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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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Mergers & Acquisitions
Glenwood to join GS' acquisition of S&I E&C
South Korea’s construction conglomerate GS Engineering & Construction Co. said on November 17 that it has selected Korean private equity...
Nov 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Mirae Asset Global Investments posts record-high Q1-Q3 net profit
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. announced on Nov. 15 that its operating profit and net profit for the first three quarters came in at 312.4 bil...
Nov 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Orchestra PE buys Korean pizza brand Banolim
Orchestra Private Equity set up Orchestra Private Equity IV (OPE IV) to invest $32 million in Korea’s pizza chain operator Banolim Food Co. an...
Nov 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative Investments
Korea's major LPs to focus on core assets in US and Europe
The chief investment officers of 10 South Korean major limited partners (LPs), including pension funds, mutual aid associations and life insurance c...
Nov 09, 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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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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Entertainment
K-pop fan engagement platform DearU prices IPO above range
DearU Co, a K-pop fandom platform in South Korea, priced its initial public offering above the price range on Thursday thanks to heated demand. The ...
Oct 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Group's No. 2 exec Kwon to head EV battery unit
Kwon Young-soo, the No. 2 leader of South Korea's LG Group, will be appointed as the chief executive officer of LG Energy Solution Ltd. next month, ...
Oct 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Hilton Seoul to be redeveloped as mixed-use complex
Millennium Hilton Seoul will likely join the ranks of five-star hotels in downtown Seoul that were sold for redevelopment into luxury residential or...
Oct 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver's metaverse platform seeks over $40 mn in funding
Naver Z Corp., the operator of South Korea's metaverse platform Zepeto, is in the early stages of talks with investors to raise more than 50 billion...
Oct 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Samsung shares' underperformance deepens on growth concerns, won
Shares of Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s largest stock on the main bourse, are significantly underperforming as analysts slash price t...
Oct 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Won hits 15-month low as global inflation woes spur equity outflow
The South Korean won weakened past the psychologically important 1,200 per dollar mark for the first time in 15 months as growing worries about glob...
Oct 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Tax burden pushes Samsung heirs to sell $1.8 bn worth of shares by April 2022
The heavy inheritance tax burden in South Korea is pushing the heirs of the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee to sell about 2.2 trillion won (...
Oct 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung Q3 operating profit at 3-year high on chips, Galaxy
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chip and smartphone maker, reported its highest operating profit in three years with record ...
Oct 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S.Korea's top golf course operator aims for 2022 IPO
South Korea's Golfzon County Co. has begun the process to apply for an initial public offering next year, which analysts said would value the countr...
Oct 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Morgan Stanley remains top advisor for S.Korea Q3 M&As
Morgan Stanley remained the top M&A advisor in South Korea in the third quarter of this year, according to data compiled by market tracker FnGui...
Oct 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Beauty chain CJ Olive Young to embark on 2022 IPO process
CJ Olive Young, South Korea's largest beauty store chain, is moving ahead with its plan to go public next year, which will likely raise new capital ...
Sep 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea stocks, won tumble as foreigners dump $1 bn in equity futures
South Korean stocks and the won currency lost ground with the main Kospi ending below the 3,100 mark for the first time in five weeks as foreign inv...
Sep 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean EV startup makes highest bid for Ssangyong Motor
South Korea's electric vehicle and battery startup EL B&T has offered the highest price of around 500 billion won ($430 million) for debt-laden ...
Sep 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Taihan Cable lands $36 mn US infrastructure deal ahead of LA Olympics
South Korea’s oldest electric wire maker Taihan Cable & Solution Co., formerly known as Taihan Electric Wire Co. until under IMM PE’...
Sep 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Apple Likely Has More App Store Deals to Make
As Apple Inc. works to negotiate its way out of its App Store troubles, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: the technology titan mig...
Sep 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver’s market cap to top 100 trillion won, analysts say
South Korea’s market analysts projected that Naver Corp.’s market cap will surpass 100 trillion won ($86 billion), driven by the rapid g...
Sep 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Non-ferrous metals
Korea Zinc emerges winner despite sharp decline in treatment fees
Just like many other manufacturers around the world, 2020 was a turbulent year for Korea Zinc Co., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter.T...
Sep 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Namyang Dairy-Hahn & Co. saga enters new chapter: Legal fight
Namyang Dairy Products Co.'s top shareholder and Chairman Hong Won-sik on Wednesday notified Hahn & Co. of the termination of the 310.7 billion ...
Sep 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea proposes record budget for 2022 to speed up recovery
South Korea’s government proposed a record high spending for 2022 to reinforce a recovery in Asia’s fourth-largest economy despite a wid...
Aug 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to cut outsourcing of foreign bond investments
South Korea’s National Pension Service, the world’s third-largest pension fund, was set to reduce outsourcing of foreign bond investment...
Aug 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
Govt pension fund eyes real estate in non-core areas
South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) is setting its sights on overseas office buildings not only in core regions but in its per...
Aug 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Record ‘Sell Korea’ knocks down stocks, won
Fears are growing over ‘Sell Korea’ as foreign investors dumped the country’s stocks at a record high, pushing down the won curren...
Aug 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Tumbling won adds to Bank of Korea rate hike views
The South Korean won skidded to an eleven month-low as foreign investors extended a selling spree in the local stock markets, adding to expectations...
Aug 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)