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Retail
Shinsegae to double down on hypermarkets as Homeplus falters
Shinsegae Group Chairman Chung Yong-jin has unveiled aggressive growth plans that include opening more E-Mart Inc. hypermarket outlets, defying the ...
Mar 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
European student housing is top of the class: Savills IM
The appeal of European purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) to real estate investors is growing rapidly. In the recent 2025 INREV Investor Int...
Mar 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea to create new visa for high-quality foreign talent
South Korea said on Wednesday it plans to create a new visa to attract high-level foreign talent for advanced industries such as artificial intellig...
Mar 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea’s Nextrade stock exchange debuts; YG Entertainment tops 1st day
South Korea’s first alternative stock exchange Nextrade (NXT) started trading on Tuesday, challenging the Korea Exchange’s (KRX) long-st...
Mar 04, 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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Upcoming IPOs
Lotte aims to take Lotte Global Logistics public by end-June
Lotte Group, grappling with a prolonged downturn in the petrochemical industry, plans to take Lotte Global Logistics Co. public by the end of June a...
Mar 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s top property asset manager IGIS Asset’s controlling stake up for sale
South Korea’s top real estate asset management firm IGIS Asset Management Co. plans to sell a controlling stake owned by the heirs of the comp...
Feb 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Stocks
Meritz leaps to No. 2 financial holding firm in South Korea
Meritz Financial Group Inc., once a medium-sized financial service firm in South Korea, has become the second-most valuable publicly traded financia...
Feb 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korean court rules in favor of Samsung Bioepis over Regeneron’s Eylea
A South Korean court on Friday ruled in favor of Samsung Bioepis Co. in a patent dispute against Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., a US pharmaceutical...
Feb 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
S.Korea’s top financial regulator pushes tax support for value-up program
South Korea is ramping up efforts to encourage companies to enhance shareholder value by providing tax support for its corporate value-up program, a...
Feb 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM seeks to acquire parts of SK Shipping for $1.4 bn from Hahn & Co.
HMM Co., South Korea’s largest ocean carrier, is seeking to buy SK Shipping Co., excluding its liquefied natural gas (LNG) transportation busi...
Feb 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
AI data center with up to 3 gigawatts of power envisioned for South Korea
An investor group is planning one of the world’s largest data centers for artificial intelligence in South Korea, a sign of red-hot AI de...
Feb 20, 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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Earnings
Meritz cheers record profit in 2024, boasts top 3 market cap
Meritz Financial Group Inc. has reported its best-ever net profit for last year thanks to handsome gains from investments by its insurance and secur...
Feb 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Innotek ventures into automotive AP module market
LG Innotek Co., a major South Korean electronics parts developer, has forayed into the automotive application processor (AP) module market, poised f...
Feb 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea’s Hanwha eyes L-SAM exports with UAE’s EDGE
Hanwha Group’s Vice Chairman and heir apparent Kim Dong-kwan is on the front line to export South Korea's latest homegrown air defense system ...
Feb 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Korean tractor maker Daedong ends two-decade partnership with Deere
Daedong Corp., South Korea’s leading tractor and farm machinery maker, has ended its two-decade-long partnership with Deere & Co., the wor...
Feb 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Bain Capital acquires control of Mohegan's Korean resort
Private equity firm Bain Capital has acquired control of Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort on Yeongjong Island, the largest integrated resort in ...
Feb 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte Chemical nears offloading Pakistani unit as part of restructuring
Lotte Group, South Korea’s sixth-largest conglomerate, is speeding up its business streamlining efforts amid mounting debts as it has moved on...
Feb 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
South Korean IPO market headed into winter after pitiful LG CNS debut
Companies in South Korea are expected to refrain from seeking initial public offerings for a while after the country’s much-anticipated new bl...
Feb 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Korean investors abandon savings, stocks for cryptocurrencies
Money is rapidly shifting to cryptocurrency markets in South Korea as lower interest rates and lackluster stock prices reduce the investment appeal ...
Feb 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai in talks to buy back Korean ship parts maker
HD Hyundai Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, is in talks with a private equity firm to buy back a South Korean ship parts manufactu...
Feb 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LG Chem embarks on sale of dermal filler business worth $343 million
LG Chem Ltd., the world’s fourth-largest chemicals producer that is fostering vaccine and new drug development as new growth drivers, has kick...
Feb 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Shinhan Bank reclaims top spot as S.Korea’s leading lender
Shinhan Bank, a key arm of Shinhan Financial Group, reclaimed its position as South Korea’s top lender posting its largest-ever profit in 2024...
Feb 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korean beauty giants Amorepacific, LG H&H come back from China woes
South Korea’s two largest cosmetics makers, Amorepacific Corp. and LG H&H Co., are recovering from years of lackluster overseas business p...
Feb 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kia hits record 2024 sales; profit margins highest among global automakers
South Korea’s second-largest automaker Kia Corp. on Friday posted its highest-ever annual sales, operating profit and profit margins in 2024, ...
Jan 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea’s Cactus PE to buy stake in Kosdaq-listed EV parts firm
South Korea’s Cactus Private Equity is set to acquire a stake in YM Tech Co., a Kosdaq-listed electric vehicle (EV) parts maker, for nearly 20...
Jan 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung Biologics posts record 2024 sales, operating profit as it goes global
South Korea's Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, on Wednesday posted its largest-ever annual sales and operating p...
Jan 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel sells over 1 mn tons of auto steel to non-captive customers
Hyundai Steel Co., South Korea’s second-largest steelmaker, sold more than 1 million tons of automotive steel sheets to overseas automakers ot...
Jan 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Blackstone zooms in on hotels, warehouses in Korea
The global real estate market is poised for a recovery, led by industrial warehouses, residential facilities and data centers benefiting from declin...
Jan 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)