378 West End Avenue
Scope
Date
~
-
Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec's Q2 earnings signal end of upward run
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday estimated that its second-quarter operating profit and sales edged down from three months before, reversing its ...
Jul 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
Economy
Korea faces risk from record $114 bn in inventory assets
South Korea’s major listed companies held record inventory assets as they piled up raw materials to deal with the global supply chain disrupti...
Jul 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Automobiles
Hyundai to end hatchback coupe Veloster as Kona, Avante N favored
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will discontinue the production of its hatchback coupe Veloster to focus on the more popular hig...
Jun 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
Supply chain
Korean truck drivers end strike as govt agrees to extend wage guarantee
South Korea’s unionized truck drivers have decided to end their eight-day strike after the government agreed to extend minimum wage guarantees...
Jun 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korean startups
LG Group to invest $119 million into 300 startups through 2025
LG Group announced Thursday it will invest 150 billion won ($119 million) into 300 startups through 2025.The conglomerate hosted Superstart Brand ...
Jun 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Energy
Hyundai Engineering, USNC to build micro reactor in Canada
Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. (USNC)...
Jun 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
Mergers & Acquisitions
Iljin Materials aims to complete stake sale in August
Iljin Materials Co., a South Korean electric vehicle battery materials maker, accelerated the process of the sale of a majority stake in a deal esti...
May 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Venture capital
Venture capital heavyweights tighten belts after 13-year spending spree
Venture capital firms at home and abroad are tightening their belts, following growing concerns over inflation and continued interest hikes by maj...
May 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
North Korea
North Korea fires three missiles after Biden ends Asia trip
TOKYO — North Korea fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile early Wednesday that flew only briefly before landing in the sea east o...
May 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Central bank
BOK steps up inflation fight with back-to-back rate hikes
South Korea’s central bank delivered a back-to-back interest rate hike for the first time in 15 years on Thursday to curb rampant consumer pri...
May 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
Food & Beverage
Tous les Jours, the next K-bakery to lure US customers
Tous les Jours, South Korea’s second-largest bakery franchise, is rapidly expanding its US business by attracting customers with greater varie...
May 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
Bio & Pharma
Daewoong's Nabota approved for sale in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine
South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. has obtained approval for the sale of its botulinum toxin product, Nabota, in Saudi Arabia and Ukrai...
May 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
ASK 2022
KIC to up alternative assets to 25% of AUM by 2025
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will continue to expand alternative investments while strengthening its asset management skills by increasing d...
May 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Earnings
NCSOFT profit beats forecasts as Lineage W drives sales to record
NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s leading game developer, surprised investors with stronger-than-expected profit in the first quarter as Lineage W, ...
May 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Investment banking
NH Investment opens London affiliate to ramp up global IB business
NH Investment & Securities Co. has set up its affiliate incorporated in London, the South Korean major brokerage house announced on April 27. ...
Apr 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Steel
Dongkuk buys 15% stake in Vietnamese steel fabricator
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., South Korea’s leading color-coated steel manufacturer, said on Wednesday it has acquired a 15% stake in VSSC Steel Cen...
Apr 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Future mobility
Hyundai Motor expands partnership with quantum computing firm IonQ
IonQ and Hyundai Motor Co. announced a new project on Wednesday designed to apply quantum machine learning to image classification and 3D object det...
Apr 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Electronics
LG Electronics widens lead over Whirlpool as top home appliance maker
LG Electronics Inc. is consolidating its lead over Whirlpool Corp. as the world’s top home appliances maker, with $1 billion more in sales rev...
Apr 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
Retail
Lotte to end dawn delivery service where Coupang, Kurly lead
South Korea’s retail giant Lotte Group will cease dawn delivery services for fresh food from this weekend, two years after it jumped into the ...
Apr 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Electronics
Samsung launches LTE-only Galaxy A23 to target low-end market
Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday launched the 4G LTE Galaxy A23 smartphone, a cheaper version of its flagship Galaxy A series models, targeting the...
Mar 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Banking & Finance
Korean online banks’ disruptive business model: Woo low-credit borrowers
South Korea’s three major digital banks are stepping up their credit loans to borrowers with low credit ratings, a disruptive business model s...
Mar 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Automobiles
Renault drops Samsung from brand name in Korea to end ties
Renault Samsung Motors Corp., the South Korean unit of Renault S.A., has dropped Samsung from its name as the French automaker moves to end 22 years...
Mar 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Retail
Korea’s fashion OEM firms eye record sales
South Korea’s clothing original equipment manufacturers (OEM) are set to see a supercycle or a sustained period of expansion driven by robust ...
Mar 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korean startups
Bank of Wine: High-end wine investment in the form of digital assets
South Korea is the world’s second-most attractive wine market, outranked by only the United States, according to London-based consumer researc...
Mar 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
M&As
LS-Nikko Copper to sell $670 million JV stake to Korean PEFs
LS-Nikko Copper Co., the world’s second-largest electrolytic copper maker, is set to sell an 800 billion won ($670 million) stake in a joint v...
Feb 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Ultra: Setting new smartphone standard
Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday announced new additions to its Galaxy S series models as the world’s top smartphone maker by volume faces...
Feb 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Entertainment
All of Us Are Dead ends boost to related stocks
Netflix’s new original drama series All of Us Are Dead was another South Korean drama hit, but stocks related to the new zombie thriller have ...
Feb 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung buys $2.3 bn Bioepis stake from Biogen to end partnership
Samsung Biologics Co. is acquiring a nearly 50% stake in a biosimilar joint venture with Biogen Inc. from the US biotechnology company for $2.3 bill...
Jan 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
Alternative investments
Aju sells San Jose-based hotel at $63 mn after five years
Aju Hotels & Resorts Co., a hospitality firm under Korean conglomerate Aju Group, has sold its San Jose-based hotel to an affiliate of US hosp...
Jan 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
IPOs
Hyundai Samho Heavy says no delay to 2022 IPO
South Korea's Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. this week reaffirmed its plan to go public by the end of this year, as agreed with its pre-IPO inve...
Jan 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)