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Kakao Pay will cut blended take rates for mid-size offline merchants and publish a simplified fee grid after the Fair Trade Commission questioned whether QR payments priced like card acquirers.
The Ministry of Economy and Finance wants local governments to split industrial-land costs evenly, while the Saemangeum Development Agency is pushing for 70 percent central funding ahead of Hyundai Motor Group's March groundbreaking.
President Lee welcomed the 50-day voyage home, saying Seoul will study fuel and timing data as it eyes a regular Arctic link by 2030 and a stronger southeastern maritime hub.
Lotte Chemical delays a Yeosu cracker turnaround as Middle East naphtha volatility widens crack spreads, forcing petrochemical buyers to reprice October contract formulas.
Lotte Chemical told Yeosu traders it will delay a scheduled naphtha cracker turnaround after spot spreads jumped on Middle East supply anxiety, keeping two ethylene lines running through the long holiday weekend.
Samsung’s 107.4-trillion-won preliminary operating profit stole Thursday’s headlines, but substrate and packaging vendors say lead times and test capacity—not wafer demand—are where margins are thinning.
