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November 27, 2019
Big firms’ debt-service ability worsens on falling profit

Large South Korean companies’ ability to service their debts worsened sharply in the first nine months of this year due to plunging profits, a corporate tracker said Nov. 27. The interest coverage ratio for 241 out of the country’s top 500 firms averaged 5.08 as of end-September, compared wit...
November 26, 2019
[ASEAN-Korea Summit] ASEAN trade agencies woo Korean investment

BUSAN -- Some 75 trade agencies from 10 Southeast Asian countries gathered at the ASEAN-ROK Business Expo for a two-day investment seminar as part of the commemorative summit held in Busan, the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency said Nov. 26. The seminar, dubbed Invest ASEAN 2019, featured bo...
November 25, 2019
No. of new companies dips in Jan.-Sept.

The number of newly established firms in South Korea fell nearly 7 percent in the first nine months of the year on a one-off factor, data showed Nov. 25. A total of 945,322 new businesses were set up in the January-September period, down 6.7 percent from a year earlier, according to the data fr...
November 25, 2019
Air New Zealand begins services to S. Korea

Air New Zealand on Nov. 25 began flight services to South Korea to absorb growing travel demand from Asia’s fourth-biggest economy. On Nov. 23 (local time), Air New Zealand flight NZ75 departed Auckland International Airport for Seoul’s Incheon International Airport for the first time in more...
November 25, 2019
Samsung Heavy wins $1.5b LNG ship order

Samsung Heavy Industries, the world’s second-biggest shipbuilder by orders, said Nov. 25 it has received a $1.5 billion LNG carrier order. Under the deal with an unidentified client in the Eurasian region, Samsung will build the LNG carrier by September 2022, the company said in a regulatory f...
November 24, 2019
Korea’s memory industry to start recovering in 2020

After a brutal downturn this year, South Korea’s memory chip industry is expected to start recovering in 2020, led by growth in demand for 5G-enabled devices and the resumption of investments in data centers, according to industry observers on Nov. 24. “The fundamentals of the semiconductor indu...
November 20, 2019
SK Energy to produce solar power at truck service stations

SK Energy said Nov. 20 its solar power facilities will begin commercial operations in the upcoming months as the company further expands its presence in the environment-friendly energy market. The company said its truck service station in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, will produce electr...
November 17, 2019
Korean Air flight delayed after collision at Frankfurt Airport

Korean Air flight KE 905 collided with another plane on the taxiway in Frankfurt, Germany, on Saturday, delaying the subsequent flight bound for Incheon, the air carrier said Sunday. The incident involving the flight that departed from Incheon occurred Saturday at 6:20 p.m. (local time). While wa...
November 17, 2019
Doosan Bobcat builds global center in U.S. for biz cooperation

Doosan Bobcat Inc., a construction equipment unit of Doosan Group, said Sunday it has set up a global center in the US for business cooperation across the globe. The Global Cooperation Center built in Minnesota will serve as the “control tower,” which will develop new products and share the comp...
November 07, 2019
Aekyung, 2 others submit final bids for Asiana Airlines: sources

A consortium led by cosmetics-to-airline conglomerate Aekyung Group and two other consortia have submitted final bids for Asiana Airlines, industry sources said Nov. 7. The Aekyung-Stone Bridge Capital consortium, the HDC-Mirae Asset Daewoo consortium and the consortium of Korea Corporate Gover...
November 07, 2019
KT, HHI join hands for 5G-based smart factory

Major telecom operator KT and leading shipbuilding conglomerate Hyundai Heavy Industries said Nov. 7 they will step up collaboration to develop advanced smart factory solutions based on the 5G network to improve efficiency and safety. In May, the two companies signed a memorandum of understandi...
November 07, 2019
LG Chem opens new petrochemical tech center in S. Korea

LG Chem on Nov.7 opened its new petrochemical tech center to boost its competitiveness in the sector. The company said its petrochemical tech center in Osan, some 50 kilometers south of Seoul, has been completed after investing 110 billion won ($94 million). The facility replaces its previous t...
November 06, 2019
Hanjin Heavy to build S. Korea’s 1st very large oil spill response vessel

Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction said Nov. 6 it has won a 70-billion-won ($60 million) order to build the country’s first multipurpose very large oil spill response vessel. Under the deal with state-run Korea Marine Environment Management Corp., Hanjin Heavy will deliver a 5,000-ton OSRV...
November 05, 2019
S. Korean firms’ sales, profit growth slows in 2018

Sales and profit of South Korean companies slowed down significantly in 2018 from a year earlier, though their financial stability improved slightly, a central bank report showed Nov. 5. In 2018, the combined sales of nonfinancial firms here rose 4 percent from the year before when the comparat...
November 04, 2019
STX Corp. to expand nonferrous metal trading biz

STX Corp., a South Korean general trading firm, said Nov. 4 that it will beef up its nonferrous metal trading business through its wholly-owned subsidiary amid rising demand for electric vehicle battery materials. The company said its Hong Kong-based affiliate STX Asia has recently begun sales ...

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