national security
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Pension funds
Korea's NPS to get partial tax refund on US real estate sales
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is set to receive a tax refund of 30 billion won ($22.4 million) from the US Internal Revenue Ser...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
GS Caltex to enter carbon capture, utilization and storage sector
South Korea's oil refining and energy giant GS Caltex has teamed up with leading domestic companies in their respective fields to enter the carbon c...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Geo Centric secures $363 mn in sustainability loans on favorable terms
SK Geo Centric Co., a South Korean petrochemical company, said on Tuesday it has secured 475 billion won ($363 million) in sustainability-linked loa...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution diversifies supply chains to respond to US IRA
LG Energy Solution Ltd. has made a preemptive response to the Inflation Reduction Act of the US by securing the supply of lithium carbonate, a key m...
Nov 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
South Korea’s biggest startup event ComeUp 2022 kicks off in Seoul
South Korea’s largest startup event ComeUp kicked off on Wednesday at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP). The annual event, which celebrat...
Nov 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
S.Korea's LS Cable to become KT Submarine's largest shareholder
South Korea’s leading cable manufacturer LS Cable & System Ltd. is poised to become the largest shareholder of undersea cable construction...
Nov 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On may secure money for capex from parent company
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric battery maker, may receive money for capacity expansion from its parent company SK Innovation Co...
Nov 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
SpaceX to receive $44 mn injection from Korean high-net-worth individuals
South Korea’s Mirae Asset Securities Co., which committed $100 million to Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) in J...
Nov 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Korea's KB Securities to earn market's 1st quadruple crown
In a first for a Korean brokerage, KB Securities has led all major performance categories this year and could achieve the domestic sector's first "q...
Nov 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korea's WeMade shakes off crisis, secures new investment
Korea's game development company WeMade has secured new investment worth 66 billion won ($46.4 million), breathing a sigh of relief after receiving ...
Nov 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
EQT Partners to invest $1.4 bn in Korea's No. 2 physical security firm
Sweden’s EQT Partners AB is set to acquire a 36.87% stake in South Korean security services provider SK Shieldus Co. from a consortium led by ...
Nov 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Meritz Securities posts positive third-quarter earnings surprise
Meritz Securities saw net profit rise 14% in the third quarter in stark contrast to other brokerages suffering from earning shocks due to the stock ...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Conglomerates cancel commercial events following Itaewon crowd crush
South Korean conglomerates are canceling promotional events through to the end of the year, following the tragic deaths of more than 150 people in t...
Oct 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea, Chile to jointly develop key EV battery materials
South Korea has joined hands with Chile in a move to cope with the US’ Inflation Reduction Act, as well as strengthen the two countries' ties ...
Oct 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On in 10-year lithium deal with Australia’s Lake Resources
SK On Co., a leading South Korean battery maker, said on Wednesday it has signed a long-term contract to procure lithium, a key battery material, fr...
Oct 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Edtech Onuii breaking barriers to private tutoring one tablet at a time
In an interview with The Korea Economic Daily, CEO of Onuii Go Yejin said she used to love contemplating a lot of random things since her elementary...
Oct 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
KLA to stop chip tool supply to customers in China: Report
US chip toolmaker KLA Corp. will cease offering some supplies and services from Wednesday to China-based customers including SK Hynix Inc., the worl...
Oct 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Hahn & Co. to sell off Korea's major biofuel maker SK Eco Prime
South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Company is set to put a 100% stake in biofuel manufacturer SK Eco Prime on sale, with Goldman Sachs as a...
Oct 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin is not money: South Korean court
A South Korean court judged that Bitcoin, the world’s leading virtual currency, is not money and therefore the cryptocurrency is not subject t...
Oct 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
IGIS names fixed income expert Jang as head of equity, debt
IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest real estate investment firm managing $46.5 billion in assets as of end-2021, said on Tuesday ...
Oct 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea Investment & Securities and Stifel Financial form joint venture
Korea Investment & Securities Co., a subsidiary of Korea Investment Holdings, announced on Wednesday that it has formed a joint venture with Mis...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Korea lags peer nations in robot industry
South Korea’s competitiveness in the robot industry is among the world’s lowest even though the country is one of the largest buyers of ...
Sep 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung Elec executive touts ‘significant progress’ in M&A efforts
BERLIN – Samsung Electronics Co. has made “significant progress” in the company’s merger and acquisition (M&A) efforts, ...
Sep 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Lotte Group to donate $10.4 mn to KAIST to build R&D, design centers
Lotte Corp. announced on Monday that it will donate 14 billion won ($10.4 million) to the prestigious Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Techno...
Aug 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SoftBank-backed Tridge becomes South Korea’s first agriculture unicorn
South Korea’s agriculture and food trading platform Tridge Co. announced Thursday that it raised 50 billion won ($37.4 million) from DS Asset ...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hyundai Motor, LG Energy secure $710 mn for battery JV in Indonesia
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. have secured $710 million from financial institutions overseas to ...
Aug 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Tech giant Kakao turns to digital display advertising for added revenue
Kakao Corp. is looking to add display advertising to South Korea’s largest messaging app KakaoTalk, as well as the fintech apps developed by i...
Aug 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Silicon Valley-based AI startup Allganize revs up to go public in Japan
Allganize Inc., a Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, recently announced the company will relocate some of its headquarters f...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Seoul National University to set up first overseas campus in Vietnam
Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea’s top-ranked higher education institution, is pursuing the setup of its first overseas campus in ...
Aug 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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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)