Shinhan Securities Vietnam
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Securities acquires stake in Vietnam’s top trading platform FireAnt
Shinhan Securities Co., a leading South Korean brokerage house, has acquired a strategic equity stake in FireAnt, Vietnam’s largest retail tra...
21 HOURS AGO
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Energy
Vietnam, gateway for SK Group’s global renewable energy push
TIEN GIANG, VIETNAM – Off the coast of Vietnam’s Tien Giang Province, 36 wind turbines spin steadily with a constant whoosh and swish, g...
May 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Hyundai Rotem lands $301 mn Taiwan driverless train deal
Hyundai Rotem Co. has won a 420 billion won ($301 million) order to build autonomous electric trains for Taiwan’s Taichung Metro, adding to a ...
May 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Korea Securities Finance eyes its 1st foreign bond sale in 2026
Korea Securities Finance Corp. (KSFC) is preparing to issue its first foreign currency-denominated bonds in 2026 to provide low-cost funding to dome...
May 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Korea Investment & Securities deepens global ties with 2nd IR in New York
Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), the brokerage unit of Korea Investment Holdings Co., said on Wednesday it hosted its flagship investor ...
May 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
South Korea asks US for tailored approach to chip tariffs
South Korea has officially requested that the US take a distinct approach in its ongoing probe into foreign semiconductor technology and related dow...
May 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Korea Investment & Securities to sell Goldman Sachs funds
Korea Investment & Securities Co. said on Tuesday it is set to sell funds operated by Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP in South Korea, offering...
May 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Shinhan Financial’s overseas business blooms, on track for record earnings
Shinhan Financial Group Co., South Korea’s leading financial holding company, is poised to surpass 1 trillion won ($692 million) in annual net...
Apr 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE secures $1.8 bn in container ship orders
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) secured orders for 22 container ships worth a total of 2.54 trillion won ($1.8 billion) ...
Apr 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Seoul mulls joint review of Alaska LNG project with Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam
South Korea has proposed forming a consortium with Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam to jointly assess the feasibility of investing in the $45 billion Alask...
Apr 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S.Korea’s top 4 financial holding firms cheer upbeat Q1 results
South Korea’s top four financial holding companies – Shinhan, KB, Hana and Woori – reported stellar earnings for the first quarter...
Apr 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan to lead financing for battery storage project in Japan
Shinhan Financial Group will lead 4.9 billion yen ($35 million) in financing for a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) construction pro...
Apr 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kumho Tire eyes Poland, Serbia, Portugal for 1st European plant
Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, is evaluating Poland, Serbia and Portugal as a potential site for its first plant in Europe as...
Apr 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
US PE firm Miri Capital ups stake in Korea’s STIC Investments
US private equity firm Miri Capital Management LLC said on Tuesday it has raised its stake in STIC Investments Inc. to step up its shareholder activ...
Apr 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Orion behind original Choco Pie to invest $580 million in new plants
Orion Corp., a South Korean confectionery and snack manufacturer, will inject 830 billion won ($580 million) over three years to expand snack manufa...
Apr 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung, LG review strategies as Trump slaps Vietnam with steeper tariffs
South Korea’s two leading electronics makers – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. – are being forced to reassess thei...
Apr 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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League table
UBS tops Korea’s buyout deal advisory in Q1 thanks to Lotte
UBS Group AG, the frontrunner in South Korea's M&A market last year, retained the top position in the country's buyout advisory market in the fi...
Apr 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Shinhan REITs picked as sole bidder for BNK Digital Tower
Shinhan REITs Management is expected to acquire BNK Digital Tower, an office building in the affluent neighborhood of Gangnam in southern Seoul, aft...
Mar 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Games
Krafton invests in 10 overseas game startups in 2024
Krafton Inc. invested in 10 overseas game developers in 2024 in search of the next big franchise intellectual property (IP) following its mega-hit t...
Mar 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Bank partners with Hyundai Mobis for loan services to suppliers
Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s top auto parts maker, has partnered with the country’s biggest lender Shinhan Bank to help its partners...
Mar 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
BNK's planned acquisition of Hyundai Motor Securities building falters
BNK Asset Management Co.'s bid to acquire the Hyundai Motor Securities building in central Seoul has hit a stumbling block as the main tenant, Hyund...
Mar 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Stocks
China stock funds outperform US funds in South Korea
Chinese stocks are attracting South Korean investors looking beyond Wall Street amid the downturn in US Big Tech stocks.South Korea’s equity f...
Mar 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Kumho Petrochemical's Seoul headquarters put on market
IGIS Asset Management Co., has put Kumho Petrochemical Group’s headquarters building, Signature Tower in central Seoul, up for sale – a ...
Mar 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korea Investment & Securities explores new products with global firms
Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), a unit of Korea Investment Holdings Inc., is exploring new global investment products tailored for Sout...
Mar 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korea’s beauty wholesaler to invest $10 mn in fashion platform Balaan
South Korea’s cosmetics wholesaler Silicon2 Co. is set to invest $10 million in financially troubled luxury fashion e-commerce platform operat...
Mar 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom to secure stake in IonQ, forges quantum partnership
South Korea’s largest telecom company SK Telecom Co. will acquire about a 3% stake in IonQ Inc., the world’s first publicly traded quant...
Feb 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Sono Hospitality becomes new owner of Korean budget carrier T’way Air
South Korea’s top resort operator Sono Hospitality Group has emerged as the new owner of budget carrier T’way Air Co. by acquiring ...
Feb 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Innovation E&S to secure 10 mn tons of LNG to compete with BP, Shell
SK Innovation E&S (SKI E&S), the natural gas business unit of South Korea’s SK Innovation Co., is set to begin an LNG trading business...
Feb 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korea Investment & Securities aims to be Asia's top securities firm
Korea Investment & Securities Co. will step up its asset management business by launching innovative global investment products, aiming to surpa...
Feb 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Beauty giant CJ Olive Young to buy Seoul office building for $472 mn
CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, has been given priority rights to buy an office building in Seoul for about 680 bi...
Feb 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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