It has emerged that the domestic battery industry, which received trillions of won in tax deductions in the United States last year, might need to pay nearly 200 billion won in additional taxes by 2026 due to the implementation of a global minimum tax. Battery companies are currently investing in th
Round eight of this season’s ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in the principality of Monaco is the next highlight for the Hankook iON Race. On the 27th of April, the spotlight in the second-smallest country in the world will be on the fully electric racing series. The 3.337-kilometer circuit, wh
Interest in the Chinese e-commerce platform that surged in the Korean market with its low-price strategy appears to be waning. The average usage time for the AliExpress app (combining Android and iOS) has plummeted to levels last seen three years ago, and the transaction volume is also at a meager l
The number of affiliates belonging to Korea’s conglomerates crossed 3,000 for the first time in 2023. The increase is the result of business diversification in response to an unstable global business environment, but the increase has generated many negative side effects.As of May 2023, the number of
Netflix Services Korea has begun an administrative lawsuit against Korea’s tax authorities over 78 billion won (US$57 million) in tax imposed on the OTT giant. Much attention is being paid to see how the Korean court will rule on the unfair practice of global platform companies such as Netflix not p
It has been revealed that the four American “big tech” companies -- Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Meta -- collectively garnered around 9 trillion won in sales and about 600 billion won in operating profit in South Korea over the past year.According to the audit reports disclosed in the Financial Sup
Osstem Implant, the world’s leading dental implant company in sales, faced measures including the recommendation for dismissal of its CEO following embezzlement amounting to around 220 billion won. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) under the Financial Services Commission resolved on such m
Japanese NAND flash semiconductor manufacturer Kioxia is reportedly reigniting merger plans with Western Digital (WD), but SK hynix remains steadfast in its opposition.According to industry sources on April 18, including reports from the Yomiuri Shimbun, Kioxia may pursue a listing on the Tokyo Stoc
The finance ministers of South Korea and Japan jointly announced that they could take appropriate measures to address recent volatility in the foreign exchange markets, signaling a readiness for “verbal intervention.” It appears that South Korea and Japan are joining hands to engage in a “currency w
In the global competitive race for artificial intelligence (AI) technology, South Korea is losing its core competitive edge as top talent is turning away from the country. Foreign companies, with their overwhelming financial power, are successfully attracting these skilled individuals.According to t
South Korean cosmetics companies such as LG Household & Health Care and AmorePacific are reducing their reliance on the Chinese market and aggressively increasing their market share in the United States.According to statistics from the Korea Customs Service on April 15, the export amount of Korean c
HD Hyundai will develop an unmanned surface vessel (USV) with Palantir Technologies, a U.S. artificial intelligence-based data analysis company.USVs are autonomous surface vessels not piloted by humans. They are being recognized as a game changer for future naval warfare. It replaces existing manned
Despite major property and casualty insurance companies lowering automobile insurance premiums for two consecutive years in April 2022 with a reduction ranging from 1.2 percent to 1.4 percent, and in February last year with a reduction ranging from 2.0 percent to 2.5 percent, they have recorded prof
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) escalated tensions in February by adding an additional six Chinese companies to its blacklist, following the earlier inclusion of eight companies. With these new additions, the Biden administration has now blacklisted a total of
As the global semiconductor hegemony intensifies, companies are fiercely competing in investments. Samsung Electronics is expected to announce additional investments locally, following substantial subsidies received by competitors Intel and Taiwan’s TSMC from the U.S. government.Compared to this, do
The Czech Republic has pushed back the deadline for a rebid for the 30 trillion won Dukovany and Temelin Nuclear Power Plant construction project by two weeks at the request of France.CEZ of the Czech Republic announced on April 8 (local time) that it has extended the deadline for submitting revised
Shinhan Securities has announced that the proportion of overseas stocks in accounts held by minor investors recorded 20.6 percent as of March 27, which is significantly higher than the proportion in accounts held by all individual investors, which stands at 7.6 percent.The proportion of overseas sto
TSMC, the world’s largest foundry company based in Taiwan, is set to receive up to US$11.6 billion (15.73 trillion won) in subsidies and loan support for the construction of its plant in Arizona in the U.S.On April 8 (local time), the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a preliminary agreement to
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choi Sang-mok has highlighted the need for a new growth model as South Korea transitions from a beneficiary of China’s growth to a competitor, according to a report by the Financial Times (FT) on April 8.In a recent interview with FT, Deputy
Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Secretary of Commerce David Rosenberg and Purdue University President Mung Chiang joined federal partners and executives of South Korea-based SK hynix Inc., the world’s leading producer of High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) chips, today as the company announced plans to establish