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Business & Politics
US eyes new rules for Samsung, SK to bring chip machines to China
The US government is considering establishing new rules for South Korea’s chipmakers to import advanced equipment to China to upgrade their fa...
May 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Korean app market One Store to raise $151 mn for Kiwoom's exit
One Store Co., a South Korean homegrown app store, is slated to attract more than 200 billion won ($151.3 million) as its 100 billion won loan, whic...
May 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung foundry backlogs top $74.6 bn for logic chip biz goal
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 2 foundry player, has secured contract semiconductor manufacturing order backlogs of more than 100 tr...
Apr 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
KKR mulls investing $150 mn in Korean fashion platform Musinsa
Musinsa Co., South Korea’s leading online fashion platform, is in the final stage of attracting 200 billion won ($149.8 million) from US priva...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipyards feel tailwind from emission rules
Tighter environmental rules and higher energy prices are providing tailwinds for South Korean shipbuilders, which have swept orders for eco-friendly...
Apr 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On to attract $1.1 bn from BlackRock, MBK consortium
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, is slated to attract 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) from a consortium of US private equit...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Korea to adopt cornerstone investor system to vitalize IPOs
South Korea is set to introduce a system of cornerstone investors who agree in advance to subscribe to a forthcoming listing with conditions of lock...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean banks’ profits hamstrung by tighter rules, consumer behavior
South Korea’s commercial banks usually post decent earnings driven by high interest income when the country’s policy interest rates are ...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
GS Group's petrochem equipment unit eyes up to $154 mn via pre-IPO
GS Entec Corp., a South Korean equipment maker for petrochemical and power plants, is set to raise 150 billion to 200 billion won ($115 million-$154...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korean supreme court upholds $800 mn fine against Qualcomm
South Korea’s Supreme Court on Thursday reaffirmed the country’s largest-ever penalty of 1.03 trillion won ($800 million) imposed on Qua...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
ASICLAND, TSMC’s sole Korean partner, eyes 2023 IPO
ASICLAND Co. is the only South Korean semiconductor design house for the world’s largest foundry TSMC Co., which manufactures chips for about ...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
S.Korean corporate investment in Vietnam plunges 70% in first quarter
South Korean corporate investment in Vietnam, which has led the economic development of the Southeast Asian nation, has plunged this year due to fac...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Time for South Korea's answer to the US battery subsidy act
The latest guidelines on US subsidies for electric vehicles under the Inflation Reduction Act come as a relief in every sense to South Korean batter...
Apr 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Rule prevents release of sequel to hit game Modoo Marble in S.Korea
The sequel to the popular real estate board game Modoo Marble is unavailable in South Korea because of the country's ban on play-to-earn (P2E) games...
Apr 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korea's tech special IPOs face criticism on poor earnings of ventures
Around 200 South Korean ventures have debuted on the country’s secondary Kosdaq market through the technology special listing program since 20...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Energy storage devices firm LS Materials launches IPO process
South Korea’s energy storage devices maker LS Materials Co. began the process for an initial public offering later this year as it aims to dev...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
SK Innovation may give shareholders SK On shares at IPO
SK Innovation Co. is set to consider providing stocks of its electric vehicle battery subsidiary to its shareholders when SK On Co., the world&rsquo...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
S.Korea's Oasis posts surplus for second straight year
South Korea's Oasis Corp., a grocery delivery platform specializing in early morning shipments, on Tuesday said it posted last year operating profit...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
LB Investment draws record demand from individual investors
LB Investment Inc., a venture capital firm associated with the LG founder's family, has achieved a remarkable competition rate of over 1,000 to 1 fo...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
SK Pharmteco again seeks $382 mn in pre-IPO funding
SK Pharmteco Co., a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), is eyeing pre-initial public offering funding again after it dropped...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S.Korean biotech GI Innovation's IPO draws tepid market interest
South Korean biotech GI Innovation Inc. is slated to debut on the local public market at less than half of its pre-IPO investment value, facing luke...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Korea to ease foreign ownership limit rules; MSCI upgrade eyed
South Korea plans to ease regulations that limit foreign ownership of big companies deemed crucial to its economy as the government aims to align it...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
LB Investment draws record demand in IPO bookbuild
LB Investment Inc., formerly known as LG Group’s venture capital arm, has attracted the most orders ever for an initial public offering of a S...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korean biotech NKMax’s unit aims for US IPO
NKMax Co., a South Korean cancer drug maker, is in talks with local and foreign investors in a bid to list its California-based unit NKGen Biotech I...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Korea’s sole foreign clinic operator CHA Healthcare to go public in 2025
CHA Healthcare Co. operating nearly 90 hospitals and infertility treatment centers across the world, is set to pave the way for South Koreans' inves...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea's LS Materials set to boost earnings ahead of IPO process
LS Materials Co., a South Korean energy storage devices maker, is slated to ramp up earnings to accelerate its initial public offering process this ...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Battery material maker EcoPro Materials eyes $2.3 billion IPO
EcoPro Materials Co., a unit of South Korea’s battery materials group EcoPro Group, is looking to list its shares on the country’s main ...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
FADU joins ranks of unicorns as S.Korea’s first fabless chip firm
FADU Technology has become South Korea’s first fabless semiconductor unicorn after successfully raising funds from share sales before its init...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Car-sharing platform Humax Mobility begins IPO process
Humax Mobility, a South Korean car-sharing and parking platform operator, is aiming to become the second mobility service firm to go public in the c...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Smaller firms' successful IPOs fail to boost Korean listing market
South Korean companies are returning to the local initial public offering market this year, after failing their market debuts last year. But that ha...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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