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Military aircraft evaucating S. Koreans in Lebanon returns home
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Special counsel bill to probe first lady scrapped
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[Herald Interview] Accounting alignment a prerequisite for better inter-Korean business ties
Aug 11, 2019
Two Koreas may share same culture, but differ in business practices
[From the scene] Outdoor leisure gets more exciting with 5G thrills
Aug 11, 2019
Telecom firm KT taps millennials and Gen Z market by deploying 5G services at vacation spots
KOGAS Q2 net losses narrow on price hikes
Aug 9, 2019
The state-run Korea Gas Corp. said Friday its net losses narrowed sharply in the second quarter on gas price hikes. Net losses for the three months ending June 30 narrowed to 6.8 billion won ($5.6 million) from 129.6 billion won a year earlier, the company said in a statement. "Gas prices rose 4.5 percent for the year. Some of the company's outstanding payments for gas supply to the markets were retrieved in the second quarter. These gave a big boost to the quarterly bottom line,"
KIC invests $412m in Japanese firms linked to war criminals
Aug 9, 2019
State-run Korea Investment Corp. is found to have heavily invested in Japanese companies linked to forced wartime labor, according to sources, prompting concerns about the investment portfolio of domestic financial institutions. It is the latest revelation after the release of the National Pension Service’s investment history last month.According to Rep. Kim Kyung-hyub from the ruling Democratic Party on Friday, the KIC invested about $412 million -- as of last year -- in 46 Japanese compa
Antitrust regulator nominee says ‘fair economy is vital’
Aug 9, 2019
South Korea’s antitrust watchdog nominee Joh Sung-wook said she would keep “fair economic development” in mind, adding both conglomerate reforms and fair economy are vital. The professor at Seoul National University met with reporters on Friday afternoon shortly after President Moon Jae-in nominated her as the new chief of the Fair Trade Commission. “I feel a heavy responsibility to be nominated as the FTC head, who serves a critical role of pursuing a fair economy,
Kakao and Twice collaborate for new Kakao merchandise
Aug 9, 2019
Kakao IX, the Kakao company that oversees the characters of Kakao Friends, announced Friday the release of Kakao Friends Twice Edition, a new merchandise series in collaboration with girl group Twice. First to be released from the series are nine pin badges with pictures drawn by the members of Twice themselves. “Twice members have been actively participating throughout the idea planning and designing processes,” Kakao IX said, with behind-the-scenes videos of the process to be
Female SNU professor nominated to head S. Korea’s antitrust watchdog
Aug 9, 2019
President Moon Jae-in has nominated Joh Sung-wook, a professor at Seoul National University, to lead South Korea’s antitrust watchdog, the presidential office said Friday. Joh, 55, will replace former head Kim Sang-jo, who is Moon’s chief policy secretary since June. Currently serving as professor at SNU Business School, Joh previously served as a non-executive member of the Financial Services Commission’s Securities & Futures Commission from April 2013 to April this y
SillaJen vows to come back with more data to prove Pexa-Vec efficacy
Aug 8, 2019
New SillaJen R&D center in Pangyo to open in September as planned
Japan gives first export approval to South Korea after tightened rules
Aug 8, 2019
The South Korean government said Thursday that Japan has allowed high-tech materials to be exported to South Korea in the first approval since the Shinzo Abe administration imposed export curbs in July on three materials crucial for Korea’s chip and display production. Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said Thursday that Japan had granted its first approval for exporting extreme ultraviolet photoresists to Korea a day earlier. EUV photoresists are one of the three materials that Japan restri
S-Oil grants scholarships of W330m to students
Aug 8, 2019
South Korea’s leading oil refiner S-Oil held a ceremony Wednesday to award scholarships to students at an orphanage. The S-Oil Dream Scholarship is an annual donation organized by the company to provide educational opportunities to less-advantaged students.This year, 135 students from Sundukwon Orphanage, as well as a choir group at the center, were provided scholarships totaling 330 million won ($273,000). Since 2016, the company has donated 1.2 billion won to aid 485 students.Of th
Service output down in restructuring-hit region: data
Aug 8, 2019
The South Korean industrial city of Ulsan suffered a setback in service output and retail sales in the second quarter due to lingering effects of massive corporate restructuring, data showed Thursday.Service output in Ulsan -- home to shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Hyundai Motor Co. -- fell 0.3 percent in the April-June period from a year earlier.Retail sales in the southeastern industrial city declined 1.2 percent, marking the fifth straight quarter that retail sales have fallen.T
Moody's puts SK Innovation on negative outlook
Aug 7, 2019
Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday changed SK Innovation Co.'s rating outlook to negative from stable due to the firm's large leveraged spending and dividends. Moody's holds a Baa1 rating for SK Innovation, South Korea's biggest refiner by sales. "The change in SK Innovation's outlook to negative reflects our expectation that the company's financial metrics will deteriorate significantly over the next 1-2 years, mainly because of large debt-funded ca
Yuhan launches subsidiary in Australia
Aug 7, 2019
South Korean pharmaceutical giant Yuhan has established a subsidiary in Australia to expand its global clinical network and drug development pipelines. The subsidiary, Yuhan ANZ, was launched in June. Some 2 billion won ($1.6 million) was reportedly invested for the project. The company said Australia is one of the countries with bright prospects for the pharmaceutical market, given its increasing demand for medical products. “Launching a subsidiary in Australia is a part of our
LG H&H CEO leads biggest market cap growth
Aug 7, 2019
Local corporate tracker CEO Score revealed Wednesday that among CEOs of major listed companies in South Korea, LG Household & Health Care Vice President Cha Suk-yong raised the market cap of the company by the largest margin during his tenure. According to CEO Score, LG H&H’s market cap was valued at 435.7 billion won ($358.6 million) in January 2005, when Cha was first appointed as the CEO, but rose to 19.63 trillion won as of end-July, a whopping 4,405.4 percent increase in 14.6
Asiana Airlines to suspend flights on Busan-Okinawa route
Aug 7, 2019
Asiana Airlines Inc. said Wednesday it will suspend flights on the Busan-Okinawa route later this month due to falling demand stemming from a trade row between South Korea and Japan. A series of Tokyo's export curbs on Seoul has sparked a "Boycott Japan" campaign here against travel to the neighboring country and purchases of Japanese products. Asiana said flights departing from the southeastern port city of Busan for Japan's southern resort island of Okinawa will be suspended starting
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