KDB financial health
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Bio & Pharma
Lunit launches AI-based pathology analysis solution with US firm
South Korea's medical imaging startup Lunit said on Wednesday that it has launched Guardant360 TissueNext, an AI-based pathology analysis solution d...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
KT&G refuses activist funds' call for ginseng biz spinoff
KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, on Thursday refused activist funds' requests to spin off and list its ginseng unit wh...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT signs mineral resource supply deal with Mongolia
South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. said on Thursday it has signed a mineral resources supply deal with the Mongolian government, under which...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea’s economic contraction deepens recession woes
South Korea suffered its first economic contraction in two and half years due to sluggish exports and weak domestic demand during the fourth quarter...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion Healthcare launches anti-cancer biosimilar Vegzelma in Japan
Celltrion Healthcare Co. Ltd. said on Thursday that it launched Vegzelma, a biosimilar to the anti-cancer drug Avastin (active ingredient: bevacizum...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hancom Carelink invests in bio big data venture 3bigs
South Korea's Hancom Carelink, a digital health care company under Hancom Group, on Wednesday said it bought an unspecified stake in the bio big dat...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai AutoEver secures international safety, health certification
South Korea's mobility software provider Hyundai AutoEver said Wednesday that it has earned the international safety and health management system IS...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
KB Financial recognized as global sustainability leader
South Korea's KB Financial Group was selected as one of the "Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World" list announced by Corporate Knig...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea’s top probiotic drink maker hy to expand global biz
South Korea’s leading probiotic drink maker hy Co. is seeking to expand its health functional food business into the global market as demand f...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK mulls business, financial stability this year while focusing on inflation
The Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong on Wednesday said, "We will focus on inflation this year but also closely consider tradeoffs to preserve ...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Woori Financial to acquire VC firm Daol Investment
South Korea’s Woori Financial Group is set to acquire Daol Investment Co., a venture capital arm of the liquidity-strapped Daol Financial Grou...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea internet data center construction faces health issue
South Korea’s information technology industry hit a snag with building new internet data centers (IDCs) due to controversies over the potentia...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
UAE’s sovereign funds to invest $30 billion in South Korea
ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates will invest $30 billion in South Korea across strategic sectors, including the nuclear power, defense, hy...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
FSS to inquire actual use of funds raised by issuing ESG bonds
From now on, companies in South Korea that have raised funds by issuing ESG (environmental, social, and governance) bonds will have to answer questi...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
PIF, GIC to invest $964 mn in Korea's Kakao Entertainment
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have agreed to invest a combined $964 million in K...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Ford in talks with LG Energy for Turkey EV battery plant
Ford Motor Co. is in talks with LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, to build a cell factory in...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kakao Pay likely to be included in MSCI index next month
South Korean mobile payment services firm Kakao Pay Corp. will be newly incorporated into the MSCI index next month, inducing an influx of more than...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Fly Gangwon fails to pay salaries again due to financial woes
Fly Gangwon, a low-cost carrier based at Yangyang International Airport in Gangwon Province, South Korea, is in serious financial trouble. As its fi...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KEXIM bank issues $3.5 billion in foreign currency bonds
The Export-Import Bank of Korea on Thursday said it issued a record-high $3.5 billion in global bonds to investors worldwide.The government-run bank...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Novarex, Riman sign agreement to jointly develop health-functional food
South Korea's health functional foods company Novarex and cosmetics company Riiman Korea met to promote the health-functional foods business togethe...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Com2verse attracts investment of $9.4 million from strategic partners
Com2verse, Com2uS Corp.'s metaverse subsidiary said on Tuesday that it has secured a strategic investment of 4 billion won ($3.1 million) each from ...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Silvia Health attracts investment through pre-Series A funding
Silvia Health Inc., an age-tech startup based in Seoul, South Korea said on Monday that it has completed a pre-Series A investment with the particip...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
GS Retail to introduce forex kiosks in convenience stores
South Korea's convenience store franchiser GS Retail said on Monday that it would introduce foreign currency exchange kiosks at its convenience st...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Woori Financial wins MSCI ESG global leader rating for 2nd year
Woori Financial Group said on Thursday it has earned an AA rating for the second consecutive year in the global ESG rating announced by Morgan Stanl...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Medicox boosts unit for oral insulin, medical cannabis
South Korea's Medicox Co. on Wednesday said it will raise 40 billion won ($32 million) to boost its unit for oral insulin and cannabidiol (CBD).The ...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korean biotechs target US labs to speed up regulatory approval for tests
South Korean molecular diagnostics companies are increasingly buying high-quality laboratories in the US that meet federal regulatory standards in a...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea’s big bio startups to launch $39 mn investment fund
South Korea’s four leading biotech firms plan to launch an investment fund of up to 50 billion won ($39 million) to support smaller domestic b...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
South Korea doubles gov't fintech innovation fund to $781 million
The South Korean government will double the value of its Fintech Innovation Fund, a source of financial support for the financial technology or fint...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Commercial building transactions plummet to 2008 financial crisis level
In October, commercial building sales in Seoul plunged to the level of the 2008 global financial crisis.According to an analysis of actual transacti...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rights offerings
SK Innovation to inject $1.6 bn into SK On's rights offering
South Korea's top refiner SK Innovation Co. said on Dec. 21 it will invest 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in its electric battery maker unit SK On Co...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)