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Leadership & Management
Korean garment maker Hansae targets growth amid economic woes
HO CHI MINH CITY – South Korean garment maker Hansae Co. expects to see decent growth in sales and profits next year despite the global clothi...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution to start producing cheaper EV batteries
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, plans to manufacture cheaper EV batteries such as lithium ...
Oct 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
VaxCell-Bio applies for approval of anti-cancer drug for dogs
South Korea’s VaxCell Biotherapeutics Co. (VaxCell-Bio) on Tuesday announced its application for approval for Vaxleukin-15, an anti-cancer dru...
Oct 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Tesla supplier L&F to ink $15 bn materials deal in Europe
L&F Co., a South Korean electric vehicle battery materials supplier to Tesla Inc., is set to sell products in Europe through an estimated $15 bi...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, PIF to invest $500 mn to build car plant in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH – Hyundai Motor Co. has agreed with the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund, to set up a joint venture to build...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Pablo Air secures $15.5 mn in pre-IPO investment
Pablo Air Co. Ltd., a specialized drone control company, announced on Friday that it has attracted an investment of 21 billion won ($15.5 million) i...
Oct 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Blackstone names Koramco preferred bidder for $553 mn landmark
Blackstone Inc. has tapped South Korea’s Koramco REITs Management and Trust Co. as the preferred bidder for prime office building Arc Place, t...
Oct 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung vows to up memory chip density to 'extreme levels'
Samsung Electronics Co.'s memory chip head said on Tuesday the world’s top memory chipmaker will increase the memory density of its DRAM and N...
Oct 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's Harim to divest of Hanjin KAL shares to fund HMM acquisition
South Korea’s poultry processing company Harim Group is set to sell off all its Hanjin KAL Co. shares its affiliate owns to secure capital for...
Oct 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
LG Elec’s early-stage startup investments in US fare well
LG Electronics Inc.'s early-stage investments in US tech startups will likely generate decent returns as they have raised additional funding at high...
Oct 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Mirae Asset puts HI Investment headquarters on the market
South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is seeking to sell off HI Investment & Securities Co. headquarters, the value of which is...
Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korean vaccine developer Quratis eyes Iraqi market
South Korean vaccine developer Quratis Inc. on Wednesday announced its signing of a term sheet on the direction and major transaction terms of coope...
Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Mirae Asset Securities puts its Yeouido building on the market
Mirae Asset Securities Co. is seeking to sell off its Seoul-based office building, the value of which is estimated at around 300 billion won ($223.7...
Oct 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Noul releases AI-based diagnostic gizmo for cervical cancer
Noul Co., a South Korean company specializing in artificial intelligence (AI)-based blood and cancer diagnostic platforms, has entered the cancer di...
Oct 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hyundai Capital to acquire Indonesian financial firm
South Korea's Hyundai Capital announced on Wednesday it will acquire the Indonesian finance firm PT Paramitra Multifinance to enter the local market...
Oct 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
CJ CheilJedang to sell off its Brazilian soybean crusher
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. said Tuesday it will sell its full ownership in Brazilian soybean crusher CJ Selecta S.A., or a 66% sta...
Oct 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO fully recoups initial investment in Roy Hill mine
POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO, has fully recovered its initial investment of 1.3 trillion won...
Oct 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Foreign visitors to S.Korea more than triple on-year in August
The number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea has exceeded 1 million for two consecutive months since the outbreak of COVID-19.According to th...
Sep 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Ecoplant, Ascend Elements in $66 mn US battery recycling JV deal
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management firm, and its two overseas affiliates are launching a $65.8 million ba...
Sep 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion signs largest-ever quarterly deal with global sales affiliate
Celltrion Inc., a South Korean biopharmaceutical giant, said Monday it will provide biosimilars worth 423.6 billion won ($323.6 million), its larges...
Sep 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec takes on Lenovo, Asus in foldable laptop race
LG Electronics Inc. will join the race to lead the emerging foldable laptop market, currently led by foreign notebook majors Lenovo Ltd. and ASUSTeK...
Sep 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea logs surplus in IP trade in H1 on surge of culture, art
South Korea posted a surplus in its intellectual property (IP) rights trade in the first half of this year, thanks to profits on culture, art and so...
Sep 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung may use Qualcomm’s new AP for next Galaxy top model
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, may use Qualcomm Inc.’s new application processor (AP) for the top-end model ...
Sep 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Woori, HMM, KOBC to buy bulk carrier operator Polaris
South Korean bulk carrier operator Polaris Shipping Co. is poised to sell its entire stake at around 600 billion won ($447.5 million) to Woori Priva...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Live commerce app Grip aims to expand into Japan, US in 2024
Imagine you're using a shopping app. You talk to the seller, ask questions and receive answers in real-time on a livestream video. Now and then, the...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korea’s Lotte Shopping aims to double profit, seek new biz
Lotte Shopping Co., South Korea’s retail giant, aims to double its profit in three years by expanding its Southeast Asian operations and cemen...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korean B2B cloud computing firm BusinessOn up for sale
BusinessOn Communication Co., a leading cloud computing firm listed on the junior bourse Kosdaq, is open to a sale of its controlling stake for arou...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Koreans’ US dollar selling spree continues in anticipation of weaker USD
US dollar investors in South Korea have not backed down from their shorting position of the currency despite the strengthening dollar against the Ko...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor’s Genesis: Distilled luxury with 1 million car sales
In South Korea’s automobile industry, it is widely acknowledged that the country’s homegrown premium car brand started with the Genesis....
Sep 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung C&T sells 3GW solar energy project in US to local firm
Samsung C&T Renewables, the renewable energy corporation of South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. in the US, announced on Thursday that it has s...
Sep 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)