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Korea logs $870M trade surplus in August

Korea reported a third consecutive month of trade surpluses in August. Exports fell for 11 months straight, but imports plunged further on the fall of...

Samsung Electronics to supply HBM3 to Nvidia

Samsung Electronics will supply its high-bandwidth memory 3 (HBM3) chips to Nvidia from as early as next month, setting a major milestone for its...

Gov’t hikes funds for biomedical research and development

As Korea shines a spotlight on biopharmaceuticals and healthcare, spending on biomedical research and development (R&D) is about to get a major boost. The ambitious...

Climate change fuels inflation, threatens food industry

Extreme heat and abnormal climate are slamming global economies, fueling inflation. Korea’s inflation fell below 3 percent in June and July, but torrential downpour, extreme...

Hyundai to buy 5 percent of Korea Zinc for $400 million

Hyundai Motor Group will buy 5 percent of Korea Zinc for 530 billion won ($400 million) to stabilize its supply of nickel, the key...

Korean gov’t announces new $1.5B won investment fund for startups

The Korean government created a 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) investment fund to support startups, including startups with a focus on overseas expansion. Local...

Korea’s export value index falls for 10th consecutive month

Korea’s export value index plunged by 15.8 percent in July from a year earlier, falling for 10 consecutive months, Bank of Korea data showed...

Samsung Heavy Industries faces contract cancellation due to Russian sanctions

Samsung Heavy Industries' Vasily Dinkov, the world's first bi-directional icebreaking oil tanker, built in 2007 Samsung Heavy Industries is facing a potential contract cancellation...

Activist shareholders push for HMM sale to German giant

Shareholder activism has hit HMM, Korea's largest container shipper, as its minority shareholders are vocalizing a desire for the company to be acquired by...

Exports fail to shine, but chip recovery on the horizon

From left, Cho Sang-hyeon, the head of KITA's Institute for International Trade, and Jeong Marn-ki, KITA's executive vice chairman, speak at the press briefing...