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Batteries
LG Energy raises $1 bn in bonds for EV battery production
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery manufacturer, said on Tuesday it has raised $1 billion by selling its first global...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
HBM chips key theme for Samsung Nov investors forum
Samsung Electronics Co. will hold an investors forum in Hong Kong in November, where it is expected to share details about the development of high b...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korea's STX denies rumors it is backed by Chinese fund
South Korean general trading company STX Corp. has said its largest shareholder is a local investment firm, refuting false reports swirling in the m...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Doosan Robotics aims to draw $256 mn in IPO subscriptions
South Korea’s Doosan Robotics Inc. aims to attract an estimated 340.2 billion won ($255.8 million) in the initial public offering bookbuilding...
Sep 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Financial Vice Chairman Yang named sole chairman candidate
KB Financial Group Inc. has chosen Yang Jong-hee, its vice chairman, as the sole candidate for its next chief in charge of South Korea’s leadi...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Shinhan REITs to buy HSBC's Seoul headquarters at $135 mn
Shinhan REITs Management Co., a real estate investment arm of South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group, is poised to acquire a 65.8% stake in the...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Netmarble, Hana Financial team up for metaverse service
South Korean game company Netmarble Corp. announced on Monday that it will partner with Hana Financial Group to develop new financial experiences an...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Group manages ESG information like financial data
LG Group has decided to manage environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management activities as if they were financial data. The aim is to provi...
Sep 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Mirae Asset seeks to buy India’s 9th-largest brokerage Sharekhan
South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group aims to enhance its presence in India by acquiring Sharekhan, the Southeast As...
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Fosun to cash out of K-beauty firm Nature&Nature for $38 mn
Fosun Group, a debt-laden Chinese conglomerate, is seeking to cash out of its entire stake in Nature&Nature Co. for up to 50 billion won ($37.8 ...
Aug 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
S.Korean lenders in New York luxury hotel likely to see losses
Some South Korean institutional investors may see significant losses on their investment in a hotel in the heart of New York as the developer has de...
Aug 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
FNSValue, UN agency to provide passwordless authentication for fintech
South Korean blockchain company FNSValue Co. on Monday signed a partnership agreement with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Unit...
Aug 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea Credit Data raises $75.7 million from Morgan Stanley
Korea Credit Data (KCD), a South Korean fintech startup focusing on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has raised 100 billion won ($75.7 mi...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
More Korean FSS retirees find jobs in legal, financial biz
More retirees of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) are snagging new jobs at private companies such as the banks they regulated during their te...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB, Shinhan, Woori improve rankings on Top 1,000 bank list
South Korea’s KB Financial Group, Shinhan Financial Group and Woori Financial Group improved their rankings on the list of the global top 1,00...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
MXene: Korean investors’ next target after superconductor craze fizzles
Speculative investors in South Korea have started to amass shares related to Mxene, touted as a next-generation material, after dumping a large numb...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Seoul’s slow but enduring push to be Asia’s premier financial hub
It is a long-cherished dream of Seoul, the capital city of South Korea, to present itself to the world as Asia’s prime financial hub, but the ...
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea's superconductor stocks plunge on Nature report
South Korean research team’s LK-99, behind the online sensation following its claim of room-temperature superconductor over the past four week...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Mirae Asset Global Investments buys Australian robo-advisor firm
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments announced its acquisition of Stockspot, a prominent Australian robo-advisor specialist.In a statement r...
Aug 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics cuts H1 costs by $1.6 billion on stable supply chain
LG Electronics Inc. has slashed raw material and transportation costs by 2.12 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in the first half thanks to a stable sup...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Kombucha tea brands lure investors as diet drink market grows
South Korea’s medium-sized electronics components maker Phoenix Rising PTE Ltd. has agreed to invest 3 billion won ($2.3 million) in domestic ...
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Koreans continue buying spree of sliding Japanese yen
The plunging Japanese currency has stepped up South Koreans’ bargain-hunting, posting record highs in the balance of the yen-denominated depos...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
IMM PE seeks to sell Korean contract drugmaker at $784 mn
IMM Private Equity has put a South Korean contract drugmaker on the market for up to 1 trillion won ($784 million) in a deal likely to attract major...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Fractional investing to gain traction in Korea with green light from FSC
Come September, South Korean investors will be able to freely and safely buy and sell fractions of artwork and even live cows just as they do with t...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Financial logs record profit in Q2, above consensus estimates
South Korea’s second-largest financial institution KB Financial Group Inc. achieved record-high quarterly net profit in the April-June period ...
Jul 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea's IMM to invest $23 mn in battery parts supplier Choil Aluminum
South Korean private credit firm IMM Credit & Solutions Inc. will invest 30 billion won ($23.4 million) in Choil Aluminum Co., an EV battery com...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK warns of household lending risk on growth, inequality
South Korea’s central bank warned that household lending in the country has leaped to the world’s third highest and could hurt long-term...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SK Telecom, Hana Financial Group jointly nurture AI startups
SK Telecom Co. and Hana Financial Group are strengthening their collaboration in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). They are jointly fosteri...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SM Entertainment founder invests in Chinese drone maker
Lee Soo-man, founder and former executive producer of South Korea's SM Entertainment Co., has reportedly made a huge investment in the Chinese self-...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Retail investors test EcoPro’s upside as Korea’s GameStop
Shares of EcoPro Co., a South Korean battery materials maker, have skyrocketed this year, rising 848% year to date to break above the 1 million won ...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)