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May 08, 2024
Minister pledges support for Naver in Line dispute

Korea will put Naver’s interest in the forefront in coming up with countermeasures to cope with the Korean IT firm’s conundrum of the Japanese government’s pressure on Naver to give up its ownership in Line, a leading messaging app in Japan that Naver has fostered for over a dozen years, the Kor...
May 08, 2024
Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve

South Korea's battery industry has secured a two-year reprieve from the US Inflation Reduction Act restrictions on electric vehicle batteries containing Chinese graphite, giving it time to diversify its supply chain while the Korean government has committed 9.7 trillion won ($7.1 billion) in policy...
May 07, 2024
Dried seaweed prices skyrocket to highest-ever level

The wholesale price of gim, or dried seaweed, in South Korea in April nearly doubled from last year, rising to its highest-ever level. A 100-sheet package of gim was traded at an average of 10,089 won ($7.4) in April, soaring by 80.1 percent compared to the same month in 2023, according to the sta...
May 07, 2024
NPS commits record W1.5tr for alternative investments

South Korea's National Pension Service will pour a record 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) in alternative assets managed by external managers this year, the largest such allocation in the fund's history. The majority of the sum, 1 trillion won, will go to private equity funds, according to a recent...
May 06, 2024
Value-up program: Market disappointment does not mean a failure, just yet

The Korean government's corporate value enhancement guidelines revealed last week may have disappointed investors, yet experts believe there is room for improvement. After a three-month wait following the initial announcement of the corporate value-up program in February, the Financial Services Co...
May 03, 2024
Samsung chief returns from Europe after meeting with Pope, business leaders

On April 26, Lee met with top executives of the German optics manufacturer Zeiss, a crucial partner for the Korean tech giant's push to lead the burgeoning market for artificial intelligence chips. He toured the Zeiss headquarters in Oberkochen and also discussed long-term partnership with Zeiss G...
May 03, 2024
KASA chief vows full support for private-led space missions

Korea’s new state space agency, the Korea AeroSpace Administration, or KASA, will focus on rearranging roles with the private sector to support companies to lead commercial space developments while the government concentrates on long-term space projects, the nominee for the top leadership position...
May 02, 2024
Inflation eases in April, continues ‘bumpy’ ride

South Korea's inflation fell to the 2 percent range as the country’s directive to lower price growth goes down a “bumpy” path on fluctuations in the oil and agricultural prices, data showed Thursday. Consumer prices, a key metric of inflation, rose by 2.9 percent in April, marking a 0.2 percent...
May 02, 2024
[Herald Interview] Former IEA chief calls for strong global governance to achieve net zero

The Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change, calls for limiting the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, stressing that emissions need to be reduced by 45 percent by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050. Nobuo Tanaka, former executive direct...
May 02, 2024
[KH Explains] Will alternative trading platform shake up Korean stock market?

Korea’s stock market is set to enter a new phase with the upcoming launch of the first alternative trading system for the Korea Exchange, the nation’s sole bourse operator that has enjoyed almost 70 years of monopoly. Nextrade, a consortium of 34 securities and tech firms established in November...
May 02, 2024
Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China

South Korea's exports increased for seven straight months, jumping 13.8 percent in April on strong chip demand and record-high automobile sales. Exports to the US, in particular, reached an all-time high, further widening the gap with China, the country's second-largest export destination. Outbou...
April 30, 2024
Ministry launches special team to end dog meat consumption by 2027

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on Tuesday launched a special commission dedicated to ending dog meat consumption in the country by 2027. Earlier on Jan. 22, the ministry had introduced a task force to iron out the details of implementing a government plan to end the practice, ...
April 25, 2024
7 out of 10 wealthy Koreans offer grim outlook for 2024

The report also highlights that the total assets of wealthy individuals shrunk from an average of 7 billion won to 6 billion won during the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily due to falling real estate and stock prices. As of the end of last year, real estate accounted for 50 percent of the wealthy's to...
April 25, 2024
Korea enters clear growth path as Q1 growth hits 2-year high

South Korea’s economy expanded at the fastest clip in more than two years in the first quarter as private spending and exports picked up, the central bank said Thursday. The country's real gross domestic product grew 1.3 percent on-quarter in the January-March period, accelerating from a 0.6 perc...
April 25, 2024
Eximbank to nurture regional development specialists

The state-run Export-Import Bank of Korea said Thursday that it planned to dispatch 34 young regional specialists to 13 developing countries under its Economic Development Cooperation Fund, aimed at cultivating a new generation of experts in global development cooperation. As a member of the OECD ...

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