Korean Investment Securities-Stifel Financial
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Capital raising
HYBE in talks to raise $380 million to reach beyond K-pop: Bloomberg
HYBE Co., the South Korean entertainment powerhouse behind BTS, is said to be seeking to finance about 500 billion won ($380 million) to bring more ...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean startups opt for Konex, loans for survival during IPO winter
South Korea's anemic initial public offering market has forced the country’s startups to become more creative in raising funds as they shift t...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Fifty Fifty label seeks investment from Silicon Valley
The South Korean label behind K-pop rookie sensation Fifty Fifty is looking to Silicon Valley for investment as the four-girl band, already with a l...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SKIET signs deal to supply secondary battery separators to N.America
SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), an SK Innovation-affiliated manufacturer of secondary battery separators, is set to move into the North American marke...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korean carmakers' May sales grow for 9th straight month
South Korean carmakers marked sales growth for nine consecutive months as of end-May with the easing of the global semiconductor shortage and rising...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Perspectives
Optimism and hope for South Koreans
I sometimes receive emails from Koreans asking why I don’t consider some of the more troubling social issues their country faces when I am pla...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
S.Korea opens logistics center at Surabaya port, Indonesia
South Korea said it opened a logistics center at a port in Surabaya, Indonesia, to support exports to Southeast Asia’s top economy.The Ministr...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE secures $938 mn contract for 5 LNG-powered container ships
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), the intermediate shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai Co., said on Thursday that i...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
S.Korea's Mirae Asset, Hana Financial Group form security token tie-up
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities on Thursday said it signed an agreement with Hana Financial Group on the security token consortium Next Finance...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
South Korean game developers expand business with IPs
South Korean game developers are expanding their business portfolios through their intellectual property to boost profits with a goal to create glob...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS vows to raise alternative investment ratio, cut bond purchases
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest public pension fund, plans to raise the ratio of its alternative...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
BTS’ 10th anniversary T-shirts to go on sale June 12
South Korean fashion platform W Concept announced on Thursday that it will release a limited number of T-shirts commemorating the 10th anniversary o...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean AI startup ActionPower poised to outdo OpenAI, Google: CEO
ActionPower Corp. founded in 2016 is small and young compared to Big Tech companies or heavily funded startups like OpenAI but it is mighty enough t...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
SK Networks eyes partnership with US-based Bow Capital
SK Networks Co., a South Korean trading company, is seeking to form a partnership with Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Bow Capital to dive...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea’s NPS likely to post 6.4% return for Q1 2023
National Pension Service (NPS) in South Korea achieved a 6.4% return on investment during the first quarter of this year, recovering some 73% of the...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai doubles down on green bus push against Chinese ascent
Hyundai Motor Co. is expected to start remodeling its conventional bus production facility at home this fall to ramp up zero-emission and low-floor ...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Funds with high exposure to Nvidia, Samsung yield higher returns
It's time again to snap up semiconductor stocks – the market darlings these days.Just like its global peers, including the New York Stock Exch...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korean overseas card spending near pre-COVID-19 levels
South Korean residents’ overseas card use jumped in the first quarter to nearly recover levesl before the outbreak of COVID-19 on rising inter...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
North Korean spy satellite fails to reach space
SEOUL -- North Korea’s first military satellite crashed into the Yellow Sea and failed to launch into space, Pyongyang’s state media sai...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems to provide antijam radio to S.Korean military
South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. announced on Wednesday that it has been selected as the preferred bidder for the Air-to-Ground Communication Radi...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
BIO USA 2023 to draw S.Korean biotech leaders, startups
More than 500 South Korean companies from top business groups to AI-based biotech startups are slated to attend the Bio International Convention 202...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia unveils European-style EV9
Kia Corp. is consolidating its status as an electrification frontrunner in Europe with the unveiling of the EV9, its inaugural large domestic electr...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
SK Ecoplant seeks to establish eco holding firm, sell 40% stake to PEFs
SK Ecoplant Co. is seeking to establish an interim holding firm for its waste management subsidiaries and sell its stake to private equity firms as ...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
DB Group, T&T Group sign agreement for business corporation
DB Group, South Korea's conglomerate, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for business collaboration with Vi...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Air Busan targets record profit with more int’l flights
Air Busan Co., a South Korean low-cost carrier, targets record earnings with more international flights, especially to neighboring China and Japan, ...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hanwha Aerospace invests in US secondary battery startup
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. on Tuesday said it invested in Forge Nano, an American startup with precision nano-coating technology that exte...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Future M-GM JV to receive investment from Canadian gov’t
POSCO Future M Co., a unit of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., revealed on Monday that Ultium CAM, its joint venture with General Motor...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Mounting deficits, time bomb for Korean e-commerce biz
Major South Korean e-commerce companies’ deficits have mounted to a level near their combined funds raised from investors, stoking fears that ...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience’s COVID-19 vaccine gets approval in UK
SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Monday that its domestic COVID-19 vaccine, SKYCovione, has rec...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Int'l secures graphite supply from Tanzania
South Korea's POSCO International has signed a deal on the supply of natural graphite to strengthen its battery raw materials unit.The company on ...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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