Economy
Business·Industry
LG Electronics to Launch Business Recycled Refrigerants and Refurbished Products… Expanding the Resource Circulation Ecosystem
LG Electronics is accelerating efforts to build a resource circulation ecosystem by recovering and recycling refrigerants from end-of-life appliances and launching a pilot project for its refurbished …
Business·Industry
Tapping into Summer Home Decor Demand… Hyundai Livart Offers Up to 55% Off on Furniture
#Hyundai Livart, a comprehensive interior design company affiliated with the Hyundai Department Store Group, has set out to capture summer home decorating demand. As the peak of summer heat approaches…
Business·Industry
BioPlus Signs Overseas Distribution Agreement with JD Bio for HA Fillers
BioPlus (left) and JD Bio (right) logos (Photo courtesy of BioPlus)
#BioPlus announced on the 18th that it has signed an overseas exclusive distribution agreement with JD Bio for its hyaluronic ac…
Business·Industry
"Leading with Fine Chemicals, Moving from Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients to Advanced Materials"... Is the Transformation of Pamicell and Kukjeon Justified? [Dragon vs. Tiger: K-Bio]
Pharmaceutical and biotech companies are expanding their reach into markets for advanced industrial materials—such as artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, and electronic materials—by leveragi…
Business·Industry
'Armed with 2400억 in Funding,' Olix Accelerates Development of New Short-Interference RNA Drugs for Conditions Other Than Liver Disease
A chill is sweeping through the KOSDAQ biotech market. Even companies that were once highlighted as leading new drug developers have faced stock price corrections. In the stock market, there are conce…
Business·Industry
Five State-Owned Power Companies to Merge into One
The government is pushing forward with a plan to merge five state-run power generation companies (Namdong, Nambu, Dongseo, Seobu, and Jungbu Power Generation) into a single entity.While previous discu…
Business·Industry
Behind the Spread of 'Silent Protests' at Samsung Electronics Headquarters Over the '600 Million vs. 60 Million' Bonus Gap
Employees in Samsung Electronics’ Device Experience (DX) division, which handles finished products, have launched a collective action in protest of the extreme disparity in performance-based bonuses c…
Bonds·FX Policy
[Market In] Samsung Securities to Issue Up to 6000억 in Corporate Bonds, Leveraging Its Strong Credit Rating
Samsung Securities (AA+) is set to issue up to 6000억 won in public corporate bonds. Following the success of its bookbuilding in January, the company is returning to the corporate bond market, leverag…
Bonds·FX Policy
[Market In] Chong Kun Dang Holdings, Riding the Wave of the Wegovy Effect, Taps the Corporate Bond Market… Seeks to Raise Up to 1000억
Chong Kun Dang Holdings (A+), the holding company of the Chong Kun Dang Group, is set to issue up to 1000억 won in public corporate bonds. The group’s scale is expanding and profitability is improving …
Financing
[Market Insight] A-rated companies on edge… Even a single-notch downgrade would effectively mean delisting
#Following a series of restructuring filings by JR Global REIT and affiliates of the Joongang Group, investor sentiment toward non-investment-grade bonds has frozen solid, putting companies on the ver…