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(Photograph from BusinessKorea DB) International funding internet inflows decreased in comparison with the earlier month as a consequence of inventory profit-taking and bond gross sales final month. In response to the “Worldwide Finance and International Alternate Market Tendencies” statistics launched by the Financial institution of Korea on Nov. 13, overseas securities (shares and bonds) funding funds recorded a internet influx of $2.29 billion throughout October. Based mostly on the won-dollar change price on the finish of final month (1,424.4 received), this quantities to roughly 3.2619 trillion received. Web influx implies that overseas funding funds getting…

A view of Cochin Shipyard, India’s largest state-owned shipbuilder (Photograph courtesy of HD Hyundai) HD Hyundai has begun constructing strategic cooperative relations with the Indian authorities, which is planning to broaden large-scale ship newbuilding initiatives. HD Hyundai introduced on Nov. 13 that Chairman Chung Ki-sun met with Indian Minister of Petroleum and Pure Gasoline Hardeep Singh Puri on the HD Hyundai World R&D Heart in Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province, to debate methods to broaden mutual cooperation. The assembly was attended by key figures together with Indian Ambassador to Korea Gurjit Singh, Joint Secretary of the Ministry…

Editor’s observeThat is the third installment in a five-part sequence exploring the present state and way forward for Korean artwork collections and galleries in museums all over the world. The sequence is supported by the Press Promotion Fund of the Korea Press Basis. DENVER, Colo./SALEM, Mass. — Throughout the Nineteen Nineties and 2000s, a brand new period for Korean artwork started to unfold. With the vigorous help of the government-run Korea Basis (KF), the primary main wave of everlasting Korean galleries opened throughout museums in the US.Amongst them was the Arts of Korea Gallery at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang high-fives Samsung’s Lee Jae-yong throughout an occasion celebrating 25 years of GeForce held in Gangnam, Seoul, on Oct. 30, 2025. (Yonhap) Samsung, SK, Hyundai Motors and different Korean corporations are fleshing out their semiconductor utilization methods forward of the huge inflow of AI-grade graphics processing items (GPUs), demonstrating the renewed pace of the standard Korean financial mannequin led by chaebol conglomerates and their funding methods.On Oct. 31, throughout a go to to Korea for the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation summit, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang introduced he can be supplying 260,000 cutting-edge chips to South Korea’s authorities and…

APR, a number one magnificence and skincare machine firm, has drawn consideration with its newest pop-up retailer in Manhattan, cementing its market presence within the world sizzling spot.The corporate stated on Thursday that the pop-up, held from Oct. 24 to Nov. 2, showcased its key product lineup below its signature model, Medicube, together with skincare machine AGE-R Booster Professional and beauty merchandise. The corporate stated some 12,000 folks visited the shop, together with American mannequin and TV character Kendall Jenner. On the retailer, guests may expertise the model by taking part in an arcade sport developed for shoppers to raised…

Lotte Chemical’s emblem (lotte Chemical) The creator is an analyst for NH Funding & Securities. He will be reached at yk.choi@nhsec.com — Ed. Whereas some predict business enchancment pushed by restructuring, the enlargement cycle centered on China is predicted to proceed till 2027. In consequence, oversupply and weak spreads are more likely to persist for a while. Spreads weakening additional  Sustaining a Maintain ranking, we elevate our TP on Lotte Chemical by 23.1%, from W65,000 to W80,000, reflecting a rise in our goal a number of from 0.20x to 0.26x to account for share…

Editor’s noticeThat is the second installment in a five-part sequence exploring the present state and way forward for Korean artwork collections and galleries in museums world wide. The sequence is supported by the Press Promotion Fund of the Korea Press Basis.ZURICH — In Switzerland, the place many first encountered Korean popular culture via the Okay-drama “Crash Touchdown on You” — that includes iconic scenes filmed at Iseltwald, Jungfraujoch and the Munster Bridge — a unique type of Korean phenomenon took maintain this yr. Museum Rietberg in Zurich drew an unusually assorted viewers for “Hallyu! The Korean Wave,” a touring exhibition…

Appearing Prosecutor Normal Noh Man-seok arrives for work on the Supreme Prosecutors’ Workplace in Seoul’s Seocho District on Nov. 12, 2025. (Yonhap) Amid clamorous calls for from contained in the Korean prosecution service for performing Prosecutor Normal Noh Man-seok to step down after he declined to enchantment a court docket ruling in a high-profile corruption case linked to President Lee Jae Myung, Noh finally introduced Wednesday that he plans to resign. The president is predicted to just accept Noh’s resignation.For the reason that prosecution service was already being led by a deputy chief prosecutor within the absence of a prosecutor…

US President Donald Trump and Chinese language President Xi Jinping shake palms upon assembly forward of their summit held on the Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30, 2025. (AP/Yonhap) By Jung E-gil, senior worldwide affairs authorThe bilateral summits between South Korea, the US and China throughout final month’s APEC summit in Gyeongju showcased a tectonic shift in East Asia’s geopolitical atmosphere. The US is waning, China is prospering and South Korea is on the rise. By rise, I don’t essentially imply that Korea has gotten any stronger; quite, that it has by no means been extra…

A view of Kori Nuclear Energy Headquarters positioned in Gijang-gun, Busan (Picture courtesy of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Energy) Kori Unit 2, which ceased operation in April 2023 after exceeding its 40-year design life, will be capable to generate electrical energy once more. The Nuclear Security and Safety Fee held its 224th assembly on Nov. 13 and accepted the continued operation license for Kori Unit 2. The unit’s operational life has been prolonged till April 2033. The fee, which had failed to achieve a conclusion in two deliberations carried out in September and October, lastly…