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The state-run Korea Water Resources Corp., also known as K-water, is seeking to improve inter-Korean relations by pursuing various water resource development projects in the North. The K-water Research Committee for Korea Unification and the North Korea Water Society hosted a discussion Tu...
Samsung C&T;, the construction and trading arm of Samsung Group, is hitting back at stakeholders opposing its proposed merger with Cheil Industries. On Wednesday, the Korean builder released informatio...
Lotte Duty Free, South Korea’s largest operator of duty-free shops, expects revenue-growth to slow this month as the spread of Middle East respiratory syndrome damps visitor arrivals in the country.Sales growth slowed to 5 percent in the first seven days of this month, compared with an 11...
Lead-free radiation protective fabric has been 100 % imported from other countries so far until SME company, STS networks, developed their own and commercialize it.Many hospitals and nuclear station e...
Foreign investors of Samsung C&T; have emerged as a challenger against the merger plan with another Samsung affiliate Cheil Industries. While U.S.-based hedge fund Elliott, Samsung C&T;’s biggest forei...
POSCO was named the world’s most competitive steelmaker for the eighth consecutive year, the steelmaker said Tuesday. World Steel Dynamics, a global steel industry researcher, put POSCO at the top of the world-class steelmaker ranking at the conference to discuss success strategies of the...
Asiana Airlines, South Korea’s second largest carrier, has taken delivery of its fourth Airbus A380 on Tuesday to introduce the aircraft on its Incheon-New York route.“Asiana Airlines is pleased to ...
Every company has a brand, and those identities are not made in haste as they are expected to be mentioned by the public for decades to come.Most of the brands have a story behind their names, be it a...
2015 will be a milestone year for budget cosmetics-maker TonyMoly chairman Bae Hae-dong. The company, ranked fourth in the segment last year, is finally going public in July. A meeting with investors ...
A U.S. activist hedge fund said Tuesday it filed a court injunction to stop South Korea's top conglomerate Samsung Group from merging two key units.??The legal action by Elliot Management comes after Cheil Industries Co., Samsung's de facto holding company, announced a plan to take over ...
The nation’s power plant operator said Monday that it aims to grow into a world leader in the energy sector on the basis of strong public trust.“Regaining public trust comes first for us to become a...
The Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak is taking a toll on South Korean builders, for whom the Mideast is a major source of revenue.Worries over South Korean construction workers in the Middle East have heightened as South Korea reported the world’s second most MERS infection cases...
South Korean discount chain E-Mart has launched home specialty brand “The Life” to compete with Swedish furniture retail giant IKEA, the company said Monday. “The Life will strengthen its foothold as a local lifestyle brand by launching stores not only in new E-Mart branches, but also i...
S-Oil, South Korea’s third-largest oil refiner, has revived its spring recruitment program for the first time in seven years, as it seeks to increase its workforce in lieu of a new refinery complex set to open in Ulsan.The expanded recruitment comes as “S-Oil seeks new talents ahead of t...
CJ Foodville’s flagship bakery Tous Les Jours has advanced into China’s southwest Guangzhou and Guizhou markets, the company said Monday. “By entering two additional Chinese regions, Tous Les Jours is taking one step closer to its goal of opening more than 1,000 stores in China by 2020,...