Samsung bio venture capital
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Shareholder activism
US activist fund to face off with IMM PE over Hanssem
Teton Capital Partners, a US-based activist fund, has taken legal action to block IMM Private Equity from exercising its management rights over Hans...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung orders US chips, with a side of geopolitics
Every country wants a cutting-edge semiconductor plant. Samsung Electronics’ plan to build one in the U.S. is taking advantage of th...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung’s $17 billion new chip plant in Taylor aims to rein in TSMC
Samsung Electronics Co. has officially announced its plan to build a $17 billion chipmaking plant in Taylor, Texas, as the tech giant aims to overta...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
HealthQuest picks Korea’s Lunit for first investment in Asia
HealthQuest Capital, a major US healthcare-focused venture growth fund, made its first investment in Asia along with other venture capitalists by pu...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, Hynix notch best day this year; metaverse to drive chip demand
Shares of South Korea’s two largest chipmakers, Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., have staged a strong rebound on an industry prospec...
Nov 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung, Korea Post create $336 mn overseas alternative investment fund
South Korea's largest insurance company Samsung Life Insurance Co. and state-run postal savings and insurance agency Korea Post’s insurance ...
Nov 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung likely to announce US foundry investment plan this week
Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to announce an investment plan for its second US-based semiconductor foundry plant this week. As the South Kor...
Nov 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea stocks see $2 bn inflow, stoking hopes for a foreigner comeback
Foreign investors have absorbed $2 billion in South Korean stock markets so far in November, spurring hopes of a foreign comeback, although doubts r...
Nov 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pharmaceuticals
Samsung Biologics wins another Eli Lilly COVID treatment order
Samsung Biologics Co., a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has stepped up its partnerships with global big pharmas ...
Nov 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Legendary chip architect Jim Keller may team up with Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday hosted its third annual foundry forum, a gathering of its partners around the world, where legendary chip archit...
Nov 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio
K-bio's out-licensing this year reaches $9.3 bn
Overseas technology transfers from South Korean biotechs and pharmaceutical manufacturers this year have exceeded 11 trillion won ($9.3 billion), al...
Nov 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK sells Japan golf club to SoftBank's Fortress for $3.5 bn
MBK Partners has sold Japan's largest golf course operator Accordia Next Golf to SoftBank's Fortress Investment Group for 400 billion yen ($3.5 bill...
Nov 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Amazon poised for Fire tablet launch in Korea next year
Amazon, the world’s largest online shopping mall, is set to release its own Fire tablets in South Korea from as early as next year, penetratin...
Nov 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung heir Lee on US trip for foundry investment, COVID vaccines
Jay Y. Lee, vice chairman and de facto leader of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung, has embarked on a business trip to North America to f...
Nov 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Doosan near completing self-rescue plan with E&C sale
South Korea's Doosan Group is near finalizing a deal to sell Doosan Engineering & Construction Co. (Doosan E&C) to a consortium led by Seoul...
Nov 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung unveils 2.5D chip packaging tech for high-end products
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a new chip packaging technology, called H-Cube, which stacks high-performance chips in mu...
Nov 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS selects four Korean VCs to invest 150 bn won
The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea said on Nov. 9 it has selected the venture capital firms that will entrust the pension fund&rsqu...
Nov 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
CJ Cheiljedang to acquire Dutch bio firm Batavia for 195 million euros
CJ Cheiljedang Corp., a key subsidiary of South Korea’s food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group, said on Monday it is acquiring Batavia B...
Nov 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Daewoo Shipbuilding, Samsung Heavy win LNG carriers order from Qatar
South Korea’s major shipbuilders Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. and Samsung Heavy Industries Co. won orders for six liquefie...
Nov 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Ares Management
[ASK 2021] Blending US Core & Non-Core Investments to Capitalize on the High Conviction Industrial Sector
Blending Core & Non-Core Investments to Capitalize on the High Conviction Industrial Sector What is the current outlook and wh...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio
Sartorius to invest $300 mn in bio material, equipment plant in Korea
Sartorius AG, German laboratory equipment and raw material maker, is slated to invest $300 million in the next three years to build a plant in South...
Nov 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
AI human developer MINDs Lab aims for November IPO
South Korea’s top artificial intelligence (AI) developer MINDs Lab Inc. is aiming to list on the Kosdaq market within this month. While the ...
Nov 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interviews
Wooyoungmi emerges as 'new luxury' menswear brand
When South Korean menswear brand Wooyoungmi had the highest sales in the men’s fashion hall of Paris-based luxury department store Le Bon Marc...
Nov 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Specialty coffee brand Terarosa raises $60 mn from Unison Capital
The operator of Terarosa, known as the Blue Bottle Coffee of South Korea, has received around 70 billion won ($60 million) in funding from Unison Ca...
Nov 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
SK Chem says no immediate plan to sell SK Bioscience stake
SK Chemicals Co., the top shareholder of South Korea's SK Bioscience Co., is not considering reducing its stake in the vaccine maker in the immediat...
Nov 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy raises $1.1 bn in rights issue as planned
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. last week raised 1.3 trillion won ($1.1 billion) in a rights issue to existing shareholders as planned, a...
Nov 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix in $492 million Key Foundry deal, doubles foundry capacity
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Friday it is acquiring a 100% stake in South Korea-based Key Foundry for 5...
Oct 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
K-pop stars see huge capital gains from stock options
Executives and employees of top K-pop agencies such as SM Entertainment Co. and YG Entertainment Inc. are expected to earn huge capital gains from...
Oct 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Uncertainty clouds Samsung as paradigm shifts toward profitability
Samsung Electronics Co.’s third-quarter earnings report on Thursday was almost perfect but for one thing. The world’s top memory maker s...
Oct 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Samsung Biologics-made Moderna vaccine available to Koreans this week
Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine first produced by Samsung Biologics Co. under a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) service will be avai...
Oct 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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