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    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      #techAsia
      The auto industry’s tech shift speeds up Premium content

      The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      North Korea
      Chinese broker exposed by FT investigation into North Korea oil trade arrested

      South Korean authorities detain shipping agent amid fears of flight risk after activities revealed

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
      Samsung defies pressure to rein in chip investment through downturn

      Analysts still expect world’s biggest memory chip maker to slash output to counter supply glut and price falls

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      South Korea Economy
      South Korea’s pension fund forecast to run out in 2055 as demographic crisis hits

      Ageing population and underemployment add to pressures as Seoul pushes for reform

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      MSCI Inc
      South Korea eases market rules to court foreign investors

      World’s 10th-largest economy pushes to win developed status for inclusion in MSCI world index

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      KT&G Corp
      Activist fund takes aim at South Korean tobacco maker KT&G over dividends

      Singapore-based Flashlight Capital calls for group once targeted by Carl Icahn to return $1.86bn to shareholders

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      News in-depthKorea Electric Power Corp
      Energy crisis roils Kepco and local debt market

      South Korean utility resorts to bumper bond issuance as it struggles to cope with rising costs

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Shipping
      Shipbuilders enjoy record orders for LNG tankers

      Profits boost looms for Korean groups that dominate market for the specialist vessels

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      InterviewPharmaceuticals sector
      SK Bioscience says ‘national pride’ prevents China from accepting foreign Covid jabs

      South Korean vaccine maker looks elsewhere to expand overseas business

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
      Samsung profits fall 69% as demand for semiconductors slumps

      World’s biggest memory chipmaker has been ramping up production despite price falls and supply glut

    • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
      Semiconductors
      South Korean chip production slumps as inflation hits electronics demand

      Samsung set to increase capital spending to grab market share in downturn, say analysts

    • Tuesday, 27 December, 2022
      South Korea Politics & Policy
      South Korea’s former president Lee Myung-bak to be pardoned

      Conservative leader given 17-year prison sentence in 2018 for charges including corruption and embezzlement

    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      South Korea’s hunt for crypto fugitive Do Kwon leads to Serbia

      Prosecutors seek co-operation with Belgrade as search intensifies for Terraform chief

    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
      InterviewPOSCO
      Posco chief warns strong dollar is dragging down profits

      South Korea’s largest steelmaker grapples with weaker demand as global economy cools

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
      South Korean business & finance
      How a liquidity crunch in South Korea began at Legoland

      Policymakers struggle to contain defaults as rate rises put pressure on emerging markets

    • Saturday, 5 November, 2022
      Energy sector
      Asian battery makers jeopardise raw materials access by delaying deals

      South Korean groups holding back on direct investments in Australian producers in danger of ‘being left behind’

    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      Hynix Semiconductor Inc
      SK Hynix calls US tech export controls to China ‘painful’ and slashes spending

      South Korean chipmaker expects difficulties upgrading Chinese factory

    • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
      ‘Tech cold war’: rising tensions in the critical chip industry
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    • Sunday, 23 October, 2022
      InterviewAMOREPACIFIC Corp
      AmorePacific shifts cosmetic sales focus on US and Japan

      Korean group’s shares hit by sluggish performance in China as local brands step up competition

    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
      Kakao Corp
      Kakao’s co-chief resigns over messenger app service outage

      South Korea’s presidential office says blackout a matter of ‘national security’

    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
      News in-depthDo Kwon
      Retail investors become vigilantes in hunt for crypto’s most wanted man

      UST Restitution Group is trying to track down Do Kwon after the crash of his terraUSD and luna coins

    • Sunday, 9 October, 2022
      ‘Tech cold war’: rising tensions in the critical chip industry
      China’s chip industry set for deep pain from US export controls

      Experts predict ‘tsunami of change’ for semiconductor industry as Washington wields tools tested on Huawei

    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
      Samsung profits fall as chip demand slows

      South Korean technology group’s shares are down about 30% so far this year

    • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
      Do Kwon
      Do Kwon denies prosecutors froze $67mn of crypto assets

      ‘I don’t know whose funds they’ve frozen, but good for them,’ fugitive Terraform Labs founder says

    • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
      Naver Corp
      Naver shares slump after acquiring clothing reseller Poshmark

      South Korea’s largest internet company surprises investors with $1.2bn deal size, its biggest yet

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