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The biggest shareholder of KT&G has said it opposed a nomination for chief executive of South Korea's dominant cigarette maker, citing falling profitability and dubious business practices during the nominee's tenure as a board member. In a regulatory filing Tuesday, state-run Industrial Bank of Ko...
The feud over South Korean game developer Nexon's Maplestory, a popular side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game, or MMORPG, is escalating, with gamers filing a class action suit and Nexon taking the antitrust regulator’s fine assessment to court. As the in-court battle is ex...
By Kim Hae-yeon ( hykim@heraldcorp.com )
LX Pantos, a Korean logistics company, said Tuesday that it has obtained the Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange certification from the German Association of the Automotive Industry, in a move to gain an upper hand in delivering cars and automotive parts. TISAX serves as a standardize...
Hyosung Group's corporate venture capital arm Hyosung Ventures said Tuesday that it had decided to invest in Colosseum, a company specializing in logistics center network solutions. Colosseum is a fourth-party logistics provider, offering comprehensive solutions that encompass inventory management...
SK Ecoplant said Tuesday its wholly owned e-waste management affiliate has signed an initial pact with two Japanese companies for partnership in the used battery recycling business. Singapore-based Total Environment Solution (TES) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sumitomo Mitsui Finan...
Major South Korean shipyard HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering said Tuesday it has clinched a 688 billion-won ($525.4 million) order to build four crude oil carriers for a shipper in Europe. Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, one of HD Korea Shipbuilding's three shipbuilding units, will con...
Doosan Enerbility, a leading energy solutions provider in South Korea, announced on Monday that it has signed a contract valued at 150 billion won ($114 million) to supply equipment for Saudi Arabia's largest combined-cycle power plant project. The agreement was reached with China’s SEPCO-3, resp...
Samsung Electronics said Monday it will launch its latest Bespoke AI Combo washer-dryer globally within the second quarter of this year. The Bespoke AI Combo, which combines a 25 kilogram washing capacity with a 15 kg heat-pump drying capability, debuted in South Korea late last month. Within jus...
Samsung Group, South Korea’s top conglomerate, said Sunday that its official recruitment in the first half of this year will start Monday, with 19 affiliates joining the large-scale hiring of entry-level workers. The key affiliates include Samsung Electronics, Samsung Display, Samsung Biologics, ...
South Korean battery materials maker EcoPro said Sunday it would invest 1.2 trillion won ($910 million) in its Pohang campus in North Gyeongsang Province this year to expand its comprehensive secondary battery supply chain, which covers everything from producing key components to recycling. The co...
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest carmaker, is getting closer to testing the production of electric vehicles equipped with solid-state batteries in collaboration with Factorial Energy, a US-based solid-state battery developer. Factorial Energy announced in October last year that it d...
Hanwha Ocean, a South Korean manufacturer specializing in ships and LNG plants, has recently registered two trademarks for new entities, hinting at its expansion into maritime energy development, according to industry sources, Friday. The registration of these two trademarks -- Hanwha Drilling and...
South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group said Friday that it has promoted Chung Yong-jin, the 55-year-old son of the conglomerate’s Chair Lee Myung-hee, to chair with a mission to address the challenges in the country’s retail sector. "The increasingly competitive retail market is facing a wide...
South Korean pharmaceutical company Handok announced Friday that GX-H9, a long-acting recombinant human growth hormone it co-developed with Genexine, has won orphan drug designation from the country's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. Handok said the designation for GX-H9, which it received on Mon...
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