<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[South Korean business & finance]]></title><description><![CDATA[South Korean business & finance]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/stream/9758cfb0-f0ab-41a3-89b2-e5db1d0b3f3e</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 07:24:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ft.com/stream/9758cfb0-f0ab-41a3-89b2-e5db1d0b3f3e?format=rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2024. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. 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goods]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/52c558d6-37cf-4bd6-a087-d0f526bc1180</link><guid isPermaLink="false">52c558d6-37cf-4bd6-a087-d0f526bc1180</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 01:00:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea’s stock exchange chief defends slow start to corporate reform drive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Only 1% of 2,600 listed companies have signed up to new initiative aimed at boosting valuations]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/d2c24ffc-aaee-4364-9e49-effd82a18766</link><guid isPermaLink="false">d2c24ffc-aaee-4364-9e49-effd82a18766</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2024 01:48:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real lessons South Korea should learn from an EV fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alarm has risen in Seoul over industrial groups losing their technological edge ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/5e7519ce-60ec-4a2e-8fbf-8b3fabb397a2</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A Moncler winter jacket has become like a school uniform’: children’s luxury booms in South Korea]]></title><description><![CDATA[Parents and grandparents spoil their kids with expensive fashion products as low birth rate leads to smaller families]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/b648cf2c-8cad-4ffd-8105-44c2c6395982</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b648cf2c-8cad-4ffd-8105-44c2c6395982</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 03:28:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seoul push to end ‘the Korean discount’ hits a snag]]></title><description><![CDATA[Critics of a Doosan group restructuring argue the country needs a fiduciary duty standard for shareholders ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ef858c18-dede-4927-b36d-3ccef9abb135</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ef858c18-dede-4927-b36d-3ccef9abb135</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:00:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Billionaire founder of Kakao arrested in K-pop stock manipulation case]]></title><description><![CDATA[South Korean internet company’s chief in custody over bidding battle with agency behind boy band BTS]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/49141512-96db-4f2b-a776-da350e531aa0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">49141512-96db-4f2b-a776-da350e531aa0</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 03:25:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosecutors push for arrest of tech billionaire at centre of K-pop bidding battle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Move to detain Kakao founder Brian Kim follows regulator’s vow to crack down on insider trading ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/4da75ed8-8a00-4df5-b988-4d2de6506153</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4da75ed8-8a00-4df5-b988-4d2de6506153</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:02:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung’s ‘chip crisis’: AI ambitions hit by unprecedented worker unrest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Korean tech giant risks losing disenchanted engineers to domestic rival SK Hynix]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9b7de6ca-7694-4da4-8d26-e7a6e6079fe1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9b7de6ca-7694-4da4-8d26-e7a6e6079fe1</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2024 05:24:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung launches foldable phones with enhanced AI to stay ahead of Chinese rivals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Smartphone maker adds new capabilities in niche premium segment to combat being undercut on price]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8b806d9d-1fb6-462e-ba6a-ea357e6357e5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8b806d9d-1fb6-462e-ba6a-ea357e6357e5</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:00:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung Electronics hit by unprecedented 3-day strike]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thousands of workers take action over pay and conditions at South Korean tech company]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/62d4cbe1-6c0f-4803-99e1-4233b8b8eb87</link><guid 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ambitions with first battery factory]]></title><description><![CDATA[South-east Asian country is pushing to move up electric vehicle value chain]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/b9ecf63a-596b-4dda-9445-c21669734d7c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b9ecf63a-596b-4dda-9445-c21669734d7c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2024 05:25:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Webtoon Entertainment to debut on Nasdaq as latest Korean cultural export success]]></title><description><![CDATA[Online comics platform prices IPO at top of range for $2.7bn valuation]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e362807c-701a-4bc2-9918-58d3bb940e05</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e362807c-701a-4bc2-9918-58d3bb940e05</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2024 04:34:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire at South Korean lithium battery plant kills 22]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most of dead at factory reported to hail from China as cause of  explosion that sparked blaze remains unclear]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c4c93131-e8da-46bb-aae8-36e16c0e295e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c4c93131-e8da-46bb-aae8-36e16c0e295e</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2024 13:12:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data leak at SoftBank joint venture sparks blame game between Tokyo and Seoul]]></title><description><![CDATA[Japanese officials say South Korea’s Naver should cut stake in Line Yahoo on security grounds]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/b4f31495-d391-4265-bc2a-3129cccbf96f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b4f31495-d391-4265-bc2a-3129cccbf96f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2024 04:00:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea seeks to join top arms dealers with new fighter jet engine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hanwha Aerospace has partnered with the government to move up the defence value chain]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/1e634fd4-d0d3-4b4e-9078-2e197326a896</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Tech regulatory crackdown spreads to Asia and Australia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tokyo, Seoul and Canberra follow EU and US in trying to rein in dominance of Apple and Google ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8b9a8b30-4b83-4792-b5b0-366b0f2f03e9</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8b9a8b30-4b83-4792-b5b0-366b0f2f03e9</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 00:15:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A star producer takes on the K-pop patriarchy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Min Hee-jin battles entertainment company Hybe over financial and creative control]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/304ff2ce-c285-4c23-b129-0d073730f0cb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">304ff2ce-c285-4c23-b129-0d073730f0cb</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 04:00:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biden’s China probe throws lifeline to Korean and Japanese shipyards]]></title><description><![CDATA[US president’s investigation into Chinese maritime industrial supremacy could lead to new port fees]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/7651bc2b-5bc4-4a88-ac6b-e233008afb99</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7651bc2b-5bc4-4a88-ac6b-e233008afb99</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 04:00:38 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>