[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Yuhan Corporation (CEO Cho Wook-jae) received a notice of return regarding a new drug candidate that it had transferred technology to from global pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim. The contract, originally worth 1.26 trillion won, was delayed, resulting in the company not receiving a significant amount of money. Yuhan Corporation announced on the 7th that it had received a notice of termination of contract and return of rights for a fusion protein (YH25724) for the treatment of metabolic syndrome-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). The total technolo
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Daewoo Construction (CEO Bo-Hyeon Kim) announced that 'Blanc Summit 74 Community' won the grand prize at the '2025 iF Design Award'. This is the fourth consecutive year that it has won the award since 2022, and with this, Daewoo Construction has set a record of winning the most awards in the industry at the world's top three design awards over the past five years. The 'iF Design Award' is one of the most prestigious international design awards in the world, and has been awarding the most outstanding designs for over 70 years since it began in Germany in 1954.
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] GS E&C's 'Xi' brand magazine 'BEYOND A.', which completely changed its brand direction from supplier-centered to customer-centered through rebranding after 22 years, won the Winner award in two categories at the 'iF Design Award 2025,' the world's most prestigious international design award. GS E&C announced on the 5th that in the recently announced 'iF Design Award 2025' evaluation, it won the Winner award in the User Interface (UI) category for the website of the Xi brand magazine 'BEYOND A.' and in the Communication category for the brand book of t
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Shinsegae Group Chairman Chung Yong-jin declared “full resumption of growth” on the occasion of his “first anniversary in office.” After being promoted to chairman on March 8, 2024, Chairman Chung laid the foundation for Shinsegae Group’s leap forward through high-intensity innovation. He worked hard and achieved visible results in the form of increased store visitors and improved performance in a short period of time. Chairman Chung’s bold and frequent personnel changes also heightened organizational tension. Based on this, Chairman Chung now plans to furthe
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Global artist Blackpink's Jennie showed off her hip charm in a spacesuit. On the 5th, Jennie released a teaser image for the title song 'Like JENNIE' from her first full album 'Ruby' through her personal SNS account. In the released photo, Jennie catches the eye in an intense red outfit reminiscent of a spacesuit. Jennie's first solo full-length album, 'Ruby', was produced by Jennie herself, and contains her own identity and infinite musical possibilities. With the release of 'Ruby', filled with Jennie's unique musical colors, approaching in just three days,
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Retail tech company Kurly announced on the 5th that it achieved adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) profit for the first time last year. According to the '2024 Management Performance Earnings Call' conducted by Kurly on this day, the company's consolidated sales for 2024 were provisionally tallied at KRW 2.1956 trillion, up 6% year-on-year. Operating loss was KRW 18.3 billion, down KRW 125.3 billion, and adjusted EBITDA was KRW 13.7 billion, up KRW 121.4 billion. Total transaction value (GMV) for the same period re
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] LIG Nex1 (CEO Shin Ik-hyun) participated in the multinational cyber defense training 'Defense Cyber Marvel 4 (DCM4)' held at the Sono Calm Hotel in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do in February. The DCM, hosted by the British Military Cyber Association since 2022, has been upgraded to an international exercise in 2023, and was co-hosted by the National Intelligence Service of the Republic of Korea this year. The exercise was attended by Shin Ik-hyun, CEO of LIG Nex1, British Ambassador to South Korea Colin Crooks, and Lieutenant General Tom Coppinger-Symes, Deputy C
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Samsung Electronics' labor and management have reached a final agreement on a three-year wage and collective bargaining agreement. Accordingly, the plan to rehire employees with three or more children after retirement is expected to be institutionalized for the first time among major domestic companies. Samsung Electronics announced on the 5th that it held a signing ceremony for the 2025 collective bargaining agreement with the National Samsung Electronics Labor Union (NSU) at the company’s Giheung Campus on the same day. The event was attended by NSU Chairma
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Moloco, a leader in operational machine learning and performance advertising, announced that it has been selected as the app publishing and marketing partner for ‘Kuailewan store (快樂玩STORE, ENJOY STORE)’, a joint app marketplace with HappyTuk, ONE store's partner in Taiwan. Through this partnership, Moloco will support global app publishers in effectively utilizing the ONE store platform in the Taiwanese and global markets while enhancing digital marketing strategies as the official partner of ONE store in Taiwan. ONE store is a leading global third-party app
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Lotte Rental (CEO Choi Jin-hwan) received a reaffirmation of its investment grade rating of 'Baa3' from global leading credit rating agency Moody's and obtained a 'stable' outlook. This reevaluation was conducted in accordance with the announcement that the largest shareholders, Hotel Lotte and Busan Lotte Hotel, had agreed on the purchase price and terms for selling their Lotte Rental shares to global private equity fund Affinity Equity Partners (hereinafter referred to as “Affinity”) and that they planned to sign a stock purchase agreement within two weeks.