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Electronics
LG Electronics scores big in first-half US OLED TV market share
LG Electronics Inc., one of the world’s largest TV makers, saw its market share grow rapidly in North America with its market share rising abo...
Aug 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SEWORKS CEO: Black hat hacker-turned-security consultant
SILICON VALLEY -- In a digital world where data theft is growing rapidly, hackers who turn their lives around to help in the fight against cybercrim...
Aug 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Upbit dominates S.Korea’s crypto exchange with 80% market share
South Korea’s cryptocurrency exchange market is being dominated by the biggest platform Upbit that holds about 80% of all transactions made in...
Aug 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Parts maker Mando raises profile as investor in future mobility startups
Halla Group’s auto components unit Mando Corp. is rapidly expanding its profile as a startup investor in the future mobility sector.Mando was ...
Aug 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Now is the time for PEFs to show their art of exit
Leading private equity firms, including Bain Capital, KKR & Co. and MBK Partners, appeared to have turned to an exit mode in South Korea this ye...
Aug 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
SK gas stations to become CJ Logistics micro-fulfillment centers
South Korea’s leading logistics company CJ Logistics Corp. teamed up with SK Energy to aim the domestic quick commerce market, utilizing gas s...
Aug 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Social casino game maker DoubleDown Interactive resumes US IPO process
DoubleDown Interactive LLC, a subsidiary of DoubleUGames Co., has resumed the process to go public on Nasdaq after more than a year has passed from ...
Aug 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Amazon teams up with SK’s 11Street to offer Global Store for Koreans
SK Telecom Co.’s e-commerce platform 11Street Co. has teamed up with Amazon, the world’s largest online shopping mall, to offer the US c...
Aug 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Bain Capital sells management rights of Hugel to GS-led group for $1.5 bn
A consortium led by South Korea’s energy-to-construction conglomerate GS Group has acquired the country’s top botox maker Hugel Inc. fro...
Aug 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Digital healthcare
Naver to enter healthcare business in Korea with investment in ezCaretech
South Korea’s online platform giant Naver Corp. is set to enter the big data-based healthcare industry by investing in ezCaretech Co., a domes...
Aug 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec, SK Hynix shares jump alongside US peers
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix sharply rose on Aug. 24 after suffering a continuous sell-off. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index gained for ...
Aug 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
3i's AI technology creates digital twins using smartphone photos
Innovating industrial plants is often a difficult decision-making process for companies because changing a single piece of equipment requires a thor...
Aug 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung to invest $200 bn over next 3 yrs, including M&As
Samsung Group will invest a combined 240 trillion won ($206 billion) over the next three years in its core businesses such as semiconductor, display...
Aug 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Rolex emerges as latest target of S.Korea’s luxury brand fever
Rolex watches are now the latest object of South Korea’s unwavering love for luxury goods. The high demand and limited supply of Rolex watches...
Aug 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK Group’s holding firm to absorb SK Materials in corporate restructuring
SK Inc., the investment and holding company of SK Group, will absorb SK Materials Co., the group’s industrial gas manufacturing affiliate, in ...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Carmaker stocks hit speed bump of chip shortage, Delta variant
Shares in global carmakers such as Hyundai Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. are tumbling. The automotive chip shortage is expected to deteriorate fu...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
OsteoSys pioneers bone densitometer market for lab animals
South Korea-based OsteoSys Corp. aims to become the world's leading player in the bone densitometry market backed by its portfolio of high-tech bone...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK E&S gears up for more US renewable energy investment'
SK E&S Co, South Korea’s top city gas supplier, is preparing for additional investment in the US renewable energy sector. The move is to e...
Aug 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
BlackRock Real Assets makes first Korean solar investment
BlackRock Real Assets, a unit of the world’s largest asset manager BlackRock Inc., has acquired an unspecified stake in Brite Energy Partners ...
Aug 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea's top online flea market startup value up to $2.6 bn
South Korea’s No. 1 online flea market operator Danggeun Market Inc. has increased its valuation to $2.6 billion as it raised $153 million fro...
Aug 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy signs long-term battery materials deal with Australian Mines
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Monday it has signed a long-term contract to receive key battery materials from Australian Mines...
Aug 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Battery recycling: Carmakers, battery companies in new turf war
With electric vehicles increasingly going mainstream, the world’s major carmakers and battery companies face another type of turf war: battery...
Aug 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Shinsegae's e-commerce arm SSG.COM seeks 2022 IPO
SSG.COM, the e-commerce brand of South Korea's retail titan Shinsegae Inc., has begun the process to go public next year, with its valuation estimat...
Aug 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
SK E&S' $2 bn preferred share deal shortlisted to four candidates
SK E&S Co., the largest city gas supplier in South Korea, has shortlisted four candidates among seven preliminary bidders to invest in 2 trillio...
Aug 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Samsung Electro-Mechanics aims to take lead in MLCC market
South Korea-based electronic components maker Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. is looking to take lead in the multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) mar...
Aug 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won at 11-month low as foreigners dump $6.1 bn in stocks this week
The South Korean won tumbled to a near 11-month low as foreign investors dumped $6.1 billion in local stocks this week much more than their total se...
Aug 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
MSCI adds SK Bioscience, SKIET, EcoPro BM to Korea Index
Global index provider Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) added SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), SK Bioscience Co. and EcoPro BM Co. to its K...
Aug 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Doosan Infracore expands Middle East market share with more orders
Doosan Infracore Co., a leading South Korean heavy machinery and construction equipment maker, secured more orders in the Middle East where rising c...
Aug 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korean investors rush to buy Vietnam stocks
South Korean investors are rushing to buy Vietnamese stocks as the market is showing signs of a recovery. Analysts predicted export-oriented shares ...
Aug 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korean chipmakers tumble, wipe out $13 billion in market capitalization
Shares of South Korea’s two largest chipmakers – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. – are slumping on a bearish industry ou...
Aug 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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- 2 Korea’s airlines plagued by elevated fuel costs, strong dollar
- 3 LG Uplus offers Korean Air gift cards to 5G subscribers
- 4 SK Bioscience sells stake in US vaccine developer Novavax
- 5 Naver Cloud takes the lead in Korea’s public AI business