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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea shipbuilders shine in cloudy stock market on strong orders
South Korean shipbuilders’ shares stood high in the subdued local stock market as strong order books stoked predictions of earnings improvemen...
Apr 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Naver emerges as Hanjin KAL’s white knight with stake purchase
South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp. has emerged as one of Hanjin KAL Co.'s key friendly shareholders, throwing its clout behind Chai...
Apr 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Korea firms’ Shanghai plants to remain disrupted long on lockdown
South Korean companies’ production in Shanghai is expected to remain disrupted long on the lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, raising co...
Apr 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
POSCO returns from pandemic blues with record quarterly profit
South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO is returning even stronger from the pandemic-caused economic slowdown, with an all-time high revenue an...
Apr 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea’s luxury e-commerce startups poised to become unicorns
South Korea’s e-commerce startups are enjoying massive hikes in their valuations on the back of robust online spending by millennials and memb...
Apr 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea Post to hire two GPs for global infrastructure debt
Korea Post, South Korea's state-run postal service agency, said on April 14 that its insurance arm will select two asset managers for a maxi...
Apr 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK unexpectedly hikes interest rate as inflation accelerates
South Korea’s central bank on Thursday raised its policy interest rate in a surprise move as accelerating inflation is feared to bite into gro...
Apr 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
SK Telecom steps up metaverse push with Morph Interactive purchase
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, has made an equity investment in Morph Interactive Co., a local three-dimensional graphics c...
Apr 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Musinsa seeks to buy Japan-focused rival fashion platform
South Korea's top online fashion platform Musinsa is in the last stages of talks to acquire a domestic rival that caters primarily to Japanese shopp...
Apr 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Telecom stocks bullish as foreigners' net purchases increase
South Korea’s telecommunication stocks are getting a boost from foreign investors’ net purchases. Telecom shares, which are relatively...
Apr 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hahn & Co. buys Korean food startup in bolt-on deal
Seoul-based private equity firm Hahn & Co. has acquired a South Korean meal kit provider for 75 billion won ($61 million), a deal expected to bo...
Apr 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Korea Dongkuk targets record profit on Brazil CSP’s brisk earnings
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., South Korea’s third-largest steelmaker, is expected to continue to benefit from the strong earnings of its Brazilian u...
Apr 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung Group hires governance expert for unprecedented reorganization
Samsung Electronics Co. has hired a 20-year governance veteran for its much-awaited corporate governance restructuring, according to those familia...
Apr 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy set for 2023 turnaround after eight years of losses
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., one of South Korea's Big Three shipbuilders, was once on the list of assets its parent Samsung Group wanted to sell to...
Apr 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG bonds
POSCO Chemical to raise $244 mn in green bonds
POSCO Chemical Co., South Korean steelmaker POSCO Group’s chemical and battery material unit, said on April 8 that it will issue green bonds w...
Apr 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Fila Korea: Hidden beneficiary of China’s guochao fashion trend
The burgeoning Chinese fashion fad, known as guochao, has pushed out or significantly reduced the popularity and influence of Western and other well...
Apr 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
S.Korea’s top securities firms enjoy high returns on fintech investment
South Korea’s startups raked in a record amount of investment last year, thanks to the number of unicorns reaching an all-time high.This was n...
Apr 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
S.Korea’s retail investors put record amount in overseas stocks
South Korea’s retail investors poured 22.9 trillion won ($18.8 billion) into purchasing overseas stocks last year, according to the country's ...
Apr 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea to scrap plans to sell Ambatovy mine stake
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol will scrap the outgoing government’s plan to sell off its stakes in loss-making overseas mines, including the Am...
Apr 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Chem breaks ground for battery material plant
South Korea’s POSCO Chemical Co. started construction of a battery material plant in the country as a part of its plan to boost production cap...
Apr 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea Post to tap two GPs for global PE secondaries
Korea Post, South Korea's state-run postal service agency, said on April 6 its savings arm will choose two asset managers for two closed-end comming...
Apr 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Carlyle, Solvay show interest in Korea's PI Advanced
PI Advanced Materials Co., the world’s largest polyimide (PI) film manufacturer, has drawn about 10 preliminary bidders, including The Carlyle...
Apr 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Slack gains more than 1,000 clients in S.Korea in just two years
The seven hottest tech companies and startups in South Korea earned a new nickname, a word combining their first syllables. What they also have in c...
Apr 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea to scrap ambitious 2050 renewable energy target
South Korea’s incoming government will scrap the country’s ambitious goals of expanding renewable energy sources to 70% of the electrici...
Apr 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korea’s Q1 facility investment cut in half, spooked by macroeconomic risks
South Korea’s major companies are drastically cutting their capital spending as heightened macroeconomic risks coupled with growing external u...
Apr 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Philippines LCS Group buys Korea’s special purpose vessel maker
The Philippines’ LCS Group of Companies bought a South Korean special purpose vessel maker as it aims to supply defense products to the Southe...
Apr 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea March inflation at 10-year high; bond yields surge
South Korea’s consumer prices in March grew at the fastest pace in more than 10 years on surging energy and commodity prices, while the centra...
Apr 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
Korean manufacturers brace for higher emission costs
The increase in the price of carbon emission rights is dealing another blow to South Korean companies reeling from soaring raw materials and logisti...
Apr 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Korea’s top adult webtoon platform targets global market
Topco, South Korea’s top adult webtoon platform operator, is targeting the global digital comic market with the goal to expand its business in...
Apr 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Venture capitalists in S.Korea enjoy record salaries in 2021
South Korea’s venture capitalists put record high investments into startups last year. Thanks to positive returns on investments, a number o...
Apr 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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