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U.S. states lure strike-hit Hyundai
Aug 22, 2013
Georgia, Alabama begin vying for possible expansion of Hyundai factories there
NHN’s LINE expected to issue IPO early next year
Aug 22, 2013
TOKYO ― LINE Corp. said Wednesday that it planned to issue an initial public offering once its user base surpassed 300 million worldwide. “LINE would be able to issue the initial public offering when the firm secures a stable number of users, say, over 300 million,” said Hwang In-joon, CFO of NHN, the holding company of LINE Corp.The current number of LINE users stands at 230 million, having grown rapidly in just over two years since its release. He said where the firm would issue the IPOs was “
Daelim bags W1.3tr on plant order from Malaysia
Aug 22, 2013
Daelim Industrial Co., a South Korean construction firm, said Thursday that it has won a 1.3 trillion won ($1.16 billion) deal to build a thermal power plant in Malaysia.Under the deal with state-run Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Daelim will complete the construction of the coal-powered plant by October 2017, the company said.The 1,000-megawatt plant will be built in Manjung, 288 kilometers northwest of Kuala Lumpur, it added.TNB accounts for about 55 percent of the Southeast Asian country‘s electrici
KTC to levy anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese plywood
Aug 22, 2013
South Korea’s trade commission said Thursday it has decided to levy anti-dumping tariffs on imported Chinese plywood as the importers were underselling their products.The decision by the Korea Trade Commission will impose punitive duties of 2.42 percent to 27.1 percent on Chinese plywood sold here, it said. Whether to actually impose anti-dumping duties will be decided by the finance ministry.The local market for the material reached about 870 billion won ($775 million) last year with Chinese ma
LG Uplus rolls out smart gadget ‘Homeboy’
Aug 22, 2013
LG Uplus on Thursday rolled out a new smart device serving multiple home appliance functions. The new device, called “Homeboy,” functions as a TV, audio player, e-book platform, phone and closed-circuit television. The 7-inch screen device lets users access some 50 TV channels, movies, millions of music tracks and tens of thousands of e-books. Some 1,600 children’s stories and 32 different musical instrument applications are also available. Monthly subscription fees vary from 16,000 won to 20,00
Park stresses talks before new laws
Aug 21, 2013
New KCCI chairman voices concerns about economic democratization
Samsung, LG, Apple to compete in smart watches
Aug 21, 2013
Samsung to sell Galaxy Gear in bundle package with Note 3
New KCCI chief calls for flexible fix for 'economic democratization'
Aug 21, 2013
The new head of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the country's biggest business lobby group, said Wednesday that problems of wealth divide and fair competition should be solved by more flexible measures than regulations.Park Yong-maan, the chairman of Doosan Group, who took office formally as the KCCI head earlier in the day, told reporters that it is possible to solve the issue for "economic democratization" with in-depth discussions between businessmen and the government without reg
Haptix brings devices closer to users
Aug 21, 2013
Young entrepreneurs claim their product has potential to change the world
Mobile messenger LINE eyes world market
Aug 21, 2013
TOKYO ― LINE Corp. on Wednesday said it is out for a larger share of the global mobile messenger market by offering new services that include free video calls.“LINE will not only serve as a communication channel but also play a role as a common language in the world,” said Akira Morikawa, chief executive officer of LINE, an affiliate of NHN, at the “Hello, Friends in Tokyo 2013” conference held in Tokyo this week.LINE currently offers free text messaging, voice calls and group chats both locally
Companies to create over 2,000 'decent part-time jobs'
Aug 21, 2013
Companies will create over 2,000 "decent part-time jobs" by the middle of next year in response to the government's efforts to raise the country's overall employment rate to 70 percent, a state-run foundation said Wednesday.The foundation for labor-management development said it has decided on Monday to use government funds to support plans by 269 local firms around the country to create a total of 2,118 quality part-time jobs.They include eight subsidiaries of the food and entertainment conglom
Overseas Korean firms won’t come home: poll
Aug 20, 2013
Korean firms with overseas plant facilities appear to harbor no plans to bring operations back home mostly because they believe business conditions to be better outside the country, a recent poll showed.According to the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday, out of 700 local companies with overseas factories, almost 80 percent said conditions were better where they were compared to back home in Korea.Another 91 percent said they had no plans to relocate their operations to other coun
LG Electronics opens school in Kenyan slum
Aug 20, 2013
LG Electronics has opened the LG Hope School in Nairobi, Kenya, to provide the local children with a better learning environment, according to a company statement. This is the first time the electronics maker has built a school in Africa. More than 100 people attended the opening ceremony on Aug. 12, including Kenyan Education Ministry director Richard Belio Kipsang, the United Nations World Food Program’s Kenyan office vice head Paul Turnbull and LG Electronics’ Kenyan office branch head Kim Ju
Number of foreign workers soars in rural areas
Aug 20, 2013
The number of foreign workers in South Korea’s farming and fishing sector jumped 3.5-fold in 2012 from three years earlier, data showed Tuesday.According to the data compiled by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the number of immigrant workers in the country’s farming and fishing sector came to 4,863 last year, compared to 1,390 tallied in 2009.Local households employing foreign workers also jumped more than four-fold to reach 2,677 units over the cited period, the data also s
LG Display keeps lead in large LCD panels
Aug 20, 2013
South Korean display giant LG Display Co. kept its dominant position in the market for liquid crystal display panels that are 9.1 inches or larger in the first half, data showed Tuesday.Shipments by LG Display reached 88.96 million units in the January-June period, accounting for 26.2 percent of a total 339 million units shipped globally, according to the data by market researcher DisplaySearch.The large LCD panels are usually used for computer monitors, laptop computer screens and TVs.LG Displa
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