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Private equity
Korean banks must increase total shareholder returns: Align Partners
South Korean private equity firm Align Partners Capital Management Inc. is set to lead shareholder activism against the country’s top financia...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Korean firms head to CES 2023 to showcase innovative technologies
LAS VEGAS, NV – A growing number of South Korea’s leading companies and startups are heading to CES 2023, the world’s largest tech...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
GS Retail to introduce forex kiosks in convenience stores
South Korea's convenience store franchiser GS Retail said on Monday that it would introduce foreign currency exchange kiosks at its convenience st...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Morning food delivery firm Oasis passes Kosdaq listing eligibility review
Oasis Corp., which operates the early morning food delivery platform "Oasis Market," said it passed the eligibility review for listing at Kosdaq mar...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
CJ Logistics aims to achieve carbon neutrality goal by 2050
South Korea's parcel delivery company CJ Logistics said on Friday that it will achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 for a more sustainable future in lo...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Woori Financial wins MSCI ESG global leader rating for 2nd year
Woori Financial Group said on Thursday it has earned an AA rating for the second consecutive year in the global ESG rating announced by Morgan Stanl...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK signs $2 bn deal to acquire 3D dental scanner firm Medit
Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners is acquiring Medit Corp., the world’s third-largest 3D dental scanner maker, for 2.45 trillion w...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Solvay named preferred bidder to buy Solus Biotech
Belgian chemicals maker Solvay S.A. has been selected as the preferred bidder to acquire South Korean biomaterials maker Solus Biotech, according to...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Medicox boosts unit for oral insulin, medical cannabis
South Korea's Medicox Co. on Wednesday said it will raise 40 billion won ($32 million) to boost its unit for oral insulin and cannabidiol (CBD).The ...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Medipost's Cartistem shows effects on patellar cartilage defect patients
Medipost's knee osteoarthritis treatment Cartistem has been mentioned in a renowned international journal, showing that it is effective even in pati...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea’s big bio startups to launch $39 mn investment fund
South Korea’s four leading biotech firms plan to launch an investment fund of up to 50 billion won ($39 million) to support smaller domestic b...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hyundai Home Shopping to divest rental unit for $107 mn
Hyundai Home Shopping Network Corp., a TV shopping channel operator owned by South Korea's Hyundai Department Store Group, said on Dec. 26 it will s...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
South Korea doubles gov't fintech innovation fund to $781 million
The South Korean government will double the value of its Fintech Innovation Fund, a source of financial support for the financial technology or fint...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Commercial building transactions plummet to 2008 financial crisis level
In October, commercial building sales in Seoul plunged to the level of the 2008 global financial crisis.According to an analysis of actual transacti...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rights offerings
SK Innovation to inject $1.6 bn into SK On's rights offering
South Korea's top refiner SK Innovation Co. said on Dec. 21 it will invest 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in its electric battery maker unit SK On Co...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korean holding firms likely to post bigger dividend payouts in 2022
South Korea's major holding companies are expected to set higher dividends per share (DPS) at end-2022 than in previous years, a Samsung Securi...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Mirae Asset introduces AI investment info service
Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday it had introduced two domestic stock artificial intelligence (AI) reporting services through its mobile t...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KED's startup news platform Geeks launches revamped website
Geeks, The Korea Economic Daily’s startup news platform launched in May, launched an upgraded website in Korean on Monday. The new conten...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Glenwood to sue Baring PEA over buyout deal cancellation
South Korea’s Glenwood Private Equity is set to take legal action against Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Partner over the cancellation ...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Truston Asset looks to help run Taekwang with 5.8% stake
South Korea's Truston Asset Management has changed the purpose of its stock investment in the chemical and textile company Taekwang Industrial Co. f...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean PE firm Hahn & Co to sell used-car platform K Car
South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. is set to sell a majority stake in local used-car trading platform K Car Co. as its initial public o...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Q Cells to sell 7 US battery ESS projects to Spain’s Acciona Energia
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group, said on Wednesday it has signed a deal to sel...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Ecoplant earns AA grade for FTC's voluntary compliance program
South Korea's construction engineering company SK Ecoplant Co., Ltd. is accelerating its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management effo...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
CJ OliveNetworks develops factory big data solution
South Korea's IT service management firm CJ OliveNetworks Co. Ltd. said on Wednesday that it has developed a real-time database (RTDB), a data manag...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Curious completes second Samsung Heavy drillship sale
South Korean private equity firm Curious Partners has recently completed selling an undelivered drillship constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries Co...
Dec 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor Group sells hydrogen fuel cell systems to German firm
Hyundai Motor Group will supply a large quantity of hydrogen fuel cell systems to an eco-friendly truck manufacturer in Europe.South Korea's top c...
Dec 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korean biotech firm Noul signs MOU with disease center of Ghana
South Korea's Medical diagnostics company Noul Co., Ltd. said on Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ghana Infectious D...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
EV charging service firm Scalardata attracts 3 bn won from GS Energy
Scalardata, a South Korean start-up running an electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure integration platform "evmodu.kr," announced on Monday t...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Leading S.Korean trade body, 31 brokerages urge delay in financial investment tax
South Korea's Korea Financial Investment Association and 31 domestic securities companies on Sunday released a joint statement urging a delay in the...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
KB Financial included in DJSI for 7 consecutive years
KB Financial Group has been included in the 2022 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for seven years in a row announced by Standard & Poor's Gl...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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