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IPOs
Regulatory moves delay Kakao Group’s IPO plans
Toughening regulations on big tech firms in South Korea are impacting the IPO timeline of Kakao Pay Corp. and Kakao Mobility Corp. According to the ...
Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Antitrust body takes aim at Kakao's taxi-hailing app, Coupang
South Korea's antitrust body has launched an investigation into Kakao Mobility Corp. on allegations of discrimination against taxi drivers not subsc...
Sep 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Kakao drops 10.1%, Naver falls 7.9% on potential big tech crackdown
South Korea may be following China’s lead in cracking down on big tech firms. The country’s two leading tech giants Naver Corp. and Kaka...
Sep 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung unveils new microSD cards for advanced storage demand
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chip maker, introduced new microSD cards with enhanced performance and stability on Sept. 8 to...
Sep 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea kicks off AI strategy talks with Naver, Kakao, Samsung, telcos
South Korean government has hosted the first top-level artificial intelligence (AI) roundtable meeting with representatives from the country’s...
Sep 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea's plus-size fashion mall 09Women readies for 2022 IPO
The successful initial public offering of California-based plus-size fashion company Torrid Holdings Inc. has drawn attention to 09Women Co., a Sout...
Sep 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Interpark draws cool response from Korean online giants
South Korea’s online retail platform Interpark Corp. has failed to drum up interest from the country's largest online platforms, including Nav...
Aug 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kakao Pay cuts IPO price by 6% for October listing
Kakao Pay Corp., the digital settlement platform unit of South Korea’s top messaging app operator Kakao Corp., has slashed its initial publi...
Aug 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Netmarble sells shares of Kakao units to raise $700 mn in August
South Korea’s Netmarble Corp. has earned 816.9 billion won ($703 million) so far in August alone by selling shares of KakaoBank Corp. and Kaka...
Aug 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Swit Technologies' valuation tops $80 mn in Series A round
Swit Technologies Inc., the provider of team collaboration tool Swit, is near wrapping up its Series A funding round, having raised around $17.8 mil...
Aug 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Kakao Mobility takes first step toward 2022 IPO
Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea's most popular taxi-hailing app, has taken its first step toward a stock market debut, which is expected to value ...
Aug 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Kakao Group’s past, present and future as conglomerate
Kakao Corp., which a decade ago was merely a mobile messenger operator, has now grown into one of the largest business groups in South Korea. The in...
Aug 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
MSCI adds SK Bioscience, SKIET, EcoPro BM to Korea Index
Global index provider Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) added SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), SK Bioscience Co. and EcoPro BM Co. to its K...
Aug 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Games
NCSoft to launch Lineage W, first game with priority on global users
South Korea’s leading game developer NCSoft Corp. will be launching its latest massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Lineag...
Aug 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Credit Suisse takes one-fifth of S.Korea's Aug IPO fees
Credit Suisse (CS) is taking one-fifth of the underwriting fees from South Korea's four big initial public offerings this month, including KakaoBank...
Aug 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao to strengthen subscription services after Q2 results
Kakao Corp. this year has reported the highest second-quarter earnings in company history.Its regulatory filing on Aug. 6 posted an operating profit...
Aug 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
F&F may pay $350 mn for TaylorMade without Korean sales license
South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. may not be able to sell apparel of TaylorMade Golf Co. in the country even after a $350 million t...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Digital currency
Samsung Group joins Kakao in Bank of Korea’s digital currency project
Samsung Group will be working together with Kakao Corp. on the digital currency simulation project led by South Korea’s central bank. Accordin...
Aug 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
CJ joins race for over $200 mn stake in SM Entertainment
South Korea's entertainment- and food-focused CJ Group has emerged as a darkhorse to buy a controlling stake worth about 300 billion won ($260 milli...
Aug 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
GS Group invests $26 mn in Kakao Mobility
South Korea’s GS Group has invested 30 billion won ($26 million) in Kakao Mobility Corp. to fast forward its energy unit’s transition to...
Jul 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Disney Plus' S.Korea launch delayed after Netflix's court loss
Disney Plus, a global over-the-top (OTT) streaming service provider, has pushed back its South Korean service launch by about a quarter to the end o...
Jul 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kakao Pay delays IPO following regulator request to refile prospectus
Kakao Pay Corp., the digital settlement platform unit of South Korea’s top messaging app operator Kakao Corp., is delaying its planned initial...
Jul 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Kakao’s Ground X to work on Korea central bank digital currency initiative
Kakao Corp.’s blockchain arm Ground X was selected as a simulator for the Bank of Korea-led central bank digital currency (CBDC) project, beat...
Jul 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kakao Pay must refile IPO registration statement to FSS
South Korea’s financial regulator Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) on July 16 requested correction of Kakao Pay’s IPO registration st...
Jul 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver vs Kakao: Webtoon rivalry extends to superheroes
The fierce competition over webtoons between Naver Corp. and Kakao Corp. enters another round as the two South Korean platform giants join forces wi...
Jul 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Jungheung cuts Daewoo E&C acquisition price by $180 mn
KDB Investment, in an announcement on July 5, has confirmed Jungheung Construction Co. as the preferred bidder for the acquisition of Daewoo Enginee...
Jul 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
LG invests $88 mn in Kakao Mobility as both seek new growth opportunities
LG Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group, is investing 100 billion won ($88 million) in Kakao Mobil...
Jul 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kakao Pay eyes August listing, seeks to raise near $2 bn
South Korea-based Kakao Pay Corp. is set to make a trading debut on the country's main bourse next month -- just a week after its sister company Kak...
Jul 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Online players head S.Korea's biggest month for IPOs
South Korea's initial public offering market in July is expected to see its largest-ever amount of share issues for a single month, worth over 8 tri...
Jul 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Krafton lowers IPO share price amid debate over high valuation
South Korean game developer Krafton Inc. has decided to lower its initial public offering share price amid criticism over its high valuation followe...
Jul 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)