Lotte Holdings
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Upcoming IPOs
Overhang concerns loom over HD Hyundai Marine IPO shares
Concerns are growing that South Korea’s main stock bourse could be inundated with a huge number of HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co. shares next ...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Lotte Tour's Jeju Island casino triples revenue
Jeju Dream Tower Casino, located on South Korea's top tourist island of Jeju and run by Lotte Tour Development Co., surpassed $6 million in cumula...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea’s Lotte Card injects $68 mn into Vietnamese unit
Lotte Card Co., South Korea’s No. 5 credit card issuer, has injected $68 million into its Vietnamese unit to expand its business in the Southe...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung holds Odyssey event with T1 in Chengdu
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it held an Odyssey gaming monitor experience event with the T1, the top-tier League of Legends team...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Lotte Global Logistics partners with CMA CGM
South Korea's Lotte Global Logistics announced on Monday that it partnered with the France-based world's third-largest shipping company CMA CGM.&nbs...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korea’s Lotte sells Lotte Glory Properties Shenyang amid US-China dispute
South Korea’s retail giant Lotte Group has signed a deal to sell a theme park project in Shenyang, China – its latest move to pull out o...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Lotte Global Logistics, Megvii to collaborate AI logistics
South Korea's Lotte Global Logistics announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Megvii Technology, a Chinese arti...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Korea's Lotte Insurance put on market for around $1.5 bn
Lotte Group’s non-life insurance affiliate Lotte Insurance Co., has been put up for sale at around 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion), according to...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Korean theme parks recover to near pre-pandemic levels
Everland and Lotte World, South Korea’s two largest theme parks, posted their highest-ever profits in 2023, recovering from the COVID-19 pande...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Dept. Store introduces AI translation service
South Korea's Lotte Department Store announced on Monday that it introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) interpretation service for foreign touri...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Pepero enters Thailand’s King Power Duty Free
South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Friday that its thin chocolate-coated cookie sticks Pepero and no-sugar ice cream Zero entered King Po...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Holdings, KNOC to jointly secure lithium in Canada
POSCO N.EX.T Hub, the venture platform of POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the K...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Lotte Home Shopping expands Japan tour packages
South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping said on Tuesday that it will expand its range of travel packages to Japan, including trips to Kyushu and Okinawa, ...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Lotte Rental launches driver-inclusive rental service in Vietnam
Lotte Rental Co., South Korea's largest car rental firm, announced on Monday that it has launched a "Vietnam Driver-inclusive Rental Car."The servic...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Lotte Innovate, Kolon Benit to cooperate on AI Solutions
South Korea’s Lotte Innovate (formerly, Lotte Data Communication Co. ) announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kolon...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's M&A market poised to bounce back after bleak Q1
South Korea’s mergers and acquisitions market is poised to bounce back after a bleak first quarter, with 22.3 trillion won ($16 billion) worth...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle’s Rubenstein sees commercial real estate undervalued
The US commercial real estate market is undervalued relative to other sectors amid elevated interest rates, while Big Tech stocks could take a breat...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Home Shopping opens Bellygom pop-up in Myeongdong
South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping announced on Monday that it will open a Bellygom pop-up store at Lotte Duty Free's showroom Now in Myeongdong unti...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Hanwha's holding firm to hive off non-core businesses
Hanwha Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate, will hive off its wind power and offshore plant building...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Duty Free rebrands LDF House to Now in Myeong-dong
South Korea’s Lotte Duty Free announced on Tuesday that it changed its duty-free showroom LDF House, which was opened last October in Myeong...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KOTRA holds drone roadshow in Kazakhstan
Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Tuesday that the Korea-Kazakhstan Drone Roadshow opened in Astana, the capital of Kazak...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Lotte Chemical applies recycled plastic to packaging
South Korea's Lotte Chemical announced on Thursday that it has applied recycled materials to all 25 kg packaging bags for polyethylene (PE) and poly...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Lotte Group to give more authority to outside directors
Food-to-retail conglomerate Lotte will expand the authority of outside directors by separating the roles of chief executives and board chairs at its...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Samsung C&T defeats activist funds in proxy battle
Activist funds arm in arm to demand higher dividends from Samsung C&T Corp. got defeated in a proxy fight against the de facto holding firm of S...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte brings Louis Vuitton diamond collection to S.Korea
South Korea's Lotte Department Store announced that it launched Louis Vuitton's LV Diamond Collection on Mar. 14 at Lotte World Tower Avenuel Jamsil...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
NPS to veto adding Hyosung chair, vice chair to board
The National Pension Service (NPS) will veto the appointment of the chairman and vice chairman of Hyosung Corp. as inside board members of the de fa...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Lotte puts Lotte Chemical Titan in Malaysia on market
Lotte Chemical Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 petrochemicals company, has embarked on the process of selling its Malaysian unit Lotte Chemical Tit...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Lotte Insurance's value rises with long-term care expansion
When South Korean private equity firm JKL Partners acquired a 77% stake in Lotte Insurance Co. for about 730 billion won ($546.3 million) in 2019, m...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Lotte Chemical, CIP to join hands on ammonia projects
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has reached a preliminary agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to purchase and sell blue...
Mar 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
Mirae Asset to sell Korean treasuries to retail investors
The South Korean government on Monday tapped Mirae Asset Securities Co. as the brokerage chosen to sell treasury bonds, the sale of which will be la...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)