Economy
Business·Industry
LGELECTRONICS to Sell Modular Homes via TV Home Shopping… First-Ever Broadcast Sale in Korea
LGELECTRONICS will sell its modular home, the “Smart Cottage,” on a home shopping channel for the first time in Korea. This marks the first time a modular home has been featured on a domestic home sho…
Business·Industry
"Considering a Move to Hanik for 'Performance Bonuses in the Hundreds of Millions'... Non-Semiconductor Companies Also on High Alert"
Major conglomerates are growing increasingly concerned as SK hynix begins recruiting experienced professionals across multiple job categories. This is because SK hynix—which has garnered attention for…
Business·Industry
Moon Hyuk-soo of LG Innotek: "A Turning Point for Physical AI… Strengthening Competitiveness with Winning Tech"
Moon Hyuk-soo, CEO (President) of LG Innotek, emphasized, “We are standing at a critical turning point in the era of Physical AI, where artificial intelligence (AI) is expanding beyond the digital spa…
Business·Industry
LGELECTRONICS Tops Jeju Heat Pump Market… Leading the Heating Electrification Market
LGELECTRONICS has been selected as the top contractor for the Jeju Heat Pump Deployment Project—a flagship initiative of the heating electrification policy—after being entrusted with installing heat p…
Business·Industry
“Airfares Are Too Expensive to Even Consider Long-Distance Travel”… Overseas Travel Boom Has Slowed
The number of South Koreans traveling abroad in June fell by 10% compared to the same month last year. Consequently, major package tour operators also saw a decline in their second-quarter passenger n…
Bonds·FX Policy
Corporate Bond Market 'Closed for Business' in August… Only Woori Financial’s Tier 1 Capital Securities Hit the Market
The corporate bond market entered a seasonal lull in August as the summer vacation period coincided with the half-yearly report filing season. With the schedule for demand forecasting of general corpo…
M&A·IB
[VC's Pick] Space, Robotics, Materials… Money Flows into High-Tech Industry Startups
This week (July 27–31), startups in various fields—including materials, components, and robotics—secured investments from venture capital (VC) firms and accelerators (ACs). In particular, “MID,” a com…
M&A·IB
CJ CheilJedang Corp Moves to Sell Starch Business… Will It Shake Off the Shadow of the Failed Bio and Selecta Deals?
CJ CheilJedang Corp(097950)is moving forward with the sale of its starch division as part of its efforts to divest low-profit, marginal businesses. After failed attempts to sell its bio business divis…
Business·Industry
[The Biomarker Money Game] “Liquid Biopsy,” Essential for Precision Medicine, Also Used in New Drug Development… Commercial Potential on the Rise
Liquid biopsy—a method of diagnosing cancer using only bodily fluids such as blood—has established itself as an essential technology in precision medicine and is expanding its scope of application to …
M&A·IB
What Is This Business That Attracted 26 Billion Won in Investment Despite Having No Earnings? [Market In]
A Swiss startup that leases artificial intelligence (AI) servers to businesses has raised approximately 26 billion won. This is an unusual amount of funding for an early-stage company, which typically…