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#industrial property
Industrial property applications up 4.9 percent in 2018: data
SEOUL, April 15 (Yonhap) -- The number of industrial property protection applications filed in South Korea rose 4.9 percent on-year in 2018 as businesses took steps to better safeguard their rights... 14:50 Apr. 15
#nuclear plants-decommissioning
S. Korea to open nuclear decommissioning research centers
SEOUL, April 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industry ministry said Monday it plans to open research centers to oversee the dismantling of nuclear reactors in line with the government's atomic energy ... 14:30 Apr. 15
#POSCO-LNG operations
(LEAD) POSCO to reorganize LNG processing operations to enhance efficiency
(ATTN: FIXES typo in headline) SEOUL, April 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's largest steelmaker POSCO said Monday that it will reorganize its liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations as part of its effor... 11:21 Apr. 15
#semiconductor
Seoul takes steps to help chipmakers amid slowing exports
SEOUL, April 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade ministry said Monday it will take a set of measures to help local chipmakers and their subcontractors amid concerns that the sector, one of the count... 11:00 Apr. 15
#POSCO-LNG operations
POSCO reorganize to LNG processing operations to enhance efficiency
SEOUL, April 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's largest steelmaker POSCO said Monday that it will reorganize its liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations as part of its efforts to enhance its business effi... 10:08 Apr. 15
#Samsung BioLogics
Prosecutors raid Goldman Sachs' Seoul office in Samsung BioLogics probe
SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors raided the Seoul branch of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Friday as part of their investigation into Samsung BioLogics Co.'s accounting fraud allegations. Th... 23:11 Apr. 12
#Shenzhen
Shenzhen extends its economic clout with startups
By Kang Yoon-seung SHENZHEN, China, April 12 (Yonhap) -- The southeastern port city of Shenzhen, dubbed China's tech hub, is emerging as a new economic development model for other cities in the cou... 17:26 Apr. 12
#AI
(Yonhap Feature) Chinese startups dream of AI-driven everyday life
By Kang Yoon-seung SHENZHEN, China, April 12 (Yonhap) -- Arguably, science and technology are all about creating a better life, greater convenience and a safer environment for people. And that's wh... 17:11 Apr. 12
#Kumho Asiana
Creditors, Kumho Asiana to hold more talks on self-rescue plan: regulator
SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- Creditor banks and cash-strapped Kumho Asiana Group will hold more talks on the group's additional self-rescue measures, the head of the financial regulator said Friday,... 16:50 Apr. 12
#Hyundai Heavy-merger
Hyundai Heavy starts process to seek regulatory approval for Daewoo takeover
SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's largest shipbuilder, has started the process to seek approval from foreign regulators for its proposed takeover of Daewoo Shipbuild... 11:37 Apr. 12
#Renault Samsung-Buan plant
Renault Samsung's Busan plant to stop operations for 4 days
BUSAN, April 11 (Yonhap) -- Renault Samsung Motors Corp. said Thursday that its plant in the southern port city of Busan will stop operations for four days starting later this month. Unionized w... 21:49 Apr. 11
#Kumho Asiana
(3rd LD) Financial regulator expresses frustration over Kumho Asiana's self-rescue plan
(ATTN: ADDS analyst's comments in paras 12-14) SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- The head of the financial regulator on Thursday expressed frustration about the self-rescue plan submitted by the cash-st... 16:35 Apr. 11
#Kumho Asiana
(2nd LD) Financial regulator expresses frustration over Kumho Asiana's self-rescue plan
(ATTN: ADDS details, Asiana's closing share price in paras 9-11) SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- The head of the financial regulator on Thursday expressed frustration about the self-rescue plan submit... 16:05 Apr. 11
#Kumho Asiana
(LEAD) Financial regulator expresses frustration over Kumho Asiana's self-rescue plan
(ATTN: ADDS creditor banks' reaction in paras 7-9) SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- The head of the financial regulator on Thursday expressed frustration about the self-rescue plan submitted by the cas... 14:48 Apr. 11
#Kumho Asiana
Financial regulator expresses frustration over Kumho Asiana's self-rescue plan
SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- The head of the financial regulator on Thursday expressed frustration about the self-rescue plan submitted by the cash-strapped Kumho Asiana Group, calling for the congl... 14:28 Apr. 11
#entertainment firms-profit
S. Korean entertainment companies' profits to rise 51.5 pct in 2019: market tracker
SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean entertainment companies are expected to post solid profit growth this year despite fallouts caused by a scandal centered on a K-pop boy band member, a local... 11:59 Apr. 11
#exports-April
S. Korea's exports up 8.9 pct in first 10 days of April
SEJONG, April 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports rose 8.9 percent in the first 10 days of April from a year earlier on increased overseas shipments of petroleum products and vessels, customs data... 09:26 Apr. 11
#Samsung brand
Samsung ranks 12th in U.S. top 25 most loved brands
SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest producer of smartphones and semiconductors, ranked 12th among the top 25 most loved brands in the United States, market watc... 08:54 Apr. 11
#headlines
Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers
SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on April 11. Korean-language dailies -- The child sleeps under clothes horse on back porch (Kyunghy... 07:15 Apr. 11
#Kumho-Asiana-rescue plan
(LEAD) Kumho Asiana requests additional help, vows to sell assets
(ATTN: ADDS more details in last 2 paras) SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- Kumho Asiana Group, a logistics-centered conglomerate, said Wednesday that it needs an additional 500 billion won (US$440 milli... 17:35 Apr. 10