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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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S. Korea, ASEAN aim to forge deeper economic ties amid pandemic fallout
South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed Wednesday to deepen trade ties to cope with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and make efforts to increase the supply of vaccines. Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo met ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi virtually to share ideas on ways to maintain their supply chain, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. During the meeting, ASEAN acknowledged that South Korea's New Southern Policy meant to ex
Sept. 1, 2021
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Real estate trust market grows 18.9% in H1
South Korea's real estate trust market expanded nearly 19 percent in the first half of the year from a year earlier amid a brisk property market, data showed Wednesday. Fourteen local real estate trust companies registered combined sales of 779.9 billion won ($673 million) in the January-June period, up 18.9 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from the Korea Financial Investment Association. Their combined net profit soared 19.7 percent on-year to 325.7 billion won, with operati
Sept. 1, 2021
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Hyundai unveils mini SUV Casper
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's biggest carmaker, on Wednesday unveiled the mini SUV Casper in the latest move to diversify its product lineup. The Casper comes with a 1.0-liter multi-point injection engine or a 1.0-liter gasoline direction injection engine, the company said in a statement. Hyundai plans to launch the entry-level SUV in the domestic market within this month, a company spokesman said, without elaborating on prices or other details. (Yonhap)
Sept. 1, 2021
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DRAM spot prices fall amid forecast of weaker demand
DRAM prices in the spot market have recently been declining amid expectations for weaker demand stemming from widening COVID-19 vaccinations around the globe, industry sources said Wednesday. According to market tracker DRAMeXchange, the average contract price of 8-gigabit DDR4 DRAMs for PCs came to $3.889 on Monday, the lowest level in seven months. It was also down 36.8 percent from this year's high of $5.3 at the end of March. Spot prices of PC DRAMs topped the $4 mark in February before s
Sept. 1, 2021
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Exports grow for 10th month in August on solid sales of chips, autos
South Korea's exports have extended their gains to 10 months, jumping 35 percent on the back of robust demand for chips and automobiles, and underpinning recovery momentum in Asia's fourth-largest economy, data showed Wednesday. Outbound shipments came to $53.2 billion last month, according to the data compiled by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. Imports climbed 44 percent to $51.5 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of $1.67 billion. It marked the 16th consecutive month for
Sept. 1, 2021
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5G users top 17 mln in July: data
South Korea's 5G user base continued to expand in July to reach over 17 million users, data showed Wednesday, with the growth expected to pick up later this year on the back of launches of new devices. The total number of 5G subscriptions stood at 17.08 million in July, up around 616,000 from the previous month, according to the data from the Ministry of Science and ICT. The latest figure accounts for around 24 percent of the total 71.71 million mobile network subscriptions in the country. So
Sept. 1, 2021
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Seoul stocks open nearly flat on Wall Street losses
South Korean stocks opened slightly lower Wednesday, tracking a muted session on Wall Street overnight as investors took a breather after US stocks reached record high levels. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (Kospi) fell 1.97 points, or 0.06 percent, to trade at 3,197.3 points in the first 15 minutes of trading. Overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.11 percent, while the tech heavy Nasdaq composite inched down 0.04 percent. The Nasdaq had reached a record high the
Sept. 1, 2021
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Moody's raises S. Korea's 2021 growth outlook to 4%
Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday revised up South Korea's growth forecast for this year to 4 percent on strong exports. In its report on world economic outlook, the rating agency adjusted South Korea's gross domestic product growth outlook from its previous estimate of 3.5 percent in May. The nation's growth will continue to be supported by high demand across the globe for industrial products, especially electronics, the agency said. Moody's also revised South Korea's growth outlook for n
Aug. 31, 2021
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Korea becomes first country to regulate Google’s in-app commission policy
The South Korean parliament passed a controversial bill on Tuesday that could break the app store duopoly of Google and Apple, in a move watched closely by the world for its potentially radical implications. The so-called anti-Google bill, endorsed by the National Assembly with 180 votes in its favor, amends the Telecommunications Business Act to stop the US-based IT titan from requiring local app developers to use its payment system for in-app sales. It is set to take effect immediately afte
Aug. 31, 2021
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Kakao Pay revises down IPO size after 2-month delay
South Korea‘s mobile payment app operator Kakao Pay has revised down its target offer price range for the initial public offering of its stocks as its plan to go public underwent a two-month delay, a prospectus showed Tuesday. The decision will reduce the IPO size of the Ant Group-backed financial arm of internet giant Kakao, by up to some 100 billion won ($86.3 million). Under the new plan to float 17 million common shares, each share will be priced at the suggested target price range
Aug. 31, 2021
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[News Analysis] Is world ready for foldable phones?
One of Samsung Electronics’ goals this year was to see foldable smartphones proliferate. So far, so good, with its latest Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 phones shattering sales records of their predecessors. In South Korea alone, preorders for the two newest foldable devices stood at 920,000 units during the week of Aug. 17-23. Then, on Friday, the first day of mobile subscriptions, around 270,000 units of the two models were booked, according to carriers. This marked the largest number f
Aug. 31, 2021
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After quiet flu season, experts fear Korea might be in for rebound
With fall just around the corner, concerns are once again rising of a possible “twindemic” -- a COVID-19 pandemic coupled with flu endemic -- which never materialized last year. In Korea and across the Northern Hemisphere, the last flu season, which would have taken off around November and run through spring, was almost non-existent. Widespread behavioral changes such as crowd avoidance, hand hygiene and masking put in place to keep COVID-19 at bay seem to have stifled othe
Aug. 31, 2021
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Netmarble launches Metaverse Entertainment to explore virtual idols
Netmarble on Tuesday announced the launch of Metaverse Entertainment to explore business opportunities with virtual idols. According to South Korean game company, the new entity is wholly owned by Netmarble F&C, Netmarble’s development arm. F&C co-head Seo Woo-won will double as the inaugural CEO of the entertainment unit. Metaverse Entertainment will develop a virtual reality platform and offer game-related metaverse content, such as managing virtual idols, on it. Netmar
Aug. 31, 2021
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SK Global Chemical rebrands as plastic recycling firm SK Geo Centric
SK Global Chemical on Tuesday rebranded as SK Geo Centric to transform into an urban plastic recycling company with plans to invest 5 trillion won ($4.3 billion) by 2025. During a press conference Tuesday, CEO Na Kyung-soo presented a new direction for the firm, which has engaged in the petrochemicals business since opening the country’s first naphtha-cracking plant in 1972. Utilizing three key technologies -- solvent extraction, depolymerization and pyrolysis -- the company will turn
Aug. 31, 2021
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Korea proposes largest-ever budget to speed up recovery of virus-hit economy
South Korea on Tuesday proposed a record 604.4 trillion won ($519 billion) budget for 2022, stressing the need for an expansionary fiscal policy to help the economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The budget, endorsed by the Cabinet on Tuesday, represents an 8.3 percent hike from this year, less than the 8.9 percent increase for 2021 and 9.1 percent for 2020, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The Moon Jae-in government’s final budget draft, however, has come under
Aug. 31, 2021
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3 crypto exchanges launch ‘travel rule’ joint venture
South Korea’s three top cryptocurrency exchanges -- Bithumb, Coinone and Korbit -- launched a joint venture to co-develop solutions for a “travel rule” system, the companies said Tuesday. They invested 300 million won ($258,115) each in the new joint venture, COnnect Digital Exchanges or CODE, to satisfy the mandate before the deadline set by the government and an international anti-money laundering body. The travel rule is a global standard imposed by the Financial Actio
Aug. 31, 2021
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Tougher measures in store to rein in household debt: top regulator
Financial authorities will unveil additional measures to rein in household debts, the new head of the financial regulator said Tuesday. Koh Seung-beom, the new chairman of the Financial Service Commission (FSC), said that curbing household debts is his top priority. "I will mobilize all available policy means to reduce risks of surging household debts," Koh said, but stopped short of saying when the FSC will unveil additional measures. The FSC will make a decision on whether to ex
Aug. 31, 2021
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Seoul stocks rise for 3rd day on tech gains
South Korean stocks rose for the third straight session Tuesday as foreign investors scooped up tech shares after an overnight tech rally on Wall Street. The Korean won rose against the US dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 55.08 points, or 1.75 percent, to close at 3,199.27 points. Trading volume was moderate at about 647.3 million shares worth some 15.2 trillion won ($12.8 billion), with gainers outnumbering losers 495 to 333. Foreigners purchased a net 1.1
Aug. 31, 2021
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Renault Samsung to develop eco-friendly car with Lynk & Co
Renault Group set up a joint venture with China’s Geely Automobile Holdings earlier this month and plans to unveil a Renault brand hybrid passenger car in China and have Renault Samsung Motors develop an eco-friendly vehicle. For the new eco-friendly car, Renault Group said it will share technologies with Lynk & Co, a Chinese-Swedish automobile brand owned by Geely. The research and development team of Renault Samsung is expected to work on an eco-friendly car tailored to Korean cust
Aug. 31, 2021
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Hyundai Steel sets insourcing precedent, launches three new units
Hyundai Steel is launching three new subsidiary companies as part of an insourcing drive aimed at enhancing its competitiveness and the well-being of around 7,000 affiliated workers, the firm said Tuesday. It is the first major manufacturer in the country making the move to directly hire workers from partner companies and provide them with the same benefits, the steelmaker said. The new entities are established at the locations of the firm’s major production bases -- Incheon, Poh
Aug. 31, 2021