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[Hydrogen Korea] ‘Hydrogen technology could save ailing shipbuilders’

The Korea Herald is publishing a series of articles on South Korea’s latest measures, hurdles and the market drive for hydrogen economy. This is the fourth installment. -- Ed. Hydrogen technology, w...

Sept 12, 2018
Automode
Hyundai, Kia become third-largest SUV makers in H1

Hyundai Motor and its sister company Kia Motors were the third-largest sport utility vehicle makers in the first half of the year, a survey showed Wednesday. According to the UK market research firm...

Sept 12, 2018
Automode
Renowned scholars discuss AI at Samsung forum

Globally renowned scholars in the field of artificial intelligence gathered at Samsung Electronics’ Seocho campus in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss the tasks faced by Samsung and other tech giants in ...

Sept 12, 2018
Technology
LG Chem takes over US-based automotive adhesive maker Uniseal

LG Chem, a leading South Korean battery and chemical company, announced Wednesday that it acquired an American automotive adhesive maker as part of efforts to enhance the portfolio of its automotive ...

Sept 12, 2018
Technology
Asiana Airlines resumes inflight meal service

Asiana Airlines said Wednesday that its inflight meal service had returned to normal as of Wednesday, marking an end to a monthslong so-called “inflight meal fiasco.” The airline said inflight meals...

Sept 12, 2018
Industry
S. Korea’s job situation at its worst since post-financial crisis period: data

Finance Minister vows to speed up budget execution, acknowledges wage hike is worsening unemployment

Sept 12, 2018
Economy
Securities firms remove 40% of Korean branches in 7 years

South Korea’s securities firms saw their local branch network shrink by 40.3 percent in the past seven years until June this year, with the arrival of mobile trading infrastructure here, data showed ...

Sept 12, 2018
Finance
Calls rising for pro-corporate policy across board

A widening gap between South Korea’s large, export-oriented companies and its domestically focused smaller enterprises, in terms of both earnings and employment, highlights the need for a pro-corpora...

Sept 12, 2018
Economy
Korea takes steps toward hydrogen economy

Hydrogen to be included in nation’s third energy plan this year

Sept 12, 2018
Industry
[Contribution] Competition policy in advent of 4th industrial revolution

KFTC to host 10th Seoul International Competition Forum

Sept 12, 2018
Industry
Police question Korean Air chairman for using company money for home security

Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho appeared for police questioning Wednesday over allegations that he used company money to pay for security services at his home. The chairman of the Hanjin Group faces...

Sept 12, 2018
Industry
Second worker dies after CO2 leak at Samsung factory

YONGIN, Gyeonggi Province -- Another worker died Wednesday about a week after falling unconscious in a carbon dioxide leak at a Samsung Electronics factory, bringing the death toll in the accident to...

Sept 12, 2018
Technology
Chaebol-owned retailers constitute bulk of law violations

South Korea's large retailers affiliated with family-controlled conglomerates, or chaebol, account for more than 60 percent of violations of a related law over the past five years, a report showed We...

Sept 12, 2018
Industry
Chaebol owner families' shareholdings top W150tr

Owner families of South Korea's top 100 conglomerates hold more than 150 trillion won ($133 billion) in shares with over 30 percent of the amount already bequeathed to their children, a corporate tra...

Sept 12, 2018
Industry
Korea's jobless rate rises in Aug., sluggish job creation continues

South Korea's unemployment rate rose slightly in August due to a fall in employment in the retail and manufacturing sectors, with poorer-than-expected job creation showing no signs of a letup, govern...

Sept 12, 2018
Economy

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