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Line Man becomes popular personal assistant in Thailand

BANGKOK -- Line Man, an on-demand service platform of Thailand’s most popular messenger app Line, is making inroads in the local market by providing a variety of services, including food delivery, ta...

Thailand partnering with South Korea on electric bus development

BANGKOK -- An all-electric bus with the national flags of South Korea and Thailand printed side by side sits on a campus of one of the national research universities on the southern side of Bangkok. ...

August 21, 2019
Industry
[Going Renewable 6] How IMO regulations affect Korean oil refiners, shipbuilders

The Korea Herald is publishing a series of articles on the quest of South Korea’s government and businesses to switch to renewable energy. -- Ed. New environmental regulations in international water...

August 19, 2019
Industry
[Eye Plus] Japanese colonial history in Korea at a glance

On Thursday, a national holiday marking Korea’s independence from Japanese colonial rule on Aug. 15, 1945, the Museum of Japanese Colonial History in Korea was very crowded with visitors wanting to b...

August 15, 2019
Culture
SK Innovation secures W800b green loan for EV battery

SK Innovation said it has secured an 800 billion won ($650 million) green loan to expand its investments in electric vehicle batteries. The company said it secured the funds through several financia...

August 15, 2019
Industry
Korea to toughen rules on cross-border M&As concerning key tech

The government said Tuesday it will tighten regulations on cross-border mergers and acquisitions to curb leaks of high-end technologies to other countries and impose harsher penalties on offenders. ...

August 13, 2019
Industry
S. Korea to exclude Japan from trade whitelist in September

South Korea is set to drop Japan as a preferred trading partner in September in response to Tokyo’s recent decision to exclude Seoul from its whitelist, officials said Monday. “An export control sys...

August 12, 2019
Industry
KIC invests $412m in Japanese firms linked to war criminals

State-run Korea Investment Corp. is found to have heavily invested in Japanese companies linked to forced wartime labor, according to sources, prompting concerns about the investment portfolio of dom...

August 9, 2019
Industry
Antitrust regulator nominee says ‘fair economy is vital’

South Korea’s antitrust watchdog nominee Joh Sung-wook said she would keep “fair economic development” in mind, adding both conglomerate reforms and fair economy are vital. The professor at Seoul Na...

August 9, 2019
Industry
Female SNU professor nominated to head S. Korea’s antitrust watchdog

President Moon Jae-in has nominated Joh Sung-wook, a professor at Seoul National University, to lead South Korea’s antitrust watchdog, the presidential office said Friday. Joh, 55, will replace form...

August 9, 2019
Industry
Japan’s auto parts makers fined W92b over price fixing, reported to prosecutors

Japan’s four-largest automobile parts makers were fined a combined total of 92 billion won ($76 million) by South Korea’s antitrust watchdog for fixing the prices of auto parts, officials said Sunday...

August 4, 2019
Industry
S. Korea to exclude Japan from trade whitelist in retaliation

South Korea plans to exclude Japan from its own whitelist in response to Tokyo’s decision on Friday to remove as a preferred trading partner, as bilateral relations have slumped to the lowest levels ...

August 2, 2019
Industry
Japan takes Korea off list of trusted trade partners, effective Aug. 28

Japan resolved on Friday to remove South Korea from a “whitelist” of 27 countries that receive preferential trade treatment. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe convened a Cabinet meeting the same da...

August 2, 2019
Industry
US anti-dumping duties add to pressure on Korean steel firms

South Korean midsized steel companies may face setbacks in the wake of the US move to raise anti-dumping duties on imported oil pipelines, amid global trade uncertainties and price surges in raw mate...

July 31, 2019
Industry
South Korea ramps up efforts to protect industries from Japan's export curbs

With just a couple of days remaining for Japan’s decision on removing South Korea from its whitelist of trusted trade partners, the Seoul government and businesses are ratcheting up efforts to protec...

July 30, 2019
Industry

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