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T-money Exits Mongolia Transport Card Business, Shifts Away from Direct Overseas Operations
LPG Shortage Deepens in India Amid Hormuz Disruption, Triggering Theft and Cooking Fuel Shift
Nissan to Cut Output at Kyushu Plant Amid Hormuz Strait Disruptions
Japanese Automakers Split on EV Strategy as Toyota Expands Lineup and Honda Pulls Back
SK Securities Cuts HYBE Target Price but Sees Earnings Rebound on BTS Comeback
Police Probe Into HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk Prolonged Amid Complex Legal Review
CU Convenience Stores Face Disruptions as Truckers’ Union Launches Strike Against BGF Logistics
Court to Deliver Verdict in Sexual Assault Case Involving Next Kitchen CEO
Kakao Mobility Exits Group Control Tower as CA Council Faces De Facto Breakdown
Justice Ministry Suspends Prosecutor Park Sang-yong Over Alleged Misconduct in North Korea Remittance Probe
Korea Exchange Flags 76 Suspected Short-Selling Violations via Monitoring System
Retrial Begins in Lone Star’s KRW 168.2 Billion Tax Refund Lawsuit Against Korea
Nearly Half of Koreans Shift to Stocks, Funds and Gold After Loan Curbs

- BTS Tops Billboard 200 for Second Consecutive Week with ‘ARIRANG,’ Marking K-pop First
- Photo courtesy of Yonhap News[Alpha Biz= Kim Sang Jin]BTS has made K-pop history as its fifth studio album ARIRANG secured the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 for a second consecutive week.According to a chart preview released on April 5 (local time)

- 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’
Hanwha Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan Receives KRW 50 Billion Dividend from Hanwha Energy Ahead of Rights Issue Backlash
Korean Financial Regulators Face Rising Legal Challenges as Firms Ramp Up Lawsuits Against Sanctions
Executives of Daesang and Sajo CPK Face Arrest Hearing in KRW 10 Trillion Sweetener Price-Fixing Probe
Former Shinhan Card Vice President Gets Suspended Sentence Over Hiring Irregularities
Korea’s Internet Banks Show Diverging Results as Platform Strategy Drives Performance Gap
South Korean Police Arrest Members of “Revenge-for-Hire” Ring Involved in Vandalism and Data Theft
KFTC Sanctions LS Affiliate Sunwoo for Improper Subcontract Documentation
FuriosaAI Secures Samsung SDS as New Client, to Deploy Renegade NPU in Servers Starting July
Korea Investment & Securities Explores Entry Into Digital Asset Business, Including Stake in Coinone
Mirae Asset Securities vs. Shinhan Investment Corp: Second Trial Over Lime Fund Dispute to Begin May 27
GC Holdings Acquires Full Stake in GC Wellbeing from GC Biopharma
National Pension Service Secures KRW 265 Billion Exit via Tender Offer Led by EQT Partners
Hyundai Card Posts Record Membership Fee Revenue, but Rising Marketing Costs Weigh on Profitability
NHN Bugs Shares Slide Over 13% After Collapse of Major Shareholder Stake Sale
Food Industry Executives Face Arrest Decision in Alleged Starch Sweetener Price-Fixing Case
Court Dismisses Shareholder Derivative Suit Against DB HiTek Chairman Family Over Compensation Dispute
NHN’s Sale of Music Platform Subsidiary NHN Bugs Falls Through on Buyer’s Payment Failure

- Korean Air, Asiana to Raise Domestic Fuel Surcharges More Than Fourfold Amid Oil Price Surge
- Photo courtesy of Yonhap News[Alpha Biz= Kim Jisun] Korean Air and Asiana Airlines will sharply increase domestic fuel surcharges next month, raising fees by more than four times compared to April levels, as global oil prices surge.According to indus



































