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BAT discounts Vogue Prima line
Jul 6, 2015
British American Tobacco Korea marked down the price of its Vogue Prima brand to 4,100 won ($3.60) from 4,300 won Monday.BAT Korea said the price cut will allow smokers a broader opportunity to enjoy the superslim Vogue “at a more reasonable price to adult smokers in Korea, in order to meet the increasing demand for superslim cigarettes in Korea.”According to a survey conducted by AC Nielsen 2015, superslims have become an influential player in the domestic cigarette market, accounting for more
[Graphic News] MERS darkens Q3 profit outlooks
Jul 6, 2015
The negative effect of the Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome on Korean companies is expected to hit home in the third quarter of this year, data suggested Monday.According to financial investors and market data company WISEfn, the combined operating profit of 117 listed firms for the third quarter is expected to be 28.9 trillion won.That would be a 6.36 percent decrease from the 30.9 trillion won estimated on May 30, at the beginning of the MERS outbreak.The hotel and leisure industry estimate
Ssangyong Motor launches Tivoli diesel to intensify competition
Jul 6, 2015
Ssangyong Motor Co., owned by India's Mahindra & Mahindra, said Monday that it started selling the diesel version of its popular Tivoli crossover SUV as it pushes to provide more customer choices in the fast-growing market.The latest Tivoli, which was unveiled in the mountainous town of Inje east of Seoul for a media test drive, runs on the e-XDi160 diesel engine that meets the toughened Euro 6 emission standards.It's an engine that Ssangyong Motor spent three years developing, according to the
Kia Motors to recall 7,722 Sportage SUVs in U.S.
Jul 6, 2015
Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's second-largest carmaker, is recalling 7,722 units of the Sportage SUV in the U.S. due to a defect in its braking lamps, a U.S. transportation safety agency said Monday.Subject to the recall is the Sportage SUV produced between March 7 and June 8 of 2011, according to the website of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The recall is due to a defect in the brake switches that could cause the brake lamps not to turn on. This malfunction increases the
Samsung hits back at ISS report
Jul 5, 2015
Samsung C&T on Sunday rebuffed a report by global shareholder adviser Institutional Shareholder Services that recommended its shareholders to oppose the proposed merger with Cheil Industries, the de facto holding company of Samsung Group. Samsung’s construction and trading unit said it was concerned that the report would mislead investors. “Despite the projection of a 22.6 percent stock plunge in the case of a merger failure, the ISS report recommended Samsung C&T shareholders to vote against th
Elliott faces credibility test
Jul 5, 2015
U.S. hedge fund Elliott Associates faces a new challenge in its aim to derail the proposed merger of two Samsung Group units, as the prosecution launched an investigation into allegations that Elliott fabricated information in a regulatory filing. Elliott, the third-largest shareholder of Samsung C&T with a 7.1 percent stake, has been seeking to thwart Samsung’s plan to merge Cheil Industries, the de facto holding company, with the Korean group’s construction and trading unit Samsung C&T. It has
Samsung C&T hits back at ISS merger report
Jul 5, 2015
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Manufacturers turn gloomier on outlook
Jul 5, 2015
South Korea's major manufacturers are more pessimistic about business conditions for the third quarter due to China's slowing growth and the fallout of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak, a poll showed Sunday. The Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry said its business survey index for the July-September period came to 88, down from 97 tallied in the second quarter. The result is based on a survey of 2,400 manufacturing companies nationwide. A reading of under 100 means pessimists ou
Flight occupancy rates drop in June on MERS scare: data
Jul 5, 2015
The seat occupancy rates of flights sank in June as people canceled their trips in fear of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak, while the figures are expected to recover somewhat moving forward due to the summer season, industry data showed Sunday. The total number of passengers on domestic and international flights came to 5.99 million in June, down 10 percent from a year ago, according to the data by the nation's two major airlines -- Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc.
Future of Korea depends on first movers, not fast followers
Jul 3, 2015
Fourth-generation descendent of Underwood family with deep roots in Korea finds calling in corporate sector
Hyosung to build W1tr polyketone plant in Ulsan
Jul 3, 2015
Hyosung announced Friday it would invest 1 trillion won ($893.3 million) to establish a 300,000-ton polyketone manufacturing plant and a research and development center in Korea’s southeastern industrial city of Ulsan. The industrial conglomerate and the local government of Ulsan signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday to jointly work on the development scheduled to be completed in 2021. The 208,000-square-meter site is set at Yongyeon-dong, which is close to another Hyosung plant, and
POSCO’s steel output tops 800m tons
Jul 3, 2015
Steelmaker POSCO said Friday that it has produced more than 800 million tons of steel products, about 43 years since manufacturing started in 1972. According to the company, the cumulative production amount surpassed 800 million tons as of 7 a.m. on June 25. POSCO held celebratory ceremonies at its plants in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, and Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province, to encourage the field workers. “We are especially proud because the record was set amid the long-standing economic
S. Korea to boost support for MERS-hit tourism industry
Jul 3, 2015
The government will increase support for the MERS-hit tourism industry to up to 1 trillion won, a senior government official said Friday. Speaking to tourism industry officials and merchants on Jeju Island, Vice Finance Minister Bang Moon-kyu said the government is assessing the economic impact of the respiratory illness on Asia's fourth-largest economy, and plans to add some 430 billion won ($383 million) to the already earmarked amount of over 500 billion won. The scenic island of Jeju, loca
Hyundai Steel gains momentum with Hysco merger
Jul 2, 2015
DANGJIN, South Chungcheong Province ― Massive, red hot steel plates shot by along the rollers and back again.The heat inside Hyundai Steel’s Dangjin plant was high, but the speed and precision with which steel plates were being prepared for further processing was overwhelming. A few short decades ago, Korea was little more than a war-torn and ruined country, and its steel industry was able to get off the ground only as a result of the government’s relentless drive. Hyundai Steel’s plant faciliti
Hyundai Steel gains momentum with Hysco merger
Jul 2, 2015
DANGJIN, South Chungcheong Province -- Massive, red hot steel plates shot by along the rollers and back again.The heat inside Hyundai Steel’s Dangjin plant was high, but the speed and precision with which steel plates were being prepared for further processing was overwhelming. Hyundai Steel’s plant facilities in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province (Hyundai Steel)A few short decades ago, Korea was little more than a war-torn and ruined country, and its steel industry was able to get off the grou
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