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Financing
Naver mulls US listing for webtoon business
South Korea’s top online portal Naver Corp. is considering more dollar bond sales after it raised $500 million last month in its first foreign...
Apr 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
SKT strengthens foothold outside mobile biz
South Korea’s telecom and mobile network market leader SK Telecom Co., which announced last week its strategic long-term shift towards non-tel...
Apr 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
SK Bioscience eyes $900 mn annual sales from vaccine business
South Korea’s SK Bioscience Co. is looking to post 1 trillion won ($900 million) in annual revenue from its vaccine business as the biopharmac...
Feb 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
Young, female, foreign: Hyundai Motor Group’s new BOD
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, under its new leader Chung Euisun, is seeking changes on its board of directors, the group's top business d...
Feb 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec may advance start of leading-edge foundry line to July
Samsung Electronics Co., a leading global foundry chipmaker, may begin operation of its leading-edge chip fabrication line earlier than scheduled to...
Feb 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Coupang likely to get $1 bn credit line from IPO managers
South Korea’s online retailer Coupang Corp. is looking to secure a credit line of up to $1 billion from the underwriters of its US initial pub...
Feb 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KDB mulls sale of HMM to POSCO
South Korea's state-run bank is considering selling HMM Co., the country's largest container line, to steelmaker POSCO as the shipping industry expe...
Jan 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
SM Line eyes H2 IPO on Korean bourse, aims to expand US trade
South Korea’s SM Group, formerly known as Samla Midas Group, is pushing for an initial public offering of its merchant liner, SM Line Corp., o...
Jan 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Naver-invested startups line up for IPOs; market seems welcome
South Korean startups invested in by top online portal Naver Corp. are gearing up for debuts on the local bourse amid expectations of a welcome mark...
Jan 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
HMM, SM Line to deploy container ships to support Korean exporters
South Korea’s leading shipping companies have decided to deploy at least five container carriers on major sea routes to provide support for lo...
Jan 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO acquires stake in Tanzania graphite mine to boost battery materials biz
South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO's commitment to innovation and growth has been well demonstrated this year, as it wraps up acquisition ...
Jan 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean unicorn companies line up for IPOs
Huge sums of money have been flowing into growth sectors globally, prompting South Korean unicorn companies, or non-listed companies with an enterpr...
Jan 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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In vitro diagnostics
Samsung hands over diagnostics business to local bio firm
Samsung Electronics Co. has agreed to hand over the business rights for its in vitro diagnostics (IVD) unit to a South Korean bio company as part ...
Dec 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cold-chain logistics
SK Holdings cryogenic biz eyes jackpot on hopes of imminent COVID-19 vaccine
South Korea's SK Holdings Co. may hit the jackpot with the development of a COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon.Once a coronavirus vaccine is available, t...
Nov 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Top Korean travel platform Yanolja to join startups lining up for IPOs
South Korea’s largest travel platform Yanolja is planning to list on the domestic stock market in 2022, paving the way for Singapore’s GIC...
Sep 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech
Line-Yahoo Japan JV christened A Holdings; Naver founder Lee picked as chair
A joint venture between Japan’s top messaging app provider Line Corp. and internet portal Yahoo Japan Corp. has been christened A Holdings and L...
Aug 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB Asset to extend $30 mn credit on Peru power transmission line
KB Asset Management Co. Ltd. has participated in a $170 million refinancing package of a power transmission line in Peru by providing a $30 million se...
Aug 16, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rockpoint’s core-plus, value-added fund may draw $380 mn from Korean investors
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. are likely ...
Apr 26, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Ferrari, Stellantis head Elkann to visit Samsung for biz talks
John Elkann, chairman of both Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari S.p.A. and Dutch-domiciled multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. is set...
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