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676 noticiasLos ingresos de LG Electronics en el tercer trimestre ascienden a 23,8 billones de wones y el beneficio operativo sube un 13,5 %, pero queda por debajo del consenso
LG Electronics reportó ingresos preliminares del tercer trimestre de 23,827 billones de wones, un 8,9 % más que un año antes, y un beneficio operativo de 781.800 millones de wones, un 13,5 % más. Ambas cifras quedaron por debajo del consens…
KT&G starts Indonesian cigarette plant, its largest overseas production base
KT&G held an opening ceremony on Oct 6 in Pasuruan, East Java, for a new Indonesian cigarette plant that brings its annual production capacity in the country to as much as 35 billion sticks. The company said the plant completes a “global fi…
Paramount Skydance closes $110bn Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition
Paramount Skydance completed its purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery for $110bn, and the combined company is named Skydance. Its shares will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SKYD, while WBD shares stopped trading on Nasd…
Tropical Depression Nine forecast to become Hurricane Isaias, threaten Gulf Coast
Tropical Depression Nine formed in the southwestern Gulf with 35 mph winds and is forecast to become Tropical Storm Isaias and then a hurricane on Thursday, CNN reported. It is expected to reach Category 2 strength with 100 mph winds as it …
Samsung Biologics union seeks direct bargaining with Samsung Electronics
The Samsung Biologics Sangsaeng labor union said it sent Samsung Electronics a formal request for collective bargaining over personnel and compensation systems, arguing the larger company is a de facto employer. It asked Samsung Electronics…
Thailand flood death toll reaches 60; Bangkok and 27 provinces affected
Thailand's Interior Ministry disaster agency said on Oct 7 that flooding has killed 60 people and affected more than 1.48 million households, or 4.19 million people. The country has seen repeated heavy rain and widespread flooding since Sep…
Trump announces $6.6B Anduril-Navy shipyard in Baltimore for submarine components
President Trump announced a $6.6 billion project by Anduril Industries and the US government to build a shipyard at Sparrows Point near Baltimore for Virginia-class submarine components. Anduril is investing $3.7 billion and the Navy holds …
Korea opens export booth at Frankfurt Book Fair, debuts K-Book Global 100
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Publishing Industry Promotion Agency are running an export consultation booth at the 2026 Frankfurt Book Fair, held from October 7 to 11 in Frankfurt am Main, with 15 Korean publishe…
HD Hyundai names Lee Sang-kyun to lead shipbuilding in 2026 executive reshuffle
HD Hyundai announced its 2026 president-level appointments on Oct 7, naming Vice Chairman Lee Sang-kyun as head of the group's shipbuilding business and promoting Cho Min-soo to president and safety chief representative director at HD Hyund…
Times Car data leak class action sign-ups top 40,000
Registrations on a website set up to prepare a class action over the Times Car personal data leak passed 40,000 by 2 pm on Oct 5, Livedoor News reported. Lawyer Hiroki Makino opened the site on Sept 30 to seek damages over the handling of p…
El regulador antimonopolio de Japón registra Asahi, Kirin, Suntory y Sapporo por un cártel de precios de la cerveza
La Comisión de Comercio Justo de Japón inició el 7 de octubre una investigación forzosa contra Asahi Beer, Kirin Beer, Suntory y Sapporo Beer por sospecha de violación de la Ley Antimonopolio en relación con los precios de la cerveza. Se so…
Nuri rocket completes fifth launch, placing satellites in orbit
South Korea’s Nuri rocket lifted off at 12:25 p.m. local time on Oct 7 from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, carrying 15 satellites, the most in its history, and placed the five main ultra-small cluster satellites in their target orbit. Ne…
Nuri declared a success on fifth flight; five cluster satellites make contact
South Korea's Nuri rocket lifted off at 12:25 p.m. from the Naro Space Center in Goheung and the Korea Aerospace Administration declared the fifth flight a success, saying all 15 satellites were placed in orbit. Officials said 14 of the 15 …
El tifón n.º 27 avanza hacia el norte cerca de Ogasawara mientras se forman los tifones n.º 28 y n.º 29
El tifón n.º 27, descrito por la Agencia Meteorológica de Japón como grande y muy fuerte, avanzó hacia el norte sobre aguas cercanas a las islas Ogasawara y se preveía que se acercara a las islas con intensidad muy fuerte desde la tarde del…
La tormenta tropical Isaias se forma frente a México y se pronostica que azotará la costa del Golfo de Estados Unidos como huracán
La tormenta tropical Isaias se formó la madrugada del miércoles en aguas cálidas frente al este de México con vientos máximos sostenidos de 40 mph, y el Centro Nacional de Huracanes dijo que se espera que se fortalezca hasta convertirse en …
Shinsegae invierte 1.000 millones de dólares en el acuerdo con Warner Bros. mientras Paramount completa la adquisición
Shinsegae Group dijo que su unidad Shinsegae Property invertirá 1.000 millones de dólares (unos 1,4 billones de wones) en la adquisición de Warner Bros. liderada por Paramount Skydance, junto a David Ellison y la firma de inversión estadoun…
Boston Dynamics names former Amazon AI executive Rohit Prasad as CEO
Boston Dynamics, described by Korean outlets as Hyundai Motor Group's robot affiliate, said it has appointed Rohit Prasad, a former Amazon executive who led work on the Alexa voice assistant, as its new chief executive. The company said the…
HIS says up to 627 customers' passport data may have leaked after Thai unit breach
HIS announced on October 7 that up to 627 customers' passport details may have leaked after unauthorized access to a file server at its Thai subsidiary, H.I.S. TOURS. The company said it detected the access in December 2025 and identified t…
La policía de Corea abre una investigación formal sobre el hackeo vinculado a la IA de empresas financieras
La policía de Corea del Sur ha convertido su investigación sobre una serie de ataques informáticos vinculados a la IA contra instituciones financieras en una investigación formal, asignando una unidad dedicada de 28 miembros y cuatro equipo…
El regulador financiero de Corea ordena una revisión de seguridad completa tras las filtraciones de datos bancarios
El presidente de la Comisión de Servicios Financieros, Lee Eok-won, presidió el 4 de octubre en Seúl una reunión de emergencia de todo el sector financiero después de que las filtraciones de datos de clientes se extendieran de los grandes b…