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Handok, Genexine secure majority stake in US biotech company

Korean pharma companies Handok and Genexine became joint majority stakeholders in US biopharmaceutical group Rezolute through a 50-50 joint investment of 28 billion won ($24.9 million), Handok announ...

January 9, 2019
Industry
[CES 2019] Purifier specialist Coway introduces future technology

During the Consumer Electronics Show 2019, household appliance company Coway showcased its cutting-edge water and air purifier solutions and electronic toilet seat as part of its new technologies. C...

January 9, 2019
Industry
[Monitor] More manufacturing businesses post losses in 2017

The number of South Korean manufacturing companies that posted operating losses spiked in 2017, data from Statistics Korea showed. According to the agency’s research on the corporate activities of m...

January 7, 2019
Industry
Yuhan, Gilead sign deal to develop new liver drug

South Korea’s healthcare company Yuhan Corporation signed a deal worth over 878 billion won ($785 million) with US’ Gilead Sciences to jointly develop potential new drugs for the treatment of patient...

January 7, 2019
Industry
Celltrion to directly sell Remsima SC, secure own direct global distribution network

South Korean biosimilar firm Celltrion will establish a direct sales network for its drugs worldwide, and specifically Remsima SC -- a subcutaneous version of Remsima -- in an effort to secure price ...

January 6, 2019
Industry
NXC CEO confirms Nexon sale rumor

NXC CEO Kim Jung-ju on Friday acknowledged widespread industry speculation that Nexon, South Korea’s biggest game developer and a subsidiary of NXC, is up for sale. “I am contemplating various way...

January 4, 2019
Industry
Celltrion's biosimilar products expanding presence in Europe

Truxima, Remsima and Herzuma -- Korean biosimilars for the treatment of different cancers and autoimmune disease -- are setting their own records in European market share, according to Celltrion Heal...

January 4, 2019
Industry
Industry restless upon reports of Nexon being up for sale

Shock waves rocked the gaming industry and local market on Thursday upon news reports that nearly half of South Korea’s biggest game company, Nexon, is up for sale. Kim Jung-ju, founder and biggest ...

January 3, 2019
Industry
Shilla Duty Free to open store at Gimpo Airport

Shilla Duty Free, operated by Hotel Shilla, will open its store at Gimpo Airport on Jan. 9, expanding its presence to all three major airports in Korea, including Incheon and Jeju. (Shilla Duty Free...

January 2, 2019
Industry
[Video] Jinyoung at the center of body-swapping comedy

With each year there buds in a person’s mind the wish to begin anew, to be a new person and a better me for the New Year. Now imagine waking up in a hospital bed in a body that is not yours. Imagine ...

December 26, 2018
Film
Korea decides on future passport design

Korea’s Culture Ministry decided on a design for the country’s future passports, Friday. The passports will be issued starting in 2020. The next generation of South Korean passports will come in th...

December 21, 2018
Culture
Matchmaker survey reveals changing criteria for ‘ideal’ marriage partners

Age is not as important as it used to be for single South Koreans seeking marriage partners, a survey revealed Wednesday. Rather, a person’s family background is getting more emphasis than in previou...

December 19, 2018
Social affairs
H.O.T.’s Kangta owns 5,500 S.M. shares

Kangta, or Ahn Chil-hyun, a former first-generation K-pop star from the now-defunct group H.O.T., owns 5,500 shares in S.M. Entertainment. The information was publicly posted on Monday. Ahn is an un...

December 18, 2018
Music
Epic Games Korea denies gun powder use, wishes Seolhyun quick recovery

Epic Games Korea, the host of Fortnite Korea Open 2018, confirmed in a statement Monday that gun powder had not been used during AOA’s performance at the event, after the group’s member Seolhyun left...

December 17, 2018
Music
[Weekender] Survival guide: How to battle winter’s chill

After a drizzly day in early December that pushed temperatures in Seoul well below minus 10 degrees Celsius, office worker Lee Ja-yoon, 30, finally finished preparing her house for the full-fledged w...

December 13, 2018
Culture

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