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Alternative investments
Keppel looking to exit two Seoul office towers for over $200 mn
Singapore-based Keppel Investment Management is preparing to sell two office buildings in Seoul, less than two years after it acquired them for arou...
Jan 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Trade insurance
Seoul to offer $3 bn credit insurance on Saudi's megaprojects
Korea Trade Insurance Corp. (K-Sure) has agreed to provide $3 billion in trade credit insurance to Saudi Arabia to help South Korean companies win o...
Jan 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real Estate
Hana Financial acquires $740 mn Seattle office tower
Hana Financial Investment has acquired a 95% stake in a 38-story downtown Seattle office tower for $740 million from Skanska AB, a Swiss-based m...
Dec 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Seoul stock markets brimming with startup IPOs in Jan
Singapore-based biosimilar maker Prestige BioPharma and nine startups are set to make initial public offerings in Seoul to raise at least 640 billio...
Dec 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Autonomous driving startup 42dot plans Level 4 self-driving in Seoul
42dot, a South Korea-based autonomous driving startup, plans to launch a Level 4 self-driving service in some areas of Seoul next year.The company s...
Dec 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lotte World Tower
Sunset paints crimson sky over Seoul
Bravehearted visitors enjoy a scenic sunset view from Lotte World Tower's Sky Bridge, an 11-meter bridge connecting the two steel peaks of t...
Dec 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Seoul shares tipped to benefit from global indices' China exclusions
Global index providers' recent decisions to remove Chinese companies from their benchmarks are expected to draw additional global and institutional ...
Dec 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Seoul court clears way for Korean Air’s $1.6 bn Asiana deal
Korean Air Lines Co. will push ahead with its planned $1.6 billion acquisition of debt-laden Asiana Airlines Inc., the company said, after a Seoul d...
Dec 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Saudi crown prince to be top shareholder of Seoul-listed gaming firm
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman has agreed to buy 240 billion won ($217 million) worth of shares in the South Korea-listed game...
Nov 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Seoul shares break through 2,600 to hit record close
Economically sensitive stocks such as chips, steel and shipbuilding pushed the South Korean stock market to its strongest close on Nov. 23, with gro...
Nov 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korean teachers' fund names ex-education minister as CEO
South Korea’s Ministry of Education has chosen Kim Sang-gon, formerly deputy prime minister and education minister, as the new chief executive f...
Nov 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Bluespace.ai to develop autonomous mass transit system in Seoul
Bluespace.ai, a San Jose-based autonomous driving startup, is looking to develop a software system for autonomous mass transit fleets in Seoul and its...
Nov 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s ex-design chief Donckerwolke named chief creative officer
Hyundai Motor Co. has appointed former design chief Luc Donckerwolke as the automaking group’s chief creative officer, a new post created as par...
Nov 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Seowon: the true value of education preserved
Korea is famous for its passion for education. This can be exemplified in, and traced back to, seowon, the most common educational institution during ...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Korea Investment acquires California-based office building worth $86 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. has acquired a luxury office building in Orange County, California valued at around 100 billion won ($86 million...
Oct 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real Estate
Hana Financial named preferred buyer of $700 mn Seattle office tower: report
A consortium of South Korea's Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. and other units of Hana Financial Group has signed a preliminary agreement to buy ...
Sep 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Seoul apartments’ average selling price tops 1 billion won for first time
The average selling price of apartment units in Seoul has surpassed the psychologically important 1 billion won ($845,000) mark for the first time, al...
Aug 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Silence over NPS chief investment officer's tenure raises eyebrows within the financial community
Silence over the tenure of incumbent chief investment officer (CIO) at the National Pension Service is stirring up talk within the global asset manage...
Jul 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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REIT
Korean REIT backed by Amazon’s Japan warehouse seeks Seoul IPO
A South Korean brokerage firm with a 50.1% stake in Amazon’s largest distribution center in Japan is seeking to list a real estate investment tr...
Jul 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Startup
Bain Capital to invest $123 mn in South Korean online education startup
ST Unitas, known for English test and civil service exam preparation classes in South Korea, will receive around 150 billion won ($123 million) in inv...
May 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
POBA eyes distressed assets; reduces office buildings exposure
The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will aggressively chase distressed assets to take advantage of the recent market downturn, while scali...
Apr 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
KIC's moving out of Seoul gains momentum after April election
The South Korean government is expected to push ahead with the plan to move Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and other public agencies to provincial...
Apr 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Teachers’ Pension names ex-education ministry official as CEO
The Teachers’ Pension has named former senior education ministry official Myung-hyun Ju as its chief executive officer for a three-year term sta...
Apr 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
Two Europe-focused REITs seek $600 mn IPOs in Seoul
Two real estate investment trusts (REITs) backed by office buildings in Belgium and France are planning to raise a combined $600 million through initi...
Mar 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
KKR consortium buys Seoul office tower from NPS
A consortium of KKR & Co. and two South Korean companies have closed the acquisition of a Seoul office tower from the National Pension Service (NP...
Feb 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth
KIC to boost startup investment with new San Francisco office
Korea Investment Corporation will open a San Francisco office within the year to improve its deal sourcing capability for technology startups and othe...
Feb 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
NH, Shinhan fund Helsinki office complex purchase with $210 mn equity
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Shinhan Investment Corp. have underwritten about 250 billion won ($210 million) in equity to fund the 480 ...
Feb 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Eugene Investment acquires Poland office building for $61 mn
Eugene Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has entered the European real estate market with the purchase of an office building in Warsaw, Poland for ...
Jan 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Hana Fin buys Germany’s office complex from Blackstone for $1.1 bn
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. closed on the 1.3 trillion won ($1.1 billion) purchase of Germany’s largest office complex in Frankfurt from ...
Dec 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Korean firms in all-out effort to sell down Paris office buildings
South Korean brokerage firms are stepping up efforts to sell down their remaining equity investments of around 600 billion won ($518 million) in the P...
Nov 06, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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