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Mergers & Acquisitions
Netmarble bets $2.2 bn on global social casino game market
South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. decided to buy the world’s No. 3 social casino game publisher SpinX Games for $2.2 billion, bettin...
Aug 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Lessons learned from Blackpink label's M&A flops
South Korea-based YG Entertainment Inc., the label behind popular K-pop girl group Blackpink, is pushing to sell off its profitable golf business in...
Jul 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Why Google is getting heat from game companies on recent commission cuts
Global IT giant Google is facing strong backlash from South Korean game companies angry with having to pay a 30% commission on in-app purchases whil...
Jun 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Mobile game developer Netmarble Neo kicks off IPO process
Following in the footsteps of its bigger rival Krafton Inc., South Korean mobile game developer Netmarble Neo has kicked off its initial public offe...
Jun 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Krafton mega IPO on horizon: Industry game-changer
Krafton Inc. is set to become the first South Korean decacorn startup, or a company valued at over $10 billion, to make a trading debut on the count...
Jun 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Failed M&As in Korea now draw excess of candidates with better outlook
South Korea’s M&A market is heating up as the outlook for the global economic recovery is becoming more comfortable this year.The M&A ...
Jun 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
Com2uS, Gamevil Chairman Song Byung-joon: Mobile game pioneer, sports enthusiast
About eight years ago on Oct. 5, 2013, Song Byung-joon, the then-chief executive of South Korean mobile game developer Gamevil Inc., visited the off...
Jun 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Motor’s new XCIENT truck raises hydrogen game in Europe
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled an upgraded version of its fuel cell truck XCIENT, turning up the heat on rivals in...
May 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Hanwha Aerospace in $320 mn deal to supply aircraft engine parts to GE
Hanwha Aerospace Co., a unit of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group, has won a $320 million deal to supply aircraft engine parts to General Elect...
May 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
World's 1st e-sports channel OGN up for sale; valued at $8.9 million
OGN, a South Korean cable TV channel specialized in broadcasting video game-related content and e-sports matches, is up for sale.According to invest...
May 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG go all out to lure adult gamers to LED TVs
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s two largest TV makers, are striving to attract gamers to their large-size LED T...
May 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Com2uS enters JV to create webtoon based on popular game Summoners War
South Korean game developer Com2uS Corp. is expanding its footprint in the storytelling and webtoon industry by setting up a joint venture with lead...
May 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Doosan sets sights on hydrogen business as future growth engine
South Korea’s Doosan Group has launched a task force to foster its hydrogen fuel cell business as one of its key growth drivers.The heavy mach...
Apr 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Doosan Infracore to build 15,000 forklift engines for China’s Linde
Doosan Infracore Co., a leading South Korean heavy machinery and construction equipment maker, has won an order to build 15,000 forklift engines fro...
Apr 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Smilegate becomes 5th game firm to join trillion won club
Smilegate Entertainment Inc. has become the fifth South Korean game company to join the trillion won club, as it posted a revenue of 1.73 trillion w...
Apr 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai Engineering seeks Q3 IPO; seen as precursor to group revamp
Hyundai Engineering Co., an unlisted construction affiliate of the Hyundai Motor Group, is seeking an initial public offering on the Korean bourse, ...
Apr 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korean casino game developer revives Nasdaq IPO plan
DoubleDown Interactive LLC, a South Korean social casino game publisher, has resumed its Nasdaq listing process, tapping the red-hot US IPO market w...
Apr 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon invests $874 mn in Hasbro, Japan’s game giants
South Korea’s Nexon Co. has disclosed investments in the global entertainment sector made last year, totaling $874 million or 58% of the amoun...
Mar 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Tencent increases appetite for Korean gaming startups
Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings has been gobbling up South Korean gaming startups that have yet to launch their first products, a move see...
Mar 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Netmarble buys majority stake in US game maker Kung Fu Factory
Netmarble Corp., a South Korean mobile game developer, has acquired a majority stake in Kung Fu Factory, a US independent game company, for an undis...
Feb 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korean game firms target global market with IP portfolio
The growth of South Korea's game industry this year is likely to be led by new titles created by cashing in on the intellectual property of popular ...
Feb 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
ESG becomes name of the game on Korean corporate boards
South Korea’s big companies, such as Samsung, Hyundai and LG, are increasingly embracing environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards ...
Jan 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Hanwha Aerospace certified to verify Rolls-Royce aircraft engine parts
Hanwha Aerospace Co., a unit of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group, has been certified to conduct the quality checks on aircraft engine parts it...
Jan 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korean game behemoth invests $16 mn in Elon Musk's SpaceX
The founder of South Korea's leading game company Nexon Co. has invested $16 million in SpaceX, the aerospace company headed by Elon Musk, chief e...
Jan 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
SK Hynix CEO Lee Seok-hee: Star engineer, bookworm, soju connoisseur
When SK Hynix Inc. announced a $9 billion all-cash deal to acquire Intel Corp.’s NAND memory chip business in mid-October of last year, the ma...
Jan 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korean game industry boasts strong growth; set to exceed $16 bn
South Korea’s game market size is projected to exceed 18 trillion won ($16.6 billion) this year, driven by game enthusiasts who have remained ...
Jan 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Kakao Games injects $173mn into S.Korean game company
Kakao Games Corp. has injected around 190 billion won ($173 million) into South Korean game company Neptune Corp., pouring in nearly half the proc...
Dec 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung clinches 2nd deal to make Nvidia’s latest gaming chips
Samsung Electronics Co. will manufacture Nvidia Corp.’s latest gaming chips in the second such contract of the year from the US chipmaker, as ...
Dec 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Neptune rises as dark horse in global game industry
A South Korean game company is hoping to shake up the global game landscape with its latest title, Eternal Return: Black Survival, a PC game that ...
Dec 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korean games, entertainment eye China return after 3-year ban
South Korea's game and entertainment companies saw their share prices surge on rising expectations of a return to the Chinese market after a Korea...
Dec 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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