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Economy

June 27, 2024
KCCI embarks on preparing 2025 APEC summit

The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a major South Korean business lobby, said on Thursday it launched a task force to prepare for business leaders’ meetings to be held on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit scheduled to take place here next year. As the 2025 APEC...
June 25, 2024
CJ CheilJedang forays into Amazon Germany for European expansion

CJ CheilJedang, a leading South Korean food company, is signaling European expansion with the recent opening of its Bibigo brand store on Amazon Germany, the company said Tuesday. Opened last month, the brand store is featuring 19 products on Germany’s foremost e-commerce platform. The products ...
June 25, 2024
LG Uplus launches ixi-GEN telecom-specific AI

LG Uplus, one of the top three telecommunications providers in South Korea, launched its self-developed generative artificial intelligence model ixi-GEN on Tuesday. Ixi-Gen is a small language model that learned LG Uplus’ communication and platform data based on LG AI Research Institute’s Exaone...
June 24, 2024
Korea's antitrust watchdog to rule on YouTube bundling allegation

South Korea's antitrust regulator plans to wrap up its over 16-month investigation into YouTube next month to determine whether the US platform breached any rules by bundling its music streaming service with its ad-free premium subscription program. Korea Fair Trade Commission Chairman Han Ki-jeon...
June 21, 2024
Short selling ban hinders Korea’s MSCI index upgrade

South Korea retained its emerging market status by Morgan Stanley Capital International, with the ongoing short selling ban cited as a hindrance to the country's efforts for a status upgrade. "The recent short selling ban introduces market accessibility restrictions," MSCI said Thursday when annou...
June 19, 2024
Korea declares full-fledged war to combat low birth rate

President Yoon Suk Yeol declared a "national emergency on population" Wednesday, rolling out measures to expand cash support for newborn babies to reverse the declining birth rate trend. "The population crisis caused by extremely low birthrates is the foremost and critical issue among the various ...
June 17, 2024
Korea to pilot visa for K-pop trainees

South Korea is to introduce a separate visa track to lure foreign nationals who aspire to become K-pop stars, in a move to attract more tourists from overseas, the Finance Ministry announced on Monday. Based on the concern that the country’s tourism revenue -- the amount that inbound visitors pay...
June 16, 2024
How Korean convenience stores became big names in Central Asia

In the meantime, industry officials said that the nation’s convenience store industry boom came with various merchandising efforts from domestic companies in recent years. “Not only Korean customers but also foreign visitors love visiting convenience stores in Korea due to their diverse and uniq...
June 14, 2024
Korea Forest Service, Kazakhstan forge forestry cooperation

The Korea Forest Service and the Kazakh government agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in forestry management through a memorandum of understanding signed at the Presidential Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan, Wednesday. Under the agreement, formalized on the sidelines of the summit between Preside...
June 13, 2024
Korea's short selling ban extended to March 2025

South Korea's ban on the short selling of stocks is set to be extended until March next year. The projected deadline was discussed during a government-parliament meeting between the country's top financial regulators and the ruling People Power Party on Thursday to discuss the enhancement of short...
June 12, 2024
Are company directors responsible to shareholders?

Debate over a bill expanding the responsibilities a company director not only to the interest of the firm but also to the interest of the shareholders has been rekindled, with business groups showing strong resistance, arguing it could invite damage claims from individual shareholders. Rep. Jeong ...
June 11, 2024
Korea, Turkmenistan forge stronger ties on gas fields, smart cities

Business leaders and government officials from South Korea and Turkmenistan pledged to further strengthen cooperation in infrastructure and digital development at a bilateral business forum held Tuesday in Turkmenistan's capital, Ashgabat. The forum, hosted by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Ind...
June 11, 2024
Ongoing scrutiny plagues Act-Geo's credentials

The proposed deepwater oil and gas field development off the coast of Yeongil Bay in Pohang, South Korea, is under intense scrutiny, with debates surrounding the reliability of the discovery and the credibility of Act-Geo, the US consulting firm behind the survey. The Ministry of Trade, Industry a...
June 10, 2024
400,000 minors own Samsung Electronics shares worth W1.54tr

The number of underage stakeholders in Samsung Electronics, the country's largest company by market capitalization, has surged nearly 21 times in four years, reaching almost 400,000. According to the Korea Securities Depository's securities data portal, as of the end of last year, there were 391,8...
June 10, 2024
KCCI opens office in Germany for AI, energy collaboration

The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, South Korea’s major business group, said Monday it launched an office in Frankfurt to build a broader network in Germany where the largest number of Korean companies are doing business in Europe. Germany, home to smart factories embedding artificial int...

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