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IPOs
SK Innovation to list battery unit 2025 at earliest
South Korean SK Innovation Co. does not expect to list its battery subsidiary until at least 2025, the company’s chief executive said on Thurs...
Mar 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience seeks multi-billion-dollar M&As, eyes gene therapy sector
SK Bioscience Co., the biopharmaceutical unit of South Korea’s SK Group, is seeking multi-billion-dollar mergers and acquisitions to expand it...
Mar 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK seeks to exit Korea’s Lotte Card for over $2.5 bn
MBK Partners is in the early stages of talks with telecom operator KT Corp. and other potential bidders to sell its majority stake in South Korea's ...
Mar 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hyundai E&C, Holtec sign nuclear power plant decommissioning deal
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. is tapping into the US nuclear power plant dismantlement market by expanding its partnership with Holtec ...
Mar 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea firms reconsider bond sale plans on surging yields
South Korean companies are hesitating to raise funds on surging corporate bond yields. More firms are repaying existing debt and have postponed new ...
Mar 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Lubricants invests $25 mn in US liquid immersion cooling firm
SK Lubricants Co., the world’s largest lube base oil supplier, invested $25 million in a US liquid immersion cooling solutions provider for da...
Mar 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Hynix considers joint acquisition of UK chip designer Arm
South Korea's SK Hynix Inc. is considering forming a consortium with other strategic investors to buy Arm Ltd., a British semiconductor design compa...
Mar 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea shipbuilders to win mega tanker deals on rising LNG demand
Orders for mega liquefied natural gas carriers have reemerged as demand for the gas has increased alongside the global push to cut carbon emissions....
Mar 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
NongHyup Life to issue $493 mn in subordinated bonds
NongHyup Life Insurance Co. of South Korea is slated to issue 10-year-maturity subordinated bonds worth 600 billion won ($492.6 million) on March 31...
Mar 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
Dell, SK team up for 5G mobile edge computing market
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. (SKT) has joined hands with Dell Technologies Inc. to launch a 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) platfo...
Mar 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Blue house brawl: South Korea spars over where next president will live
SEOUL—South Korea’s political division runs so deep now that the country can’t agree where the next president should liv...
Mar 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Chemicals to invest $1.6 bn in green, biopharmaceutical sectors
South Korea’s SK Chemicals plans to invest more than 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in eco-friendly material and biopharmaceutical businesses.T...
Mar 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea won at three-year high vs yen on rate differentials
South Korea’s won currency on Monday hit its strongest point against the Japanese yen in more than three years on higher interest rates and co...
Mar 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kurly applies for Korea IPO to raise about $800 mn
South Korea's Kurly Inc. on Monday applied for a preliminary review of its initial public offering, the Korea Exchange said, as the operator of groc...
Mar 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Daewoo E&C jointly creates $400 mn fund for overseas M&As
Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. of South Korea and IMM Investment Global, the Hong Kong-based affiliate of Korean equity firm IMM Investme...
Mar 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK sees most productive year ever, returning $5.3 bn to investors
MBK Partners will be bold in moving into more Asian markets this year, wrote the company's founder and chairman Michael ByungJu Kim, in his annual l...
Mar 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KTB rebrands with name change as Daol Financial Group
Daol Financial Group of South Korea, formerly known as KTB Financial Group, announced on March 25 the change in the company's name. Daol, a Korean w...
Mar 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea shipbuilders aim for strong demand on tougher rules
South Korea’s shipbuilders targeted demand for new vessels and ship modification as tougher environmental regulations are scheduled to take ef...
Mar 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Content platforms
Korea's major fashion firms rush to embrace content marketing
Major South Korean fashion companies are speeding up their investment in content startups. F&F Holdings, the distributor of the US outdoor brand...
Mar 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte Group’s confectionery and food shares jump 5% on merger news
Shares of both Lotte Confectionery and Lotte Food rose more than 5% Thursday on expectations of synergy effects from their upcoming merger. A d...
Mar 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK E&S buys EverCharge to enter US EV charging market
South Korea’s SK E&S Co. acquired US electric vehicle charging solution provider EverCharge Inc. to start the business in the world’...
Mar 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Kia plans new Korea plant first time in 25 years for purpose-built vehicles
Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, will set up a new domestic factory for the first time in 25 years to produce purpose-built vehicles ...
Mar 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
North Korea launches another unknown projectile
SEOUL—North Korea launched an unknown projectile off its east coast on Thursday, the military in Seoul said, as the Kim Jong Un regime conti...
Mar 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
South Korea's 2021 outbound FDI at record-high $76 bn
South Korea's outbound direct investment in 2021 soared 32.8% from the year previous to a record-high $75.9 billion, led by financial investors and ...
Mar 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte Confectionery to merge with Lotte Food
Lotte Group will merge its confectionery and foodstuff businesses, South Korea's fourth-largest conglomerate announced Wednesday.Lotte Confectionery...
Mar 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
Samsung, Hyundai amass record-high levels of cash
Major South Korean companies such as Samsung Electronics Co. and Hyundai Motor Co. have accumulated more cash than ever before amid growing uncertai...
Mar 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
Samsung, LG, SK step up push into blockchain market
Top South Korean conglomerates such as Samsung, LG and SK are stepping up efforts to build a presence in the blockchain and crypto-asset markets, a ...
Mar 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
SK tipped to be Korea's 1st group to issue digital coins
SK Square Co., the investment arm of SK Group, is working on issuing its own digital currency within the year, according to people with knowledge of...
Mar 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
Korea names IMF official as new central bank head
South Korea on Wednesday nominated veteran International Monetary Fund official Rhee Chang-yong as the country’s new central bank chief, who i...
Mar 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea's hotel deals hit record-high $1.4 bn in 2021: JLL
Hotel deals in South Korea hit a record high of 1.7 trillion won ($1.4 billion) in 2021, up 80% from the previous year, said global real estate serv...
Mar 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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