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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix to invest more in US chip design startup SiFive
SK Hynix Inc., South Korea’s major chipmaker, decided to make an additional investment in a US chip design startup SiFive in order to secure s...
Jan 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia lead rivals in 2022 US best car awards
Hyundai Motor Group’s major auto brands have won a record number of best car awards by the U.S. News & World Report in recognition of thei...
Jan 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
S.Korea's Jan. bond issues on track for record $6 bn
South Korean companies are ramping up their local bond issuances to finance expansion into low-carbon and contactless platform businesses, with stro...
Jan 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Lotte acquires Chicago-based hotel for $36 mn K-style rebrand
Hotel Lotte Co., retail conglomerate Lotte Group’s luxury hotel operator, completed the acquisition of Kimpton Hotel Monaco in Chicago for $...
Jan 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KTB PE earns 100% return from US brand sold to P&G
South Korea-based KTB Private Equity has earned a 100% return from Farmacy Beauty, just a year after its investment, following Procter & Gamble'...
Jan 17, 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
Hyundai Motor’s Alabama plant: World’s second most productive
Hyundai Motor Co.'s US manufacturing plant in Montgomery, Alabama is the world’s second most productive assembly plant, contributing to the So...
Jan 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
The Princeton Review up for sale by Korean edutech firm
South Korea's leading edutech service firm has put The Princeton Review up for sale, five years after it acquired the US college test preparation se...
Jan 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SK Networks invests in AI-based US healthcare startup LVIS
South Korea’s SK Networks Co. said on Tuesday it joined a $15 million in Series B-2 funding for US healthcare startup LVIS Corp.LVIS, headquar...
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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Biotech
SK invests $350 mn in US CDMO firm
SK Inc., the holding company of SK Group, announced Sunday that it invested $350 million into Pennsylvania-based Center for Breakthrough Medicines (...
Jan 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Patent disputes
Samsung sued by ex-patent chief over IP infringement
A former vice president of Samsung Electronics Co., who led the South Korean tech giant's seven-year patent fight with Apple Inc., has sued his ex-e...
Jan 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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CES 2022
Hyundai to sell half of cars in US with eco-friendly models by 2030
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, aims to sell half of the cars in the US with eco-friendly models by 2030, increasing sales of ...
Jan 10, 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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Electronics
Samsung Electronics to open its eco-friendly tech to competitors
LAS VEGAS – Samsung Electronics Co. has announced that it will make its eco-friendly technologies openly available to its competitors as part ...
Jan 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor beats Honda in US for the first time in its 35 years there
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group beat Japanese rival Honda Motor Co. in the US last year, for the first time in its 35 years of...
Jan 06, 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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Pharamaceuticals
Korea’s CHA Biotech to triple US CDMO capacity
CHA Biotech, South Korea’s stem cell therapeutics developer, is set to expand its biomaterials contract development and manufacturing organiza...
Jan 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Export-Import Bank of Korea eyes $3 bn global bond sale
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) is planning to sell up to $3 billion worth of new global bonds this week, tipped to be the largest-ever bond...
Jan 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS posts 7.6% return as of October 2021
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) posted a 7.6% rate of return as of October 2021, according to a preliminary data report by its in...
Jan 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix to list Intel’s NAND unit on Nasdaq
South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. decided to list the recently acquired Intel Corp.’s NAND flash memory chip business on the Nasdaq in a move ...
Dec 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Telecom giant KT to develop its own NPU, AI ecosystem
Telecommunications giant KT Corp. announced concrete plans to launch its artificial intelligence infrastructure business by joining forces with indu...
Dec 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Oilbank to sell fuels to Hawaii in first term deal with US
South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. is set to export gasoline and diesel to Hawaii next year through its first term contract to sell petroleum ...
Dec 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pharmeceuticals
Kolon resumes Invossa phase 3 clinical trials in US
Kolon TissueGene Inc., the cell therapies unit of South Korean pharmaceutical company Kolon Life Science Inc., said on Dec. 28 it has resumed admi...
Dec 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
E-Mart in exclusive talks to buy US food company
South Korea's largest supermarket chain E-Mart Inc. has spent nearly $4 billion on acquisition deals so far this year, including the $3 billion purc...
Dec 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Innotek shares surge on anticipation of Apple Car, new iPhone
Shares of Korean companies supplying parts to Apple rose sharply on Thursday. The jump comes on the back of robust iPhone sales and buzz that the ...
Dec 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
IGIS acquires US multifamily property for $262 mn
IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest real estate asset manager, has purchased a multifamily asset in Alexandria, Virginia, throu...
Dec 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea’s No.1 bakery franchise successfully settles in US
Paris Baguette, South Korea’s top bakery franchise, has successfully settled in the US market, paving the way to expand its business throughou...
Dec 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
DL Chem raises $1.8 bn for US leveraged buyout
DL Chemical Co. became the first South Korean company to acquire a US-listed company in a leveraged buyout. The Korean petrochemical company said on...
Dec 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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