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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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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea’s defense order backlog reaches record $73.1 billion at end-2024
South Korea’s seven major defense companies saw their combined order backlog reach a record 105.6 trillion won ($73.1 billion) at the end of 2...
Feb 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korean e-commerce platforms’ growth cools; Naver Shopping sales down
South Korea’s major e-commerce platforms, including Naver Shopping, are showing signs of slowing growth amid the rise of Chinese platform gian...
Feb 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilders to benefit from rising LNG, oil tanker demand
South Korean shipbuilders are expected to benefit from a potential surge in demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and crude oil carriers as US Pres...
Feb 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s default risk dips below pre-martial law levels
South Korea’s financial market has stabilized with a sharp fall in the country’s default risk and some recovery of its currency value ag...
Feb 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Commodities
FOMO-driven gold rush lifts kimchi premium on gold to highest level
With South Korean retail investors joining the global gold rush in ‘fear of missing out’, or FOMO, the country’s gold price has ...
Feb 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
LG companies flock to debt, equity markets to raise $2.8 billion
Companies under South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group scrambled to sell shares and bonds to raise 4 trillion won ($2.8 billion) e...
Feb 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon becomes 1st Korean game publisher with over 4 trillion won in sales
Nexon Co., the parent of Nexon Games Co., became the first Korean game developer to achieve the 4 trillion won ($2.8 billion) sales milestone in 202...
Feb 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
Foreigners return to Korean debt market; Korea on course to join WGBI
Foreigners scooped up South Korean government bonds in January despite the country’s ongoing political upheavals, betting big on the country&r...
Feb 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK Ecoplant seeks to sell waste treatment business for $1.4 billion
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company under SK Group, is seeking to dispose of its waste treatment b...
Feb 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai, Hanwha to tap into $242 billion US Navy warship market
South Korea’s two warship builders – HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Hanwha Ocean Co., – are set to ride tailwinds in their bi...
Feb 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Meta in talks to acquire Korean fabless chip startup FuriosaAI: Forbes
Meta Platforms Inc., the parent of Facebook and Instagram, is in talks to acquire Seoul-based AI chip startup FurisosaAI Inc. and the discussion cou...
Feb 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korean state think tank cuts 2025 growth forecast, flags US tariff risk
South Korea’s state-run think tank has cut its growth forecast for the country this year, citing President Donald Trump’s trad...
Feb 12, 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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Medical devices
Middle East: New land of opportunity for Korean medical devices
South Korea is making inroads into the Middle East's medical device market dominated by the US and Europe, aiming to leverage the region’s str...
Feb 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE bags $371 mn LNG bunker ship order
The outlook for South Korean shipbuilders’ liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering ship construction looks bright as the global LNG-powered ship...
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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Corporate investment
LX International seeks to acquire nickel, copper mines in Indonesia
LX International Corp., the trading unit of South Korea’s LX Group, said on Friday it is seeking to acquire a nickel mine and a copper mine in...
Feb 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
US Capital Group raises stake in South Korea’s LS Electric
Capital Group Companies Inc. has increased its stake in LS Electric Co., a South Korean supplier to Elon Musk’s X.AI Corp., as the US asset ma...
Feb 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Samsung Biologics shares fly high to be Korea’s third most valuable firm
Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, has become South Korea’s third most valuable stock on the country’s...
Feb 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hanwha Systems posts record earnings in 2024 on brisk defense sales
Hanwha Systems Co., a leading South Korean defense company, reported its best-ever earnings last year thanks to brisk sales of its defense systems i...
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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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK-led consortium to take over Japan’s FICT for $656 mn
MBK Partners, the largest private equity firm in North Asia, will acquire a controlling stake in FICT Ltd., a semiconductor printed circuit board (P...
Feb 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
NPS closes $1.6 bn Korean office deal; scientists pension eyes NCSOFT building
The National Pension Service (NPS) has completed the purchase of One Grove for 2.3 trillion won ($1.6 billion), its largest single real estate inves...
Feb 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korean firms cut IPO prices, volumes amid bearish sentiment
South Korean companies are relaunching attempts to go public with lower valuations and fewer shares amid continued sour investor sentiment.CK Soluti...
Feb 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
LX Pantos enters US intermodal logistics market with Japan’s ONE
LX Pantos Co., South Korea’s largest logistics company under LX International Corp., has advanced into the US intermodal logistics market join...
Feb 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korea’s beauty retailer CJ Olive Young to open first US offline outlet
CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, said on Tuesday it has set up a US business entity in Los Angeles to enhance its p...
Feb 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
POSCO seeks $1 bn restructuring amid weak steel, battery materials sectors
South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. said on Monday it plans to sell 61 unprofitable and non-core assets to raise 1.5 trillion won ($1 billion) a...
Feb 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korean financial holding firms log record-high profits in 2024
South Korea’s top four financial holding firms are estimated to have posted their highest-ever profits in 2024, driven by hefty interest incom...
Feb 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)