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Electronics
Samsung Elec to invest $3.1 bn in S.Korean OLED plant
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone maker, is set to spend 4.1 trillion won ($3.1 billion) on a new organic light-emitting...
Apr 04, 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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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea invests $763.4 mn in strategic tech IP like aerospace, robotics
The South Korean government will inject this year budget of 1 trillion won ($763.4 million) in intellectual property (IP)-related projects.The Presi...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KB Financial launches $193 million fund to invest in global startups
South Korea’s second-largest financial institution KB Financial Group will launch a 250 billion won ($193 million) fund to invest in startups ...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S.Korean carbon trading company EcoEye seeks listing
South Korean carbon credit trading company EcoEye Co. is preparing for an initial public offering, poised to be the first listing of a firm in the s...
Mar 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
S.Korea's KOTRA sends chip investment survey team to Texas
The government-run (South) Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) on Tuesday said it dispatched to Texas a survey team for semiconductor in...
Mar 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
Doosan Group opens museum on its corporate history
South Korea's Doosan Group on Tuesday opened Doosan Heritage 1896, a museum displaying 127 years of the conglomerate's history, at Doosan Tower in t...
Mar 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, SK Hynix asked to swallow tough pill over US CHIPS Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Korean chipmakers on Tuesday expressed deep concerns about the detailed guidelines of the US CHIPS and Science ...
Mar 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korean startup investments rapidly dry up in wake of SVB debacle
The shock from the collapse of American startups’ main financing artery Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has been deeply felt in the South Korean sta...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha to build solar cell components plant in Georgia
South Korea’s Hanwha Advanced Materials Corp. will spend $147 million to build a solar panel components plant in the US state of Georgia, acco...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KT faces protracted leadership vacuum amid political meddling
Yoon Kyoung-lim, the sole nominee to be KT Corp.’s next chief executive, has offered to resign, sending the selection committee of the top S...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK Innovation invests an extra $50 million in US clean energy firm Amogy
South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. has newly invested $50 million in Amogy Inc., a US ammonia-based power system developer, to expand its green b...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
EV fast-charging company Crocus succeeds in $5 mn Series B funding
Crocus Inc., a South Korean startup focused on energy infrastructure and leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), announced on Wednesday that it rai...
Mar 23, 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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Korean Investors
S.Korean LPs name 41 best alternative asset managers
Blackstone, Hamilton Lane, HarbourVest Partners and Audax Private Equity were jointly named the most preferred PE firms by South Korean institutional ...
Mar 21, 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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Robotics
Samsung gets $191 million profit valuation from investment in Rainbow Robotics
Samsung Electronics Co. is found to have earned 250 billion won ($191 million) in profit valuation from its investment made two months ago in Rainbo...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
OCI to expand polysilicon line, buy back shares to boost corporate value
OCI Co., a leading South Korean chemical and green energy company, plans to significantly increase the size of its upcoming share buyback and cancel...
Mar 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korean aircraft maker KAI earmarks $3.4 bn in R&D investment by 2032
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, is set to pour 4.5 trillion won ($3.4 billion) into ...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Elec to spend over $4 bn on capex in 2023, biggest in a decade
LG Electronics Inc. has decided to go bold to widen the technology gap with its rivals, with its biggest capital expenditure in a decade of more tha...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK to acquire Korea’s top FCCL maker NexFlex for $407 mn
MBK Partners agreed to buy NexFlex Co., South Korea’s top flexible copper-clad laminates (FCCL) producer, as the leading Northeast Asian priva...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Biologics to invest $1.5 bn for 5th CDMO factory
Samsung Biologics Co. is slated to inject 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) to build its fifth plant in South Korea. It will be a fast follow-up investm...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
ESG: Name of the game in investing, funding amid Korea’s green push
With South Korea’s aggressive green push at both the government and corporate levels, money is flowing back to environmental, social and gover...
Mar 16, 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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Korean startups
Sales of state-sponsored Korean startups up 40% in 2022
South Korean startups sponsored by the government’s information and communication technology acceleration program, dubbed K-Global Project, sa...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea’s NPS taps investment strategy head as NY office chief
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is slated to undergo a management reshuffle for the first time since Chief Investment Officer Seo...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver D2SF invests in 3D avatar-based communication startup
Naver's startup-nurturing organization, D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), announced on Wednesday its investment in Goodgang Labs, a company focused on de...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Korea Ginseng Corporation opens new R&D center in California
Korea Ginseng Corporation (KGC), a leading producer of Korean ginseng products, said on Wednesday that it has opened a new research and development ...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
TravelWallet succeeds in attracting $15 mn Series C funding
South Korea's TravelWallet, a global payment service provider, announced on Wednesday that it has raised 19.7 billion won ($15 million) in Series C ...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Global macro investing to revive for more volatile age: M&G
The value of investments will fluctuate, which will cause prices to fall as well as rise and investors may not get back the original amount they inv...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)