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Korean stock market
Kospi in lethargic trade ahead of LG Energy debut
South Korea's benchmark stock index Kospi declined to its lowest closing level in one and a half months on Monday, moving in the opposite direction ...
Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Lotte Group beats Shinsegae to acquire Ministop Korea
Lotte Group beat its retail rival Shinsegae Group in a competition to buy South Korea’s fifth-largest convenience store chain Ministop Korea. ...
Jan 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
KT, Shinhan form $370 mn digital alliance
South Korea's leading telecom operator KT Corp. has entered into a strategic alliance with the country's No. 2 lender Shinhan Bank, involving a $370...
Jan 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Lotte Group aims for top spot in metaverse retail space
Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is known for his obsession with new tech gadgets.He’s one of those early adopters in South Korea of the Ocu...
Jan 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO to revive India steel mill construction plan
POSCO Co. plans to build a steel mill jointly with India's Adani Group in western India, the South Korean steelmaker said on Thursday, after its pre...
Jan 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK sells 10% stake to Dyal Capital for around $1 bn
North Asia-focused MBK Partners has agreed to sell a roughly 13% stake to Dyal Capital Partners for about $1 billion, according to a Bloomberg repor...
Jan 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Motional to begin robotaxi dispatch next year
US-based autonomous vehicle company Motional Inc. announced its plans for the commercialization of driverless cars based on the all-electric Hyundai...
Jan 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
E-Land sells Shanghai warehouse for $2.2 bn to lower debt ratio
Retail conglomerate E-Land Group completed selling its first overseas logistics center in Shanghai for about 1.4 billion Chinese yuan ($2.2 billion)...
Jan 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
WeMade under fire for massive clandestine WEMIX cryptocurrency sale
WeMade Co., a South Korean video game developer, has come under criticism for the massive unnoticed selling of its cryptocurrency WEMIX, allegedly i...
Jan 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Solutions shares rebound to near 40,000 won mark
Hanwha Solutions Corp. shares are rebounding after a two months-long slide. The bounce back comes on the back of expectations that its operating pro...
Jan 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
Tighter rules on business split-ups may benefit SK Inc.
As South Korean securities regulators are moving to tighten their grip on the growing trend of splitting up businesses and listing the spun-off arms...
Jan 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
LG Household’s China strategy put to test as shares crash
LG Household & Health Care Ltd.’s shares have been flying high since its market debut in 2001, and have more recently basked in the global...
Jan 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
GS launches corporate VC firm
GS announced the establishment of a corporate venture capital (CVC) firm Sunday, the first of its kind for a holding company in Korea. The announcem...
Jan 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
SK, Qualcomm discuss cooperation on memory chips
LAS VEGAS – Chief executives of South Korea's energy-to-telecom conglomerate SK Group on Thursday met with Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon and dis...
Jan 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Carlyle buys $510 mn stake in Hyundai Glovis
US private equity juggernaut The Carlyle Group Inc. has bought a 10% stake in Hyundai Glovis Co., worth approximately 611 billion won ($510 million)...
Jan 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Lotte, Shinsegae compete head-on for Ministop Korea
South Korea's two retail heavyweights Lotte and Shinsegae are in head-to-head competition for the country's fifth-largest convenience store chain Mi...
Jan 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Self-driving car stocks to lead auto sector shares in 2022
Self-driving car-related shares failed to draw attention last year as investors focused on electric vehicles and the autonomous vehicle value chain ...
Jan 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Heavy partners with Palantir for big data platform
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Group joined forces with US data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. to set up a big data platfor...
Jan 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
POSCO plans to cancel treasury shares in its holding firm
Top management of South Korea's POSCO Co. has decided to cancel treasury shares in its to-be-launched holding company, in an effort to win sharehold...
Jan 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fraud scandals
Korean dental implant maker hit by $160 mn embezzlement
Trading in shares of South Korea's top dental implant manufacturer Osstem Implant Co. was suspended on the Kosdaq market on Monday, after the compan...
Jan 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Time to buy Korean chipmakers; Samsung among 2022 top picks
The year of the tiger will see decent stock price gains in leading chipmakers such as Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. on expected hypersca...
Jan 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Year-end review
Pension funds sell net $21 bn worth of shares in 2021
South Korea’s pension funds sold a net 24.5 trillion won ($20.6 billion) worth of Kospi and Kosdaq stocks this year, the largest annual ne...
Dec 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Samsung Group in negotiations to buy Biogen
South Korea's Samsung Group is in negotiations to buy Biogen Inc., a leading US-based drugmaker for neurological conditions such as Alzheimer's and ...
Dec 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang's No. 2 shareholder unloads over $1 bn shares
Coupang Inc.'s second-largest shareholder Geenox Capital sold about 1.6 trillion won ($1.4 billion) worth of shares in the South Korean e-commerce p...
Dec 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Year-end review
Korea’s Ants dump single-day record $2.7 bn shares, turn eyes overseas
South Korea’s retail investors on Tuesday dumped 3.16 trillion won ($2.7 billion) worth of shares on the country’s two main stock market...
Dec 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
CJ Group promotes chairman’s son, signals 3rd-generation succession
South Korea's CJ Group promoted the group chairman's son Lee Sun-ho to a new executive-level position Monday, paving the way for a third-generatio...
Dec 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang’s share price rebounds as market digests lockup release
Shares of Coupang Inc., widely seen as the South Korean version of global e-commerce giant Amazon.com, are staging a rebound as the market is grad...
Dec 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korea's car output tumbles to lowest in 17 years
South Korea's car output in 2021 is estimated to have tumbled to its lowest level in 17 years as a global shortage of semiconductors slowed down pro...
Dec 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Foreigners sell net $22 bn main Kospi shares in 2021
Foreigners sold a net 25.9 trillion won ($21.8 billion) worth of South Korean stocks on the main Kospi from Jan. 1 to Dec. 23 of this year, marking ...
Dec 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai revs up shares in Korean EV parts makers
South Korea's electric vehicle components market is heating up as top automaker Hyundai Motor Group accelerates its transformation into an EV manu...
Dec 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)