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Electric vehicles
SK seeks to build EV charger plant in US on subsidies
SK Group, South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate, is seeking to build an electric vehicle charger plant in the US in a move to accelerate the expans...
Aug 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Home decoration app O!House launches a beta version in Japan
“Even though different countries have varying living conditions, we all share the common goal of decorating our spaces,” Jay Lee, CEO of...
Aug 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Specialty finance emerging on resiliency, diversification: M&G Investments
As global investors are seeking ways to protect their investment returns in an inflationary, rising rate environment, some asset managers are eyeing...
Aug 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
It's time for individual investors to bet on stocks: Carlyle's David Rubenstein
A lot of stock investors have jumped into the bullish market in recent years. But global inflation and recession appear as threats to invest...
Aug 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Specialty finance emerging on resiliency, diversification: M&G Investments
As global investors are seeking ways to protect their investment returns in an inflationary, rising rate environment, some asset managers are eyeing...
Aug 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
US private equity giant Apollo making inroads into Korea
Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to launch a credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lendi...
Aug 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
US private equity giant Apollo to make inroads into Korea
Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to start the credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lend...
Aug 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korean snack shares surge, Beijing halts baked goods imports from Taiwan
Shares of South Korean confectionery and packaged snack makers skyrocketed after the Chinese government announced its decision to temporarily halt t...
Aug 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea Woori Card to start installment finance biz in Indonesia
Woori Card Co. is set to start the installment finance business in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy as the credit card unit of Sout...
Jun 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Obituary
Economist Cho Soon 'the Keynes of South Korea' dies at 94
South Korea’s former finance minister and central bank governor Cho Soon died at 94 of natural causes on Thursday.Cho, a renowned economist ca...
Jun 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK puts home decor firm Modern House on market
MBK Partners has added South Korea's top home decor company Modern House to the list of assets it plans to exit this year, as domestic retail giants...
May 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Behind the Scenes
South Koreans turned off by luxury fashion houses’ price hikes
A Cartier boutique inside a department store in Seoul’s posh Gangnam District was unusually slow on Tuesday. The quiet ambience was in sh...
May 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics receives ISO certification for auto chip technology
LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, has received ISO certification for its automotive chip development process, includ...
May 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won at 2-year low, adding to inflationary pressure
South Korea’s won currency skidded to the lowest level in more than two years on Thursday, adding to fears over growing inflationary pressure ...
Apr 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea reiterates reform plans to join MSCI developed markets
South Korea’s Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki reiterated the country will take reform measures such as the extension of the local currency's trad...
Apr 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Ssangyong Motor sale likely a duel between KG Group, Ssangbangwool
The sale of troubled sport utility vehicle maker Ssangyong Motor Co. is likely to be a duel between chemicals conglomerate KG Group and SBW Group, a...
Apr 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KG Group, Cactus PE to join race for Ssangyong Motor
South Korea’s KG Group, a chemicals conglomerate, and Cactus Private Equity, are joining the race for Ssangyong Motor Co., up for sale again n...
Apr 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Morgan Stanley PE closes first Korean buyout in 8 yrs
Morgan Stanley Private Equity has acquired a South Korean dietary supplements maker Life & Bio Co., in its first Korean buyout deal in eight yea...
Apr 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Blue house brawl: South Korea spars over where next president will live
SEOUL—South Korea’s political division runs so deep now that the country can’t agree where the next president should liv...
Mar 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korea's new asset managers survive with competitive edge
Most new asset management firms in South Korea end up lagging the competition due to their smaller sizes. They suffer from operating losses ...
Mar 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korea rises as test bed for global luxury brands
South Korea is becoming a test bed for global high-end brands such as Balenciaga, Valentino, IWC and Breitling. The world's top luxury brands, pre...
Mar 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Lotte seeks first-mover advantage in senior market
South Korea's Lotte Group will build a luxury residential town for retirees in Seoul by 2025 to plunge into the senior housing market.Lotte Hotels a...
Mar 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
K Car's evolution into top Korean used car sales platform
When Seoul-based private equity firm Hahn & Co. acquired K Car Co. from SK Group in 2018, the No. 1 used car retailer in South Korea controlled ...
Mar 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Korea Investment in $4.4 bn lending group for Tropicana deal
Korea Investment & Securities Co. will arrange senior and mezzanine loans for Paris-based PAI Partners to fund its acquisition of Tropicana an...
Feb 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG AI Research forms 'Hyperscale' AI alliance with 13 companies
LG AI Research unveiled an alliance network consisting of 13 corporations and organizations based in South Korea and abroad on Tuesday. There a...
Feb 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
LG recruits former WH deputy chief of staff Joe Hagin for govt relations
LG Corp. announced on Sunday that the group has recruited former White House deputy chief of staff Joe Hagin for its Washington D.C. office. Ha...
Feb 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
CJ ENM’s streaming platform raises $209 mn to finance original content
TVing Co. is poised to sell 382,513 new shares to South Korean private equity fund JC Partner Co.’s affiliate to raise 250 billion won ($209 m...
Feb 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to offer auto finance in France to boost Europe vehicle sales
Hyundai Capital Services Inc., a financial services subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, and CGI Finance, a unit of Societe Generale Group, have launc...
Jan 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Hyundai Engineering’s new business keywords: Hydrogen, mini reactors
Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, is reorganizing its business struct...
Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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REITs
Korean REITs total assets surpass $58 bn in 2021
The combined total assets of real estate investment trusts (REITs) in Korea surpassed 70 trillion won ($58.4 billion) as of the end-2021, 20 years a...
Jan 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)