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Corporate bonds
KT receives record-high corporate bond bids of $2.3 billion
KT Corp., which boasts the nation's highest credit rating at the stable “AAA,” reached a whopping 2.89 trillion won ($2.27 billion) in c...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
KT, E-mart warm up S.Korea's corporate bond market
South Korea's KT Corp. and E-mart Inc. are the frontrunners in the new year's corporate bond demand forecasts, attracting attention on if they can b...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
S.Korea begins PCR testing of all passengers coming from China
South Korea on Monday implemented tougher quarantine measures on arrivals from China like a PCR test for COVID-19.Thus quarantine authorities requir...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea’s NPS to be in red in 2022 with 5.3% loss in Jan-Oct
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest such fund, is poised to report an annual loss in 2022 for the fi...
Jan 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SAPEON X220 completes tech demo of fashion-specialized AI service
South Korea's artificial intelligence company Sapeon has completed a technology demonstration of its semiconductor SAPEON X220 on "Virtual Try-On," ...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS opposes KT CEO Ku's possible second term
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) has expressed disagreement with telecom giant KT Corp.'s decision on Dec. 28 to tap its current CEO Ku ...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Medicox boosts unit for oral insulin, medical cannabis
South Korea's Medicox Co. on Wednesday said it will raise 40 billion won ($32 million) to boost its unit for oral insulin and cannabidiol (CBD).The ...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
KT taps current CEO Ku as sole candidate for next chief
South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. has named current chief executive Ku Hyeon-mo the sole candidate for its next CEO during a board meeting ...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT launches cloud-based communication platform
South Korea's telecom giant KT Corp. on Tuesday said it launched a communication platform service (CPasS) that integrates and manages communication ...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
European real estate is well-positioned for attractive relative value: M&G
The war in Ukraine continues to stoke ongoing uncertainty in Europe, with the impact on energy supplies and prices likely to be felt more intensely ...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus ramps up user experiences, platforms, metaverse
LG Uplus Corp., the third-largest mobile carrier in South Korea, is improving its user experiences as well as accelerating new businesses such as pl...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Q Cells to sell 7 US battery ESS projects to Spain’s Acciona Energia
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group, said on Wednesday it has signed a deal to sel...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Jeju Air rules Korea-Japan routes to beat legacy carriers
Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s largest budget airline, is dominating flights to Japan to beat full-service carriers (FSCs) in the country such as...
Dec 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea won near 5-mth high as Powell signals slower hikes
The South Korean won currency hit a near 5-month high on Thursday as US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested a slowdown in its tightenin...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS posts 7% investment loss in Q1-Q3 as equities, bonds plunge
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea said Tuesday it saw a cumulative loss of 7.1% on investment, or 68 trillion won ($51.3 billion), betwe...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
KEPCO raises $368 mn via bond issuance on heated demand
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) saw on Nov. 27 around 1.7 trillion won ($1.3 billion) worth of investor bids for its bond issuance targeting 400 ...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Seoul reclaims spot as Japanese tourists' top destination after 11 yrs: HIS
Seoul has become the top destination for Japanese tourists for the first time since 2011, according to Japan’s leading travel agency HIS Gro...
Nov 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK takes 25-bp rate hike as won rebounds against dollar
South Korea’s central bank raised the base interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.25% during its monetary policy board meeting on Nov. 24, slow...
Nov 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KDB reaches out to Hyundai, POSCO, CJ, LX on HMM stake sale
State-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) has contacted major conglomerates including Hyundai Motor Group about the sale of its stake in HMM Co., the c...
Nov 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
KEPCO turns from bonds to banks for money on govt plans
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) is set to raise 600 billion won ($442 million) from a local bank in a plan to seek loans to secure money instead ...
Nov 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Geo Centric secures $363 mn in sustainability loans on favorable terms
SK Geo Centric Co., a South Korean petrochemical company, said on Tuesday it has secured 475 billion won ($363 million) in sustainability-linked loa...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
HMM’s shares undervalued despite $12.5 billion in cashable assets
South Korea’s largest container line HMM Co. has seen its shares trapped in a boxed range for a protracted period despite its spectacular earn...
Nov 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Korean brokerages' restructuring targets investment banking units
South Korea’s small- and mid-sized brokerage houses have begun their workforce reductions ahead of the end of the year. The brokerages are set...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korean life insurer eases bond market woes with buyback
A South Korean small insurer will buy back dollar perpetual bonds as scheduled, reversing its earlier decision not to recall the notes, to ease conc...
Nov 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO International to invest $2.6 billion in energy operations
Korea's POSCO International, the trading arm of POSCO Group, on Friday formally merged with POSCO Energy, which handles liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...
Nov 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
We’re in a ‘range of fairness’ in terms of normal balances: Howard Marks
When Oaktree Capital Management Co-Founder and Co-Chairman Howard Marks appears on TV, he is often asked whether to embrace a risk-on or risk-off st...
Nov 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Small Korean life insurer further rattles bond market
A South Korean small insurer has made a rare decision not to buy back dollar perpetual bonds, in the first such case for the country’s issuers...
Nov 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
No more ineffective drugs due to resistance
L-Base is a pharmaceutical startup specializing in developing drugs for those who become resistant to existing cancer treatments. This year, the Minis...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea's stock deposits dip to lowest point since July 2020
Monthly average deposits for stock investment in South Korea are poised to drop below 50 trillion won ($35.1 billion) for the first time since July ...
Oct 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
NPS considers new investment in global real estate
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is open to new investments in overseas real estate, the pension fund’s American real estate...
Oct 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)