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Economy
Korea 2021 GNI per capita to top $35,000 to record high
South Korea’s gross national income (GNI) per capita is expected to surpass $35,000 to a record high this year on strong economic growth, surg...
Dec 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
End of No-Japanese boycott? Uniqlo Korea turns to black
Japanese companies operating in South Korea are making a comeback after being hit hard by a campaign that began in mid-2019 to boycott Japanese prod...
Dec 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Will Samsung stocks repeat December glory?
Over the past decade, Samsung Electronics Co. ’s stocks have usually enjoyed a year-end rally every December on increasing dividends and hopes...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Korea’s reopening stocks jump on easing Omicron woes
South Korea’s reopening stocks surged on Dec. 3 as US President Joe Biden’s plans to curb the Omicron variant of COVID-19 exclude lockdo...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
KTB Asset invests $51 mn in Norwegian shipowner Knutsen
South Korea’s KTB Asset Management Co. and Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. have jointly invested 60 billion won ($50.7 mililion) in s...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Inc 2021: Year of record M&As, tie-ups and spin-offs
South Korea’s corporate sector has seen record deals through mergers and acquisitions, tie-ups and spin-offs this year, as big companies and s...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea lawmakers approve record $515 bn budget for 2022
South Korea’s parliament on Dec. 3 approved a record $515 billion spending for 2022 to support a recovery in Asia’s fourth-largest econo...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ROK-U.S. SCM
US and South Korea to update wartime plans for North Korea
SEOUL—The U.S. and South Korea said they would update their joint wartime contingency plans for North Korea, as the Kim Jong Un regime has&n...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea Venture Investment creates global fund worth $2 billion
Korea’s government-backed fund of funds (FOF) management institution announced its latest selection of funds late last month, which would bene...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea's biggest fund to invest $5.8 million in overseas VCs
Korea Venture Investment Corp. plans to invest $58.2 million or about 69 billion won in 10 funds around the globe. The government-backed fund o...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS picks Hillhouse Capital for private equity investment in Q3
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) selected private equity giant Hillhouse Capital Group in the third quarter of this year for its...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kakao buys startup Grip, fueling e-commerce push
South Korea's Kakao Corp. has acquired a live streaming e-commerce app Grip Co. to beef up its online shopping business, considered the weakest spot...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor Korea unit to manage Asia-Pacific markets
Hyundai Motor Co. is gearing up to manage the Asia-Pacific markets, excluding China and India, from its home office. South Korea's top carmaker aims...
Dec 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s November exports top $60 bn for first time to fresh high
South Korea’s exports in November exceeded $60 billion for the first time in terms of monthly shipments to an all-time high, although caution ...
Dec 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korea Post selects Ardian, Hamilton Lane for $100 mn co-investment
Korea Post’s savings arm has selected French private equity firm Ardian SA and US alternative investment manager Hamilton Lane Advisors LLC ...
Dec 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
MediBloc aims to promote safe exchange of medical data using blockchain
As the adoption of artificial intelligence becomes more prevalent, the value of data also increases rapidly. The quality and quantity of data...
Dec 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Japan's Aeon proceeds with plan to sell Ministop Korea
Japan's Aeon Co. has received preliminary bids for its wholly-owned subsidiary of Ministop Korea, which is estimated at around 200 billion won ($170...
Nov 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung’s new auto chip mounted in Volkswagen’s infotainment system
Samsung Electronics Co. is supplying one of its latest advanced chips to Volkswagen AG for the German carmaker’s in-vehicle infotainment syste...
Nov 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK in talks to buy S.Korea's top shoe fabric maker
MBK Partners is in exclusive talks to buy Dongjin Textile Co., a South Korean family-owned business that supplies footwear textiles to companies inc...
Nov 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Korea's first game NFT exchange to open next month
Come next month, Korea will see its first online game-based non-fungible token exchange. Seoul-based video game developer WeMade Co., Ltd will ...
Nov 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea to build solar power plants in Chile for $130 mn
South Korea is planning to build solar photovoltaic power plants in Chile, investing $130 million, in a move to help local companies expand their re...
Nov 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung to adopt flatter hierarchy to lure young talent
Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday announced a set of drastic steps to reduce bureaucracy and hierarchical management at the world's top memory chip ...
Nov 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
SK Square to invest $75 mn in Korea crypto exchange
South Korea’s SK Square, an investment firm spun off from SK Telecom Co., will buy a stake in a local cryptocurrency exchange to expand its po...
Nov 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea Post to select GPs for €200 mn real estate fund
Korea Post, South Korea's state-run postal service agency, said its savings arm will select two asset managers of an open-end commingled blind poo...
Nov 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Koo Ja-eun takes helm of Korea’s cable, machinery conglomerate LS Group
Koo Ja-eun, chairman of South Korea’s LS Mtron Co., a machinery and components maker, will lead the country’s 14th-largest conglomerate ...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea homegrown app begins process for H1 2022 listing
One store Co., the South Korean homegrown app store developed by the country’s top online platform Naver Corp. and three telecom carriers, is ...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Bank of Korea raises interest rates, signals further hikes
South Korea’s central bank increased its policy interest rate for the second time in three months and signaled further hikes to stem rising in...
Nov 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Costa Rican president: His family K-drama fans, seeks joint production
Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Quesada has praised South Korean movies such as the Oscar-winning Parasite and drama series such as Squid Game...
Nov 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung orders US chips, with a side of geopolitics
Every country wants a cutting-edge semiconductor plant. Samsung Electronics’ plan to build one in the U.S. is taking advantage of th...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung’s $17 billion new chip plant in Taylor aims to rein in TSMC
Samsung Electronics Co. has officially announced its plan to build a $17 billion chipmaking plant in Taylor, Texas, as the tech giant aims to overta...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Latest News
- 1 Hyundai's accumulated production reaches 100 mn units
- 2 Korea Investment lowers price target for Samsung Electro-Mechanics
- 3 Samsung Galaxy AI phones surpass 20 mn units in S. Korea
- 4 LG to invest $762 mn in webOS to transform into platform-based tech giant
- 5 S.Korea to offer incentives to attract foreign scientists