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May 11, 2023
Mirae Asset Securities becomes trading member of Singapore Exchange

Mirae Asset Securities announced Wednesday that its Singapore branch has officially become the 28th securities trading member of the Singapore Exchange. It is the first Korean financial investment company to do so. As a member, Mirae Asset can now trade various financial products within the Singap...
May 11, 2023
Hanwha Q Cells retains No. 1 spot in US solar panel market

Korean solar energy company Hanwha Q Cells said Wednesday it secured the top position in the US solar module market both for residential and commercial uses last year. The company took up 33.7 percent of the residential module market, cementing its No. 1 ranking for five consecutive years, accordi...
May 11, 2023
S. Korea expands funding, support for local shipbuilders

South Korea will expand financial support measures and invest 180 billion won ($135.9 million) in technological development for autonomous vessels and eco-friendly ships to cement local shipbuilders' top position in the global market, the Trade Ministry said Wednesday. Marking the first anniversar...
May 11, 2023
Coupang extends winning streak with record earnings

South Korea’s e-commerce giant Coupang said Wednesday it clocked in record quarterly earnings despite a general slowdown in the retail market, continuing its winning streak for three consecutive quarters since turning to black for the first time in 2022. In its first-quarter earnings call, the US...
May 11, 2023
KB chief seeks to ease concerns over real estate financing

KB Financial Group Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo said the banking group has been preparing for potential insolvency risks in project financing in the Korean real estate market by increasing its reserve holdings during a global investor relations event held in Singapore on Tuesday. During the "Invest K-F...
May 11, 2023
Hana chief aims to double overseas share of profits

By Song Seung-hyun ( ssh@heraldcorp.com )
May 11, 2023
Posco International to secure LNG carrier to boost value chain

Posco International said Wednesday it is planning to secure a 174,000-cubic-meter liquefied natural gas carrier to boost its LNG business value chain. The company signed a long-term charter contract with H-Line Shipping, a Korean shipping firm specializing in domestic ocean transport and ship mana...
May 10, 2023
Kia outpaces Tesla in profitability

Hyundai Motor Group’s smaller affiliate Kia outpaced Tesla in operating profit margin in the first three months this year, shedding light on how a legacy carmaker could challenge the world’s top electric vehicle company, an analyst report showed Tuesday. Kia’s first-quarter operating profit mar...
May 10, 2023
Celltrion drops $4b bid to acquire Baxter unit

Celltrion said Tuesday that the company decided not to acquire BioPharma Solutions, a leading provider of sterile contract manufacturing solutions owned by US-based medical device maker Baxter International. “Celltrion reviewed the acquisition but decided not to make the investment,” an official...
May 10, 2023
Hyundai Motor pledges W2tr to boost EV production at home

Hyundai Motor Group will spend some 2 trillion won ($1.59 billion) to build a plant dedicated to manufacturing electric vehicles in the southeastern coastal city of Ulsan, in a move to strengthen its footing as a "first mover" in the EV sector, it said on Tuesday. The new plant, located on a 230,0...
May 10, 2023
Posco donates ‘sea forest’ to mark Ocean Arbor Day

Posco Group said Tuesday the company transferred the ownership of its completed “sea forest” -- an artificial reef constructed underwater off the coast of Ulleungdo, an island east of mainland Korea -- to Ulleung County, in a bid to celebrate Ocean Arbor Day, which is recognized on May 10 every y...
May 10, 2023
Celltrion chairman apologizes over out-of-wedlock children controversy

Seo Jung-jin, the founder and chairman of South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion, made an official apology to its shareholders regarding the controversy over his children born out of wedlock via a statement posted on Celltrion’s official website on Monday. “Though my personal issues relea...
May 10, 2023
FSS chief promotes K-finance in Southeast Asia

Lee Bok-hyun, chief of the Financial Supervisory Service, is heading to Southeast Asia this week to promote the globalization of South Korea’s financial markets and attract global investors, the financial watchdog said Tuesday. The FSS chief, accompanied by representatives from Korean financial c...
May 10, 2023
More Apple financial services unlikely to be available in Korea soon: BOK

Despite the recent launch of Apple Pay in Korea, it is unlikely that other financial services offered by the US tech giant will be available in Korea soon due to legal issues, the Bank of Korea projected. Apple kicked off its mobile payment service, Apple Pay, in Korea with partner Hyundai Card in...
May 10, 2023
S-Oil names new CEO

South Korean oil refiner S-Oil, wholly owned by Saudi Arabia’s state-run Aramco, said Tuesday it has appointed Anwar A. Al-Hejazi as the company’s new CEO. “Al-Hejazi’s expertise in the global energy industry as an officer of Aramco will contribute to boosting S-Oil’s business and growth in g...

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