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HEM Pharmaco Targets 2026 Profit With US Launch of Gut Microbiome Platform

HEM Pharmaco aims to turn a profit next year by launching its AI gut microbiome platform Vignal in the US market....

Published 2026.08.26. 07:01:05 |

Korea Business Sentiment Hits Near 4-Year High in August

South Korea's business sentiment index rose 1.1 points to 99.6 in August, a near four-year high, on stronger services performance....

Published 2026.08.26. 06:00:05 |

Korean Retail Investors Pour $1 Billion Into 3x Chip ETF Before Nvidia Earnings

Korean retail investors bought nearly 1 trillion won of the 3x leveraged SOXL chip ETF ahead of Nvidia's earnings, with SanDisk drawing the second-mos...

Published 2026.08.26. 06:00:05 |

POSCO's 17-Year Lithium Bet in Argentina Turns to First Profit

POSCO Argentina posted its first operating profit of 11 billion won in Q2, eight years after entering Argentina's lithium market and investing 3.7…...

Published 2026.08.26. 05:30:05 |

SK Innovation Falls 3% After Hours on SKIET Merger Plan

SK Innovation fell 3.38% in after-hours trading after announcing it will absorb loss-making separator unit SKIET in a merger set for January 1....

Published 2026.08.25. 18:11:36 |

Nexen Tire Profit Margin Falls to 3% Range on Costs, Product Mix

Nexen Tire's second-quarter operating margin fell to 3.9%, the lowest among Korea's three tiremakers, as premium product sales lagged rivals....

Published 2026.08.25. 17:50:35 |

Hanwha Expands U.S. LNG Business to Boost Defense Synergy

Hanwha Aerospace launched Hanwha Horizon USA to run its global LNG sourcing and trading, supplying U.S. gas to the Yeosu plant from 2029....

Published 2026.08.25. 17:49:46 |

Korean Business Sentiment Turns Positive, September BSI Hits 102

Korean business sentiment turned positive for the first time in six months, with the September BSI hitting 102.0 as manufacturing and non-manufacturin...

Published 2026.08.25. 17:47:40 |

POSCO Turns First Profit From Argentine Lithium After 8 Years

POSCO Holdings posted its first operating profit of 11 billion won from its Argentine lithium business in the second quarter, eight years after enteri...

Published 2026.08.25. 17:42:25 |

Corporate Disclosures [August 25]

Korean corporate disclosures for August 25 include treasury share moves at MH Ethanol and HYBE and a 274.2 billion won facility investment by Simmtech...

Published 2026.08.25. 17:01:35 |