Naver webtoon Korea
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Batteries
SK Innovation, Ford agree to launch $5.3 bn EV battery JV in US
South Korean battery maker SK Innovation Co. and Ford Motor Co. have agreed to launch a 6 trillion won ($5.3 billion) joint venture to support the U...
May 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Naver, Shinsegae in talks to team up for eBay Korea
Naver Corp., South Korea's top online portal, is in talks with the country's retail giant Shinsegae Group about a joint bid for eBay Korea -- a deal...
May 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea's COVID-19 test kit maker applies for $1.2 bn IPO
SD Biosensor Inc., South Korea's largest manufacturer of COVID-19 test kits, has applied for an initial public offering to raise up to 1.3 trillion ...
May 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Chat fiction app operator eyes global expansion, webtoon market
As smartphones have become essential to everyday life, chat fiction -- storytelling in the form of fictional text messaging -- has become popular am...
May 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Deals
Biggest deal in Korea: Hanon Systems stake sale draws KKR, Carlyle, TPG
The sale process of a near-70% stake in South Korean auto parts supplier Hanon Systems Corp. has kicked off, attracting a pool of strategic investor...
May 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Digital currency
Naver joins Korean central bank's digital currency initiative
South Korea’s platform giant Naver Corp. is taking the leap into the digital currency platform market with its plans to participate in the Ban...
May 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Heavy household borrowing fans Korea’s asset market overheating
South Korea’s asset market is showing signs of overheating as households take out fresh loans at a record pace to invest in initial share sale...
May 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korea Post commits €80 mn to Sweden's EQT Partners
Korea Post's insurance arm has committed €80 million ($97 million) to a new flagship fund of Swedish private equity firm EQT Partners that rais...
May 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Naver vs Kakao: Intense rivalry to extend beyond Asia
South Korea's two online giants Naver Corp. and Kakao Corp. have completed their respective acquisitions of storytelling platforms in the US and Can...
May 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Jeju Beer aims to be S.Korea's 4th-biggest brewer by 2022
South Korea’s leading craft beer maker Jeju Beer Co. aims to be among the country's top four breweries by the end of 2022, planning to use its...
May 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Monthly trade infographics
S.Korea: 11th in global export market for top-ranked items
South Korea ranks 11th in global export market shares with 69 top-ranked items -- reaching an all-time high In 2019, South Korean products ranked 1...
May 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Com2uS enters JV to create webtoon based on popular game Summoners War
South Korean game developer Com2uS Corp. is expanding its footprint in the storytelling and webtoon industry by setting up a joint venture with lead...
May 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling
Lifted short sale ban blamed for Korea ETF redemption
The lifting of South Korea's short-selling ban on large-cap stocks on Monday could be blamed for the recent heavy outflows from US-listed exchange-t...
May 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
CVC names ex-Affinity Equity top manager as Korea head
CVC Capital Partners has appointed Chris Rhee, a former partner of Affinity Equity Partners, as its Seoul office head and global partner, according ...
May 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Monthly trade infographics
K-beauty boom makes S.Korea the fourth-largest cosmetics exporter
Cosmetics industry sees continued export growth for two straight decades K-beauty has emerged as a global trend, thanks to the development of innov...
May 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea’s major firms look for M&A targets in battery materials business
South Korea’s major companies are looking for merger and acquisition opportunities in the rechargeable battery materials sector, which is grow...
May 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biotechnology
Sejong Univ. unveils Korea's first cultured meat prototype
Sejong University in Seoul, South Korea has unveiled a cultured meat prototype for the first time in the country.Cultured meat is an alternative pro...
May 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Hanwha Total becomes S.Korea’s largest polypropylene maker
Hanwha Total Petrochemical Co., a 50:50 joint venture between Hanwha Group and the French oil giant Total SE, has become the company with the larges...
May 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Korea’s Busan port congestion worsening with boxes stacked, ships delayed
At the Hyundai Pusan New Port Terminal (HPNT), one of the largest terminals in South Korea’s southeastern port city of Busan, 12 quay cranes a...
May 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Korea bourse tries to halt unicorns following Coupang in US IPO
The Korea Exchange (KRX) will lower the bar for domestic startups' initial public offerings at home so that they will be dissuaded from joining the ...
Apr 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver aims to overtake Chrome in Korea with own browser Whale in 3 years
South Korea’s top web portal operator and search engine Naver Corp. aims to overtake Google Inc.’s Chrome as the top web browser in the ...
Apr 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Goldman-backed Korea Superfreeze to build $2.2 bn facilities
Korea Superfreeze Co., 24.95% owned by Goldman Sachs PIA, will spend 2.5 trillion won ($2.2 billion) in building six cold storage facilities in Sout...
Apr 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Industrial clean rooms
Wonbang Tech: S.Korea’s leading chip clean room company
The dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated with water vapor. When cooled further below the point, the airborne water vapor ...
Apr 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Evercore joins as advisor for S.Korea’s Hanon Systems stake sale
Evercore Inc., a New York-based boutique investment banking advisory firm, is joining hands with Morgan Stanley to co-manage the sale of a majority ...
Apr 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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Corporate restructuring
SK Group’s holding firm aims to become Korea’s Berkshire Hathaway
Jang Dong-hyun, chief executive of SK Inc., formerly known as SK Holdings Co. made a rare public remark during a March shareholder meeting, saying t...
Apr 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Hanwha challenges monopoly in S.Korea’s nitric acid sector
South Korea’s industrial nitric acid sector, currently led by Hu-Chems Co. with around a 90% market share, will see a change in the competitiv...
Apr 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Korea’s Netflix blockbuster Space Sweepers receives global viewership
Described as "South Korea's first space-set blockbuster," Netflix's film Space Sweepers is receiving considerable viewership globally, joining a gro...
Apr 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea Credit Data raises over $35 mn from Pavilion, GS, KB Bank
South Korea-based fintech firm Korea Credit Data (KCD) has raised around 40 billion won ($36 million) from Singapore-based private equity firm Pavil...
Apr 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Korea has vital role in a green post-COVID world
Rapid development and roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines globally are occupying the headlines of major media outlets. We are now well over a year into the ...
Apr 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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