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Mergers & Acquisitions
US sanctions on Russia may hinder Korean Medit sale
US private equity giants The Carlyle Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) may have to give up on their acquisition plans of Medit Corp....
Oct 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung Q3 earnings disappoint on weak chip business
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, missed third-quarter earnings estimates on the weak semiconductor business and its ...
Oct 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT rebrands Olleh TV as Genie TV to transform into media portal
South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. is rebranding its IPTV service Olleh TV as Genie TV as part of its efforts to transform into a media port...
Oct 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SoftBank’s Son expected to meet Samsung's Lee for Arm M&A discussion
SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son, who also goes by the Korean name Son Jeong-ui, arrived in South Korea on Saturday. When asked about the purp...
Oct 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung cuts H2 chip sales outlook by a third, gripped by sense of crisis
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has slashed its outlook for second-half semiconductor sales revenue by a third ...
Sep 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Short selling piles up on Kospi’s top three stocks
South Korea’s three largest companies by market cap -- Samsung Electronics Co, LG Energy Solution Co. and SK Hynix Inc. -- were heavily short ...
Sep 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean conglomerates increase AI R&D hubs overseas
South Korean conglomerates are increasingly looking overseas as bases of their artificial intelligence research centers to build strong networks wit...
Sep 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion wins sales approval for biosimilar Vegzelma in Japan
Celltrion Inc. secured Japan’s approval for sales of its cancer treatment biosimilar CT-P16, a move to help the South Korean biopharmaceutical...
Sep 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Diageo revokes agreement for sale of Windsor to South Korean consortium
London-based global alcoholic beverage company Diageo plc announced Tuesday it plans to revoke the domestic management rights of the Windsor whisky ...
Sep 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Lotte Card seeks to sell transportation card subsidiary
South Korea’s credit card company Lotte Card Co. is slated to sell its subsidiary Loca Mobility Corp., the second-largest public transportatio...
Sep 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
LG Elec., Uplus team up to expand service robot business
South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. and mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. will join forces to expand their service robot busine...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Court clears way for Hahn & Co.'s Namyang Dairy deal
Seoul-based private equity firm Hahn & Co. has won a legal battle against South Korea’s Namyang Dairy Products Co.’s owner family, w...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean warehouse project financing on brink of debt crisis
Warehouse development projects in South Korea, which boomed amid COVID-19, are facing challenges such as suspension of construction projects and ban...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Only 3 Korean energy companies make it on 2022 Fortune Global 500 list
SK Inc., KEPCO Co. and GS Caltex Corp. are the only South Korean firms among the 77 energy companies listed on the 2022 Fortune Global 500, based on...
Sep 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO expects typhoon to reduce sales by $1.5 billion
POSCO, the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, has predicted sales to fall by $1.5 billion as a typhoon disrupted one of its plants in South Kor...
Sep 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Tumbling Korean won increases corporate debt burden
The South Korean won extended its losses to hit its weakest level since the 2008-09 global financial crisis on Wednesday, pressured by higher-than-e...
Sep 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea in for longest monthly trade deficit spell in 25 yrs
South Korea is poised to report a trade deficit for a sixth straight month in September, which would mark its longest period of trade shortfalls in ...
Sep 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hanmi’s anti-cancer drug Rolontis gets FDA approval; US sale via Spectrum
South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. said on Tuesday that Rolontis, an anti-cancer drug it has jointly developed with its US partner, has ob...
Sep 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
SK Bioscience seeks WHO nod for prompt COVID vaccine sale
SK Bioscience Co., the biopharmaceutical unit of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, sought approval from the World Health Organization...
Sep 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Delta Air increases stake in Hanjin KAL to back Chairman Cho
Delta Air Lines Inc., a friendly shareholder of Hanjin KAL Co., has bought an additional 1.7% stake in the company, which operates Korea’s lar...
Sep 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG eye niche sectors to boost tablet sales
South Korea’s electronics companies are launching tablet PCs with niche targets as the global tablet market has shrunk for four consecutive qu...
Sep 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia post record sales in the US, poised to overtake Toyota
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. saw their monthly car sales rise to record highs in the US where carmakers will soon be ineligible for state subsidi...
Sep 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea to increase foreign worker quota by 10,000 in 2022
South Korea is set to raise the quota of foreign workers by 10,000 this year to address labor shortage issues in the country’s shipbuilding, m...
Sep 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korea airlines to increase flights on eased COVID-19 rule
South Korean airlines plan to increase international flights by year-end as the country is set to ease the rule on COVID-19 for travelers in a move ...
Aug 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Seoul ordered to fork over $230 mn to Lone Star over KEB deal
An international tribunal delivered a ruling in favor of Lone Star on Wednesday over a dispute with South Korea relating to its 3.9 trillion won ($3...
Aug 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea’s Iljin sticks to higher stake sale price than bid
Iljin Materials Co.’s sale process has reached a deadlock as its Chief Executive Heo Jae-Myeong is holding to its price to sell a controlling ...
Aug 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s Genesis ranks top in J.D. Power’s innovative tech study
Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis has been recognized by industry analysts for its excellence in innovative technology and consumer experi...
Aug 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai Elevator logs first quarterly loss since 1996
Hyundai Elevator Co., South Korea’s No. 1 elevator producer, swung to a quarterly operating loss for the first time since it was listed on the...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LG to nurture automotive electronics talent at Korean universities
LG Electronics Inc., the world’s leading home appliance maker, plans to foster talent for its automotive electronics business at South Korean ...
Aug 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korea targets Tesla, imported EVs with new subsidy policy
South Korea is planning to set up a new subsidy policy for electric vehicle purchases, which will be commensurate to the EV makers’ after-sale...
Aug 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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