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Korean games
S.Korean game industry boasts strong growth; set to exceed $16 bn
South Korea’s game market size is projected to exceed 18 trillion won ($16.6 billion) this year, driven by game enthusiasts who have remained ...
Jan 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea maintains global lead in shipbuilding industry
Thanks to winning the most orders this year, South Korea’s shipbuilding industry has solidified its lead in the global shipbuilding market for...
Dec 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Bibigo mandu sets milestone in Korean food industry
South Korea's food and beverage giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. has become the first domestic food company to have a single item pull in over 1 trill...
Dec 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Neptune rises as dark horse in global game industry
A South Korean game company is hoping to shake up the global game landscape with its latest title, Eternal Return: Black Survival, a PC game that ...
Dec 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Kolon Industries to mass produce key material for fuel cells
Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturing company, is readying for the mass production of a key material for fuel cells...
Nov 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilding industry rebounds from near bottom
South Korea’s shipbuilding industry is slowly emerging from its rocky cycle of ups and down in recent years, thanks to a recovery in the global ...
Nov 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Supply permit
Samsung Display, Asia's first to win Huawei supply permit
Samsung Display Co., a leading South Korean display panel maker, has received a permit from the US to supply certain panels to Huawei Technologies Co....
Oct 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Display earnings
LG Display swings to Q3 profit, ending six-quarter string of losses
LG Display Co., a major South Korean display panel maker, has swung to a quarterly profit for the first time in seven quarters on growing demand amid ...
Oct 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Partnerships
LG Display and Disney partner to offer new viewing experiences
South Korea’s LG Display Co. and US-based StudioLAB have entered a three-year partnership that will combine the local display maker's innovative...
Oct 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leveraged buyout
Korean M&A industry may reconsider leveraged buyouts
South Korea’s M&A market may reconsider leveraged buyouts due to the Supreme Court’s remanding of the case involving Sun Jong-koo, the...
Oct 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis to invest $25 mn in UK vehicle smart display firm
Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s largest auto parts maker, said on Oct. 7 it will invest $25 million in a UK automotive smart display company in...
Oct 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio
S. Korea to grow green biotech industry to $10.6 bn by 2030; nurture talent
The South Korean government said on Sept. 21 that it will triple the size of the country’s green biotechnology industry over the next decade and...
Sep 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech
Korean display makers poised to suffer from US ban on Chinese app WeChat
Korea’s two largest display panel makers – Samsung Display Co. and LG Display Co. – are widely expected to suffer from the US ban on...
Sep 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Daelim Industrial to split three ways to enhance governance, shareholder value
Daelim Industrial Co., a major South Korean builder, is splitting into three firms -- a holding company and two affiliates -- as the company seek...
Sep 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle flexes muscles in Korean financial industry as Lee takes helm
The Carlyle Group has been growing its presence in South Korea after sealing a string of investment and business deals with top Korean financial servi...
Sep 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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fuel-cell electric vehicles
[Upcoming IPO] Korean fuel-cell tank maker Iljin Composites gears up to become industry champion
The production of fuel-cell tanks is in full swing at Iljin Composites' factory, a restricted area tightly guarded with strict identification controls...
Sep 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Naver Webtoon becomes industry's first to post over $2.5 mn for daily paid-content
Naver Webtoon has become the industry's first to post over 3 billion won ($2.5 million) for daily paid-content as of August 2, breaking its own r...
Aug 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean travel platform My Real Trip raises $36 million amid sluggish travel industry
My Real Trip, Korea’s leading online travel platform, has received 43.2 billion won ($36 million) in funding from domestic and overseas investor...
Jul 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Start-up takes stab at lithium-ion industry
What do artificial intelligence (AI) and self-driving vehicles have in common? They're both energy guzzling machines.This reason alone makes battery a...
Nov 29, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Macquarie tipped to buy Korea’s top industrial gas producer for $2.2 bn
Macquarie Group has approached MBK Partners to acquire Daesung Industrial Gases Co. Ltd. and offered around 2.5 trillion won ($2.2 billion) for full o...
Nov 07, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Ares Management
Industrial, multifamily seen to shine on rent growth: Ares
Industrial and multifamily real estate sectors are poised to benefit from a growing trend of renting spaces in the long term after supply growth slowe...
Nov 04, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post awards $436 mn real estate debt mandates to three US firms
The asset management units of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), Prudential Financial Inc., and New York Life Insurance...
Mar 16, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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MBK beats TPG to buy Korean industrial gas supplier for $1.7 bn
MBK Partners, Asia’s biggest private equity firm, has offered close to 2 trillion won ($1.7 billion) to buy South Korea’s second-largest industrial ga...
Feb 19, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post awards $300 mn mandates to 3 private debt managers
Korea Post’s savings arm has awarded offshore private debt mandates worth a combined $300 million to Guggenheim Partners, Park Square Capital and Part...
Nov 18, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Inside GP selection process: NPS awards $600 mn mandates to 4 Korea PEFs
South Korea’s two local private equity firms, VIG Partners and SkyLake Investment, received 250 billion won ($216 million) mandates from the National ...
Jun 30, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS faces calls for GP screening system revision, ahead of $600 mn mandate awards
The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea has drawn only five bidders for its planned 500 billion won ($426 million) commitments to be made to...
Jun 28, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Ferrari, Stellantis head Elkann to visit Samsung for biz talks
John Elkann, chairman of both Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari S.p.A. and Dutch-domiciled multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. is set...
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Artificial intelligence
LG CNS develops code-generative AI solution
LG CNS, South Korea's leading information technology services provider, announced on Wednesday the development of AI Coding, an innovative code-gene...
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E-commerce
Blight of failing e-commerce startups in South Korea
Linkshops, once touted as one of the next unicorn candidates in South Korea, bankrupted last month even after garnering 15.4 billion in funding from...
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