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HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Tops Foreign Exchange Gains Among Big Three Shipbuilders in 2024 with KRW 457.1 Billion
As the KRW-USD exchange rate has experienced repeated sharp fluctuations recently, the foreign exchange risk for domestic shipbuilders, who have a high proportion of foreign currency sales, has come u...
2025-04-17 목요일 | 신혜주 기자
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ABL Bio Eyes Turnaround with 'KRW 4 Trillion Mega-Deal'... Prospects for Additional Deals?
ABL Bio has successfully signed a licensing-out (LO) agreement worth approximately KRW 4 trillion for its bispecific antibody platform “Grabody-B,” signaling a turnaround to profitability. The compa...
2025-04-16 수요일 | 김나영 기자
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Kia Cuts North American EV Sales Target by 34% Following Trump's Election
Kia Corporation has significantly revised its 2030 electric vehicle (EV) sales target for the North American market, reducing it by 34% compared to the previous year's projection. This adjustment come...
2025-04-15 화요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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Cho Joo-wan’s Second Term at LG Electronics: Can It Overcome the Limits as a ‘Home Appliance Powerhouse’ and Achieve Growth?
Cho Joo-wan, who has returned as CEO of LG Electronics, is once again being tested on his commitment to restructuring the company’s business portfolio. Since his appointment in 2021, Cho has focused ...
2025-04-14 월요일 | 김재훈 기자
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Trump’s Wavering Tariffs... Korean Food and Beauty Industries in Deep Concern Over Countermeasures
President Donald Trump’s tariff pressure is rippling across the globe, leaving South Korean companies with high export dependency scrambling to devise countermeasures. If President Trump imposes a 25...
2025-04-11 금요일 | 손원태 기자
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What is Hyundai and Kia's Strategy to Counter Trump's Tariffs with a 40% U.S. Production Share?"
Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation are taking a cautious stance in response to the imposition of high tariffs in the United States, closely monitoring the situation. However, analysts predict t...
2025-04-10 목요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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Localization in Full Swing... Why Kolmar Korea and COSMAX Are Smiling Despite U.S. Tariff Bomb
Amid growing concerns over a U.S.-led "tariff war," Korean cosmetics ODM (Original Design Manufacturing) firms Kolmar Korea and COSMAX have positioned themselves as insulated players. Their early inve...
2025-04-09 수요일 | 김나영 기자
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Solid Performance in Home Appliances... LG Electronics Reports All-Time High Q1 Revenue, Slight Drop in Profit
LG Electronics (CEO: Cho Joo-wan) achieved its highest-ever first-quarter revenue this year, fueled by robust performance in its core home appliance business and a decline in logistics-related risks. ...
2025-04-08 화요일 | 김재훈 기자
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Hanwha’s Kim Seung-youn and Kim Dong-kwan: Will the Father-Son 'Parallel Theory' Be Completed?
Could it be the inherited managerial DNA?Kim Dong-kwan, Vice Chairman of Hanwha Group, demonstrates leadership and decisiveness that closely resemble those of his father, Chairman Kim Seung-youn. In f...
2025-04-07 월요일 | 신혜주 기자
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Lee Jae-yong’s 3 Picks Transforming Samsung Electronics : 'Automotive Electronics, Displays, and Robotics'
Samsung Electronics is determined to reclaim its reputation as a technology powerhouse this year by not only focusing on its traditional businesses, such as semiconductors and home appliances, but als...
2025-04-04 금요일 | 김재훈 기자
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Will Samsung Electronics Unlock Its Treasury After 8 Years? Potential for Mega M&A
Samsung Electronics has set its sights on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as a strategy to secure future growth engines. Since the acquisition of its automotive electronics subsidiary Harman in 2017, t...
2025-04-03 목요일 | 김재훈 기자
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"Indeed, the Era of Power Cables!" LS Cable & System's Koo Ja-yeop and Koo Bon-gyu Father-Son Duo Enjoy Skyrocketing Salaries
Koo Ja-yeop, Chairman of LS Cable & System, and his son Koo Bon-gyu, President of the company, saw their salaries increase by up to 31% last year compared to the previous year. This sharp rise in comp...
2025-04-02 수요일 | 신혜주 기자
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On the Same Boat with Alibaba? Shinsegae Still Has a Long Way to Go
Shinsegae Group has entered into a strategic alliance with China’s Alibaba Group, drawing significant attention. As a partnership between one of South Korea’s leading retail giants and China’s larg...
2025-04-01 화요일 | 박슬기 기자
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LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI and SK-on Aim for 'K-Battery Comeback'
South Korea's top battery makers—LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI, and SK-on—are working to seize opportunities amidst the "chasm" of temporary demand stagnation.It’s hard to believe there was a tim...
2025-03-31 월요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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KT Accelerates 'AX Accelerator' with Korean AI Services
KT Corporation, in collaboration with its AI business partner Microsoft, is introducing AI agents and cloud services tailored to Korean industries, advancing the establishment of a Korean AI ecosystem...
2025-03-28 금요일 | 김재훈 기자
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SKT Appoints Group's Strategic Expert, Marking Pinnacle in 'AI Company' Transformation
SK Telecom (CEO Ryu Young-sang, hereinafter SKT) has restructured its board of directors this year, including the appointment of Kang Dong-soo, head of SK Group's Portfolio Management (PM) division, a...
2025-03-27 목요일 | 김재훈 기자
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"Investing Despite Trillion-KRW Losses"... Chung Eui-sun's New Business '3 Picks'
'Autonomous driving, AI (Artificial Intelligence), and robotics' are the three future businesses that Chung Eui-sun, Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, has set his sights on. Despite annual trillion-KRW...
2025-03-26 수요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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Intensified Competition, Trump Risk, and Oversupply... Samsung Biologics CEO John Rim Faces Mounting Challenges Amid Uncertainty
Even as Samsung Biologics (hereinafter referred to as Samsung Bio) continues its strong growth, aiming for annual revenue of KRW 5 trillion this year, uncertainties persist.Former U.S. President Donal...
2025-03-25 화요일 | 김나영 기자
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John Rim’s 4 Years That Changed the Bio Landscape: From Latecomer to ‘Samsung’s Savior’
If you were to name the next-generation growth engine to follow semiconductors in the Samsung Group, it would undoubtedly be the bio business. While other core divisions faced downturns, Samsung Biolo...
2025-03-25 화요일 | 김나영 기자
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‘Another K-Miracle’ Hanwha Aerospace, Hyundai Rotem, and LIG Nex1
Global geopolitical tensions are heightening interest in South Korea's defense industry more than ever before.European and Middle Eastern countries are actively pursuing military modernization project...
2025-03-24 월요일 | 신혜주 기자
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Koo Kwang-mo Invests in Canadian Lithium Extraction Company, Accelerating 'Cleantech' Growth
LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo has made his first investment in the cleantech sector this year. Cleantech is one of the future businesses Koo has personally selected, with cumulative investments excee...
2025-03-21 금요일 | 김재훈 기자
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Samsung Electronics 'Trapped in the KRW 50,000 Swamp'... "Vows to Secure Competitiveness in AI and Robotics"
Samsung Electronics apologized to shareholders for its poor performance and stock price last year, promising to restore fundamental competitiveness. Vice Chairmen Han Jong-hee of the DX Division and J...
2025-03-20 목요일 | 김재훈 기자
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Hyundai Motor Suffers KRW 700 Billion Loss in China, While Kia Achieves Profit Turnaround
Kia Corporation has achieved a profit turnaround in China for the first time in eight years, contrasting sharply with Hyundai Motor Company, which has posted losses in its Chinese operations for six c...
2025-03-19 수요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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SK Innovation's Credit Rating Downgrade Spiral... Battery Division Faces KRW 1 Trillion Loss Concerns This Year
SK Innovation's battery business struggles are leading to a vicious cycle, with credit rating downgrades increasing the burden of raising investment funds.On March 14 (local time), global credit ratin...
2025-03-18 화요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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Is Coupang's 41-Trillion-Won Empire in Danger? The Advance of Naver and Daiso
Naver and Daiso are emerging as major threats to Coupang, which became the first company in South Korea’s retail industry to achieve 41 trillion won in revenue last year. They are countering Coupang ...
2025-03-17 월요일 | 박슬기 기자
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Naver Focuses on 'AI Enhancement,' Kakao on 'Stabilization'... Contrasting Atmospheres in Board Restructuring
Naver and Kakao will hold their regular general shareholders' meetings on the same day for the first time in about 12 years. However, the two companies are approaching this with distinctly different a...
2025-03-14 금요일 | 김재훈 기자