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Energy
Korea wins $2.25 bn deal to build Egypt's 1st nuclear power plant
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) has received a 3 trillion won ($2.25 billion) order to construct turbine islands under the El-Dabaa nuclear...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Lone Star, Seoul wrangle over KEB deal set to wrap up
A decade-long dispute between South Korea and the US private equity firm Lone Star Funds over a Korean deal will be wrapped up next week, with an in...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SoftBank Son's youngest brother poised to buy Korean VC arm
Taizo Son, the youngest brother of SoftBank Chairman Masayoshi Son, is poised to buy the group's South Korean venture capital arm for around 200 bil...
Aug 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korea may file complaint with WTO against US' Inflation Reduction Act
The South Korean government is considering filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the US' new Inflation Reduction Act (IR...
Aug 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hyundai Motor, LG Energy secure $710 mn for battery JV in Indonesia
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. have secured $710 million from financial institutions overseas to ...
Aug 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Seoul advises Mirae to cut leverage for $3 bn IFC deal
South Korea’s land ministry has advised Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. to cut the proposed leverage for its 4.1 trillion ($3 billion) deal...
Aug 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Daewoo Shipbuilding loses $53 mn from Indonesia deal
South Korea’s major shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) lost $53 million from a deal to build submarines for Indo...
Aug 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Boston emerges as Korean firms’ R&D hub for AI, batteries
Top South Korean conglomerates Samsung and Hyundai have selected Boston as the home of their first overseas research centers for batteries and artif...
Aug 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s new foldables: High-stakes game changers in smartphones
Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled its fourth-generation foldable phones – new additions to its high-end line of Galaxy Z Fold and ...
Aug 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
TiumBio inks licensing deal with China's Hansoh for endometriosis drug
South Korean biotech TiumBio Co. has signed a technology transfer agreement of its endometriosis and uterine myoma treatment candidate with China&rs...
Aug 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korea Zinc to invest $7.5 billion in green hydrogen, battery materials
Korea Zinc Co., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, plans to spend 9.74 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in renewable energy, green hydrogen...
Aug 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Hong Kong-based Crypto.com acquires South Korean exchange OK-BIT
Hong Kong-based Crypto.com announced Monday it finalized the acquisition of a 100% stake in South Korea’s cryptocurrency exchange operator OK-...
Aug 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Investor sentiment on Korean IPOs remains chilly in H2
Investors are staying away from South Korea’s initial public offering markets as sentiment remains sour on global interest rate hikes, the sus...
Aug 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Brookfield likely to beat KKR for $800 mn Korean gas facility
Brookfield Asset Management has entered talks with South Korea's SK Materials Airplus Inc. to buy the latter's industrial gas facility, after its pr...
Aug 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK subsidary to supply EV battery materials to Vietnam's Vingroup
SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET) secured battery separator orders from Vietnam’s No. 1 conglomerate Vingroup, in the latter's push to expand into ...
Aug 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Broadcom applies for consent order on unfair deals with Samsung
US chipmaker Broadcom Inc. applied for a consent order to the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFT) in July against allegations that it forced Samsung E...
Aug 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Doosan wins $640 mn desalination plant deal in Saudi
South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility Co. secured a $640 million deal for a desalination plant in Saudi Arabia to meet water demand in the kingdom.D...
Aug 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Nexilis to unveil ultra-high strength EV battery copper foil
SK Nexilis Co., a unit of South Korean chemical materials maker SKC Ltd., has developed technology to mass produce ultra-high strength copper foil, ...
Aug 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korea’s GS Retail fined $18.7 million over unfair dealings with contractors
South Korea’s antitrust regulator on Tuesday slapped GS Retail Co., a GS Group unit that operates the country’s second-largest convenien...
Aug 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korean EV, battery makers to benefit from US inflation bill
South Korea’s electric vehicle and battery makers are expected to benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the US bill designed to br...
Aug 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI in talks with multiple carmakers for 4680 type battery supply
Samsung SDI Co., a major South Korean battery maker, said on Friday that it is in talks with multiple automakers around the world to supply a next-g...
Jul 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem, GM in $30.6 billion EV battery materials supply deal
South Korea’s top chemicals company LG Chem Ltd. has signed a long-term battery materials supply deal with General Motors Co. to support the U...
Jul 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korean defense firms receive $15 bn order from Poland
South Korea’s defense makers, namely Hyundai Rotem Co., Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), and Hanwha Defense Corp., clinched export dea...
Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Nonferrous metals conglomerate Poongsan to invest $236 mn
South Korean nonferrous metals conglomerate Poongsan Corp. announced it will invest 313 billion won ($238 million) in facilities to manufacture rech...
Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, China’s Huayou Cobalt to build battery recycling joint venture
South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. and China’s mining company Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. have agreed to launch a ba...
Jul 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korean defense stocks boosted by $7.6 bn deal with Poland
South Korean defense stocks got a boost from a 10 trillion-won ($7.6 billion) export deal with Poland announced last week. Korea Aerospa...
Jul 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
South Korea arms exports triple; rises to 8th-largest exporter
South Korea has become the world’s eighth-largest arms exporter, with its exports rising threefold – the fastest pace among the wo...
Jul 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Energy to double Ford battery pack production line in Poland
LG Energy Solution Ltd., SK Innovation Co., and other South Korean companies are poised to strengthen their business ties with Michigan-based Ford M...
Jul 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI targets to sell 1,000 units of FA-50 light attack aircraft worth $30 billion
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., South Korea’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, is seeking to sell 1,000 units of the FA-50 light combat a...
Jul 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI to build new battery plant in Malaysia by 2025
South Korea’s battery manufacturer Samsung SDI Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony for Plant 2 to make cylindrical batteries in Seremban, Mal...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)