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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK to buy Japanese nursing home and care service for $300 mn
MBK Partners, the largest private equity firm in Northeast Asia, is set to acquire Japanese senior nursing care service company Unimat Retirement Co...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea's science minister calls small modular reactors 'game changers'
Minister of Science and ICT Lee Jong-ho on Thursday pledged full support for the development of small modular reactors (SMRs), which he called a "ga...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
UK's Croda to buy Korean bio materials maker for $286 mn
Croda International Plc., a British specialty chemicals company, is set to acquire South Korean bio materials producer Solus Biotech Co. for some 35...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy inks $3.3 bn ECV battery deal for N.America, Europe
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest secondary battery maker, has inked a supply deal estimated up to $3.3 billion for North Ame...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia launches 2024 Niro model with enhanced features
Kia Corp. announced on Wednesday the launch of the 2024 Niro, a compact crossover SUV hybrid and electric vehicle (EV) models, which will be availab...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea's credit card approval volume hit all-time high last year
The annual card approval amount in South Korea exceeded 1,000 trillion won ($811.4 billion) for the first time ever. This is largely because of "ret...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KISA launches ASEAN Cyber Shield project for strengthening cyber security
The Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) on Monday has announced the launch of the "ASEAN Cyber Shield" project, a major international cooper...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Bank's Vietnam subsidiary reports record-high performance
Woori Bank Vietnam, South Korean lender Woori Bank's local subsidiary in Vietnam, had heydays last year, tiding over the aftermath of the COVID-19 o...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea's BSI hits 30-month low amid poor business sentiment
The economic outlook by companies is worsening given lingering global uncertainty, with the business outlook for February at its lowest level in two...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Carrier’s Korea JV aims to raise sales with cold chain biz
Carrier Global Corp.’s joint venture in South Korea aims to ramp up sales with the cold chain business, the series of actions and equipment ap...
Jan 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Ecoplant to jointly develop renewable energy sources with CSCEC
South Korea's construction engineering company SK Ecoplant Co., Ltd. is going to jointly develop overseas renewable energy sources with China State ...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
LG Elec to increase partnerships for business expansion
LAS VEGAS -- LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top home appliance maker, is seeking more partnerships with global leading companies and increas...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding expected to lead manufacturing sectors in export growth
South Korea's shipbuilding exports this year are expected to jump 76.1% from last year to $32.4 billion to lead all major manufacturing industries i...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
K-defense sector to reach annual export of $16 bn for two consecutive years
The South Korean defense market is forecast to sign export contracts worth more than 20 trillion won (15.7 billion) combined this year on the back o...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea proposes bigger tax breaks for chipmakers, key industries
The South Korean government plans to raise tax breaks for facility investments by big companies, including chipmakers, to as much as 25% following P...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea's Daehan Green Power invests in energy superstation biz
South Korea's Daehan Green Power has entered the green hydrogen sector, a new growth engine, through an energy super station project.The company on ...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korea's gaming industry reaches $15.7 billion in scale
South Korea's game industry in 2021 saw sales of over 20 billion won ($15.7 billion), ranking the country fourth on the global market. The Kore...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
KFTC acts on Amazon's large share of S.Korea's cloud market
Amazon controls around 70% of South Korea's cloud market, followed by Microsoft in second and Google and Naver Corp. fighting for third place.The Ko...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS will intensify shareholder engagement, new CIO says
Seo Won-joo, the new chief investment officer of the National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, said on Dec. 27 that the pension fund will stren...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Laon People registers patent on AI vision inspection, methods in China
Laon People, South Korea's Kosdaq-listed company specializing in AI-based vision inspection solutions, said Monday that it has registered a patent i...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
KOICA donates Celltrion's Herzuma to Ukraine
Celltrion Healthcare Co. said on Monday that Herzuma (ingredient name: Trastuzumab) was dispatched to patients in Ukraine by the Korea International...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK may sell assets in Vietnam, Malaysia to raise billions of dollars
South Korean conglomerate SK Group is considering selling some of its assets in Vietnam and Malaysia owned by its investment vehicle SK South East A...
Dec 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SFA to acquire 28% stake in CIS to lead renewable battery equipment sector
South Korea’s general equipment manufacturer SFA Engineering Corp. is poised to acquire CIS Corp., a renewable battery production equipment ma...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Women break glass ceiling in South Korea's advertising sector
Major advertising agencies in South Korea have appointed women to the position of vice president. Because advertising is a field in which women are ...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Mobis, Ottopia tie up for remote mobility tech
Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth-largest automotive part supplier, and Israeli teleoperation startup Ottopia Technologies Ltd. have joined...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korean biopharmaceutical sector to see brisk M&As in H1, 2023
An expert says the first half of next year will see the start of brisk M&As in biopharmaceuticals targeting strategic investors.Pyeon Jae-seong,...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korean food delivery app Baemin vows to hike logistics unit's service quality
Woowa Youths, an affiliate of Woowa Brothers, the parent company of South Korea's top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, on Monday announced its visio...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
S.Korea's LS Mtron opens center to reinforce global logistics
LS Mtron, the heavy machinery and advanced parts-making unit of South Korea's LS Group, on Monday said it completed the LS Mtron Parts and Solution ...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korean corporate debt ratio hits six-year high in Q3
South Korean corporate debt ratio rose to a six-year high in the third quarter as sales growth and profitability fell, darkening the outlook for Asi...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus to debut university-specific metaverse platforms early next year
South Korea's mobile telecom operator LG Uplus said on Thursday that it would introduce a specialized metaverse platform for which all universities ...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Samsung gears up for foray into space infrastructure industry
- 2 Hamilton Lane invests in IMM infrastructure fund
- 3 Seoul’s prime office transactions rise 6% in Q1 despite weak sentiment
- 4 S.Korea's crypto market doubles to $77.5 bn, with 20% of population trading
- 5 KIC discusses post-US tariff infrastructure strategy with pension funds