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LG wins award for efficient solar power solution
Jun 11, 2015
South Korea’s tech giant LG Electronics has won an award for its solar power system, the NeON 2, at the Intersolar Europe exhibition, the world’s leading solar power trade show which is scheduled to run through this Friday in Munich.A judging panel for the Intersolar Award 2015, held on the sidelines of the trade fair, recognized the high efficiency of LG’s solar energy solution, according to the tech giant. The LG solar product, with its cell measuring 15.67 centimeters, deploys top-notch techn
New GM Korea chief renamed AMCHAM chairman
Jun 11, 2015
James KimJames Kim ― who was recently named as the new president of GM Korea ― has been reappointed as the chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, the group announced Thursday.He is the first ever Korean-American to serve as AMCHAM chairman and will carry out his duties as the chamber’s chief until the end of 2015, leading the organization for two consecutive years.Kim, the current country manager of Microsoft Korea, is scheduled to begin working as GM Korea’s president and chief
Korean tech firms seek Japanese premium
Jun 11, 2015
South Korea’s popular navigation app Kimgisa last month started its pilot service in Japan, but for most Korean mobile users, there may be no way to check out the Japanese version. In a market, widely called a “tomb” for Korean companies, especially IT firms, the app has decided to conceal its nationality and take a new Japanese name instead of Kimgisa ― which means “Driver Kim” in Korean. Kimgisa, launched in 2011, has become one of the top-selling navigation apps in Korea. Daum Kakao recently
S. Korea lowers listing rules for start-ups
Jun 11, 2015
South Korea's bourse operator said Thursday it will speed up the preliminary process for start-ups hoping to enter the third stock exchange to draw in more venture firms and investors to the fledgling market. The Korea New Exchange was launched two years ago to serve as an incubator for young businesses, adding to the fleet of the main bourse KOSPI and the tech-laden KOSDAQ market. To enter the third market, companies had to meet one of the following terms: capital over 500 million, over 1 b
Elliott claims Samsung C&T's stock sale 'unlawful'
Jun 11, 2015
U.S. hedge fund Elliott Management said Thursday it filed a court injunction to stop Samsung C&T Co. from selling treasury shares to chemicals maker KCC Corp., upping the ante in their showdown over a Samsung Group restructuring move. The move came a day after Samsung C&T said it will sell 8.99 million treasury shares, or a 5.79 percent stake, to existing shareholder KCC, in an apparent bid to rally friendly forces ahead of next month's shareholder vote on the merger between Samsung C&T and Che
Conglomerates seek to dodge rules on unfair intra-group trading: lawmaker
Jun 11, 2015
South Korea's leading conglomerates have taken steps to dodge the government's restrictions on unfair intra-group trading that aim to prevent market-distorting deals, an opposition lawmaker said Thursday. According to Rep. Shin Hak-yong, 13 affiliates of family-run business groups called chaebol here have been excluded from the rules as of April. These companies were on the watch list in February 2014, when the Fair Trade Commission implemented measures to prevent preferential funneling of busi
Overseas projects won by S. Korean builders top $700 bln
Jun 11, 2015
Overseas construction orders secured by South Korean builders have surpassed the $700 billion mark, 50 years after the first one, a ministry official said Thursday. With the latest order that Samsung C&T Corp. clinched in Australia last Thursday, the total amount of overseas deals stands at $700.23 billion, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The record was reached 50 years after the first overseas deal won by a local builder in 1965. "Having retained $700 bill
[Newsmaker] POSCO, Daewoo Int'l clash over gas project
Jun 10, 2015
POSCO to replace head of control tower for restructuring to cope with internal strife
K-water seeks ‘Water Detente’ with N.K.
Jun 10, 2015
The state-run Korea Water Resources Corp., also known as K-water, is seeking to improve inter-Korean relations by pursuing various water resource development projects in the North. The K-water Research Committee for Korea Unification and the North Korea Water Society hosted a discussion Tuesday on plans to improve the North’s water infrastructure and cooperatively manage transnational rivers, with the goal of achieving a so-called “Water Detente” between the two Koreas.“As President Park Geun-hy
Samsung C&T defends merger plan
Jun 10, 2015
Korean builder hits back at U.S. hedge fund’s opposition to merger with Cheil Industries
Another Casualty of MERS: South Korea Duty Free Sales
Jun 10, 2015
Lotte Duty Free, South Korea’s largest operator of duty-free shops, expects revenue-growth to slow this month as the spread of Middle East respiratory syndrome damps visitor arrivals in the country.Sales growth slowed to 5 percent in the first seven days of this month, compared with an 11 percent rise a year earlier, and could worsen as the number of visitors from China drops, Lotte Duty Free said in an e-mailed statement. In addition, some Chinese tourists are cutting short their trips, it said
STS networks - Succeeded in commercializing lead-free radiation shielding fabric first time in Korea
Jun 10, 2015
Lead-free radiation protective fabric has been 100 % imported from other countries so far until SME company, STS networks, developed their own and commercialize it.Many hospitals and nuclear station employees are usually wearing lead-material radiation shielding clothing. These are very harmful to human as well as environment but there was no better solution than using expensive materials from USA. STS networks finally solved this problem for the first time in Korea.STS networks (CEO Bongwoo Lee
Foreign investors emerge as Samsung merger deal breakers
Jun 9, 2015
Foreign investors of Samsung C&T have emerged as a challenger against the merger plan with another Samsung affiliate Cheil Industries. While U.S.-based hedge fund Elliott, Samsung C&T’s biggest foreign investor with a 7.12 percent stake, is seeking allies to veto the merger at the July 17 shareholders meeting, Samsung managers are striving to call in its friends in order to secure what they call “managerial rights.” In the latest move, Elliott said Tuesday it had filed a court injunction against
POSCO named most competitive steelmaker
Jun 9, 2015
POSCO was named the world’s most competitive steelmaker for the eighth consecutive year, the steelmaker said Tuesday. World Steel Dynamics, a global steel industry researcher, put POSCO at the top of the world-class steelmaker ranking at the conference to discuss success strategies of the steel industry, which was held in New York on Tuesday. The WSD ranked 36 steelmakers from around the world by analyzing 23 categories, including production capacity, profitability, technology innovation and fin
Asiana gets 4th A380
Jun 9, 2015
Asiana Airlines, South Korea’s second largest carrier, has taken delivery of its fourth Airbus A380 on Tuesday to introduce the aircraft on its Incheon-New York route.“Asiana Airlines is pleased to increase the A380 service to New York and looks forward to providing our state-of-the-art onboard experience to passengers,” an Asiana official said. Asiana Airlines’ A380The A380 will be put into service for flights to Osaka and Hong Kong from Saturday to June 27, and then will be deployed on the In
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