Wednesday, January 6, 2021

 

Round-up of important news from major Korean dailies and from international media today

The Korea Post (http://www.koreapost.com/)
“Health and beauty of teeth are in the best state when in harmony with each other”
In 2020 when COVID-19 hit the world, the medical community is facing a serious challenge that is terrifying. Nevertheless most experts agree that the average life expectancy is already 100years. It is because we are entering an era where we can restore human body part such as artificial heart and artificial joints to their original form through advanced technologies such as biomimetic technology, 3D printing and bio printing. A variety of studies are under way to restore body parts throughout the medical age group in the dental field. The Korea Post met a Korean company (MINISH) that is growing unrivaled with natural dental restoration solutions.

LG Energy Solutions CEO Kim stresses on safety and reliability
Kim Jong-hyun, CEO of LG Energy Solutions, said in his New Year's address on Jan. 4, "We have been leading the lithium battery market so far and making industry standards, but we will never compromise on safety and reliability, even if we give up quality and performance.”
CEO Kim said, “We need to ask ourselves whether our efforts were sufficient in terms of safety and reliability, which will become more important as the market expands."
He mentioned three key values of LG Energy Solutions, which was materially divided and independent from LG Chem last year, -- quality, customer value and talent.

Hanwha Chairman Kim seeks a vision of coexistence and leap forward with society
In his New Year's address on Jan. 4, Kim Seung-yeon, chairman of Hanwha Group, said, "The year 2020 was simply a time when the whole world was struggling and shrinking. I would like to thank executives and employees who have been firmly driving Hanwha despite the chaos and crisis caused by the COVID-19 crisis last year."
Chairman Kim said. "Hanwha was no exception, but it has sometimes stopped and sometimes endured times of crisis by sharing pain. It's a time when we can't help but be exhausted, but let's overcome this moment by encouraging each other with a 'together' heart," he said.
Commenting that the next two to three years will be a time of uncertainty in the industry's overall landscape, Chairman Kim said, "Even at this time, we should take the "most Hanwha-like path" to overcome the crisis as responsible members of society and lead a new paradigm of sustainable management."

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KBS (http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/)
S. Korea Reports 840 New COVID-19 Cases
South Korea reported 840 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, remaining below one-thousand for the second straight day.
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency(KDCA) said Wednesday that the new infections raised the country's accumulated caseload to 65-thousand-818.
The daily figure increased by 125 from the previous day, but the pace of growth in the third wave of the epidemic appears to have slowed in the new year. Of the new cases detected throughout Tuesday, 809 were local transmissions, while 31 were imported.

N. Korean Leader Says Economic Plan Failed as Rare Party Congress Begins
North Korea reportedly opened a rare congress of the ruling Workers' Party on Tuesday. North Korean media outlets reported on Wednesday that the opening ceremony for the eighth party congress took place in Pyongyang the previous day with leader Kim Jong-un's opening address.
Kim said that the five-year economic development strategy period wrapped up last year, but the plan significantly failed to meet its goals in almost every sector.
Noting external and internal challenges that hinder the country's development, Kim stressed the need to produce firm measures to deal with problems and obstacles.

KOSPI Tops 3,000 Points for First Time
South Korean stocks surpassed the three-thousand-point mark for the first time on Wednesday soon after trading began.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) hit three-thousand-one-point-29 at 9:02 a.m. Wednesday, up ten-point-72 points, or point-36 percent, from the previous day.
The index topped the three-thousand mark 13 years and five months after it first surpassed the two-thousand mark on July 25, 2007.
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Yonhap (http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr)
New cases below 1,000 for 2nd day amid tentative signs of slowdown
South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases stayed below 1,000 for the second consecutive day on Wednesday amid signs of a slowdown, while nursing homes and churches continued to be hot spots for virus outbreaks despite extended virus curbs.
The country added 840 more COVID-19 cases, including 809 local infections, raising the total caseload to 65,818, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
Wednesday's daily caseload rose from 715 on Tuesday but fell sharply from 1,020 on Monday when mass infections from a Seoul prison and nursing homes were reported. The average daily new cases stood at 863.9 and the reproduction rate stayed slightly below 1 over the past week. Twenty people died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours to raise the death toll to 1,027.

N. Korea kicks off rare party congress with leader's opening address
North Korea has opened its first party congress in nearly five years, state media said Wednesday, amid expectations it will unveil its policy directions on economic development and foreign affairs for the next few years.
Leader Kim Jong-un delivered an opening speech for the eighth congress of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang on Tuesday, admitting a failure to meet its previous five-year economic development goals and calling for self-reliance in boosting the country's strength, according to the Korean Central News Agency.
"The five-year economic development strategy period wrapped up last year, but the results in most areas fell extremely short of our goals," Kim said, calling the past five years the "unprecedented" and "worst of the worst" time for the country.

S. Korea, Iran agree to pursue diplomatic solution to oil tanker seizure
South Korea and Iran agreed Tuesday to work toward a diplomatic solution for this week's seizure of a Korean oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, a foreign ministry official said.
Fresh tensions appeared to flare up between the two countries after the vessel, MT Hankuk Chemi, was seized Monday by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) reportedly due to allegations of chemical pollution. The operator of the ship denied the allegations.
The vessel with five South Koreans, 11 Myanmarese, two Indonesians and two Vietnamese on board was traveling from Saudi Arabia to the United Arab Emirates. Iranian officials said they remain safe.
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The Korea Herald (http://www.koreaherald.com)
Kospi hits 3,000 points in historic rally
South Korea’s main bourse Kospi crossed the 3,000 point mark for the first time during early intraday trading Wednesday, stretching to as high as 3,027.16 points. Kospi has maintained a record run over the past six days.
Individual investors stocks were a strong force behind the rally in the morning trade, as they were net buying over 400 billion won ($368.2 million) worth of Kospi-listed stocks in the first 30 minutes of trading.
Blue-chip stocks were mostly gainers. As of 9:30 a.m., 33 out of the 50 largest stocks listed on Kospi by market cap were trading higher than the closing price Tuesday.

New cases below 1,000 for 2nd day amid tentative signs of slowdown
South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases stayed below 1,000 for the second consecutive day on Wednesday amid signs of a slowdown, while nursing homes and churches continued to be hot spots for virus outbreaks despite extended virus curbs.
The country added 840 more COVID-19 cases, including 809 local infections, raising the total caseload to 65,818, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
Wednesday's daily caseload rose from 715 on Tuesday but fell sharply from 1,020 on Monday when mass infections from a Seoul prison and nursing homes were reported. The average daily new cases stood at 863.9 and the reproduction rate stayed slightly below 1 over the past week.

N. Korea kicks off rare party congress with leader's opening address
North Korea has opened its first party congress in nearly five years, state media said Wednesday, amid expectations it will unveil its policy directions on economic development and foreign affairs for the next few years.
Leader Kim Jong-un delivered an opening speech for the eighth congress of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang on Tuesday, admitting a failure to meet its previous five-year economic development goals and calling for self-reliance in boosting the country's strength, according to the Korean Central News Agency.
"The five-year economic development strategy period wrapped up last year, but the results in most areas fell extremely short of our goals," Kim said, calling the past five years the "unprecedented" and "worst of the worst" time for the country.
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The Korea Times (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr)
KOSPI hits 3,000-point milestone
South Korea's benchmark stock index topped the historic 3,000-point milestone Wednesday on hopes of an economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic, with major brokerages betting for a further rise down the road.
The main Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) stood at 2,994.63 points as of 9:59 a.m., up 0.14 percent from the previous session's close, after rising as high as 3,027.16 points after the opening bell.
The KOSPI mounted the 3,000-point plateau, after landing in the 2,000-point range in 2007, ushering a fresh chapter in the country's 38-year-old benchmark index.

Ups and downs of Seoul's Majang Meat Market
Majang Meat Market is well-known among locals as Seoul's best place to buy and eat fresh meat at a reasonable price. In recent years, it has emerged as a popular spot for TV personalities and YouTubers as "mukbang" or eating shows became popular. It is the largest meat market in the country with 2 million annual visitors. The market accounts for over 60 percent of meat, especially beef, distribution in Korea.
"The market has grown along with the national economy. As people's income increased, the consumption of meat also increased," Yoo Kwang-jun, head of a Korean beef co-op in Majang-dong, told The Korea Times. "When I first got a job here as a distributor about 36 years ago, it was very tough to work here. For example, the ground was just mud and was being used as cabbage fields back then. And the market smelled so bad that people had to wrap towels around their faces. But people gathered here to earn money for their families to raise their kids. It was all about money back then."
He had been employed as a butcher for some 15 years before he started his own business.

Norwegian renewable energy expert points 'offshore'
Nils Anders Rokke has been lauding "offshore" as the ideal strategic place for the expansion of renewable energy-based power generation and lower carbon emissions that the world ― on the verge of climate change-driven catastrophe ― desperately requires. The executive vice president of sustainability at SINTEF, Scandinavia's largest independent research institute based in Trondheim, Norway, has been proposing various means to achieve this in the vast area, some that have already been put in place by certain countries and some theoretically possible and in need of further research.
When he talked to The Korea Times to suggest some options that the South Korean government could actually pull off for its ambitious decarbonizing plan, he pointed to the country's easy access to surrounding oceans that perfectly match offshore energy production with offshore wind turbines combined with carbon capture, transport and storage (CCS).
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HanKyoReh Shinmun (http://english.hani.co.kr)
Iran resumes enriching uranium up to 20% purity on same day it seizes S. Korean tanker
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has seized a South Korean oil tanker.
Iranian state-run television reported on Jan. 4 that Tehran had seized a South Korean oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the AP and other news. Iranian authorities reportedly stopped the vessel MT Hankuk Chemi on suspicions of polluting the waters of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. An official with Iran’s Fars News Agency explained, “The Iranian Revolutionary Guard navy has seized the vessel in question.”
The AP, Reuters, and other news outlets previously reported that the South Korean oil tanker appeared to have been seized that day after entering Iranian territorial waters en route from Saudi Arabia to Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. Satellite data from the vessel tracking site MarineTraffic.com showed the MT Hankuk Chemi in the waters off Bandar Abbas without explanation. The AP reported that the company that owns the vessel could not be reached, adding that Iranian authorities had not offered confirmation regarding the vessel’s seizure.

Samsung speeds up release of Galaxy S21 to counter Apple’s momentum
Invitations went out on Jan. 4 for the Galaxy Unpacked 2021 event, where the Galaxy S21 series will be unveiled. Observers see Jan. 29 as the likely launch date for the Galaxy S21, which is to be revealed at Galaxy Unpacked on Jan. 15.
Both the unveiling and the launch have been moved up by around one month from past years. The move is likely a strategy to counter Apple — which has been increasing its market share at a breathtaking pace since the launch of its iPhone 12 series in October — while filling the gap left by Huawei, which has seen production decline sharply amid US sanctions.
Apple’s launch of its new iPhone series in October 2020 came about one month later than usual amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But the products were a big hit, with Apple’s market share nearly doubling from 11.9% in Q3 to a projected 20.6% in Q4. Over the same period, Samsung Electronics’ share dropped from 21.9% to 16.2%; in addition to tumbling below 20%, Samsung also yielded its top ranking to Apple.

Tesla continues to dominate EV industry as other companies scramble to get a foothold
Will Tesla continue to rule the roost through 2021? Finished automobile makers appear poised to go all out this year to prove their competitiveness in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, and the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the demise of the internal combustion engine. The key factor will be the success or failure of the dedicated EV platforms that many automakers are planning to unveil this year.
According to market research database EV Volumes, global EV sales totaled over 3.13 million last year. This includes both battery-based and plug-in hybrid EVs. While EV sales increased by around 38%, sales for vehicles with internal combustion engines fell by over 15% from the year before.
The market for EVs will likely grow even more in 2021. The European Commission reportedly drew up plans last month to have 30 million pure EVs on the road by 2030. US President-elect Joseph Biden, who starts his term this year, has also mentioned moving up the timeline for the EV era. China, looking to become the world’s biggest automobile maker, is likely to join the fray as well. Consequently, finished vehicle makers have been forced to focus more on EVs than other future vehicles such as self-driving or connected cars.
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Chosun Ilbo (http://english.chosun.com)
Iran Denies Taking Korean Ship Hostage
Iran on Tuesday denied taking a Korean tanker and its 20-strong crew hostage to free billions of dollars frozen in Korean bank accounts.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps seized the MT Hankuk Chemi and its Korean, Indonesian, Myanmarese and Vietnamese crew in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, accusing it of "polluting the Persian Gulf with chemicals."
But Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei denied the ship is being held hostage. "We've become used to such allegations… but if there is any hostage-taking, it is Korea's government that is holding $7 billion which belongs to us hostage on baseless grounds."

Massive Spending Fails to Raise Birthrate
Korea spent a record W45 trillion last year to boost its birthrate, which is one of the lowest in the world, but failed to reverse the decline (US$1=W1,082).
The government on Monday said it spent W45.7 trillion last year on various incentives to have more children. Given that only 275,815 children were born according to government figures, that boils down to almost W160 million in taxpayers' money spent on every single baby.
The budget the central and provincial governments allocated surged from W27.9 trillion in 2017. Last month, the government promised W300,000 a month for each child aged up to the age of two from 2021.

Samsung to Unveil New Galaxy Phone a Month Early
Samsung will unveil its latest smartphone, the Galaxy S21, on Jan. 14, a month earlier than usual. Samsung has usually unveiled the new flagship smartphones in mid-February, but now it is struggling to maintain its top market share and hoping to boost it by stealing a march on the competition.
Invitations were sent out on Monday for Samsung's Unpacked 2021 event. The latest Galaxy will be unveiled online on Jan. 14 before hitting showrooms on Jan 29. The invite shows a camera module with three lenses, which sits on the upper left side of the rear.
The Galaxy S21 has a 6.2-inch screen, while S21+ comes with a 6.7-inch display and the S21 Ultra a 6.8-inch one. The top-end S21 Ultra also comes with a stylus.
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The Dong-A Ilbo (http://english.donga.com/)
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps above the government
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that rules the Iranian society at large is often called “a government above the government.” The revolutionary force including Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini formed the organization in April 1979, two months after the Iranian Revolution as they needed regular armed forces and an independent military organization to protect the republican system. The commander-in-chief and key members are still appointed by Ayatollah, the highest Shia priest and supreme leader of the country.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps consists of five groups including the Quds, which is in charge of armed forces, special warfare and overseas operations and the Basij militia. The organization is estimated to have had 190,000 members as of 2020. It is smaller than the regular army that has some 520,000 men, but it is assessed to have better soldiers and weapons. The navy that recently seized a Korean vessel and the Quds that educates and trains pro-Iranian militant organizations such as Iraq, Yemen, Syria, and Lebanon are known as core groups among the five.
Iran’s navy, in particular, has undertaken a task of patrolling the Straits of Hormuz between the Indian Ocean and the Gulf, which some 30 percent of the global oil supply goes through. It has been seizing American warships and overseas vessels for approaching Iran’s territorial waters using small boats.

The ROK-US joint air drill held in Dec. was not made public
It has been confirmed that South Korea and the U.S. conducted their joint air exercises in December last year and did not disclose it to the public. This is the first time that the holding of the annual joint exercises was not made public since they were first carried out in December 2015. There is criticism from in and outside the military that the South Korean government did not disclose it in order not to stimulate North Korea during the power transition period in the U.S.
According to the data submitted to Rep. Kang Dae-sik of the People Power Party from the Air Force on Tuesday, the ROK-US joint air exercises were held for five days from Dec. 7 through Dec. 11. About 90 fighter jets from South Korea, such as F-15K and KF-16 and 60 from the U.S., including F-16 took part in the exercises. It is known that F-22 stealth fighter jets from the U.S., which normally take off from the U.S. air base in Japan, were not able to participate in the exercises. A military official said the exercises were held on reduced scale din part due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

NCSoft, CJ ENM join hands and work on global market content
Game developer and tech firm NCSoft and entertainment & mass media leader CJ ENM plan to cooperate on making inroads into the global content platform market. The former’s information technological knowhow and the latter’s abundant experience in entertainment business will create a synergy effect when they cooperate to build up core capabilities to target the ever-competitive global content industry.
NCSoft announced on Tuesday that it signed an MOU agreement with CJ ENM to forge a cooperative business relationship in content and digital platform. Accordingly, the two contract parties decided to set up a joint venture within this year. The gaming company did not go into details regarding where their joint business is headed.
Industry insiders analyze that the two South Korean giants share common interests and find it attractive to take advantage of each other’s strengths – NCSoft’s information technological power and CJ ENM’s excellence in entertainment content and business knowhow.
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The KyungHyang Shinmun (http://english.khan.co.kr/)
Government Begins Reviewing the AstraZeneca Vaccine
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety launched a review of the novel coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca. The government plans to begin injecting the vaccine on high-risk hospital staff and senior citizens in collective living quarters, such as long-term care facilities, by the end of February.
On January 4, Jung Eun-kyeong, chief of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said, “We plan to begin (COVID-19) vaccination of high-risk groups, medical staff and senior citizens living in collective living facilities, such as long-term care hospitals and facilities, at the end of February,” and added, “We are currently identifying the list of people who will receive the vaccine and are making prior arrangements.”
The vaccine developed by AstraZeneca is expected to be the first COVID-19 vaccine to be injected in South Korea. This day, AstraZeneca Korea applied for the approval of the COVID-19 vaccine, AZD1222. The company requested an approval for the product that will be manufactured by SK Bioscience, a South Korean company, as well as an approval for imported products that will be manufactured overseas. The AstraZeneca vaccine will also be produced in the U.S., the U.K. and Italy.

How Did the Seoul Dongbu Detention Center End up a “COVID Prison”?
The number of COVID-19 cases in the Seoul Dongbu Detention Center surpassed 1,000 just forty days after the first case was confirmed in the center.
This is the biggest cluster of transmission in South Korea following the clusters at Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Daegu and Sarang Jeil Church. In these two cases, the virus spread because the churches failed to keep preventive measures, so from the government’s perspective, there was not much that it could do to prevent the contagion. Unlike these two clusters, the massive transmissions at Dongbu Detention Center were a “man-made” disaster that occurred because the government failed in its quarantine measures.
According to the Ministry of Justice and the Central Disease Control Center on January 4, until the previous day a total of 1,084 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in connection to the Dongbu Detention Center. Just the previous day alone, 121 new cases were confirmed. At the time of the first diagnostic test of all inmates, the center held 2,419 inmates, so four out of ten were positive for COVID-19. This day, the total number of COVID-19 cases in correctional facilities nationwide increased to 1,116.

R.O.K.-U.S. Joint Military Exercise in March Could Be the First Test in N.K.-U.S. Relations
The launch of the Joe Biden administration in the United States, intensifying conflicts between the U.S. and China, and a North Korea planning to adjust the direction of its national strategy in time for the tenth year of Chairman Kim Jong-un’s rule: amid this changing international environment, the Moon Jae-in government is now approaching the end of its term. The Biden administration’s foreign policy has yet to take shape, and North Korea has yet to hold the eighth party congress, which will set the standard for its domestic and international policies, but one thing is clear--the year 2021 will be a turning point for the Korean Peninsula. For the Moon Jae-in government, which only has a year and five months left in office, 2021 will be a critical time that could determine the success or failure of the process for peace on the Korean Peninsula.
President-elect Biden expressed his willingness to cooperate with countries that share the value of democracy and a vision for the future. With China on his mind, he values U.S. relations with Asian allies and is aware of the importance of U.S. relations with South Korea. The Biden administration is expected to pursue cooperation and coordination rather than opt for unilateral decisions or pressure when it comes to issues related to the R.O.K.-U.S. alliance.
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Maeil Business News Korea (http://www.pulsenews.co.kr/)
Kospi tests 3,000 for the first time on retail buying spree
South Korea’s benchmark stock index Kospi extended the year-end rally without a breather and breached the 3,000-mark for the first time on Wednesday on tireless retail frenzy.
The Kospi hit 3,022.36 as of 9:15 a.m. after opening the day up 0.09 percent from the previous day’s close. It has slipped to 2,983.04 amid hectic tug-of-war between foreign and institutional selling and retail buying.
Individuals bought 908 billion won ($836 million) worth, while foreigners sold 473 billion won worth and local institutions 477 billion won worth. They net bought over 1 trillion won worth in the Kospi on Monday, the first trading session of 2021, and 7.2 trillion won on the following day, placing Kospi at a historic high of 2,990.57.

Korean Air, Asiana M&A takes off as shareholders ok M&A process
The grounds of a mega M&A merger between Korea’s two full-service carriers have been set after Korean Air Lines shareholders on Wednesday gave their blessing for the marriage by approving changes in the corporate mandate to acquire Asiana Airlines.
Korean Air Lines announced Wednesday that 55.73 percent of its shareholders with voting rights attended the shareholders’ meeting in Seoul, of which 69.95 percent approved the article change to bump up maximum outstanding shares to 700 million from 250 million to raise capital and realign stakeholding status necessary to bring Asiana Airlines under one roof with state backing.
The additions of 173.6 million shares arriving by March would raise the flag carrier’s outstanding shares to 350 million and fuel it with 2.5 trillion won ($2.3 billion) ammunition to take over 60 percent in Asiana Airlines. The bulk of new issues goes to Hanjin KAL which has received funding from state lender Korea Development Bank.

SK Innovation raises $1 bn in green loans to finish second U.S. battery plant
South Korean battery-making major SK Innovation Co. will be able to speed up its $1.5 billion second electric battery project in the United States upon raising near $1 billion through a green loan facility.
The company said Wednesday that it will back the green loan agreement that its U.S. subsidiary SK Battery America (SKBA) will strike with a financial institution later this month.
Green loans are loan instruments available exclusively to environment-friendly businesses including EVs and renewables.

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