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The Deep Dive
Growing pains: Korea’s smaller crypto exchanges face shutdown
In mid-July, a small obscure South Korean cryptocurrency exchange posted a notice on its website at midnight, saying it is suspending trading of 57 ...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future Mobility
Hyundai Mobis targets in-vehicle healthcare with brainwave technology
South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis has developed a new brainwave detection technology that monitors a driver's physical and psyc...
Jul 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea closer to banning Google's in-app billing system
South Korea is a step closer to stopping app store operators like Google Inc. and Apple Inc. from requiring all digital content purchases from apps ...
Jul 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Blackstone may team up with Mahle to buy Hanon Systems
The Blackstone Group is in discussions with German automotive parts manufacturer Mahle GmbH to make a joint bid for South Korea's Hanon Systems Corp...
Jul 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Leeno Industrial hits 52-week high, eyes top 10 on Kosdaq
The stock price of South Korea’s Kosdaq-listed electronic testing components maker Leeno Industrial Inc., previously a small company whose mar...
Jul 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai innovates EV manufacturing with smart factory system
South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. is making innovations in its electric vehicle manufacturing processes. The company on July 1 reve...
Jul 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Siltron to ramp up wafer production from 2022
SK Group’s silicon wafer affiliate SK Siltron Co. is planning to expand wafer production facilities amid growing demand from the global chip m...
Jul 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Bain report renews debate on alternative trading system in Korea
With South Korea’s stock markets maintaining bullish momentum this year, debate about setting up an alternative trading system (ATS) in the co...
Jun 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Synopsys buys S.Korean fab data tech company
Synopsys Inc., a US software developer, has signed an agreement to acquire full ownership of BISTel, South Korea's top-ranked smart manufacturing so...
Jun 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Carlyle, Bain Capital, Valeo, Mahle enter prelim bids for Hanon Systems
The preliminary bidding to acquire South Korea’s auto parts supplier Hanon Systems Corp. has drawn overseas-based bidders only, with the stron...
Jun 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai to provide hydrogen fuel cell system for world’s first electric car race
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group will provide its hydrogen fuel cell system to the world’s first touring race for electric vehicles, Hy...
Jun 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Memory leader Samsung aims to strengthen system chips, foundry
Samsung Electronics Co. is forecast to keep its memory leadership amid growing competition, although the South Korean tech giant has some catching u...
Jun 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rights offerings
Hanwha Systems’ $1 bn rights offer oversubscribed; investors to book gains
South Korea’s Hanwha Systems Co. is set for a successful rights offering as the defense and air mobility unit of Hanwha Group has garnered str...
Jun 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Heavy cost pressure set to drive up car prices
South Korea’s automakers are facing a drastic increase in manufacturing costs. Raw material prices are soaring and the global chip shortage re...
Jun 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
Hanwha Systems to launch $1.1 bn rights issue in June
Hanwha Systems Co., which leads the satellite communication and urban air mobility (UAM) businesses of South Korea's Hanwha Group, is set to launch ...
May 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Stake sales
Halla to join bid for Hanon Systems stake; seen biggest deal in Korea
South Korea’s Halla Group is joining the race for the purchase of auto parts supplier Hanon Systems Corp. -- a deal, if reached at the top end...
May 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Deals
Biggest deal in Korea: Hanon Systems stake sale draws KKR, Carlyle, TPG
The sale process of a near-70% stake in South Korean auto parts supplier Hanon Systems Corp. has kicked off, attracting a pool of strategic investor...
May 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
ASML joins K-Semiconductor Belt with $210 mn investment by 2025
The Netherlands-based ASML Holding N.V., the world’s leading supplier of semiconductor equipment, will be joining the South Korean government-...
May 13, 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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IPOs
Samsung-backed semiconductor parts maker eyes IPO
MiCo Ceramics Ltd., a semiconductor equipment parts subsidiary of the industrial ceramics maker MiCo Co., is pushing forward with IPO preparations. ...
Apr 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hankook Tire to sell stake in Hanon Systems, eyes $900 mn gains
South Korea’s Hankook Tire & Technology Co. plans to divest of its 19.5% stake in Hanon Systems Corp., an auto parts maker, in a move that...
Apr 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Chinese PE firm pays $1.4 bn to take over Magnachip Semiconductor
South Korean chipmaker Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. announced on Mar. 27 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by China-ba...
Mar 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor chair says to upgrade incentive, promotion systems
The Hyundai Motor Group will upgrade its performance-based incentive and promotion systems to the global levels to compensate its top performers and...
Mar 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to introduce batch production system at local plant
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. is considering introducing a new factory idea for its major local plant aimed at better responding to rising m...
Mar 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean PE firm acquires Achronix Semiconductor via SPAC merger
South Korea-based private equity firm Ace Equity Partners has acquired Achronix Semiconductor Corp., a US-based fabless company, through a special p...
Jan 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Satellite communications
Hanwha Systems to invest $30 mn in US communications firm Kymeta
Hanwha Systems Co., the defense industry arm of Hanwha Group, has decided to invest 33.2 billion won ($30 million) in Kymeta Corp., a US satellite c...
Dec 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Fadu, Mobilint emerge as S.Korea's system chip startup dark horses
South Korea's two semiconductor startups, Fadu Inc. and Mobilint, have emerged as the country's system chip industry dark horses as their competitiv...
Nov 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hanwha Systems unveils Butterfly, personal air vehicle mockup
Hanwha Systems Co., a defense and information technology service unit of Hanwha Group, on Wednesday unveiled the mockup of its personal air vehicle (P...
Nov 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to install Nvidia’s in-vehicle system in entire fleet from 2022
Hyundai Motor Group will use US chipmaker Nvidia Corp.’s in-vehicle information and entertainment system for its entire fleet of Hyundai Motor C...
Nov 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Bluespace.ai to develop autonomous mass transit system in Seoul
Bluespace.ai, a San Jose-based autonomous driving startup, is looking to develop a software system for autonomous mass transit fleets in Seoul and its...
Nov 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)