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Alternative investments
NPS adds Warburg Pincus as real estate asset manager in Q3
The National Pension Service added New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC to its pool of 58 global real estate investment manager...
Dec 01, 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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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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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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Entertainment
Inspire secures $1.6 bn for its luxury resort project in Incheon
Inspire Integrated Resort Co., a South Korean resort developer and 100% affiliate of US casino and gaming company Mohegan Gaming & Entertainme...
Nov 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Gaming platform Planetarium attracts $42 mn, valued at $293 mn
South Korea’s non-fungible token (NFT)-based open source gaming platform Planetarium, under Nine Corp. Inc., is slated to attract around 50 ...
Nov 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
CVC, Goldman among shortlisted investors in TVing
CVC Capital and Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area (PIA) are among the shortlisted investors in South Korea's over-the-top (OTT) streaming serv...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Electronics names strategy chief as new CEO
South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday appointed its strategy chief Cho Joo-wan as the company's new chief executive officer, in a major resh...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
SK On seeks $2.5 bn in new funding for battery plants
SK On Co., one of South Korea's top three rechargeable battery makers, plans to raise around 3 trillion won ($2.5 billion) in a pre-IPO share sale n...
Nov 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
US activist fund to face off with IMM PE over Hanssem
Teton Capital Partners, a US-based activist fund, has taken legal action to block IMM Private Equity from exercising its management rights over Hans...
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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Korean games
LG Elec brings GeForce Now games to smart TVs
LG Electronics Inc., the global home appliance giant, will now enable gamers to enjoy Nvidia Corp.’s game streaming service GeForce Now on the...
Nov 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea stocks see $2 bn inflow, stoking hopes for a foreigner comeback
Foreign investors have absorbed $2 billion in South Korean stock markets so far in November, spurring hopes of a foreign comeback, although doubts r...
Nov 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea Sindoh unveils cutting-edge 3D printer under new brand fabWeaver
Sindoh Co., South Korea’s top 3D printer maker, unveiled a state-of-the-art 3D printer under its new premium brand fabWeaver as it aims to exp...
Nov 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Millennial tapped to head online giant Naver
Naver Corp. has chosen Choi Soo-yeon, 40, to lead the top online platform in South Korea, in the 22-year-old company's most dramatic top management ...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK closes SSF II at $1.8 bn, largest Asian SSF since 2019
South Korea’s MBK Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in Asia, said it has raised $1.8 billion for its second special situations...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste treatment
Hyundai Motor Group seeks to buy Korea waste treatment firm
Hyundai Engineering Co., Hyundai Motor Group’s construction arm, has joined the race to buy a South Korean garbage treatment company as the gr...
Nov 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean game makers shun IBs for M&A deals
“We know which companies to buy after playing the games a few times.”More and more South Korean game developers are pursuing mergers and...
Nov 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Amazon poised for Fire tablet launch in Korea next year
Amazon, the world’s largest online shopping mall, is set to release its own Fire tablets in South Korea from as early as next year, penetratin...
Nov 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Genesis House New York: An oasis in Manhattan
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, is opening Genesis House New York, a sophisticated showroom, in the trendy Meatpacking Distric...
Nov 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
NCSoft to unveil NFT-based, play-to-earn games in 2022
NCSoft Corp., South Korea's leading game developer, will dip its toes into the realm of the blockchain and non-fungible tokens (NFT) by releasing pl...
Nov 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
SK to invest $340 mn in Vietnam’s major retail platform The CrownX
South Korea’s conglomerate SK Group said on Nov. 11 that it agreed to invest $340 million in The CrownX, a retail platform of Masan Group Corp...
Nov 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Home interior app seeks new funding at over $ 1 bn valuation
South Korea's Bucketplace Co., an operator of the country's largest home interior platform, is seeking to raise about 100 billion won ($85 million) ...
Nov 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
NCSoft reclaims throne with new mobile game Lineage W
Lineage W, developed by South Korea’s NCSoft Corp., has swiftly reclaimed the top spot in the country's mobile gaming market just three days s...
Nov 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Travel startups draw new funds amid digital transformation
As South Korea loosened social distancing measures for a gradual return to normal life this week, investors are rekindling their interest in travel ...
Nov 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KKR invests $2 bn in SK E&S' new preferred shares
KKR & Co. has signed an agreement to buy 2.4 trillion won ($2 billion) worth of newly-issued preferred shares in SK E&S Co., the US private ...
Nov 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Jeju as Korea's new shopping mecca: Shinsegae's task ahead
Unlike Hawaii and Las Vegas, there is one thing missing on Jeju Island, South Korea's top tourist destination: premium outlets.The island hosted 15 ...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
US startup SES unveils game-changing lithium-metal battery
SES Holdings Pte. Ltd., one of the world’s top solid-state battery makers, unveiled a hybrid lithium-metal rechargeable battery with better pe...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao becomes Korea’s top platform firm, besting archrival Naver
Kakao Corp., best known for South Korea’s top mobile messenger app KakaoTalk, has become the country’s top platform company in terms of ...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
North Korea can make more uranium for nuclear bombs than previously thought
SEOUL—North Korea has the capacity to make more base ingredients for nuclear bombs than previously believed, according to new research, sugg...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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