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Korean Public Agencies Turn to Private Custodians After Series of Crypto Asset Security Breaches
Korean Airlines Seek Slot Waiver Relief as Oil Price Surge Pressures Industry
Nine in Ten Delivery App Restaurants Violate Country-of-Origin Labeling Rules in Korea
FSS to Partner with Naver and Kakao to Accelerate Removal of Illegal Lending Ads
Samsung Electronics, SK hynix Slide on Google ‘TurboQuant’ Fears, but Analysts See Demand Intact
NH Investment & Securities Cuts LG Chem Target Price on Petrochemical Weakness, Maintains ‘Buy’
Airlines Cut Flights as Jet Fuel Prices Surge Amid Middle East Conflict
Toss Bank FX Glitch Results in $20 Million Incident, Raises Internal Control Concerns
Kakao to Become Strategic Partner as Line Yahoo-Backed Fund Acquires Stake in Kakao Games
NHN’s Sale of Music Platform Subsidiary NHN Bugs Falls Through on Buyer’s Payment Failure
HMM Initiates Process to Relocate Headquarters to Busan Amid Board Review and Labor Opposition
Samsung Electronics’ Harman to Invest KRW 230 Billion in Hungary to Expand Automotive Electronics Footprint in Europe
Hyosung Heavy Industries, Others Deny Bid-Rigging Charges in KEPCO Tender Case

- Overseas Fans Flood National Pension Service with Complaints Over ENHYPEN Heeseung’s Departure, Disrupting Operations
- Heeseung of ENHYPEN. (Yonhap News) [Alpha Biz= Kim Sang Jin] Overseas fans angered by the departure of ENHYPEN member Heeseung have inundated South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) with protest calls, temporarily disrupting administrative opera

- Former Samsung Biologics Employee Found Guilty of Trade Secret Misappropriation
- Photo courtesy of Samsung Biologics[Alpha Biz= Paul Lee] A former employee of Samsung Biologics was found guilty at a first trial for illegally leaking trade secrets, after unlawfully removing confidential internal materials and later joining a rival

- South Korea’s ‘National Champion AI’ Project Mired in Controversy Over Hasty Administration and Questionable Fairness
- South Korea’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT, Bae Kyung-hoon. (Photo: Yonhap News) [Alpha Biz= Kim Sang Jin] The Lee Jae-myung administration’s ambitious “National Champion AI” selection program, aimed at elevating South Korea’

- Office of the President Directs Immediate Measures to Prevent Secondary Damage from Coupang Data Breach
- Photo courtesy of Yonhap News [Alpha Biz= Kim SangJin] The Office of the President has instructed relevant authorities to implement immediate measures to prevent secondary damage arising from the recent large-scale data breach involving Coupang.Presi
Samsung Affiliates Face Lawsuits After Supreme Court Ruling on Incentives in Severance Pay
HiteJinro’s Beer Unit Impairment Triples as Profit Plunges Despite Price Hikes
Korean Low-Cost Carriers Cut Routes as Oil Prices and Currency Surge Amid Middle East Tensions
Appeal Trial Begins for Kakao Founder in SM Entertainment Stock Manipulation Case
Court Rejects Arrest Warrants for SPC Samlip Executives Over Fatal Factory Accident
LG Uplus Faces Security Concerns Over IMSI Design Exposing Phone Numbers
DB HiTek Minority Shareholders Urge Forced Disposal of Alleged Hidden Stake by Founder
KakaoBank App Outage Occurred Twice Due to Misdiagnosed Cause, Lawmaker Raises Concerns
Toss Removes “Han River Temperature” Feature After Backlash Over Insensitive Messaging
Kyobo Life Enters Savings Bank Sector After Securing Approval to Acquire SBI Savings Bank
SEC Reclassifies Major Cryptocurrencies as Digital Commodities, Signaling Regulatory Shift
Korea Exchange Pledges Process Overhaul and Accountability After SCM Life Science Listing Error
Hoban Construction Increases Stake in Hanjin KAL, Narrowing Gap with Chairman Cho Won-tae
Daol Savings Bank Probed Over Alleged Improper Support to Major Shareholder During Legoland Crisis

- Middle East Risks Disrupt Feedstock Supply, Raising Concerns Over Korea’s Petrochemical Industry
- LG Chem Yeosu NCC (Naphtha Cracking Center) Plant (Photo = LG Chem)[Alpha Biz= Kim Minyoung]Escalating geopolitical risks in the Middle East are triggering concerns over feedstock supply across South Korea’s petrochemical sector.LG Chem has suspended



































