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June 17, 2018 Industry

US-China trade war may ripple through Korea

The Korean economy is likely to be hit hard as its two biggest trading partners are on the brink of a trade war following threats to slap each other with hefty tariffs over the weekend. (Yonhap) On...

FTC to get tough on intra-company trade, revise fair trade law

The nation’s antitrust watchdog head said Thursday that it would take a tougher stance on conglomerates’ inter-subsidiary dealings, stressing that they benefit the interests of owner families and har...

June 14, 2018
Industry
CEOs serve tables for AmCham charity night

A male staff member of 3M Korea looked excited and happy at the 14th AmCham CEO Servers’ Night at the Conrad Seoul on Tuesday. After taking a selfie with his company head, he said, “I got up some co...

June 13, 2018
Industry
How profitable will inter-Korean business be?

Anticipation for economic ties with the North is growing in the South following the milestone US-North Korea summit on Tuesday and the inter-Korean summit in April. North Korea opening its market co...

June 13, 2018
Industry
Police begin probe into Coinrail hacking attack

The South Korean police began an investigation on Monday after Korea’s seventh largest crypto exchange Coinrail lost more than 40 billion ($37 million) in altcoins in an apparent attack by hackers ov...

June 11, 2018
Finance
MAN Truck & Bus Joins German vocational training program in Korea

The Korean arm of German automaker MAN Truck & Bus agreed to participate in the German vocational training program Ausbildung in Korea, according to the Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry...

June 11, 2018
Industry
[Herald Interview] Bridging Seoul and London, with a British touch

It all started from a mere curiosity of Korea and its complex but unfortunate history. In the eyes of Sean Blakeley, CEO of the British Chamber of Commerce in Korea, the nation’s dynamic transition ...

June 8, 2018
Industry
Korean chipmakers urged to secure competitiveness in non-memory chips

The South Korean minister of industry and commerce urged Korean chipmakers Friday to secure global competitiveness in non-memory chip to widen technology gap from Chinese competitors. Paik Un-gyu, t...

June 8, 2018
Industry
Financial industry getting ready to embrace North Korea

South Korean financial institutions are getting ready to embrace the future economic ties with North Korea amid cooperative atmosphere following the inter-Korean summit in April and a week ahead of t...

June 7, 2018
Industry
Korea attracts $500m from Chinese investors in chips, bio, cars

Korea has attracted around $500 million of investment from Chinese investors in the areas of next-generation technologies, including chips, bio, automobiles and robots, through a ministerial roundtab...

June 5, 2018
Industry
AmCham chief appointed as director of Chinese tech firm

James Kim, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, was appointed as an independent director of iClick Interactive, an online marketing technology firm in China, according to the compan...

June 4, 2018
Industry
Korea’s cross-border tech M&A weaker than rivals

While the global cross-border mergers and acquisitions market is heating up, Korean companies are still behind in buying and selling promising tech startups on the global stage and are focused on loc...

June 4, 2018
Industry
US tariff move adds uncertainty to Korean automakers

The US latest tariff move has added uncertainty to the Korean automobile companies already facing a decline in sales in its largest export destination. The US Department of Commerce recently sought ...

June 3, 2018
Industry
N. Korean official due to meet Trump, deliver letter from Kim

A senior North Korean official was due to visit the White House Friday to deliver a letter from his leader Kim Jong-un to U.S. President Donald Trump. Kim Yong-chol, known as a close aide to Kim Jon...

June 2, 2018
North Korea
BOK denies allegation of inflating export volume

The Bank of Korea on Thursday rebuked claims by a local news report that the central bank “inflated” the nation’s export volume over the past eight years for the sake of a “rosier” export economy out...

May 31, 2018
Finance

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