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Rebars
Dongkuk makes strongest steel bar in S.Korea
Steelmaker Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. has become the first South Korean company to develop a reinforcing bar, or rebar, that can withstand 12.2 tons per...
Dec 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem, China’s CATL neck and neck in race for top battery player’s spot
Global competition for the world’s top spot for the manufacture of electric-vehicle batteries is getting fiercer as major players in South Kor...
Nov 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
Goldman Sachs joins race for Korea’s beauty store chain
Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area (PIA) has entered the race for a stake in South Korea’s health and beauty franchise CJ Olive Young, beco...
Nov 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC joins One Planet Sovereign Wealth Fund to bolster climate change efforts
In a move to bolster its climate change efforts, Korea Investment Corporation has joined a group of international sovereign wealth funds in their aim ...
Nov 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Stipop, taking on the world one sticker at a time
Emojis and stickers, pictorial icons used to convey emotions in messaging apps, help break down language barriers as users can intuitively recognize...
Nov 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biomaterials
LG Chem, Neste join forces to make bio-based synthetic resins
LG Chem Ltd. plans to produce synthetic resins such as polyolefin, polycarbonate and polyvinyl chloride, using biomaterials from Finland's diesel prod...
Nov 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Licensing agreements
LG to provide ice-making tech for Electrolux's French door refrigerators
South Korea's tech giant LG Electronics Inc. announced on Oct. 26 that it has entered into a patent-licensing agreement with Sweden-based Electrolux t...
Oct 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robot chefs
Hyundai Robotics, KFC team up to make chicken-frying robot chefs
Hyundai Robotics Co. and global fried chicken franchise KFC have agreed to jointly develop automated chicken-frying robots as the South Korean industr...
Oct 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen truck
Hyundai makes inroads into Europe’s hydrogen commercial vehicle market
Hyundai Motor Co. has delivered seven hydrogen-powered trucks to Switzerland in its foray into Europe’s eco-friendly commercial vehicle market, ...
Oct 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Electronics
Samsung beats TSMC to win new Qualcomm order to make mobile chips
Samsung Electronics Co. has clinched a deal with Qualcomm Technologies Inc. to manufacture 5G-capable mobile application processors designed for mid-r...
Oct 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Electronics
Samsung to make new Qualcomm chips for 5G smartphones with 5nm technology
Samsung Electronics Co. has secured a deal to manufacture Qualcomm Technologies Inc.’s new mobile application processor for 5G smartphones, the ...
Sep 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Electronics
Samsung to make Nvidia’s latest gaming chips in stepped-up foundry business
Samsung Electronics Co. will manufacture Nvidia Corp.’s latest gaming chips as the South Korean tech giant aims to expand its presence in the fo...
Sep 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Kakao Games makes a splash; raising over $13.5 bn in public subscription deposits
Kakao Games Corp. has raised over a staggering 16 trillion won ($13.5 billion) in deposits during the first day of its public subscription on Septembe...
Sep 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
One Equity Partners fully exits from Celltrion with $1.8 bn in proceeds
One Equity Partners (OEP), a New York based private equity firm, unloaded its remaining shares in Celltrion Healthcare valued at approximately 31...
Jul 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hedge fund
NPS makes first single-manager hedge fund investment with $810 mn
The National Pension Service committed about 1 trillion won ($810 million) to four global hedge fund houses in 2019, in its first investment in single...
Apr 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Military Mutual Aid extends financial division CIO’s term by one year
The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) has extended its financial division head’s term for another year to focus on the risk management asso...
Mar 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fund
Korea’s Europe property investment hits record; France takes one-third
South Korean institutions, including pension funds and insurance companies, poured a record 12.5 billion euros ($14 billion) into Europe’s real ...
Jan 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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KKR makes pre-IPO investment in Korean car parts makers in $940 mn deal
Private equity firm KKR & Co. has signed an agreement to buy a stake in a South Korean automotive parts maker and acquire a copper foil unit to be...
Jul 28, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Interview] Hyundai Marine sees one or two more buyout fund investments in 2017
Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd., South Korea’s second-largest non-life insurer by assets, is considering investing in one or two addition...
Feb 21, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Two Korean firms make $70 mn senior loans to power plants near Chicago
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and KEB Hana Bank have made $35 million senior loans each to two power generation facilities near Chicago, acc...
Feb 10, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS buys stake in One Vanderbilt in NYC for $500 mn
The National Pension Service has secured a second-largest shareholder position with a 27-percent stake in a landmark building currently under construc...
Jan 31, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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What makes Korean asset owners hesitate to invest in hedge funds?
The National Pension Service (NPS) has kicked off its first investment in hedge funds by choosing two fund of funds managers to entrust a total of $1 ...
Jul 26, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
BOK’s rate policy back to square one on GDP, Fed stance
TBILISI, US – The Bank of Korea (BOK) will likely be back to square on monetary policy as stronger-than-expected economic growth in the first qu...
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