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Webtoons
Kakao Japan secures over $500 mn from Anchor Equity; valuation tops $7 bn
Kakao Corp.’s Japanese unit is set to secure 600 billion won ($530 million) from South Korea-based private equity firm Anchor Equity Partners....
May 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Team Blind secures $37 mn in Series C round; eyes Nasdaq listing
Teamblind Inc., the operator of Blind, an anonymous social platform for discussion on workplace issues, has successfully concluded its $37 million S...
May 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Colosseum rises to e-commerce challenge with one-stop solution
Fulfillment companies are expected to enjoy sharp growth this year, thanks to the global e-commerce boom fueling demand for fulfillment services, ...
May 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Hanwha Group secures $4.4 bn from KDB to finance ESG business
South Korea’s Hanwha Group has clinched a 5 trillion won ($4.4 billion) commitment from the state-run Korea Development Bank over the next fiv...
May 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Team Fresh secures $6 mn via stake sale to DSC Investment
South Korea-based venture capital firm DSC Investment announced on Apr. 27 that it has acquired a 6.5% stake, valued at around 6.5 billion won ($5.8...
Apr 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG bonds
Hanwha Solutions to raise 1 billion yuan in ESG bonds
South Korea’s leading renewable energy company Hanwha Solutions Corp. plans to raise 1 billion Chinese yuan ($153 million) this month in green...
Apr 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign currency bonds
Hanwha Solutions eyes $300 mn green dim sum bond issue
Hanwha Solutions Corp., a South Korean petrochemical and renewable energy company, plans to raise 2 billion yuan ($300 million) in a green bond issu...
Apr 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Fresh food logistics startup Team Fresh secures 30 bn won in Series C
South Korea-based fresh food logistics startup Team Fresh has concluded its 30 billion won ($26.7 million) Series C round, attracting high-profile i...
Apr 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
Hanwha Solutions to sell $1.3 bn new shares in clean energy push
Hanwha Solutions Corp. plans to raise 1.41 trillion won ($1.3 billion) in a rights offering next month following more than a five-fold jump in its s...
Feb 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG Energy Solution hires Morgan Stanley, KB Securities as lead IPO managers
South Korea-based LG Energy Solution has hired KB Securities and Morgan Stanley as the lead managers for its initial public offering, which is antic...
Jan 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS divides global securities division into equity, fixed income
The National Pension Service has divided up its global public market division into Global Equity and Global Fixed Income divisions as part of a plan...
Jan 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution to begin IPO process, eyes H2 listing on local bourse
LG Chem Ltd.’s battery unit, LG Energy Solution, is set to become this year’s initial public offering blockbuster with its plan to list ...
Jan 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hanwha Solutions acquires US hydrogen tank maker Cimarron, to invest $100 mn
Hanwha Solutions Corp. has acquired a 100% stake in Cimarron Composites LLC, a US hydrogen storage tank manufacturer, as the South Korean energy sol...
Dec 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Solutions to raise $1 bn to boost eco-friendly energy businesses
Hanwha Solutions Corp. is preparing to raise 1.2 trillion won ($1.1 billion) through rights issues to shore up new growth drivers, particularly it...
Dec 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution, Indonesia sign MOU on battery cooperation
LG Energy Solution, the battery unit of LG Chem Ltd., has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indonesian government’s investment aut...
Dec 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Chem becomes supplier for GM-LG Energy Solution JV
POSCO Chemical Co., a secondary battery materials unit under POSCO, saw its share price surge on announcing that it has secured a contract worth bil...
Dec 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem launches battery unit LG Energy Solution, eyes 2024 sales of $27 bn
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. has officially launched its battery affiliate, LG Energy Solution, to carve out a greater share of the increasingly c...
Dec 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPO
SK Innovation’s battery arm secures $258 mn in pre-IPO placement
SK Innovation Co.’s wholly owned subsidiary SK IE Technology Co. (SK IET) is set to fetch 300 billion won ($257.6 million) in a pre-IPO placemen...
Sep 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Renewable energy
Hanwha Solutions, affiliates’ shares soar on Green New Deal, defense
Share prices of Hanwha Solutions Corp. and other Hanwha Group units are being re-rated as the companies shift their business focus to the green energy...
Sep 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha Q Cells secures 315MW solar power, energy storage project in Portugal
Hanwha Q Cells Co. has secured the right to generate half of the 700-megawatt power capacity put up for auction in Portugal, becoming the first compan...
Aug 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
KB Securities buys Amazon’s Edinburgh logistics center for $86.5 mn: report
KB Securities Co. has reportedly acquired Amazon’s logistics center in Edinburgh, Scotland, for 102.5 billion won ($86.5 million), which the onl...
Aug 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Doosan Group
Debt-laden Doosan Group puts Doosan Infracore up for sale to secure cash
Doosan Group kicked off the sale process for Doosan Infracore, the group’s construction equipment builder, with the sale manager ...
Jul 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
[Upcoming IPO] Korean streaming service Watcha secures funding to join global players like Netflix
Watcha, a Korean streaming platform, is gearing up to tap into Japan and Southeast Asian markets following the completion of Series D funding worth 19...
Jul 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Naver likely to invest near $83.5 million into SM Entertainment to secure K-pop content
Korea’s platform giant Naver is in talks with SM Entertainment, Korea’s largest entertainment company, to acquire shares worth approximate...
Jul 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Equity-linked securities weigh on top Korean brokerage firms
About 48 trillion won ($39 billion) of outstanding equity-linked securities (ELS) issued by South Korean brokerage companies has put their sector lead...
Mar 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KKR secures $1.2 bn exits in Korea for two Asia funds
KKR & Co. has sold a modern logistics facility it had developed in a South Korean port in a transaction estimated to be worth more than 200 billio...
Feb 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Post
Greystar, Patrizia secure Korea Post’s $100 mn housing investment
US-based Greystar Real Estate Partners and Germany’s Patrizia AG have won a $100 million mandate from Korea Post to invest in the housing sector...
Dec 13, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Meritz Securities buys 24 aircraft for $686 mn from US lessor
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has recently closed the acquisition of 24 aircraft for $686 million from Aviation Capital Group Corp. (ACG), in its third i...
Oct 17, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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US gas stations deal secures $130 mn debt from Korea: report
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. committed $130 million to a subordinated debt on a portfolio of 190 gas stations in the US Midwest last wee...
Sep 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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PGIM to secure $60 mn from Seoul office sale to Keppel
PGIM Inc., the asset management arm of US-based Prudential Financial Inc., is set to pocket about 70 billion won ($60 million) in capital gains from i...
Apr 28, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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