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Korean chipmakers
Samsung loses ground in foundry market as TSMC ties in with Japanese firms
Samsung Electronics Co., which is losing share of the global foundry market, has come under increased pressure from its bigger rival Taiwan Semicond...
Jun 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea’s major tire makers to raise prices as rubber supply tightens
South Korea’s three leading tire makers are set to raise prices of commercial and passenger vehicle tires on growing demand from automakers an...
May 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
SK, Lotte to set up hydrogen JV within 2021
South Korea’s major conglomerates SK Group and Lotte Group have joined hands to strengthen their foothold in the fast-growing hydrogen sector....
May 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
K-pop content platforms team up to take lead in community market
Platform operators targeting global K-pop fans are mired in fierce competition as companies team up to vie for the lead in the fan community platfor...
May 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Deals
Naver, CJ ENM join forces to acquire Korea's No.3 web novel platform
South Korea’s platform giant Naver Corp. has joined forces with CJ Group to acquire the country's leading web novel platform Munpia Inc. in a ...
May 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Investment Officers
Ex-police fund CIO picked to lead Yellow Umbrella Mutual
Lee Do-yoon, a former chief investment officer of South Korea's Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA), has been named as CIO of the Yellow Umbrella M...
May 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Industrial clean rooms
Wonbang Tech: S.Korea’s leading chip clean room company
The dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated with water vapor. When cooled further below the point, the airborne water vapor ...
Apr 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Vietnam government picks Alliex to lead cashless transition
South Korea’s fintech startup Alliex Co. has kicked off a new project in Vietnam to create a common payment platform that would standardize th...
Apr 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
Chips, EV and AI lead Korean firms' 2020 R&D spending
Semiconductor chips, electric vehicles and artificial intelligence (AI) drove the top 100 South Korean companies' spending on research and developme...
Apr 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
KOTRA to lead trade digitalization with AI, big data
South Korea’s state-funded Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) is undergoing a full-scale digital transformation to expedite inter...
Mar 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung widens lead over rivals with industry’s first advanced DDR5
Samsung Electronics Co. has extended its lead in memory chips over its rivals by unveiling the industry’s first 512 gigabyte DDR5 module based...
Mar 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec may advance start of leading-edge foundry line to July
Samsung Electronics Co., a leading global foundry chipmaker, may begin operation of its leading-edge chip fabrication line earlier than scheduled to...
Feb 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG Energy Solution hires Morgan Stanley, KB Securities as lead IPO managers
South Korea-based LG Energy Solution has hired KB Securities and Morgan Stanley as the lead managers for its initial public offering, which is antic...
Jan 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Kakao, NCSoft likely to lead record-breaking earnings in 2021
South Korea’s mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. and game developer NCSoft Corp. are looking to post their best-ever earnings for a second stra...
Jan 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea maintains global lead in shipbuilding industry
Thanks to winning the most orders this year, South Korea’s shipbuilding industry has solidified its lead in the global shipbuilding market for...
Dec 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Samsung promotes young executives to lead memory, foundry businesses
Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday announced a leadership shuffle in its two key businesses – memory chips and foundry – as the South ...
Dec 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Post Lee Kun-hee
Samsung heirs’ $9 bn tax bill may lead to share sale, weak control
The three children and the wife of Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who died on Oct. 25 at the age of 78, is expected to face inheritance taxes of ...
Oct 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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LG Chem to hold market lead with tenfold battery patents vs CATL: executive
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd., which has heavily invested in research and development projects, says it will retain its market lead over close riva...
Oct 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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League table
Credit Suisse lead-manages Doosan Group’s restructuring deals
Credit Suisse handled three restructuring deals worth a combined 1.2 trillion won ($1 billion) for South Korea’s Doosan Group and 1.5 trillion w...
Oct 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Battery
Korea’s leading EV battery makers’ R&D spending hits record $1 bn in H1
South Korea’s three leading electric-vehicle (EV) battery makers are investing heavily in EV research & development projects to gain ground ...
Aug 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Large-cap stocks lead KOSPI’s rally; more gains seen as laggards play catch-up
South Korea’s large-cap stocks have posted hefty gains in recent trade, driving the liquidity-driven markets higher after robust second-quarter ...
Aug 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth fund
KIC promotes private equity head to lead alternative investment
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has appointed private equity head James Jongho Kim as alternative investment group head and deputy chief investment...
Jun 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Startup
Mirae Asset co-leads $100 mn financing for China’s biotech startup
Mirae Asset Financial Group has invested $28 million in Shanghai-based biotechnology startup JW Therapeutics, about a quarter of $100 million financin...
Jun 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Mirae Asset leads $23 mn funding for Indian food delivery startup
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. has led a $23 million investment in Indian food delivery platform Swiggy by South Korean companies in their first investme...
Apr 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
[Dealmaker] Credit Suisse leads Korea's M&A advisory market
Credit Suisse arranged five buyout deals worth 5.2 trillion won ($4.4 billion) for SK Group’s units in 2019, which represented half of its M&...
Jan 31, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Crianza Aviation leads $600 mn aircraft finance for Etihad Airways
Crianza Aviation, a South Korean aircraft leasing firm, has completed a financing estimated at $600 million to buy three Boeing 787-9s for Etihad Airw...
Apr 09, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS’ global PE head promoted to lead global alternative investment
Hyung-Don Choe, global private equity head of the National Pension Service (NPS), was promoted on August 1 to lead the pension fund’s global...
Aug 03, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s GEPS hires ex-NPS’ NY office head to lead global investment division
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has named a former senior investment manager of the National Pension Service (NPS), who had ...
Mar 04, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS promotes domestic alternative head to lead investment strategy
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) appointed Soo-Cheol Lee, who leads domestic alternative investments, as the new head of the pension fund’...
Jan 02, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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TPG picks son of ex-Samsung vice chairman to lead Korea investment
TPG named Sanghoon Lee, an ex-Morgan Stanley executive and elder son of a former Samsung Electronics vice chairman and CEO, as the head of its South K...
Aug 25, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)