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Rights offerings
S.Korea's share issues set to hit fresh high of $17 bn by year-end
Credit crunch concerns from the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak seem long ago as South Korea-based companies' capital raising nears an all-time ...
Nov 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics hits record-high global TV market share in Q3
Samsung Electronics Co.’s global TV market share rose to record levels in the third quarter in value terms, boosted by large-size organic ligh...
Nov 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Seoul shares break through 2,600 to hit record close
Economically sensitive stocks such as chips, steel and shipbuilding pushed the South Korean stock market to its strongest close on Nov. 23, with gro...
Nov 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Samsung shares hit historic high as foreign investors scoop up net $2.3 bn
Samsung Electronics Co. shares have soared to a historic high, driven by foreign investors scooping up a total net 2.6 trillion won ($2.3 billion) wor...
Nov 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Samsung shares soar to historic high; driven by foreigners13
1Samsung Electronics Co. share price reached a historic high closing at 63,200 won ($57) on Nov. 13, driven by a strong buying streak from foreign inv...
Nov 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Celltrion says COVID-19 antibody kills virus within 5 days; shares surge
South Korea’s biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. can unveil an antibody treatment by around the end of the year that is able to kill the COVI...
Nov 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
NPS dumps $265 mn LG Chem shares after spin-off announcement
The National Pension Service, the No. 2 shareholder in South Korea's LG Chem Ltd., has sold off around 300 billion won ($265 million) worth of shares ...
Nov 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction order
Samsung Engineering wins biggest-ever $3.6 bn deal; shares surge
Samsung Engineering Co., a construction arm of Samsung Group, has clinched a 4.1 trillion won ($3.6 billion) deal to build part of a refinery facility...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Lotte Rental shelves share sale plan as IPO market cools
Lotte Group has indefinitely postponed its plan to list Lotte Rental Co., in the latest sign of a cooldown in the local initial public offering market...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Post Lee Kun-hee
Samsung shares jump on looming ownership reform
Shares in Samsung C&T Corp., in which Samsung Group’s owner family hold a 33.4% stake, leapt by as much as 21% in heavy trading on Oct. 26, ...
Oct 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Post Lee Kun-hee
Samsung heirs’ $9 bn tax bill may lead to share sale, weak control
The three children and the wife of Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who died on Oct. 25 at the age of 78, is expected to face inheritance taxes of ...
Oct 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cylindrical batteries
LG Chem gears up to supply new batteries to Tesla; shares surge
Shares of LG Chem Ltd. surged on Oct. 22 as investors snapped up the electric vehicle battery maker on Tesla Inc.’s record quarterly earnings, a...
Oct 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholding restructuring
Hyundai Gloivis, Mobis shares jump on ownership revamp hopes
Two Hyundai Motor Group arms – Hyundai Glovis Co. and Hyundai Mobis Co. – saw their shares rocket Oct. 20 on growing market talk of a poss...
Oct 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korean IPOs lose steam as Big Hit shares plummet
Big Hit Entertainment Co., the South Korean entertainment agency behind global sensation BTS, saw its shares drop by as much as 22% on Oct.16, the sec...
Oct 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
BTS label Big Hit trims gains after strong debut
Big Hit Entertainment Co., the label behind K-pop boyband sensation BTS, nearly halved its initial gains by the close of its first day of trading Oct....
Oct 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
BTS may be allowed to delay military service to age 30
South Korea is likely to allow the seven members of boy band BTS to postpone their mandatory national military service by two years until the age of 3...
Oct 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
BTS ushers in new paradigm for online concerts
South Korea’s seven-member boy band BTS has had many firsts over the years. They were the first Korean band to perform at the legendary Wembley ...
Oct 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
BTS members eye $21 mn windfall each from agency’s IPO
The seven members of the global boy band BTS may see their shares in Bit Hit Entertainment Co. rocket to as high as 24 billion won ($21 million) each ...
Oct 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Robust SUV sales drive Korean carmakers’ US market share to 9-yr high
South Korean automakers’ share of the US passenger car market has risen to its highest level in nine years, boosted by brisk sales of sport util...
Oct 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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BTS label Big Hit prices IPO at top end of range at $115
Big Hit Entertainment Co. has priced its public share offering at the top end of its proposed range at 135,000 won ($115), with bids outnumbering offe...
Sep 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Tesla unveiling offers opportunity for Korean EV battery makers; shares down
Tesla Inc.’s announcement that it will adopt a new battery technology to significantly improve an electric vehicle’s range and power shoul...
Sep 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
BTS' Big Hit focuses on sustainable fandom-based business model
Big Hit Entertainment Co., behind the K-pop idols BTS, is switching its focus to online concerts, merchandise and character businesses from offline pe...
Sep 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Tesla CEO's tweets allay concerns over EV battery supplies; LG Chem shares rise
Shares of LG Chem Ltd. rebounded on Sept. 22 from their shaky performance in the past few sessions, buoyed by Tesla Inc. founder Elon Musk’...
Sep 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
BTS label Big Hit’s caginess upsets investors ahead of IPO bookbuilding
Big Hit Entertainment Co., home to the seven-member boy band BTS, is set to hold its first official IPO-related conference for South Korean institutio...
Sep 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s car-sharing platform becomes 12th unicorn following $42.5 mn injection
South Korea’s leading car-sharing platform Socar Inc. has become the country's 12th unicorn valued at around 1.1 trillion won after re...
Sep 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Grab Holdings
Singapore's ride-sharing giant Grab raises $200 mn from STIC Investments
Grab Holdings Inc., a Singapore-based technology company, has raised $200 million from South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments Inc., the fir...
Sep 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Kakao Games
Kakao Games shares hit upper limit for two consecutive days, further fueling IPO hype
Kakao Games Corp. shares reached the daily upper limit for the second consecutive day on Sept. 11, pushing the company to the third place on KOSDAQ wi...
Sep 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Celltrion
Celltrion rebuts JP Morgan’s heavy downgrade; shares rebound from sharp fall
South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. on Sept. 10 rebutted J.P. Morgan’s massive downgrade of its target price for the biopharmaceutical company. T...
Sep 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Renewable energy
Hanwha Solutions, affiliates’ shares soar on Green New Deal, defense
Share prices of Hanwha Solutions Corp. and other Hanwha Group units are being re-rated as the companies shift their business focus to the green energy...
Sep 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Restructuring
Doosan Heavy to wrap up first-round restructuring with $1.1 bn new share sale
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd., the debt-ridden South Korean power plant builder, is set to wrap up the first round of its debt r...
Sep 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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