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• Skin N Skin to raise 999 mln won via stock offering

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  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Skin N Skin Co.on Thursday announced that it will sell stocks to raise 999 million won (US$850,574). The proceeds from the stock sale will be used mainly to finance its operations.According to a regulatory filing, the compan
• Skin N Skin to raise 3.8 bln won via stock sale

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  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Skin N Skin Co.on Thursday announced that it will sell stocks to raise 3.8 billion won (US$3.3 million). The proceeds from the stock offering will be used primarily to finance its operations.According to a regulatory filing,
• Skin N Skin to raise 5 bln won via stock sale

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  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Skin N Skin Co.on Thursday announced that it will sell stocks to raise 5 billion won (US$4.3 million). The proceeds from the stock offering will be used primarily to finance its operations.According to a regulatory filing, t
• Soosung Innovation. to raise 1 bln won via stock offering

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  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Soosung Innovation. Co.on Thursday announced that it will sell stocks to raise 1 billion won (US$851,425). The proceeds from the stock sale will be used mainly to finance its operations.According to a regulatory filing, the
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  S. Korea, France agree to boost ties in new industries, zero-emission policy

  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and France on Thursday discussed ways to enhance cooperation on semiconductors, bio and other new industry sectors and their policy directions to achieve carbon-zero goals, Seoul's industry ministry said.The
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  S. Korea's debt level not to negatively affect credit ratings: S&P

  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's government debt level is not high enough to negatively affect its sovereign ratings in the near future, the global credit appraiser S&P Global Ratings said Thursday.Kim Eng Tan, senior director at S&P, said
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  S. Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank makes 3rd IPO attempt

  By Nam Kwang-sik SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, South Korea's 15th largest conglomerate by assets, said Thursday that its refining affiliate Hyundai Oilbank Co. plans to file for a preliminary screening within this year
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  Americas, Europe in focus for LG Chem's foreign market expansion: CEO

  By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- LG Chem Ltd. will bolster investment in North and South America, and Europe, to boost its presence in foreign markets, the company's top executive has said, citing ample opportunities for growth in the
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  (LEAD) Car-sharing app SoCar to launch integrated mobility services

  (ATTN: UPDATES with details in paras 4, 6-7, last 3 paras; ADDS 2nd photo)SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- SoCar, a South Korean car-sharing company, said Thursday it will launch an integrated mobility service that connects all transit options in one app ne
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  S. Korea, U.S. launch new dialogue on semiconductor partnership

  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States launched a new bilateral dialogue platform on Thursday to discuss ways to boost cooperation on the semiconductor sector, Seoul's industry ministry said.The inaugural teleconference of th
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  Ex-Burberry chief designer named new creative designer for LF Daks

  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean fashion retailer LF Corp. said Thursday that it appointed Luc Goidadin, the former chief design officer of British fashion behemoth Burberry, as the new creative director of its luxury brand, LF Daks. With Goida
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  (LEAD) S. Korea's total population to fall for first time this year: agency

  (ATTN: UPDATES with more details throughout; RECASTS headline, lead; CHANGES photo)By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's total population is expected to record its first decline this year, the statistics agency said Thursday, a g
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  (LEAD) BOK to adjust loose monetary policy amid worries over inflation, pandemic

  (ATTN: ADDS BOK official's remark, more info in paras 12-14)SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank said Thursday that it will adjust the extent of its loose monetary policy stance "appropriately" in consideration of
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  S. Korea's population estimated to have peaked last year: statistics agency

  By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's population is estimated to have peaked at 51.84 million last year before falling to 37.7 million in 2070, the statistics agency said Thursday, a grim assessment of population decline amid the
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  BOK to adjust loose monetary policy amid worries over inflation, pandemic

  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank said Thursday that it will adjust the extent of its loose monetary policy stance "appropriately" in consideration of inflation, the pandemic and monetary policy directions of major
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  Nearly half of newlyweds in S. Korea had no kids: data

  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Nearly half of recently newlywed couples in South Korea had no children, data showed Thursday, amid the country's chronic low birthrate and changing social norms. Some 44.5 percent of the country's 1.18 million coupl
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  EcoPro BM to build 1st overseas cathode plant in Hungary

  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- EcoPro BM Co., a South Korean cathode manufacturer, said Thursday it is spending about 970 billion won (US$826.3 million) over the next four years to build a cathode-producing plant in Hungary, in what would be its first inv
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  Bond issuance in S. Korea edges down in Nov.

  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Bond issuance in South Korea inched down in November from the previous month amid rising interest rates, data showed Thursday.The value of bonds sold in Asia's fourth-largest economy stood at 65.8 trillion won (US$56.1 b
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  S. Korea begins procedures to ratify Cape Town Agreement on fishing vessel safety

  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has begun domestic procedures to ratify the Cape Town Agreement on the safety of fishing vessels, the oceans ministry said Thursday.The agreement, adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 2012,
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  Car-sharing app SoCar to launch integrated mobility services

  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- SoCar, a South Korean car-sharing company, said Thursday it aims to launch an integrated mobility services that connects all transit options in one app next year. The envisioned "super app" will allow users to fi