SM Entertainment deals
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Corporate investment
SKC mulls investment in materials in Haiphong, Vietnam
South Korea's SKC has teamed up with Haiphong, a key industrial city in northeastern Vietnam, to reinforce the company's basis for global expansion ...
Jun 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
LG Uplus to use UAM to slash EMS transportation time
South Korea's internet service provider LG Uplus Corp. on Thursday said it signed an agreement with the municipal government of Jinju, South Gyeongs...
Jun 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy to expand EV battery care with 7 imported car dealers
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. has teamed up with seven imported car dealers in the country to expand the company's electric vehicle (EV) b...
Jun 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
BlackRock buys $860 mn stake in S.Korean gas supplier
Global asset manager BlackRock has bought a 30% stake in South Korea’s industrial gas supplier AirFirst Co. for 1.11 trillion won ($860 millio...
Jun 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Glonet: A case of Korea's logistics David vs Japan’s shipping Goliath
TOKYO – Glonet Co. is a novice logistics company hardly known in Japan’s time-honored shipping industry.The small South Korean shipping ...
Jun 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SKIET signs deal to supply secondary battery separators to N.America
SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), an SK Innovation-affiliated manufacturer of secondary battery separators, is set to move into the North American marke...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Riiid inks deal with ALC to expand its AI-based TOEIC platform in Japan
South Korean AI-powered edtech firm, Riiid, announced on Thursday it has partnered with ALC, a premier brand in the Japanese language education indu...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hyundai revs up US advance with $4.3 billion battery JV with LG
Hyundai Motor Co. has taken another step closer to receiving US tax credits for its electric cars sold in the country by signing a 5.7 trillion won ...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT Cloud to adopt liquid immersion cooling system for data centers
South Korea’s KT Cloud on Tuesday said it signed a deal with Immersion 4, a Swiss provider of liquid cooling solutions, to install next-gene...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI secures deal to export 18 FA-50 light fighters to Malaysia
South Korea’s sole military aircraft manufacturer Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., (KAI) has finalized a contract to supply Malaysia with eigh...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
S.Korea's UAM group to develop tourism transportation on southern coast
Urban air transportation (UAM) in South Korea will open a tourism road on the country's southern coast, which is dubbed "the nation's Mediterranean ...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
US antitrust body blocks $1.4 bn Korean Air-Asiana deal
Korean Air Lines Co. ’s acquisition of smaller domestic rival Asiana Airlines Inc. is poised to collapse after the US antitrust agency raised ...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Funds from West to emerging Asia power S.Korean stocks
Foreigners reported a record purchase of South Korean shares despite a global economic slowdown, as money moved from the US and Europe into emerging...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SKC to buy controlling stake in chip test maker ISC for about $300 mn
SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials company, is slated to buy a controlling stake in semiconductor chip test maker ISC Co., in a deal estima...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem secures exclusive deal for Israeli desalination project
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. revealed on Thursday that it has been awarded the exclusive contract as the sole supplier of reverse osmosis (RO) membran...
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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Batteries
Canada’s Trudeau to visit Seoul as LG-Stellantis battery JV suspended
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. and multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. have stopped construction at a $ 4 billion electric vehicle ...
May 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong Pharmaceutical’s cumulative tech exports exceed $870 mn
South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical said on Friday that it had concluded three technology export agreements for new drugs and new drug candi...
May 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Electronics' German affiliate gets partner for vehicle front development
ZKW Group of Germany, an automotive lighting and headlight affiliate of LG Electronics Inc., on Thursday said it signed a memorandum of understandin...
May 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
CJ ENM’s OTT platform TVing: White elephant or new cash cow?
CJ ENM Co. is the undisputed No. 1 movie producer and distributor in South Korea, having sponsored numerous awards-wining films such as “Paras...
May 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Align Partners' shareholder activism? Think twice
The three-month saga over the control of the K-pop pioneer SM Entertainment Co. early this year was a painful lesson about activist funds: Don&rsquo...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Hyundai, IGIS sign deal to develop robot-friendly buildings
Hyundai Motor Group said on Tuesday that it has signed a business agreement with IGIS Asset Management Co., the largest real estate investment firm ...
May 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kyobo Life in final talks to buy Kakao Pay Insurance
South Korea’s third-largest life insurer Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is in the final stages of talks to buy Kakao Pay Insurance Corp., an online ...
May 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LS Cable consortium wins $1.5 billion cable deal from the Netherlands
A three-party consortium including South Korea’s LS Cable & System Ltd. has won a 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) deal to build high-voltage...
May 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver Webtoon targets entertainment business in Japan
Naver Webtoon Ltd., the world’s top digital comics provider, is targeting the entertainment sector in Japan as it aims to expand its intellect...
May 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LG Chem in talks with Glenwood to sell off diagnostics unit
LG Chem Ltd. is slated for exclusive talks with Seoul-based Glenwood Private Equity to sell off its in vitro diagnostics business, according to biop...
May 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Korean activist fund mired in controversy over SM stock deals
A South Korean private equity firm leading shareholder activism against SM Entertainment Co. is mired in controversy as it has surfaced that it sold...
May 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SKIET to supply battery separators to major client in China
South Korea’s battery separator maker SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET) will supply separators to a major electric vehicle (EV) battery maker in Ch...
May 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience to invest $1.8 billion, seeks M&As for inorganic growth
SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, plans to spend 2.4 trillion won ($1.8 billion) over the next five years and...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
PwC’s S.Korean member to focus on SE Asia acquisition deals
Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers, the South Korean member firm of global accounting industry leader PwC, aims to focus on overseas acquisition deals of ...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)