday it has donated profits from its game The Kingdom of the Winds: Yeon to the National Trust for Cultural Heritage to help the organization preserve and retrieve Korea’s national tre...
KFS helps Korea see greatest forest growth in world

Oct 15, 2020

“The report proves that Korea’s forest management efforts after 1990 have been word-class, on top of the country’s pride in planting 10 billion trees during the “Keep Forest Green” campaign that ran ...
Korea Forest Service to host World Forestry Congress in 2021

Oct 15, 2020

Under the theme “Building a green, healthy and resilient future with forests,” the world’s largest forestry conference to be held in Seoul in May
LG Electronics names F1 champ Lewis Hamilton as brand ambassador

Oct 15, 2020

LG Electronics Inc., a major home appliance maker in South Korea, on Thursday said it has named Formula One star Lewis Hamilton as a brand ambassador for its luxury line of premium products. LG said...
LG Electronics expands hallyu content on its smart TV streaming service

Oct 15, 2020

LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday that more content on the Korean Wave of popular culture can be watched on its smart TVs via its streaming service as the company tries to attract more consumers in m...