value-added strategy
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Food & Beverage
McDonald’s Korea sees record sales in 2023
Fast food giant McDonald’s Corp. achieved record revenue of 1.29 trillion won ($815.9 million) last year in Korea, according to its regulatory...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Innovation reshuffles units to raise value
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top energy company, is reorganizing its subsidiaries to boost their individual values through independent man...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung Galaxy AI expands to 16 languages
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it is expanding the translation and communication language support of Galaxy AI, first introduced...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korean companies’ 2024 facility investment doubles to $39.4 billion
South Korea’s major companies invest heavily in facilities to seek new growth engines and drive up their corporate value amid tough business c...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korean big tech firms join Korea’s AI strategy council
The South Korean government has launched an artificial intelligence strategy council, jointly with domestic big tech firms such as Naver Corp. and K...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Duty Free rebrands LDF House to Now in Myeong-dong
South Korea’s Lotte Duty Free announced on Tuesday that it changed its duty-free showroom LDF House, which was opened last October in Myeong...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai to bring Casper EV to Japan, premium Genesis cars to India
Hyundai Motor Co. will bring its electric Casper crossover city car to Japan next year as part of a bid to reinvigorate its performance in the neigh...
Mar 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
CJ Logistics gets IATA lithium battery transport certification
South Korea’s CJ Logistics said on Wednesday that it obtained the certification CEIV lithium battery, or the Center of Excellence for Independ...
Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
NPS to veto adding Hyosung chair, vice chair to board
The National Pension Service (NPS) will veto the appointment of the chairman and vice chairman of Hyosung Corp. as inside board members of the de fa...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
EQT sells Shinhan Financial stake in block deal at 30% IRR
EQT Private Capital Asia sold 415.5 billion won ($311.9 million) worth of shares in South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group Co. in a block deal ...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
JPMorgan Chase’s growth driver: offline community branches
NEW YORK -- Global banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co. has been expanding brick-and-mortar branches across the US with investments of billions of...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Lotte Insurance's value rises with long-term care expansion
When South Korean private equity firm JKL Partners acquired a 77% stake in Lotte Insurance Co. for about 730 billion won ($546.3 million) in 2019, m...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK D&D relaunches renewable energy business spin-off as SK Eternix
SK D&D Co., a real estate unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Monday it has completed the planned spin-off of its renewable energy bus...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai IONIQ 5 gets first nip and tuck, adds new model
The IONIQ 5, Hyundai Motor Co.'s first pure electric vehicle built on its EV-dedicated platform, is poised to greet drivers this month with its reto...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Palliser Capital backs proxy fight with Samsung C&T
Palliser Capital, a London-based hedge fund, said on Sunday it will vote in favor of other activist shareholders’ proposals for Samsung C&...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
NPS to invest up to $8.2 bn in undervalued Korean stocks
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is expected to invest up to 11 trillion won ($8.2 ...
Mar 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS Asset Management's controlling stake put on sale
South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co., one of the largest real estate firms in Asia, has put the company’s 25% stake plus control prem...
Feb 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Kolon Industries, SK Microworks to set up industrial film JV
South Korea’s major chemical materials producer Kolon Industries Inc. will team up with SK Microworks Co. to regain ground in the Chinese film...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea announces measures to upvalue local shares
The South Korean financial regulator announced basic guidelines under the so-called corporate value-up program on Monday, with measures to boost the...
Feb 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Defy convention with long-run plans to upvalue Korean stocks
The South Korean stock market has been on an upward swing in recent weeks, with many partly attributing it to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s pledge...
Feb 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Mid-caps in digitization have strong upside potential: Partners Group
Global fund manager Partners Group Holding AG, one of the largest listed private equity firms in Europe headquartered in Switzerland managing $147 b...
Feb 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mirae Asset taps Goldman veteran O’Connor as Global X ETFs CEO
South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. said on Wednesday it has appointed Ryan O’Connor, a Goldman Sachs veteran, as chief exe...
Feb 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Norway’s prime office value drop hits Korean retail investors
A South Korean real estate fund is set to post a 100% loss as the value of its sole asset, a prime office building wholly leased to Norway’s l...
Feb 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
India equity funds top overseas stock funds in S.Korea
India equity funds registered in South Korea have doubled their investors' wealth over the past five years, luring high-net-worth individuals lookin...
Feb 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Lotte Chemical completes HEC plant in Yeosu
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. announced on Monday its commencement of commercial production at the plant of Hydroxy Ethyl Cellulose (prod...
Feb 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
POSCO Int’l wins Mercury Awards for video ad
POSCO International Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has received the Honors Award in the Corporate Identity Video category at the prestigious Mer...
Feb 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mirae Asset's Nasdaq-listed chip ETF soars amid AI craze
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., one of the largest asset managers in South Korea, said on Thursday that its exchange-traded fund (ETF) TIGER US ...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Hanwha Group extends RSU to all affiliates
South Korea’s Hanwha Group announced on Wednesday that it will extend the restricted stock unit (RSU) to its all affiliates. Next year, RSU ...
Feb 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korean vegan makeup brand Dear Dahlia on the market
Dear Dahlia, a South Korean vegan makeup brand that operates around 300 stores across the globe, has been put on for sale for more than 100 billion ...
Feb 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Korean LPs stick to private debt amid market uncertainties
South Korean limited partners will tap private debt as their most preferred asset class in 2024 to secure stable income amid geopolitical conflicts an...
Feb 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)