responsible minerals sourcing
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Construction & Planning
Heerim wins supervision contract for Vietnam's Long Thanh Airport
South Korea's Heerim Architects & Planners announced on Monday that it has signed a construction-phase supervision and advisory contract for the...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affinity's CJ Lee to become 3rd Korean executive to leave
Affinity Equity Partners’ founding member and Managing Partner Lee Chul-joo (CJ Lee) will resign from the Asia’s leading buyout manager,...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia to showcase new cars at Indonesia’s GIIAS auto show
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. will participate in Indonesia’s largest auto show next week as the South Korean sister firms ramp up their off...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea’s STX to build joint Indonesia nickel plant for EV cells
South Korea’s trading company STX Corp. is set to build a nickel plant with an Indonesian company in the Southeast Asian country to expand its...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Costco Korea under heavy scrutiny over cart pusher’s death
Costco has come under heavy scrutiny after a 29-year-old cart pusher at one of its outlets near Seoul died after working in scorching heat in June, ...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea's SM buys shipping line HMM shares ahead of bidding
South Korea’s SM Group has increased its ownership in HMM Co., the country’s top container shipping line. The 30th-largest conglomerate ...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Bioepis seeks to buy Biogen biosimilar unit
Samsung Bioepis Co., a biopharmaceutical research and development unit under South Korea’s Samsung Group, seeks to buy a biosimilar business d...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS commits $724 mn to CVC Capital’s ninth PE fund
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, has committed €650 million ($724 million...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s KFCC likely to see loss from London-based office investment
South Korea’s Vestas Investment Management Co. is slated to sell off a London-based office tower as the property value has plunged due to rate...
Jul 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Bain Capital in talks to buy Korean aesthetic device maker Ilooda
Ilooda, a South Korean medical aesthetic devices maker valued at around 200 billion won ($158 million), is likely to sell its management rights to U...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
CJ Logistics revamps itself into tech-based company
South Korea’s CJ Logistics on Monday said it has revamped its internal organization that it had maintained since its foundation in 1930. ...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Kolon Industries to develop new materials for space exploration
Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturer, announced on Wednesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) wi...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea-China battery minerals tie-up mutually beneficial: CNGR chief
China and South Korea stand to mutually benefit by strengthening their partnership in the battery materials business amid tougher US regulations on ...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Display sues BOE over iPhone 12 panel patents
Samsung Display Co. has stepped up its fight against BOE Technology over display panels, taking its first legal action against the Chinese rival ove...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Nongshim’s Baeksansu, Disney to collaborate character products
South Korea's instant noodle giant Nongshim Co. announced on Friday that it will release a collaborative product featuring Disney character images o...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Busan Equity Partners launches core minerals business in Philippines
Busan Equity Partners (BEP), a South Korean private equity firm, is partnering with Philippine mineral development company PGMPI to develop overseas...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
SK Networks to invest $2 mn in Dutch agtech startup
SK Networks Co., a South Korean trading company, announced on Thursday that it will invest $2 million in the series A round of Source.ag, a smart fa...
Jun 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Innotek develops flexible vehicle lighting Nexlide-M
South Korea's electronic component maker LG Innotek on Wednesday announced the release of Nexlide-M, or a flexible 3D lighting component for vehicle...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Int'l secures graphite supply from Tanzania
South Korea's POSCO International has signed a deal on the supply of natural graphite to strengthen its battery raw materials unit.The company on ...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
S.Korea warns of stern response in case of N.Korea satellite launch
The launch of North Korea's first military reconnaissance satellite has entered a “countdown”. North Korea notified the Japanese governm...
May 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea, Canada to bolster key minerals supply partnership
South Korea and Canada will make close cooperation to strengthen their supply chains of critical minerals such as uranium and nickel, key materials ...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia offers up to $7,500 in incentives in US for leasing EV6
South Korea's Kia Corp. is offering discounts of up to $7,500 in the US for leasing its electric compact crossover SUV line EV6 to boost its price c...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics to open flagship store in Seoul's Gangnam district
Samsung Electronics Co. in late June will open its new flagship store Samsung Gangnam near Gangnam Station, a posh area of Seoul.Sources from the in...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Mirae Asset Securities joins Singapore Exchange's trading membership
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities has made history as the first Korean financial investment firm to join the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) trading...
May 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
PwC’s S.Korean member to focus on SE Asia acquisition deals
Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers, the South Korean member firm of global accounting industry leader PwC, aims to focus on overseas acquisition deals of ...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Kolmar Korea develops eco-friendly paper stick for cosmetic
Kolmar Korea, a supplier to global cosmetics brands such as Estee Lauder, has unveiled a new paper stick container made from mineral paper that is c...
Apr 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
HMM, Lotte Fine Chemical to partner for ammonia sea transport
South Korea's HMM Co. and Lotte Fine Chemical Co. have formed a partnership to transport and supply next-generation environmentally friendly fuel, a...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Elec gets open-source software security certification
South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday that it has been recognized as a company that complies with the "Internationa...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea to inject $15 bn in rechargeable battery sector by 2030
South Korea will invest 20 trillion won ($15.1 billion) in the rechargeable battery sector by 2030 to widen its technology gap with global competito...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset Owners Report
S.Korean LPs to up exposure to private debt, infrastructure in 2023: Survey
South Korean institutional investors are eyeing private debt and infrastructure for stable income and to hedge against inflation, a survey by The Kore...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)