MBK 2022 performance
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Retail
Breitling launches 2nd Korea limited edition watch in 2023
Breitling, a luxury Swiss watchmaker, has launched a limited edition of one of its flagship models, the Chronomat B01 24, in South Korea, marking th...
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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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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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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Private equity
MBK co-founder meets with Korean CIOs to finance 6th buyout fund
Asia’s private equity giant MBK Partners Ltd. is set to accelerate fundraising for its new fund, which is expected to become the firm’s ...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On wins $909 mn from BlackRock, QIA, MBK consortium
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, has confirmed it will receive a 1.2 trillion won ($908.7 million) investment for a minorit...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Innocean joins top 10 brand marketing agencies in India
Innocean, a Hyundai Motor Group-affiliated advertising agency, announced on Wednesday that its Indian corporation has joined top 10 of local brand m...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK Partners puts Korea’s largest golf course operator on market
North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners has put Golfzon County Co., the biggest golf course operator in South Korea, on sale at an estim...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's NPS maintains good grade despite heavy losses: finance ministry
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund with 939 trillion won ($713 billion) in assets as of end...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s N Vision 74 praised at Italy’s classic-concept car show
Hyundai Motor Co., which has stunned the auto industry with its rebuilt 1974 Pony Coupe concept, has again enthralled car enthusiasts with its ...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai completes Nürburgring 24 Hours for 8th consecutive year
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Monday that its Elantra N TCR (known domestically as Avante N TCR) and i30 Fastback N Cup Car triumphed...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Fifty Fifty sets new record for K-pop girl group with Spotify listeners
K-pop rookie Fifty Fifty has surpassed 34.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming site, its agency Attrakt said ...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Kakao migrates global webtoon service environment to Google Cloud
South Korea's Kakao Entertainment Corp., a unit of South Korea’s mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. is joining forces with Google Cloud to glob...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
1% reduction in working-age population reduces GDP by 0.59%: report
A study has revealed that a decrease in the working-age population due to low birth rates and an aging population, coupled with an increase in the d...
May 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Kumho Petrochem signs MOU with Japanese second-largest refiner
South Korea's Kumho Petrochemical Co. and Idemitsu Kosan Co., a Japanese refining and petrochemical company, announced on May 17 that they have sign...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
BOK, Samsung to develop offline CBDCs using Galaxy devices
South Korea’s central bank and Samsung Electronics Co. have joined hands to further advance the country’s offline central bank digital c...
May 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG CNS’ AI-based marketing platform greatly boosts results
The trial application of South Korea's information and communications technology company LG CNS of artificial intelligence (AI) to marketing and adv...
May 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec’s home appliance selected as most reliable brand in US
South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. has been named the most reliable appliance brand by American consumers.According to Consumer Reports, a leading ...
May 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korean growth outlook dims on increased trade deficit
South Korea’s exports are on course to drop for the eighth consecutive month as they declined in the first 10 days of May, data showed on Thur...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Telecom to further develop AI, its growth driver in Q1
SK Telecom Co. beat market expectations for its first-quarter earnings thanks to its robust non-telecom businesses and vowed to continue to bolster ...
May 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Vietnamese tourists top in card spending in Korea in 2022
Vietnamese tourists splurged the most among foreign visitors to South Korea last year, filling the void left by Chinese travelers shunning Korea sin...
May 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Gucci picks Korean royal palace for 2024 collection
Seoul is emerging as a new venue for global luxury brands’ fight for pride, with Louis Vuitton and Gucci set to unveil their new fashion colle...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
S.Korea’s IT parts makers reeling from sluggish smartphone, TV sales performance
South Korea’s major information technology parts makers like Samsung Electro-Mechanics, LG Innotek and LG Display Co. suffered huge dr...
Apr 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea's expected inflation hits 11-month low
South Korea's expected inflation has hit a record low of 3.7% in 11 months in April 2023. While the consumer price index rose by 4.2% last month, wh...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S.Korean foodservice companies’ entering to US expanded in 2022
South Korean foodservice companies expanded their presence in the US and Japan, while facing declining prospects in China due to COVID-19 restrictio...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics to bolster B2B to transform into software company
LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s home appliance giant, will expedite its push to transform from a white goods manufacturer into a digital so...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion Healthcare enters top 10 in hospital prescriptions in Turkey
South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Healthcare Co. on Thursday said it ranked in the top 10 out of 400 companies last year on the Turki...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korean firms applies for record-high 76,592 patents abroad in 2022
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) on Thursday said the number of patents filed overseas by domestic companies last year set a record-hi...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On to attract $1.1 bn from BlackRock, MBK consortium
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, is slated to attract 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) from a consortium of US private equit...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK Partners to buy Belgian chocolate brand Pierre Marcolini
Private equity firm MBK Partners is set to acquire Pierre Marcolini, a Belgian chocolate brand called "Hermes of Chocolate."MBK bought the South Kor...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)