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Real estate
Korea’s POBA to invest $109 mn in Koramco’s office REIT
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is set to commit 150 billion won ($108.5 million) in preferred stocks for offices in...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
NPS-backed new prime office building in Seoul struggles with poor demand
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is seeing little demand for a Seoul-based new prim...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
DN Solutions to build plant, R&D center in India
DN Solutions, the world's third-largest and South Korea's top machine tool manufacturer, said on Tuesday that it will establish a new plant and rese...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LG Uplus builds 1,000 kW solar power facility in Daejeon
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. established a solar power facility to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. LG Uplus announced on Sunday that it installe...
Jul 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor to set up software R&D center in Silicon Valley
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest carmaker, is set to establish a software research center in Silicon Valley as software is becom...
Jul 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korea to inject $200 mn into semiconductor packaging R&D
South Korea will inject 274.4 billion won ($200 million) into a state-run R&D project for semiconductor packaging technology, a key to producing...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
d’Alba maker Bmonument, Memebox, Easytem line up for Korean IPOs
South Korea’s promising beauty and healthcare device startups are looking to go public on the domestic bourse to scale up after gaining popula...
Jun 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Asia's largest startup fair NextRise 2024 held in Seoul
The Korea International Trade Association and Korea Development Bank announced on Thursday that the Asia's largest startup fair "NextRise 2024 Seoul...
Jun 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
MBK drops out of Air Premia’s Asiana cargo unit takeover bid
Asian private equity firm MBK Partners has dropped out of a plan to back 300 billion won ($217.9 million) for South Korean budget airline Air Premia...
Jun 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
NongHyup likely to join $654 mn bid for Seoul D Tower office building
South Korea’s NongHyup Financial Group Inc. (NH Financial) is likely to join the race for the purchase of Donuimun D Tower, a landmark office ...
Jun 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Nvidia co-leads Series A round for AI startup Twelve Labs
Global chip giant Nvidia Corp. has co-led a $50 million Series A funding round for Twelve Labs, a South Korean artificial intelligence company speci...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
WeWork closes major office in Seoul for restructuring
Coworking space operator WeWork Inc. is slated to shut down a major office in Seoul, once one of the largest WeWork offices in Asia, in September ...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
ADOR CEO behind NewJeans stays with HYBE after court win
A legal battle between South Korea’s entertainment powerhouse HYBE Co. and the chief of its sublabel ADOR will likely drag on as the internati...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea, UAE sign economic partnership, reaffirm $30 bn investment
South Korea and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) to facilitate bilateral trade aft...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
InterContinental Seoul COEX to close in July
Parnas Hotel announced on Monday that the InterContinental Seoul COEX, which opened in 1999, will close its operations on July 1 and is scheduled to...
May 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hanwha Aerospace, Hanwha Ocean to develop hydrogen fuel cells
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. announced on Friday that it will join Hanwha Ocean Co. in a joint R&D initiative to target the eco-friendly...
May 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Hanwha Foodtech opens R&D center in Seongnam
Hanwha Foodtech, a subsidiary of Hanwha Hotels & Resorts specializing in food and beverages, announced on Wednesday that it opened a research an...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS corp governance committee taps SNU professor as member
A corporate governance committee of South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, has named a Seoul Na...
May 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
South Korean startups' Tokyo fever sizzles
Despite the recent Line-Yahoo cacophony, South Korean entrepreneurs are continuing their advance into Japan to find the next big market.On Thursday,...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korea Zinc to invest $146 mn in green business R&D hub
Korea Zinc Inc., South Korea’s and the world’s No. 1 lead and zinc smelter, will build its second research and development center, which...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea's Taeyoung to sell local hotel to speed up debt workout
South Korea’s Taeyoung Group, which is undergoing a debt workout of its construction unit, is considering selling a four-star hotel and releva...
May 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KEPCO teams up with Kyrgyzstan for new energy technology
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the state-run utility company, has joined hands with Kyrgyzstan for new energy businesses including high-voltage...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Land Retail to enter convenience store market
South Korea's E-Land Retail, the operator of Kim's Club, NC Department Store, and New Core Outlet operator, plans to enter the convenience store mar...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
South Korea to accept Indonesia’s KF-21 project cost cut proposal
South Korea plans to accept Indonesia’s request to cut its share of payments for a joint fighter jet development project to one-third of the o...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
UAE to invest up to $1 bn in S.Korean ventures
The United Arab Emirates is set to invest a maximum of $1 billion in South Korean startups via a joint venture, as a part of its mid- to long-term p...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Aman, Rosewood, Banyan, IHG rush to open luxury hotels in Seoul
Renowned global hospitality companies, including Aman, Rosewood and IHG Group, are rushing to South Korea to launch new five-star luxury hotels in...
May 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Biden exempts graphite from EV mineral sourcing rule in win for Korea
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The US government has given automakers additional flexibility on battery mineral requirements, allowing electric vehicles w...
May 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Lotte Tour's Jeju Island casino triples revenue
Jeju Dream Tower Casino, located on South Korea's top tourist island of Jeju and run by Lotte Tour Development Co., surpassed $6 million in cumula...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea taps ex-NASA exec John Lee as space agency R&D head
South Korea named John Lee, a former senior executive of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as the head of missions such a...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Korea's Lotte Insurance put on market for around $1.5 bn
Lotte Group’s non-life insurance affiliate Lotte Insurance Co., has been put up for sale at around 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion), according to...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)