Korean financial industry
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Food & Beverage
Bibigo mandu sets milestone in Korean food industry
South Korea's food and beverage giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. has become the first domestic food company to have a single item pull in over 1 trill...
Dec 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Hana Fin buys Korean waste treatment firm with Asian PEFs
Hana Financial Investment Co. has acquired a small South Korean industrial waste treatment company in a consortium with two private equity firms, in...
Dec 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilders sailing toward order target; shares on uptick
Shares of South Korea’s shipbuilders have been neglected in the market, lagging growth and value stocks, as orders for new ships almost stalle...
Dec 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Kakao Games injects $173mn into S.Korean game company
Kakao Games Corp. has injected around 190 billion won ($173 million) into South Korean game company Neptune Corp., pouring in nearly half the proc...
Dec 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Hahn & Co finances $700 mn Korean Air deal with about $400 mn debt
Hahn & Co., a South Korean private equity firm, has completed the payment for the 790 billion won ($722 million) purchase of Korean Air Lines' i...
Dec 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Neptune rises as dark horse in global game industry
A South Korean game company is hoping to shake up the global game landscape with its latest title, Eternal Return: Black Survival, a PC game that ...
Dec 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
Korean beauty chain draws Goldman, five domestic final bidders
Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area (PIA) and five South Korean companies, including four private equity firms, have made final bids for a min...
Dec 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Ontario Teachers invests in Korean fried chicken brand valued at $1.7 bn
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) has agreed to invest 300 billion won ($275 million) in South Korea’s leading fried chicken brand B...
Dec 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea’s venture capital firms poised to grow, no bubble seen in market
Growth in South Korea’s venture capital investments has been slow relative to the pace of the country’s economic growth, creating an opp...
Dec 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Three Korean consortiums in final bid for Hanjin Heavy
South Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. has drawn three final bidding groups comprised of domestic companies and private ...
Dec 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korean Teachers’ Credit poised for best return since 2010
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) is on course to post its strongest investment return in a decade of around 9%, driven by double-digit...
Dec 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korean investors buy Dutch logistics center using drones and smartphones
South Korea’s Kiwoom Securities Co. has acquired a new logistics center in the Netherlands for 180 billion won ($165 million) this year, relyi...
Dec 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
South Korean police look into fatal crash of Tesla Model X
South Korean police are looking into a fatal crash of a Tesla Inc. electric vehicle after its driver told them it went out of control after sudden a...
Dec 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Project financing
KEXIM to finance Korean firms' Mozambique LNG plant project
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) will provide $500 million in project financing to South Korean companies for their $550 million construction...
Dec 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korean biotech firm produces krill oil with top phospholipid content
South Korea’s biotechnology firm Biocorp Co. has produced krill oil containing 61% phospholipids, the highest level in the world, and has begu...
Dec 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture Capital
KDB backs $100 mn SE Asia fund of Korean, Chinese VC firms
South Korean venture capital firm SV Investment Corp, together with China’s Shenzhen Capital Group, will raise $100 million in the Korean VC's...
Dec 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sightseeing flights
S.Korean airlines turn to non-landing flights to tide over slump
South Korean airlines have set their sights on non-landing air travel services to draw in passengers in times of hardship, hoping to tide over the b...
Dec 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Carlyle in final-stage talks to buy Korea’s No. 2 bakery chain
The Carlyle Group is in final stages of talks to buy South Korea’s No. 2 bakery chain Tous Les Jours from the country’s food and enterta...
Dec 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Shinhan, Hana fund KKR’s $5.6 bn UK deal with $63 mn in loans
Two leading South Korean banks – Shinhan and Hana – have provided a combined 47 million pounds ($63 million) in senior loans to finance ...
Dec 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korean games, entertainment eye China return after 3-year ban
South Korea's game and entertainment companies saw their share prices surge on rising expectations of a return to the Chinese market after a Korea...
Dec 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
KRW strengthens to 2.5-year high as Korean stocks rally
The South Korean won has strengthened to its highest level in two and a half years amid local stocks’ three-day bull run to a record high on h...
Dec 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Seoul court clears way for Korean Air’s $1.6 bn Asiana deal
Korean Air Lines Co. will push ahead with its planned $1.6 billion acquisition of debt-laden Asiana Airlines Inc., the company said, after a Seoul d...
Dec 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Techstars to invest in 30 Korean startups by 2022
Global startup accelerator Techstars plans to invest in 30 startups in South Korea, which has a more mature and open-minded venture capital market c...
Nov 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Denmark’s Orsted to build world’s biggest wind farm off S.Korean coast
Denmark’s Orsted A/S plans to build the world’s biggest offshore wind farm off the west coast of South Korea as the Danish multinational p...
Nov 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Korean medical robot opens a new era of neurosurgery in large hospitals
South Korea’s first neurosurgery robot, developed by 3D inspection device maker Koh Young Technology Inc., is ready to join the medical robot ma...
Nov 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Korean govt urged to hike diesel tax, ban fossil fuel cars by 2035
South Korea should raise its tax on diesel to match the price of gasoline and phase out internal combustion engine cars by 2035 to tackle air pollutio...
Nov 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Top Korean travel startup Yanolja taps 2021 IPO managers
South Korea’s largest travel platform Yanolja has mandated Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. and Samsung Securities Co. to handle its initial public offe...
Nov 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S. Korean COVID-19 test kit maker eyes listing next year
SD Bio Sensor, Inc., a South Korea-based manufacturer of COVID-19 test kits, is pushing to go public early next year, drawing market attention as a st...
Nov 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won off 29-month high on government warning
The South Korean won suffered its biggest daily loss in five months against the dollar on Nov. 19, after Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki stepped up warni...
Nov 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Kolon Industries to mass produce key material for fuel cells
Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturing company, is readying for the mass production of a key material for fuel cells...
Nov 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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