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S. Korea's energy imports down on less demand for crude oil
Jan 16, 2014
South Korea's energy imports inched down last year from a year earlier, mostly due to lower demand for crude oil, customs data showed Thursday.According to the data from the Korea Customs Service, South Korea's energy imports shrank 0.7 percent on-year in 2013. Crude oil imports dropped 4.8 percent, while those of coal and natural gas rose 0.8 percent and 7.7 percent, respectively.The overall decline in energy imports is attributable to lessened demand for crude oil from industry and the transpo
Samsung breaks mold in hiring
Jan 15, 2014
Samsung Group, the nation’s largest conglomerate, said Wednesday that it would revamp its recruitment process in a bid to reduce unnecessary social costs related to exams and private education. Young job seekers in Korea have generally spent considerable time and money on developing their qualifications and on entrance exams by attending expensive private academic institutions to get hired at large companies such as Samsung. Samsung said it plans to lower its dependence on the Samsung Aptitude T
POSCO speeds up CEO search
Jan 15, 2014
Steelmaker confirms 5 candidates for top post
U.S. businesses hope for seats on Korea’s creative economy team
Jan 15, 2014
The chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea on Wednesday asked the government to let U.S. firms join the newly launched Creative Economy Task Force.Assuring that U.S. businesses would continue business in Korea as usual despite recent turbulence on the peninsula, AMCHAM’s newly appointed chief raised hope that American business representatives could contribute to the government’s creative economy task force to reach win-win solutions for both parties.“American companies have unique
SK Telecom to share LTE know-how with Chinese carrier
Jan 15, 2014
South Korea’s No. 1 mobile carrier SK Telecom said Wednesday it has agreed with a Chinese counterpart to share its know-how on the Long Term Evolution network.SK Telecom said it will support China Telecom Corp. in establishing the network in areas covering Shanghai by sharing its technologies and experiences related to the LTE service.The company will also send its telecommunications experts to China under the deal.China approved the adaptation of the LTE network into the country in December, wi
Samsung Group to invest W50tr in 2014
Jan 14, 2014
South Korea’s No. 1 conglomerate Samsung Group said Tuesday it plans to invest around 50 trillion won ($47.2 billion) this year, continuing their investment expansion amid the prolonged economic slump.Lee Sang-hoon, president of Samsung Electronics Co., replied, “Around that much,” when asked by reporters if the annual investment figure would be about 50 trillion won. Lee was coming out of a breakfast meeting that commerce minister hosted for the country’s top 30 conglomerates.“Considering Samsu
Hyundai Amco, Engineering to merge after tax audit
Jan 14, 2014
Hyundai Motor Group seeks to form Mobis-led holding company
Auto vendor slammed for China pollution
Jan 14, 2014
Chinese media accuse firm of dumping waste near Beijing
LG Chem to supply 3-D printer material to Stratasys
Jan 14, 2014
LG Chem, the nation’s leading chemical company, is expected to supply its acrylonitrile butadiene styrene plastic to Stratasys, a U.S.-based 3-D printer manufacturer, according an industry source on Tuesday. The Korean chemical company will supply the ABS plastic pallets to a processing company, which will then process the material to supply Stratasys. “To our knowledge, LG Chem may have already begun providing ABS for Stratasys,” a source from Stratasys said. “ABS is currently the most commonly
[Photo News] Kia GT4 stinger
Jan 14, 2014
Daewoo International to earn W400b in Myanmar
Jan 14, 2014
Daewoo International, a trading subsidiary of POSCO, announced Monday that it had successfully begun production at the Shwe gas field off the western coast of Myanmar. From the project, the company expects to rake in annual profit of between 350-400 billion won ($330.5-$377.7 million) before tax over the next 20 years. Daewoo began extracting gas from one of the 11 wells at Shwe, and the latest spike in production will bring the company’s daily capacity to 200 million cubic feet of natural gas,
Hyundai Amco, Engineering to merge after tax audit
Jan 14, 2014
Hyundai Motor Group seeks to form Mobis-led holding company
Nissan’s Infiniti leads in customer satisfaction
Jan 13, 2014
Infiniti, the luxury vehicle division of Japan’s Nissan, outperformed its rival carmakers in an annual Korea Sustainability Management Evaluation customer satisfaction survey released on Monday. The Japanese luxury brand said it topped the automotive sector in the panel evaluation, which was divided into four categories: brand preference, product satisfaction, after-sales service and brand satisfaction.Infiniti attributed the top rankings in the recent customer satisfaction survey to its warrant
Think tank calls for tax code revision
Jan 13, 2014
South Korea needs to redefine what constitutes close family relations in its basic tax code law to reflect realistic social and economic conditions, a think tank belonging to an association of conglomerates said Monday.According to the Korea Economic Research Institute, the research arm of the Federation of Korean Industries, South Korea maintains outdated taxation rules that define close blood and in-law relatives based on revisions made in 1974. It said such rules do not reflect the way people
Lotte joins race for LIG acquisition
Jan 13, 2014
Lotte Group, a conglomerate whose businesses range from fast food to retail and construction, has joined the race to take over LIG Insurance Co., a local nonlife insurer, industry sources said Monday.According to the sources, Lotte picked Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse as its financial advisor for the acquisition, Ernst & Young Han Young as its accounting advisor and Milliman Korea as its actuarial advisor.“It is true that we have an interest in buying LIG Insurance,” a Lotte official said. “
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