Chinese shares
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Block deal
Korea state agency sells $134 mn Woori Fin shares
The Korea Deposit Insurance Corp. (KDIC) has reduced its stake in Woori Financial Group to 15.25% by selling 149.2 billion won ($134 million) worth ...
Apr 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Google to buy $50 mn new shares in Kakao Mobility
Google Inc. will acquire 56.5 billion won ($50 million) worth of new Kakao Mobility Corp. shares, in a strategic investment in the South Korean mobi...
Apr 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fund manager survey
Outlook for Korean battery shares evenly split amid weak performance
South Korea’s major battery makers, which have underperformed the broader stock market since the start of the year, remain opaque as fund mana...
Mar 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Chinese PE firm pays $1.4 bn to take over Magnachip Semiconductor
South Korean chipmaker Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. announced on Mar. 27 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by China-ba...
Mar 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Market jitters grow over Korean battery shares after VW’s decision
Market jitters over South Korea’s battery makers are growing after Volkswagen AG’s announcement on Monday that it will make batteries in...
Mar 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Krafton plans 5-for-1 share split ahead of over $880 million IPO
South Korean games developer Krafton Inc., 13.2% owned by Tencent Holdings’ investment arm, plans a five-for-one share split ahead of its plan...
Mar 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Coupang sets partial early lockup release; CEO sells $42 mn in shares
South Korea’s e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. has announced an early stock lockup release to occur at the open of trade on Mar. 18 on the New Yo...
Mar 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Share swap
Shinsegae, Naver ink $221 mn share swap to rival Coupang in e-commerce
South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group and top portal operator Naver Corp. have agreed to a 250 billion won ($221 million) share swap to s...
Mar 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korean battery shares tumble as VW gears up for in-house production
Shares of South Koreas’ major battery makers tumbled on Tuesday after Volkswagen AG announced it will gradually switch the type of batteries u...
Mar 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Shares of Samsung, Hynix subdued amid foreign selling spree
Foreign investors, the dominant players on the Korean bourse, are dumping leading chipmakers such Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., keeping...
Mar 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Naver, E-Mart in share swap talks ahead of Coupang's US IPO
South Korea’s largest online platform Naver Corp. has tentatively agreed to swap its shares with E-Mart Inc., Shinsegae's supermarket chain, a...
Mar 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean Air raises $2.9 bn in largest-ever share issue by Korean firm
Korean Air Lines Co. has raised 3.32 trillion won ($2.9 billion) from a new share sale as planned in the the largest-ever rights offering by a domes...
Mar 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kakao to split stock 5-for-1 after share price hits record high
Kakao Corp. will split its stock on a five-for-one basis in April, which the South Korean mobile messaging app giant said would make the stock more ...
Feb 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Block deal
SK Holdings raises $1 bn from block sale of SK Biopharm shares
South Korea's SK Holdings Co. has offloaded an 11% stake in SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. in a block trade for 1.1 trillion won ($1 billion) as part of ...
Feb 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
KKR signs $580 mn share purchase of Hyundai Heavy’s A/S arm
KKR & Co. signed a definitive agreement on Tuesday to buy a stake in Hyundai Global Service Co. from Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. for 6...
Feb 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
E-commerce platform TMON raises $276 mn in pre-IPO share sale
South Korea’s e-commerce platform TMON Inc., majority-owned by KKR & Co. and Anchor Equity Partners, has completed its pre-IPO share sale ...
Feb 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S.Korean govt pushes dual-class share structure amid Coupang US listing
South Korea's ruling Democratic Party is set to pass a bill that will allow a dual-class share structure for unlisted companies next month amid grow...
Feb 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Shinsegae VC firm invests in ride-sharing giant Grab
South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group's corporate venture capital (CVC) fund Signite Partners has invested in Grab Holdings Inc., a Southeast As...
Feb 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
Hanwha Solutions to sell $1.3 bn new shares in clean energy push
Hanwha Solutions Corp. plans to raise 1.41 trillion won ($1.3 billion) in a rights offering next month following more than a five-fold jump in its s...
Feb 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Hyundai Heavy announces 5-for-1 share split, 2020 operating loss
Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. on Thursday announced a five-for-one share split after reporting an operating loss in 2020 due to weak shipbui...
Feb 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia shares jump on $3.6 bn Apple Car project news
Shares in Kia Corp. and South Korean automotive parts makers rose sharply on Wednesday, following a news report that Apple Inc. will make an initial...
Feb 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling
Retail investors test Celltrion, HLB shares as Korea’s GameStop
Celltrion Inc. and HLB Inc., two leading South Korean biopharmaceutical shares, shot up on Monday as the main bourse’s key index climbed back ...
Feb 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
K-content shares rise as OTTs bask in success of dramatized webtoons
Korean content providers' shares are emerging as some of the best to buy as competition heats up among global over-the-top (OTT) services such as Ne...
Jan 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor in early talks with Apple on EV tie-up; shares surge
Hyundai Motor Co. looks to be in the early stages of discussions with Apple Inc. to jointly develop and produce self-driving electric cars, a move t...
Jan 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilders sailing toward order target; shares on uptick
Shares of South Korea’s shipbuilders have been neglected in the market, lagging growth and value stocks, as orders for new ships almost stalle...
Dec 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Seoul shares tipped to benefit from global indices' China exclusions
Global index providers' recent decisions to remove Chinese companies from their benchmarks are expected to draw additional global and institutional ...
Dec 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture Capital
KDB backs $100 mn SE Asia fund of Korean, Chinese VC firms
South Korean venture capital firm SV Investment Corp, together with China’s Shenzhen Capital Group, will raise $100 million in the Korean VC's...
Dec 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Investors set sights on value stocks as LG Electronics’ shares soar
With South Korea’s stock market indexes at or near all-time highs, finding bargains in the market is a daunting task.Growth stocks such as bat...
Dec 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix shares hit fresh high; signaling DRAM supercycle
SK Hynix Inc., the world's second-largest memory chipmaker, saw its share price climb to a historic high on Dec. 2, posting a higher gain than the w...
Dec 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Joint Ventures
Kakao, Tencent join forces to tackle Chinese market
South Korea’s leading platform giant Kakao Corp. has joined hands with China’s tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. to tap into the Chinese ...
Dec 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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