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Korean startups
Team Fresh secures $6 mn via stake sale to DSC Investment
South Korea-based venture capital firm DSC Investment announced on Apr. 27 that it has acquired a 6.5% stake, valued at around 6.5 billion won ($5.8...
Apr 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
POSCO revises up sales target after Q1 profit rises to 10-year high
South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO said on Monday it’s raising this year’s sales target by 17.5% after posting its highest q...
Apr 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Evercore joins as advisor for S.Korea’s Hanon Systems stake sale
Evercore Inc., a New York-based boutique investment banking advisory firm, is joining hands with Morgan Stanley to co-manage the sale of a majority ...
Apr 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Citibank Korea's retail arm sale may fuel M&A market
Citigroup Inc.'s plan to exit from South Korea's retail banking market may invigorate the country's M&A market, with small-sized, non-banking fi...
Apr 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Outback Steakhouse Korea put up for sale by PEF
South Korea-based private equity firm Skylake Equity Partners is seeking to sell a 100% stake in Outback Steakhouse Korea, as the PE firm and sale m...
Apr 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign currency bonds
Hanwha Solutions eyes $300 mn green dim sum bond issue
Hanwha Solutions Corp., a South Korean petrochemical and renewable energy company, plans to raise 2 billion yuan ($300 million) in a green bond issu...
Apr 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Sale of Korea’s No.2 delivery app Yogiyo kicks off with May 4 prelim bid
The sale of South Korea’s second-largest food delivery app Yogiyo has kicked off with the sell-side issuing an information memorandum to poten...
Apr 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Meritz Sec faces losses from $350 mn loan on NY condo
South Korea's Meritz Securities Co. is at high risk of incurring losses from its $350 million lending on a luxury condominium tower in Manhattan, Ne...
Apr 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Cuckoo home appliances post record sales in US, Vietnam
South Korea’s leading kitchen appliances maker Cuckoo Holdings Co. has posted record growth in overseas sales, largely driven by successes i...
Apr 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Premium brand
Hyundai Motor to launch Genesis in China, posts record US sales
Hyundai Motor Co. and sister firm Kia Corp. posted their best-ever March and first-quarter sales in the US, where the South Korean companies are wor...
Apr 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Snowballing losses cloud Hyundai Heavy’s 2021 IPO plans
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. saw its net losses snowball in 2020, clouding its initial public offering plans for this year....
Mar 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Revenue club
Korea’s top delivery app operator Woowa joins 1 trillion won sales club
Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, commonly known as Baemin, has joined the 1 trillion w...
Mar 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
KTB Network wins jackpot from Korean delivery app sale
KTB Network Co., a South Korean venture capital firm, has pocketed a double-digit return, or 62.5 billion won ($55 million) from the sale of its sta...
Mar 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea's global real estate fund investors brace for losses
The combined balance of overseas real estate investment funds sold in South Korea saw a drop in their net asset value below the original value by 40...
Mar 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hahn & Co. to put Korean auto parts maker up for sale
South Korea's private equity firm Hahn & Co. is seeking to sell a majority stake in Hanon Systems, a Korean automotive supplier, which is expect...
Mar 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Hero kicks off sale of S.Korea's No.2 delivery app Yogiyo
Germany-based online food delivery service Delivery Hero SE has kicked off the sale process of South Korea's second-largest food delivery app, Yogiy...
Mar 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Daewoo E&C up for sale; in talks with local PEF over $1.58 bn deal
Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. is up for sale as its main creditor hopes to cash out of the South Korean builder on the back of its impro...
Mar 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia set to change gear to revive China sales
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. posted their worst results in China last year since they advanced into that neighboring market in 2002. Their Chines...
Mar 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK in stake sale talks for SPC set up to buy Plug Power
SK Holdings Co. is in negotiations with several private equity firms to sell up to a 49% stake in a special purpose company (SPC) set up to invest $...
Mar 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Naver picks underwriters for first global bond sale
Naver Corp., South Koreans’ largest online portal, has picked Morgan Stanley and Mirae Asset Daewoo Securities Co. to underwrite its first glo...
Mar 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Crypto exchange sale stalls amid Bitcoin boom
The sale process of Bithumb, South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, is taking longer than expected due to a spike in its price tag as invest...
Mar 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Block deal
SK Holdings raises $1 bn from block sale of SK Biopharm shares
South Korea's SK Holdings Co. has offloaded an 11% stake in SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. in a block trade for 1.1 trillion won ($1 billion) as part of ...
Feb 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
SK Bioscience eyes $900 mn annual sales from vaccine business
South Korea’s SK Bioscience Co. is looking to post 1 trillion won ($900 million) in annual revenue from its vaccine business as the biopharmac...
Feb 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
E-commerce platform TMON raises $276 mn in pre-IPO share sale
South Korea’s e-commerce platform TMON Inc., majority-owned by KKR & Co. and Anchor Equity Partners, has completed its pre-IPO share sale ...
Feb 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea’s Optrontec eyes growth in optical lens sales as EVs take off
Optrontec Inc., a small South Korean manufacturer and provider of optical filters, lenses and three-dimensional sensing technology, has been ramping...
Feb 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Korean investors face $270 mn loss on Las Vegas hotel loans
South Korean investors in the Drew Las Vegas development project are at higher risk of losing their investment of 300 billion won ($271 million) in ...
Feb 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Hyundai Heavy announces 5-for-1 share split, 2020 operating loss
Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. on Thursday announced a five-for-one share split after reporting an operating loss in 2020 due to weak shipbui...
Feb 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Kia post strong US sales on SUV, Genesis
Hyundai Motor Co. and sister firm Kia Corp. posted strong January sales in the US, where the South Korean companies are working to refine their prof...
Feb 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Electronics' 2020 sales, operating profit hit all-time highs
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. on Friday posted record 2020 operating profit and revenue, boosted by robust sales in its home appliance div...
Jan 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling
IMF official warns against S.Korea’s short-sale ban
A senior official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday warned against the extended ban on stock short selling in South Korea, saying...
Jan 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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