DSC Investment venture capital
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Artificial intelligence
Microsoft, KT to invest $1.8 bn in Korea’s AI, infrastructure
Microsoft Corp. and KT Corp. plan to invest 2.4 trillion won ($1.8 billion) in South Korea’s artificial intelligence, cloud and infrastructure...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2024
Alternative investment experts to gather Oct. 16-17 at ASK 2024
South Korea’s major institutional investors and global asset managers will gather at the ASK 2024 global alternative investment conference on ...
Oct 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
KIS hosts 2024 Stifel Research Forum in Seoul
Korea Investment & Securities announced on Tuesday that it hosted analysts from Stifel Financial Corp. at its headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, fo...
Oct 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hanwha Securities buys 5.4% stake in Edinburgh Airport
Hanwha Investment & Securities said on Monday that it acquired a stake in Edinburgh Airport in Scotland.Edinburgh Airport is jointly owned by Gl...
Oct 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
AI startup MarqVision raises $16.5 mn to close Series A round
MarqVision Inc., a startup developing an artificial intelligence-powered intellectual property (IP) protection platform, raised 22 billion won ($16....
Oct 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korea’s KCC Glass to invest $525 mn more in Indonesian plant
KCC Glass Corp., a major South Korean construction materials manufacturer, is set to invest an additional 700 billion won ($524.8 million) in its In...
Oct 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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League table
UBS retains top position on Korea’s M&A advisor list after Ecorbit deal
UBS Group AG remained on the top of the South Korean merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory market as of the end of the third quarter after addin...
Oct 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Pharmteco to invest $260 mn in new peptide factory in S. Korea
SK Pharmteco, the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) of South Korea's SK Inc., said on Tuesday that it plans to invest $260 ...
Oct 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea’s NPS investment arm suffers from chronic understaffing
South Korea’s largest institutional investor, the National Pension Service (NPS), managing 1,150 trillion won ($870.6 billion) in assets, stru...
Oct 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Zinc, Bain Capital offer $2.4 bn share buyback vs MBK
Korea Zinc Inc. said on Wednesday it will buy back shares for 3.1 trillion won ($2.4 billion) with the backing of Bain Capital to counter MBK Partne...
Oct 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Wealthy Koreans look to Indian equities as 'next China' investment
First, it was the US that attracted many South Korean investors looking for higher returns.And then came China, which ensnared Korean retail investo...
Sep 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Korea Investment lowers price target for Samsung Electro-Mechanics
Korea Investment & Securities lowered the target price of Samsung Electro-Mechanics by 14.3% on Sunday, citing weaker-than-expected third-q...
Sep 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG to invest $762 mn in webOS to transform into platform-based tech giant
LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, plans to invest more than 1 trillion won ($762 million) in its multitasking operating ...
Sep 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
S.Korea to offer incentives to attract foreign scientists
South Korea will offer incentives including a 50% income tax cut to attract foreign scientists to develop new growth drivers such as artificial inte...
Sep 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea Investment to publish emerging market investment guidebook
Korea Investment Management Co. said on Friday that it will publish an Emerging Market Guidebook on September 30, which will contain investment stra...
Sep 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
Korea Investment Corp. appoints Park Il Young as its new CEO
South Korean sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) announced on Thursday that it has appointed former World Bank Group executive ...
Sep 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Korea Securities to expand its ultra-high net worth business
Korea Investment & Securities announced on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Arceon Group to strengthen its o...
Sep 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Fed’s big rate cut spurs Korean firms to issue foreign bonds
South Korean companies rushed to issue foreign currency bonds after the US Federal Reserve lowered interest rates for the first time in more than fo...
Sep 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s MeatBox to go public despite other failed grocery platform IPOs
MeatBox Global Inc., South Korea’s online livestock product sales platform operator, aims for an initial public offering valued at up to 28.5 ...
Sep 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver to set up Middle Eastern headquarters in Saudi Arabia
Naver Corp., which has been actively seeking to unlock opportunities in the Middle East with its new growth engines artificial intelligence, cloud a...
Sep 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Zinc teams up with brokerage firm to counter MBK
Korea Zinc Inc. Chair Choi Yun-birm has joined hands with a major local securities firm in a counterattack against MBK Partners Ltd. and the company...
Sep 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Mirae Asset named as Best Securities House in S.Korea by Euromoney
Mirae Asset Securities announced on Thursday that it has been named “Best Securities House in South Korea” at the Euromoney Securities H...
Sep 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Financial launches $75 mn PF restructuring support fund
South Korea's Woori Financial Group has launched a 100 billion won ($74.96 million) project financing (PF) restructuring support fund.This marks the...
Sep 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
OpenResearch gets $7.5 mn seed round
OpenResearch, an AI search service founded by former Kakao Brain CEO Kim Il-Doo, said on Thursday that it got a seed round 10 billion won ($7.5 mill...
Sep 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG CNS establishes joint venture with Sinarmas in Indonesia
South Korea's LG CNS Co. said on Thursday that it established a joint venture LG Sinarmas Technology Solutions in Indonesia with Sinarmas Group in J...
Sep 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Krafton diversifies its business by investing in Spoon Labs
South Korea's gaming giant Krafton Inc. said on Wednesday that it invested in SpoonLabs, a domestic short-form drama platform companySpoonLabs is th...
Sep 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s AI, robot startups shine despite funding drought
South Korea’s artificial intelligence and robotics startups raised more money through seed rounds than other sectors in August although invest...
Sep 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion chairman announces venture into CDMO market
South Korea’s biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. will venture into the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) market, the com...
Sep 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea's NPS opens fourth overseas office in Silicon Valley
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, opened an office in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, on Septembe...
Sep 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom partners with Perplexity to level up conversational search
South Korea's largest telecom company SK Telecom Co. will enhance its conversational search services through a partnership with US AI search startup...
Sep 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
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- 2 Korea’s top cinema chains seek merger to counter box office slump
- 3 S.Korea’s GEPS to commit $143 million to foreign mid-cap buyout funds
- 4 CJ CheilJedang to open $72 mn dumpling plant in Japan
- 5 LG Electronics breaks ground on $600 million home appliance plant in India