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Cryptocurrencies
S.Korea's crypto market doubles to $77.5 bn with 20% of population trading
South Korea’s cryptocurrency market surged to nearly 108 trillion won ($77.5 billion) in the second half of last year, fueled by growing retai...
May 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hanjin KAL roars on hints of renewed control dispute with Hoban
Shares of Hanjin KAL Corp., the holding firm of South Korean flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co., extended their rally Wednesday after surging by the ...
May 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean LCCs boost travel demand to global tourist hubs
South Korean low-cost carriers (LCCs), including Air Premia Inc. and Air Busan Co., have been expanding into underserved smaller cities, but also dr...
May 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG, Samsung vie for crown in wheeled TV market
The market for TVs mounted on a rollable stand has emerged as a new battleground between South Korea’s top two TV brands, LG and Samsung, four...
May 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Now, slim is in – and Samsung aims to be No. 1 with Galaxy S25 Edge
With the advent of mobile AI, the performance arms race among smartphone makers is reaching diminishing returns, as some market analysts put it.The ...
May 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Soon for sale: Altos Ventures-backed Cafe Knotted operator
Silicon Valley-based Altos Ventures-backed Good Food For Good (GFFG), operator of South Korea’s popular dessert cafe, Cafe Knotted, will likel...
May 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
CJ CheilJedang scraps $3.5 bn green bio sale, shifts gears to expansion
CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food and beverage company, said on Wednesday it has scrapped a planned sale of its green bio busin...
Apr 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO to invest in Hyundai Steel’s Louisiana plant
South Korea’s top steel maker POSCO has decided to invest in Hyundai Steel Co.'s first overseas plant in Louisiana and collaborate on research...
Apr 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Korea not to appeal ruling in favor of Mason Capital in Samsung case
South Korea said on Friday it has decided not to appeal a Singaporean court’s rejection of its lawsuit to annul an investor-state dispute sett...
Apr 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Display picked as sole OLED screen supplier for foldable iPhone
Samsung Display Co., the display-making unit under Samsung Electronics Co., will exclusively supply organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for...
Apr 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel picks Donaldsonville as $5.8 bn US plant site, seeks investors
South Korea’s Hyundai Steel Co. has chosen Donaldsonville, Louisiana, as the location for its $5.8 billion US steel mill, marking a major stra...
Mar 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Global assets drive Korean teachers' fund to 11.1% return in 2024
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) achieved an 11.1% return on investments in 2024, with overseas portfolios in stocks, infrastructure a...
Mar 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, GM near to unveiling EV, pickup truck sharing plan
Hyundai Motor Co. and General Motors Co. are expected to soon announce a vehicle-sharing deal about six months after they signed an agreement for th...
Mar 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Aerospace plans record $2.5 bn rights offering for plant expansion
Hanwha Aerospace Co., a leading South Korean defense company, said on Thursday it is raising 3.6 trillion won ($2.5 billion) in new capital through ...
Mar 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS puts office tower, 2 nearby hotels on market in bundled sale
Prime office complex AP Tower and two adjacent hospitality properties in Seoul’s Gangnam Business District have been put up for sale in a bu...
Mar 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
Celltrion to cancel $140 mn in treasury shares, stock up
South Korea’s leading biosimilar drug developer Celltrion Inc. announced on Friday a plan to cancel $140 million worth of treasury shares to i...
Mar 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan Enerbility wins $1.5 bn in orders from Saudi Arabia
Doosan Enerbility Co., South Korea’s leading gas turbine maunfacturer for power plants, said on Thursday that it has secured a combined $1.5 b...
Mar 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy eyes $5.5 bn FLNG ship deals as Trump sanctions China
GEOJE, South Gyeongsang – At a huge shipyard operated by Samsung Heavy Industries Co. on Geoje, an island in South Gyeongsang province some 39...
Mar 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK Partners poised to acquire CJ Cheiljedang’s $3.5 billion bio business
North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners is on the verge of clinching a major acquisition deal by offering a higher bid than other conten...
Mar 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai, Avride join hands to develop autonomous robotaxis
Hyundai Motor Co. has agreed to partner with Avride, an autonomous driving technology startup, to develop driverless robotaxis based on all-electric...
Mar 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
South Korea’s forex reserves dip to nearly 5-year low in February
South Korea’s foreign exchange reserves diminished to the lowest level in nearly five years last month, largely due to the expanded forex swap...
Mar 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan Enerbility bags $200 mn Qatar power plant EPC deal
Doosan Enerbility Co. has clinched an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a gas-fired power plant from Qatar in a consortiu...
Mar 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s factory output dips in January; Retail sales, investment slow
South Korea’s factory production decreased in the first month of this year due to a manufacturing slowdown, while private consumption and busi...
Mar 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
S.Korea’s sovereign fund KIC logs 8.5% return in 2024
The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) reported an annual return of 8.49% last year thanks to steady gains from equity investments led by the AI tec...
Feb 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Hyundai Rotem inks $1.5 bn Morocco train supply deal
South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem Co. said on Wednesday it has won a 2.2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) train order from Morocco, the biggest single de...
Feb 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics deepens ties with US startup Apex.AI
LG Electronics Inc. has invested in Apex.AI, a US-based startup developing safety-certified software designed to accelerate the transition of softwa...
Feb 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Financial to buy back $359 bn in shares after record net profit in 2024
KB Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s largest financial holding group, will spend nearly 1.8 trillion won ($1.2 billion) to boost shareholder...
Feb 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korean B2B fintech firm Dozn plans Kosdaq IPO for $202.5 mn market cap
South Korea’s business-to-business fintech service provider Dozn is planning an initial public offering on the Kosdaq in February for an estim...
Jan 31, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Seoul Guarantee Insurance sharply cuts IPO valuation
Seoul Guarantee Insurance Co. (SGI) has slashed its target valuation by about 40% in a renewed attempt to go public on the South Korean stock exchan...
Jan 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics' new Galaxy S25 smartphone: 'Perfect AI assistant'
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Last year, Samsung Electronics Co. scored a first-mover advantage with consumers by introducing the Galaxy S24 as an AI sma...
Jan 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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