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Korean startups
Fashion platform Ably looks to raise over $20 mn
South Korea-based Ably Corporation, the operator of fashion platform Ably, is seeking to raise around 40 billion won ($35.3 million), attracting a p...
May 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Big data firm FiscalNote eyes SPAC listing in US; valuation could top $1 bn
FiscalNote, a Washington D.C.-based tech firm that uses artificial intelligence and big data to track, predict and analyze regulation and legislatio...
Apr 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea Credit Data raises over $35 mn from Pavilion, GS, KB Bank
South Korea-based fintech firm Korea Credit Data (KCD) has raised around 40 billion won ($36 million) from Singapore-based private equity firm Pavil...
Apr 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
KOTRA to lead trade digitalization with AI, big data
South Korea’s state-funded Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) is undergoing a full-scale digital transformation to expedite inter...
Mar 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
S.Korea’s top flexible PCB maker wins big in 5G and EVs
BH Co. is South Korea’s leading manufacturer of flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), an essential component of smartphones, from camera to O...
Mar 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IT & Tech
Samsung creates big data center under direct CEO control
Samsung Electronics Co. has launched a Big Data Center in a move to improve the use of big data in the development, marketing and sales of smartphon...
Feb 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Big Hit, Naver to join with Universal Music to take K-pop platform global
Big Hit Entertainment Co., the label behind K-pop sensation BTS, and portal giant Naver Corp. are set to team up with Universal Music Group, the wor...
Feb 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
US data centers-backed REIT seeks $90 mn Korean IPO in 2021
A South Korean real estate investment trust (REIT), backed by data centers in North America, is preparing an initial public offering worth 100 billi...
Jan 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Partnerships
Naver, Big Hit, YG join forces to conquer K-pop fan community market
The K-pop fan community scene is set to heat up even further as South Korea platform giant Naver Corp. joins forces with BTS label Big Hit Entertain...
Jan 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Korea requires major companies to disclose ESG activities from 2025
Big companies listed on South Korea’s major stock market will be required to disclose their business activities related to environmental, soci...
Jan 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG takes over controlling stake in US TV data analysis firm Alphonso
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. has acquired a controlling stake in US-based TV data analysis startup Alphonso Inc. to strengthen its softwa...
Jan 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Year-end review
Korea’s retail investors go West, eye golden ticket for big money
For South Korean stock investors, 2020 may go down in history as the year of The Great Quest for big money, and at the end of their journey they fou...
Dec 31, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Survey
Bank CEOs in Korea pick big tech as top 2021 challenge
Chief executives of banks operating in South Korea have picked the emergence of big technology companies and fintech startups in the credit market a...
Dec 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korean IPOs lose steam as Big Hit shares plummet
Big Hit Entertainment Co., the South Korean entertainment agency behind global sensation BTS, saw its shares drop by as much as 22% on Oct.16, the sec...
Oct 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
BTS label Big Hit trims gains after strong debut
Big Hit Entertainment Co., the label behind K-pop boyband sensation BTS, nearly halved its initial gains by the close of its first day of trading Oct....
Oct 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Big Hit scores second-highest IPO subscription ever at $50.4 bn
Big Hit Entertainment Co., the label behind global boy band sensation BTS, pulled in 58.4 trillion won ($50.4 billion) with shares oversubscribed by 6...
Oct 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyosung to accelerate asset sales, IPOs to spur growth in hydrogen, data businesses
Hyosung Group, a South Korean textile and chemicals conglomerate, is accelerating efforts to sell assets and list major subsidiaries on the local bour...
Oct 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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BTS label Big Hit prices IPO at top end of range at $115
Big Hit Entertainment Co. has priced its public share offering at the top end of its proposed range at 135,000 won ($115), with bids outnumbering offe...
Sep 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Foreign cloud service providers led by Amazon, MS play big in Korea
Global cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) are taking a greater share of South Korea’s serverless computing market, where ...
Sep 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
BTS' Big Hit focuses on sustainable fandom-based business model
Big Hit Entertainment Co., behind the K-pop idols BTS, is switching its focus to online concerts, merchandise and character businesses from offline pe...
Sep 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPO
BTS label Big Hit’s caginess upsets investors ahead of IPO bookbuilding
Big Hit Entertainment Co., home to the seven-member boy band BTS, is set to hold its first official IPO-related conference for South Korean institutio...
Sep 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
S. Korea’s big companies rattled by retail investors’ growing influence
South Korea’s big companies such as Samsung, LG and Hyundai often make shareholder-friendly moves to accommodate institutional investors, who fl...
Sep 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech
Korea’s big data companies eye IPOs as investors flush with cash
Tech investors are set to be deluged with initial public offerings as South Korea’s big data companies are pushing to list their shares amid a d...
Sep 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Big Hit Entertainment
Big Hit kicks off IPO as BTS single 'Dynamite' blows up Billboard
South Korean entertainment company Big Hit Entertainment Co. is expected to raise up to 1 trillion won ($842 million) in its upcoming public offering,...
Sep 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Big Hit Entertainment
[Upcoming IPO] BTS label Big Hit’s IPO expected to raise around $840 mn
Investors are expecting Big Hit Entertainment to pull in the highest subscription demand for public shares during the initial public offering process ...
Aug 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Startups
Korean startups raking in big investment money
Biotech startup Bionetix easily surpassed what's known as the "10 billion won hurdle" by raising an additional 10 billion won in funding on Dec. 23. I...
Feb 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Shinhan backs AMP Capital’s $763 mn US data center acquisition
Shinhan Investment Corp. has provided 194.1 billion won ($162 million) in financing for AMP Capital’s 911 billion-won ($763 million) acquisition...
Feb 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
DO NOT PUBLISH, BUT EDIT- BOK defies big step rate hike view on recession fears
South Korea’s central bank on Wednesday defied expectations of a big step rate hike by raising the interest rate by 25 basis points (bps) desp...
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