[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Samsung Electronics reached a final agreement on the 20th (local time) to receive up to $4.745 billion in semiconductor support funds from the U.S. Department of Commerce. SK Hynix had previously confirmed $458 million in support from the Department of Commerce the previous day. However, Samsung Electronics had initially agreed to receive support of $6.4 billion (approximately KRW 9.27 trillion) when signing the preliminary memorandum of transaction (PMT) in April, but this final decision reduced the amount by approximately 26%, drawing attention to the backg
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Hanwha Group has completed the acquisition of the Philly Shipyard in the United States. Hanwha Group is the first domestic company to acquire a U.S. shipyard. Hanwha Group announced on the 20th that it has completed all procedures for acquiring a 100% stake in Philadelphia Shipyard in the United States. This is only six months after signing the main contract with Norway’s Aker on June 20th. The acquisition amount is 100 million dollars. Hanwha Systems invested 60 million dollars and Hanwha Ocean invested 40 million dollars, securing 60% and 40% stakes respect
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Dong-A Otsuka will raise the prices of its products, including Pocari Sweat, by an average of 6.3% starting January 1st next year. This decision is due to the continued rise in raw and auxiliary material prices and increased logistics costs. According to Dong-A Otsuka on the 18th, the price of a 250ml can of Pocari Sweat will increase by 6.3% from 1,600 won to 1,700 won at convenience stores. The 620ml PET will increase by 4.0% from 2,500 won to 2,600 won, and the 1.5L PET will increase by 2.6% from 3,800 won to 3,900 won. The price of a 250ml can of Narangd
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] SK Group donated 12 billion won to the Community Chest of Korea to help neighbors at the end of the year. SK announced on the 18th that SK Supex Pursuit Council SV Chairman Ji Dong-seop visited the Community Chest of Korea (Chairman Kim Byung-joon) in Jung-gu, Seoul and donated 12 billion won. SK has been donating to the Community Chest of Korea every year since 1999. As of this year, the total donation amount for the Hope Sharing Campaign has reached 246.5 billion won. In addition to the 12 billion won in group-wide donations this year, SK has also raised an
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Yanolja Platform (CEO Bae Bo-chan) announced that it has created an economic effect of 21.9 trillion won over the past five years. On the 18th, the Yanolja platform announced through the '2024 Nol Wave Report - Public-Private Cooperation' that "this is the result of contributing to the revitalization of domestic travel and development of the local economy through cooperation with various local governments and public institutions." The Play Wave Report is a report published for the first time this year to highlight the social and economic value created by ‘pla
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] As Imperial Palace Seoul Hotel (640 Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul) has changed its name to 'Grand Mercure Imperial Palace Seoul Gangnam' and reopened, attention is focused on its parent company. The predecessor of the Imperial Palace Hotel was 'Hotel Amiga', which opened in September 1989. It was renamed the Imperial Palace Hotel in 2005. It was reborn through a large-scale expansion project with an investment of 100 billion won over three years starting in 2002. 1. Taeseung21 Co., Ltd.… Cha Du-ri’s ex-wife is serving as an auditor at Cha Du-ri’s company The op
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Four Korean defense companies were named among the world's top 100 defense sales companies. In particular, Korean (4 companies) and Japanese (5 companies) companies led the increase in defense sales in the Asia-Oceania region. The background is analyzed to be due to demand in Europe related to the war in Ukraine. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in Sweden announced on the 2nd that the '2023 SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing and military services companies in the world' were ranked as follows: Hanwha Group (24th), Korea Aerospace Industr
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] With the election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States and the aftermath of the war in Europe, the global economy is becoming increasingly difficult, and the Korean economy, caught in a sandwich situation, is facing increasing uncertainty. Due to the issue of the extramarital child of movie actor Jung Woo-sung, there is a heated debate among the younger generation about non-marriage and childbirth in Korean society. This issue is ultimately in line with the issues of low birth rate and aging society that Korean society is facing. From an
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] The most preferred national technical qualifications in the job market last year were ‘Forklift Driver Technician’ and ‘Korean Cuisine Technician.’ On the 27th, the Korea Human Resources Development Institute for Industry announced the results of the ‘Analysis of the Utilization of the National Technical Qualification Recruitment Market’, which analyzed 1,674,560 corporate job postings posted on the government’s employment portal, Employment 24, last year. Looking at the top 20 qualifications for preferential hiring, forklift driver skills were the most with
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Seoul's Myeong-dong was revealed to be the 9th most expensive place to rent among major city commercial districts around the world. On the 21st, global real estate consulting firm Cushman & Wakefield Korea announced in a report titled 'The World's Major Retail Districts' that analyzed the rents of commercial districts in 138 major cities around the world that Myeongdong's average annual rent (based on 1㎡) was 10,319,652 won, ranking 9th. Compared to last year, the rent went up 3%, but the ranking remained the same. First place went to Via Montenapoleone i