Ocean West Capital
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Capital raising
Hyundai Capital issues green bonds under eco-friendly biz guidelines
South Korea's Hyundai Capital on Tuesday said it issued green bonds worth 600 billion won ($462.3 million) following K-Taxonomy, a series of governm...
Mar 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
S.Korea's STX to spin off shipping division
South Korea's general trading company STX Corporation has announced plans to divide its shipping division into a new company specializing in shippin...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rights offerings
Hyundai Asan to sell $30.7 million worth of shares for capital restructuring
Hyundai Asan Co. under South Korean conglomerate Hyundai Group will raise 40 billion won ($30.7 million) in its seventh share sale since it was forc...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE wins 2nd battle against Kakao over SM Entertainment
A South Korean court on Friday ruled in favor of SM Entertainment Co. Founder and former Chief Producer Lee Soo-man to block the company from sellin...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Electronics expedites global B2B push with signage displays
LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s electronics giant, is betting big on digital signage displays as part of its global B2B push to offset weak...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Hyundai Capital wins IAAI Award for pioneering AI application
Hyundai Capital, the financial services arm of the Hyundai Motor Group, was honored with the Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Awar...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Seoul to run $3.9 billion fund for startups over 4 years
The local government of South Korea’s capital city Seoul this year will launch its own vision fund, dubbed the Seoul Vision 2030 Fund, to inve...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
S.Korean institutional investors inject more capital in MMFs
South Korean institutional investors, such as pension funds, mutual aids and corporates, are rushing to money market funds (MMFs) for short-term pro...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea's venture capital investment falls 12% last year amid downturn
South Korea's venture capital investment last year fell more than 10% from a year ago due to the economic downturn caused by a series of global rate...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Duty Free wins bid to operate Melborune Airport duty-free shop
Lotte Duty Free, an affiliate of the Lotte Group, won a bid for an Australian airport duty-free shop business, accelerating its move to bolster over...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korean stock issuance volume declines 24% in 2022
The volume of stock issuance in South Korea declined sharply last year due to the softening stock market. Amid rising interest rates, the amount of ...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Activist fund nominates director candidates for KT&G
A Singapore-based activist fund has stepped up pressure on the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker KT&G Corp. to reform governance and boo...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis set for February IPO
South Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis Corp. aims to raise up to $166 million through a listing next month, becoming the country’s first...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Capital-impaired SMEs are allowed to participate in government-led R&Ds
Capital-impaired companies can now receive government R&D support as long as they prove their research capabilities.The Ministry of SMEs and Sta...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Major startup event Slush to hold spin-off meeting in Korea
Slush, one of the world’s largest startup events, is set to hold a spin-off meeting in South Korea this year.Slush is a startup and tech event...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Pan Ocean to transport energy products for Portugal's Galp
Pan Ocean Co., the top bulk shipping company in South Korea, has received its first large-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to provide shipp...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
HD Hyundai to boost offshore wind power, future ships, CEO says
LAS VEGAS – HD Hyundai Co., the largest shipbuilding conglomerate in South Korea, is set to diversify its future growth engines, focusing on s...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Disclosure obligations of venture capital accelerators to be strengthened
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said on Monday that an amendment to the Venture Capital Investment Promotion Act, which will strengthen the disclo...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Hilton Seoul to close business for redevelopment project
Millennium Hilton Seoul, founded in 1983, will close down for business on Dec. 31 due to redevelopment plans for the property.The five-star hotel ...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Buying a home in Seoul becomes tougher in 2021
Saving income to buy a house in South Korea has become more difficult and taking longer, according to a report by the Ministry of Land, Infrastruc...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK E&S builds world's largest production base for blue hydrogen
South Korea's SK E&S has accelerated a blue hydrogen project in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, in what will be the world's largest comple...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Air Busan to resume Busan-Vientiane flights after 3-year hiatus
Air Busan Co. recently expanded the number of flights on its Japan routes and continues to resume flights on its Southeast Asian routes. It will now...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver Webtoon, digital comics case for global MBA study
Naver Webtoon Ltd., the world’s top digital comics provider, is set to be a textbook case study for global students as a prominent business sc...
Dec 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Bionote slashs IPO price to 9,000 won, 50% lower than previous valuation
Everybody is aware that investment fever on biotech firms has already cooled due to rising interest rates and concerns over the fizzling economy, an...
Dec 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC buys stake in US credit asset manager Golub Capital
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has made its first direct investment in an asset management firm, the South Korean sovereign wealth fund said on ...
Dec 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea October current account surplus tumbles as exports slide
South Korea’s current account surplus plunged as exports fell for a second straight month, adding to concerns over a slowdown in Asia’s ...
Dec 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Baring PEA breaks $1 bn PI Advanced Materials buyout deal
Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia has broken a deal to buy a majority stake in the world’s largest polyimide film manufacturer PI Adv...
Dec 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
Pan Ocean buys 5% of Hanjin KAL from Hoban Construction
Pan Ocean Co., the shipping affiliate of Harim Group, on Tuesday said it bought a 5% stake or 3.3 million shares in Hanjin KAL Corp. in a block deal...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Daol Financial Group to let go of VC affiliate, hit by liquidity crunch
The Daol Financial Group is widely expected to let go of its venture capital arm in the midst of a worsening liquidity crunch. The VC firm Daol...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
BNK Capital launches operations at Kyrgyzstan subsidiary
Korea's loan and financing company BNK Capital on Thursday said its subsidiary in Kyrgyzstan, MCC BNK Finance LLC, has launched operations as its si...
Dec 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)