US natural gas market
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, Kia speed up expansion in European EV market
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s top two automakers, are expanding their presence in Europe, the world’s second-largest el...
May 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Memo from Howard Marks
Bull market rhymes
Bull market rhymes While I employ a great many adages and quotes in my writings, my main go-to list consists of a relatively small number. One ...
May 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On to bolster US business with Ford's EV pickup truck sales
SK On Co., South Korea’s leading electric vehicle battery manufacturer, is expected to improve production capacity as its client Ford Motor Co...
May 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Market Kurly's sales surge 49% on-year in Q1
South Korea’s Kurly Inc., the operator of grocery delivery platform Market Kurly, achieved 641.7 billion won ($511.6 million) in gross merch...
May 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
North Korea fires three missiles after Biden ends Asia trip
TOKYO — North Korea fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile early Wednesday that flew only briefly before landing in the sea east o...
May 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC, PE firm WWG to invest $450 mn in equipment maker Duravant
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), the South Korean sovereign wealth fund, and private equity firm White Whale Group (WWG) are slated to jointly in...
May 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Doosan to ramp up small nuclear reactor investment
Doosan Group will invest 5 trillion won ($4 billion) over the next five years, primarily in next-generation energy sectors such as small module reac...
May 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Hyundai to spend $30 bn on improving quality of combustion engine cars
Hyundai Motor Group will invest 63 trillion won ($50 billion) in its domestic businesses through 2025 to strengthen its competitiveness in electrifi...
May 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung further expands global TV market share in Q1
Samsung Electronics Co. further expanded its market share in the global TV market in the first quarter of this year, while LG Electronics Inc. deliv...
May 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI, Stellantis pick Indiana for US EV battery plant
Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest battery maker, and Dutch-domiciled multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. picked the state of...
May 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Alternative investment market at inflection point, says Suhyup CIO
Some major institutional investors in South Korea are set to increase alternative investments this year to hedge inflation and stabilize cash flows....
May 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems joins hands with Italy's Leonardo for radar exports
South Korea’s Hanwha Systems Co. joined forces with Italy’s major defense maker Leonardo SpA on exports of advanced aircraft radars to i...
May 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Georgia state to provide $1.6 bn in incentives to Hyundai
Hyundai Motor Group is expected to receive about $1.6 billion in incentives including tax breaks from Georgia as South Korea’s top automaker i...
May 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean Air vows to get nod from all antitrust bodies for Asiana merger
Korean Air Lines Co., which is putting the final touches on its acquisition of crosstown rival Asiana Airlines Inc., said on Monday it expects to ob...
May 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Winia Electronics sharpens marketing efforts in Mexico
Winia Electronics Co., a medium-sized South Korean consumer electronics company, is the top microwave brand in Mexico. It is a little-known fact tha...
May 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Tous les Jours, the next K-bakery to lure US customers
Tous les Jours, South Korea’s second-largest bakery franchise, is rapidly expanding its US business by attracting customers with greater varie...
May 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
POBA targets upper-middle market in North America for PD investment
Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) of South Korea will keep its conservative stance in both private equity and private debt investment, whi...
May 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai to invest $10.5 bn in US EV, future mobility sectors
Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, unveiled plans to spend $10.5 billion on the auto industry in the US through 2025 as it aims...
May 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Korean agricultural machinery maker to expand US production
South Korea’s major farm machinery maker is set to invest $20 million in manufacturing facilities in the US state of Georgia, to expand its bu...
May 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
E-Mart, Lotte Shopping hit by US retailers' earnings shocks
Shares in E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s largest supermarket chain, have been hovering near their lowest level in almost two years, on the back of...
May 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK invests in US digital healthcare firm Cala Health
South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. has dipped its toes into the rapidly growing digital healthcare market by investing in Cala Health, a US-bas...
May 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS, KTCU to invest $390 mn in US major power generator
Some major South Korean institutional investors, including National Pension Service (NPS) and Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), are set ...
May 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
HR startups outwit job posting sites for IT workers
The growing trend toward personalized hiring and the rising demand for technology developers are encouraging South Korea’s human resources tec...
May 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Kakao to merge US webtoon, web novel platforms
South Korea’s Kakao Entertainment Co. is set to merge Tapas Media Inc. and Radish Fiction Inc., its webtoon and mobile novel platforms in Nort...
May 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT maintains throne in Korea pay TV market in H2 2021
KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications company, and its affiliates had the largest subscribers of the country’s pay TV services, ma...
May 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
LG Uplus eyes metaverse niches for office workers, kids
South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. will target specific groups of customers such as office workers and preschoolers for its metaverse platforms, set...
May 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK puts home decor firm Modern House on market
MBK Partners has added South Korea's top home decor company Modern House to the list of assets it plans to exit this year, as domestic retail giants...
May 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, SK On to add prismatic types to EV cell lineups
LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK On Co., the world’s No. 2 and No. 5 battery makers, respectively, are set to add prismatic batteries to their l...
May 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Volkswagen partner SoluM eyes top spot in global ESL market
SoluM Co., a South Korean mid-sized electronic component maker, is eyeing record performance this year, thanks to orders from Volkswagen AG and Elon...
May 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor to take Korean ondol heating system to GV90
In the era of autonomous driving, the definition of the space inside a car is expanded into a moving living space, and Hyundai Motor Co. aims to tak...
May 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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