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Koreans embrace new dining culture in wake of anti-graft law
Oct 4, 2016
The following is the fourth in a series of articles featuring the impact of the landmark anti-corruption law that took effect Sept. 28. -- Ed.
Court mulls selling STX units together
Oct 4, 2016
The South Korean court is considering putting troubled STX Offshore and Shipbuilding on sale with the company’s two affiliates as a package, sources said Tuesday.STX, the nation’s fourth-largest shipbuilder, has been under court receivership since June, upon its request, due to massive debt caused from mismanagement and an industrywide slump. Sources said that the Seoul Central District Court is reviewing a plan to simultaneously sell off near-bankrupt STX along with two affiliates Goseong Offsh
Korean Drug Ministry maintains approval of Hanmi’s new lung cancer drug
Oct 4, 2016
The South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Tuesday that it has decided to uphold its conditional sales approval of Hanmi Pharmaceutical’s novel lung cancer therapy Olmutinib, which is suspected to have caused the death of one patient during clinical trials overseas. Under the decision made by the ministry’s Central Pharmaceutical Affairs Council, doctors can prescribe Olmutinib, sold under the trade name “Olita Tab.” to local patients on the condition that they are thoroughly informe
Shipping fiasco was unavoidable: Hanjin chief
Oct 4, 2016
Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho, the largest stakeholder of the group’s cash-strapped Hanjin Shipping, said Tuesday the recent shipping fiasco sparked by court receivership of the shipping line was “unavoidable.”“It was an unavoidable situation derived from the aggressive supply of government-backed foreign shipping lines and their low price strategies,” Cho said in a parliamentary audit for the state-run Korea Development Bank. KDB is the main creditor of Hanjin Shipping.Hanjin Group Chairman
Online sales soar 27.3% in Aug. on scorching heat
Oct 4, 2016
Online shopping in South Korea soared at the fastest clip in more than four years in August as the scorching heat in the summer encouraged more people to enjoy internet and mobile shopping, a government report showed Tuesday.Total online transactions reached 5.58 trillion won ($5.01 billion) in August, up 27.3 percent from 4.38 trillion won a year earlier, according to the report compiled by Statistics Korea.It marked the steepest on-year gain since February 2012, when it posted a 30.1-percent j
Hyundai Heavy inks MOU with Saudi Electricity
Oct 4, 2016
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., a major South Korean shipbuilder, said Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the state-run utility Saudi Electricity Co. to expand their partnership in the Middle Eastern country's growing electricity market.Saudi Arabia is seeking to spend a total of $89.3 billion by 2021 to expand its electricity output to 105 GW from the current 65 GW in order to meet growing electricity demand.Hyundai Heavy has been providing power transformers and gas-in
FTC sees large penalties canceled over 5 years
Oct 4, 2016
South Korea's antitrust watchdog has seen a large amount of corporate penalties revoked over the past five years as it loses lawsuits with companies or voluntarily reverses penalty impositions, a report showed Tuesday.In the report submitted to Rep. Park Yong-jin of the main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea for an annual parliamentary audit of its affairs, the Fair Trade Commission said the amount of canceled corporate penalties stood at 995.5 billion won ($903 million) between 2012 and this yea
Bank issues refund guarantee for Samsung Heavy's new order
Oct 4, 2016
A policy bank has offered a refund guarantee for a new order won by Samsung Heavy Industries Co., helping one of the country's major shipyards proceed with the new shipbuilding order.Late last month, the shipyard secured a 420 billion-won ($380 million) deal to build two LNG carriers, marking its first contract in almost one year.The deal with a European customer came as local shipyards are suffering from a sharp decline in new orders amid a protracted industry-wide slump.Samsung Heavy is also s
Korea's air passenger traffic soars to new monthly high in Aug.
Oct 4, 2016
South Korea's air passenger traffic surged to a record monthly high in August with international passengers to and from the country also reaching a new all-time high, the government said Tuesday.Overall air passenger traffic came to 9.86 million in August, up 20.1 percent from the same month last year, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.The increase was largely attributed to a surge in international passengers to and from South Korea, which spiked 26.5 percent on-yea
[Photo News] Lotte World Tower completes outer construction
Oct 3, 2016
ALMOST COMPLETED -- This Sept. 14 photo shows an aerial view of the 555-meter Lotte World Tower in Jamsil, southern Seoul, which had the last piece of glass window attached Sunday six years after the company broke ground for construction. The 123-floor skyscraper has about 42,000 pieces of glass and 21,000 sets of curtain walls that entirely cover the building. (Lotte Corp.)
Korean seafood exporters seek halal market entry
Oct 3, 2016
The Korea International Trade Association, a major export promoting agency in Seoul, held a three-day event in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, to help Korean seafood exporters make inroads into halal markets, officials said Monday.The event jointly held with the Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries, is a part of a series of promotional events designed to introduce Korean food overseas. Since August, KITA has held events in Chengdu and Shanghai in China and New York in the US, to provide opportunitie
Uncertainty looms for Hanmi’s new lung cancer drug
Oct 3, 2016
South Korean drugmaker Hanmi Pharmaceutical’s plans to globally commercialize its novel lung cancer therapy are in jeopardy after a patient died of a severe skin-related side effect linked to the drug’s use.The future of Hanmi’s lung cancer drug began to turn bleak Friday -- when Hanmi’s licensing partner Boehringer Ingelheim announced it would return the drug's development and commercialization rights it had purchased from the Korean drugmaker in July 2015 in a deal valued at $730 million.The s
Korean agriculture, livestock sectors transform in line with anti-graft law
Oct 3, 2016
The following is the third in a series of articles featuring the impact of the landmark anti-corruption law that took effect on Sept. 28. - Ed.
Prices of imported beef jump in September
Oct 3, 2016
Prices of imported beef jumped in September as a dip in Australian exports has pushed up global prices and their popularity over more expensive local supply, industry data showed Monday.The import price of Australian beef ribs was 16,000 won ($14.5) per kilogram at end-September, up 23-33 percent from a year ago, as seasons of drought affected cattle supply in South Korea's top beef import source, according to industry data. US beef prices have also risen after China removed a ban on the wester
Banks, insurance firms shed employees as profits drop
Oct 3, 2016
South Korea's financial sector has been shedding employees as banks and insurance companies grapple with falling profitability and the decreased need for bank branches thanks to convenient online banking systems, data showed Monday. A total of 132,170 were working for banks as of end-June, the lowest number in nearly 10 years, the Financial Supervisory Service said.The number of bankers rose to 139,840 in 2008, but it has since declined, as banks have gradually reduced the number of both their b
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