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Carbon neutrality
S.Korea to allow brokerages to trade carbon credits
Financial services companies, including brokerage firms, will be able to participate in South Korea's carbon emission trading market by year's end a...
Sep 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Permira targets growth firms in high valuation markets
London-based private equity firm Permira will maintain its focus on high-quality companies and sector leaders with strong growth potential as valuat...
Sep 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor, Motional unveil IONIQ 5 self-driving robotaxi
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its US mobility joint venture Motional Inc. on Tuesday unveiled their first autonomous robot...
Aug 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
OTT startup Watcha expands into music distribution service
South Korea-based over-the-top (OTT) startup Watcha Inc. is ramping up efforts to transform into a comprehensive content data company as it expands ...
Aug 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Overseas crypto exchanges end Korean services ahead of rule tightening
Overseas cryptocurrency exchanges are ending their Korean services, including language support as well as trading and payments in Korean won, as Sou...
Aug 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korean telcos accelerate diversification amid strong Q2
South Korea’s two largest telecom companies, SK Telecom Co. and KT Corp., have both delivered strong second-quarter results driven by rapid gr...
Aug 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Heavy to reposition as tech platform for vessels
Hyundai Heavy Industries Group is making big steps forward to transform itself as a platform business in the global shipbuilding sector. According t...
Aug 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao to strengthen subscription services after Q2 results
Kakao Corp. this year has reported the highest second-quarter earnings in company history.Its regulatory filing on Aug. 6 posted an operating profit...
Aug 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Woowa Brothers launches last-mile indoor food delivery robot in Seoul
Woowa Brothers Corp., South Korea’s top food delivery app operator, has launched a last-mile indoor robot food delivery service, as people inc...
Jul 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS bets big on property development as asset prices soar
The National Pension Service (NPS) has been increasing its appetite for office buildings in the development stage as part of an effort to snatch up ...
Jul 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Grocery delivery platform Oasis valuation tops $650 mn; eyes US expansion
South Korea-based grocery delivery platform Oasis Corp., referred to as Oasis Market, has attracted 50 billion won ($44 million) from global private...
Jul 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Govt pension fund makes first foray into overseas infrastructure
South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has awarded a combined $105 million mandates to Goldman Sachs, Macquarie and Paris-based A...
Jul 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
LG invests $88 mn in Kakao Mobility as both seek new growth opportunities
LG Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group, is investing 100 billion won ($88 million) in Kakao Mobil...
Jul 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
Korea’s leading e-book startups eye IPO in 2022
South Korea’s leading e-book platforms are targeting to go public next year. The country’s subscription-based e-book service provider Mi...
Jun 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
LX Group’s Pantos to enter e-commerce market with fulfillment service
Pantos Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s newly established LX Group, is entering the global e-commerce market by launching a worldwide ...
Jun 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Service marketplace Soomgo raises nearly $30 mn in Series C round
South Korea-based Brave Mobile Inc., the operator of service matching platform Soomgo, has secured 32 billion won ($28.6 million) in a Series C fund...
Jun 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Delivery service provider Barogo wraps up $72 mn Series C round
Logistics IT platform service Barogo has successfully wrapped up an 80 billion won ($72 million) Series C round, far above the company's initial tar...
Jun 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Laundry service Wash Swat wraps up $16 mn Series B round
South Korea-based laundry service startup Wash Swat Inc. has secured 17.5 billion won ($16 million) in Series B round funding, bringing the company'...
May 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor pilots EV mobility service for pets
Hyundai Motor Group will pilot an urban mobility service for pets in Seoul, using a specially designed Ray EV model by Kia Corp. The group said on A...
Apr 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
GS Galtex to partner with Kakao for mobility services
South Korea's GS Caltex Corp., aiming to become a logistics platform, will invest around 30 billion won ($26 million) in Kakao Mobility Corp. to str...
Mar 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Kakao forays into pet taxi service; buys Pet Me Up
South Korea-based Kakao Mobility Corp., a subsidiary of mobile giant Kakao Corp., has acquired the country's leading pet taxi service, Pet Me Up, in...
Mar 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Two thirds of Koreans use OTT services; YouTube favored
Two out of every three Koreans used over-the-top (OTT) media last year, with YouTube the favored platform from which to watch videos and other strea...
Feb 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Serial entrepreneur builds gateway for cloud services
“You see all of these buildings? All of the companies in these buildings will become our clients."These were the words of Lee Han-joo, chief e...
Jan 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Innovation buys 13% stake in China’s EV battery-swap station operator
SK Innovation Co. has signed a deal to acquire a 13% stake in a Chinese electric vehicle battery-swap station operator, as the South Korean company ...
Jan 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Autonomous driving startup 42dot plans Level 4 self-driving in Seoul
42dot, a South Korea-based autonomous driving startup, plans to launch a Level 4 self-driving service in some areas of Seoul next year.The company s...
Dec 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Hahn & Co finances $700 mn Korean Air deal with about $400 mn debt
Hahn & Co., a South Korean private equity firm, has completed the payment for the 790 billion won ($722 million) purchase of Korean Air Lines' i...
Dec 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor JV to launch robotaxi services in US by 2023
Hyundai Motor Group's autonomous driving joint venture Motional and US-based ride-hailing company Lyft have joined forces to offer robotaxi servic...
Dec 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
BTS may be allowed to delay military service to age 30
South Korea is likely to allow the seven members of boy band BTS to postpone their mandatory national military service by two years until the age of 3...
Oct 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Foreign cloud service providers led by Amazon, MS play big in Korea
Global cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) are taking a greater share of South Korea’s serverless computing market, where ...
Sep 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bond issue
Hyundai Card issues green bonds worth $379 mn to finance eco-friendly services
Hyundai Card Co. has issued green bonds worth 450 billion won ($379 million) to fund its green car financing services, the credit card company said on...
Sep 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)