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Han Kang speaks up on Nobel Prize, thanks ‘enormous wave’ of blessing
No South Korean military drone entered Pyongyang skies: JCS
Yoon returns home from 3-nation Southeast Asia trip
Son Heung-min's father ordered to pay fine for child abuse
S. Korea stages 1st live-fire drills of Taurus missile in 7 years
'Heavy Snow,' Han So-hee's big screen debut, examines stereotypes of beauty
Former Ador CEO gains ground in legal battle with Hybe, as whistleblower reveals plagiarism evidence
Early voting begins for Seoul education superintendent by-election with low turnout
Aunt sentenced to 15 years for throwing 11-month-old nephew from high-rise apartment
Han Kang declines press conference, not to celebrate, citing global wars
Warehouse manager arrested for stealing W6.8b in cash from storage
North Korean man crosses sea boundary to escape to South
Spain lauds stronger ties with S. Korea on National Day
Aston Martin seeks bigger footing in Korean luxury car market
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Hyundai Glovis sees growth in auction service for used cars
Sept 1, 2014
Hyundai Glovis, the logistics arm of Hyundai Motor Group, is gaining traction with its one-stop auction service for used cars.“Hyundai Glovis Auto Auction is creating a new used car sales culture by providing a wide range of vehicles and securing convenience and credibility with accurate performance inspections and a transparent, high-tech auction system,” a company official said. “The country’s largest used vehicle auction service provider offers a one-stop service from auction to vehicle asses
Hyundai Motor’s sales fall 5.9% in August
Sept 1, 2014
Hyundai Motor, South Korea’s top automaker, said Monday its August sales fell 5.9 percent from a year earlier, mainly due to choppy labor-management relations.Company data showed 357,698 cars were sold overall last month, with domestic sales edging up 1 percent to 48,143. Overseas numbers dropped 6.9 percent to 309,555 cars.In regards to domestic sales, the company said the transition to a two-shift system at its Jeonju plant and steady demand for the brand new Sonata, the 2015 Genesis premium s
Samsung, Hyundai kick off tight race for lucrative Gangnam site
Sept 1, 2014
Competition could lift bidding price to 5 trillion won
Food industry as a future growth engine
Sept 1, 2014
Yeo In-hongHow will we survive in the age of global competition? The key is to know what is ahead. If you know what is coming, you can draw up the right plans to prepare for changes that are imminent. Korean companies must anticipate the future and create proper strategies to compete against global companies. To respond quickly to the fast-changing conditions, strategies tailored to regions and sectors with high growth potential are necessary.The world perceives China and India as the regions mo
Two foreign campuses open in Incheon FEZ
Sept 1, 2014
Belgium’s Ghent University opened its local branch in South Korea’s Incheon free economic zone Monday, becoming the first European school to open a campus here.A ceremony that also marked the opening of a branch of the University of Utah from the United States was held in the free economic zone in Songdo, also a home to the United Nations Green Climate Fund, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.Ghent University, one of the top-rated schools in the world for bioscience, is expe
Korean carmakers' sales drop 7.3% in August
Sept 1, 2014
Car sales by South Korean automakers fell sharply last month from a year earlier amid labor-management wage disputes and people taking time off for summer vacation, industrywide data showed Monday.The combined sales of five local car manufacturers reached 638,372 vehicles in August, down 7.3 percent from 688,708 vehicles sold a year ago. The total excludes complete knockdown kits shipped abroad for assembly. Carmakers said labor strife, including partial walkouts and overtime work boycotts, hur
Samsung's shipbuilding, engineering units to merge
Sept 1, 2014
Samsung Group's shipbuilding and engineering units on Monday announced a plan to merge within this year as the nation's top conglomerate speeds up a restructuring drive.The stock exchange ratio has been set at 2.36 shares of Samsung Engineering Co. per one Samsung Heavy Industries Co. share. The merger is scheduled to be completed by Dec. 1. Samsung Heavy said in its regulatory filing that it aims to combine its shipbuilding and marine plant business with Samsung Engineering's competitive edge
Impasse over lifetime extension of Wolseong unit 1 drags on
Aug 31, 2014
Civic groups, progressive politicians push to shut down aging nuclear power reactors
Former Shindongbang Group chairman dies of caner
Aug 31, 2014
Shin Myung-soo. (Yonhap)Former Shindongbang Group chairman Shin Myung-soo, 73, died last Saturday from colorectal cancer. Shin was a well-known entrepreneur who contributed to the growth of South Korea’s food processing industry. He started his career at Shindongbang Corp. in 1967 and served as a chief executive of the company until 1999. Hit by the Asian currency crisis, the company faced financial difficulties and units of the company were merged into Sajo Haepyo in 1999 and CJ Group in 2002.B
[Herald Interview] ‘Security concerns should not delay mobile messenger payment’
Aug 31, 2014
The Korean government is advised to push for the growth of the mobile payment market, not to hold back on security concerns. “Too many concerns over security online may hamper the mobile massenger payment market in an infant stage of growth,” Kim Yeong-rin, president of the Financial Security Agency, told The Korea Herald in a recent interview.His remark came amid growing security concerns over the financial services to be offered by the nation’s most-used mobile messenger, Kakao Talk.Kim Yeong-
S. Korea ranks 8th in global trade volume: report
Aug 31, 2014
South Korea ranked eighth in terms of global trade volume in the first half of 2014, one notch higher than the previous year, a report showed Sunday.According to the report by the Institute for International Trade, a research agency, South Korea’s trade volume came to $546.4 billion during the January-June period. The amount is the eighth largest among the 71 major countries surveyed by the agency. South Korea’s exports grew 2.5 percent on-year to $283.3 billion during the first half, the sevent
FTC to probe excessive auto part prices of imported vehicles
Aug 31, 2014
South Korea's antitrust watchdog plans to launch an investigation into consumers' complaints about the overpriced auto parts used in imported foreign vehicles, its top official has said."Consumers' complaints are growing over excessive repair costs of imported vehicles... We are going to look into auto part prices of imported cars in September and October," Noh Dae-lae, head of the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), told reporters during a meeting Thursday. His remarks were embargoed until Sunday.He s
KEPCO invites bids to sell main office property
Aug 29, 2014
South Korea’s state-run power provider Korea Electric Power Corp. said Friday that it has opened bids to sell the land that currently holds its headquarters in Seoul, a highly coveted property that it estimated to be worth 3.33 trillion won ($3.3 billion).KEPCO said it will pick the buyer who offers the highest price through the bidding that will close on Sept. 17. KEPCO’s stated value of the plot is much higher than the state-appraised price of 1.48 trillion won as of end of last year, as well
Renault Samsung teams up with Seoul on electric taxis
Aug 29, 2014
Renault Samsung Motors said Friday that it will work with the city of Seoul to operate a small fleet of electric car taxicabs that can help validate the use of zero-emission vehicles in the public transportation sector.The memorandum of understanding calls for the South Korean unit of French automaker Renault S.A. to supply 10 SM3 ZEs to a local taxi company free of charge so they can be used to service passengers. Renault Samsung Motors’ CEO Francois Provost (third from left) poses with Seoul C
Domestic industrial output grows in July
Aug 29, 2014
South Korea’s industrial output grew for the second straight month in July, raising expectations that the economic recovery might be gaining some momentum, a government report showed Friday.According to the report by Statistics Korea, production in the mining, manufacturing, gas and electricity industries expanded 1.1 percent last month from June. The growth rate, however, slowed down from a revised 2.6 percent gain a month earlier.Production in the service sector inched down 0.4 percent on-mont
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