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ASK 2021
Hanwha Life CIO says interested in infrastructure debts
Chief Investment Officer of South Korea's Hanwha Life Insurance Shin Minsik said on Wednesday that the company is selectively looking for equities i...
Oct 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Glovis to build hydrogen supply chain with Air Products
Hyundai Glovis Co., a logistics unit of Hyundai Motor Group, agreed to set up a liquid hydrogen supply chain with Air Products, the world’s la...
Oct 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea private debt growth at record high of $98 bn in Q2
South Korea’s private sector debt jumped near $100 billion in the April-June period, a record high of quarterly growth, amid an overheating pr...
Oct 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Stonebridge Ventures, Capstone prepare for 2022 IPOs
Stonebridge Ventures, South Korea's most profitable venture capital firm, will submit its application for an initial public offering this month to l...
Oct 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Private equity exits tipped to lead S.Korea's Q4 M&A market
South Korea's M&A market, which has enjoyed record levels of activity so far this year, is expected to remain buoyant for the remainder of the y...
Oct 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
Samsung Elec unveils solution for stable 5G voice calls
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, has developed a software solution for more stable 5G voice calls in a move to incre...
Oct 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO hires ex-US envoy on N.Korea Stephen Biegun as adviser
South Korean steel giant POSCO has hired Stephen Biegun, former US deputy secretary of state, as its adviser for its American business.POSCO America...
Sep 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Monroe Capital opens first Asian outpost in Seoul
The US private credit markets-focused Monroe Capital LLC has made its foray into Asia by opening an office in South Korea, where the National Pensio...
Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Fin to move closer to privatization by year's end
The South Korean government will sell another big chunk of its remaining shares in Woori Financial Group by year's end to finally give up its top sh...
Sep 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea kicks off AI strategy talks with Naver, Kakao, Samsung, telcos
South Korean government has hosted the first top-level artificial intelligence (AI) roundtable meeting with representatives from the country’s...
Sep 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Hyundai Motor develops Roblox virtual mobility experience game
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has developed an interactive metaverse game to be played on its online entertainment platform Ro...
Sep 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Kolon enters private space business with composite materials
Kolon will be the next major South Korean business group to join the race in the fast-growing space sector by developing and making light composite ...
Aug 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to create private debt, secondaries-focused team
The National Pension Service (NPS) is planning to create a new investment team dedicated to private debt and secondaries deals and equity purchases ...
Aug 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Kakao Group’s past, present and future as conglomerate
Kakao Corp., which a decade ago was merely a mobile messenger operator, has now grown into one of the largest business groups in South Korea. The in...
Aug 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean activist fund KCGI joins in consortium to buy Ssangyong
A South Korean electric bus maker Edison Motors Co. added the activist fund Korea Corporate Government Improvement Fund (KCGI) as a financial invest...
Aug 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
New FSC chief nominee tough on household debt, against cryptocurrencies
South Korea’s incoming financial regulatory chief says his policy priority is on limiting economic and financial risks stemming from higher ho...
Aug 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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Metaverse
Samsung joins 200 other firms in Korea’s metaverse alliance
Samsung Electronics Co. has onboarded South Korea’s government-led metaverse alliance in a move to strengthen partnership in virtual reality (...
Aug 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Canada’s CPPIB promotes Suyi Kim to global head of private equity
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has named Suyi Kim, its Asia head, as the global chief of its private equity business, effective Se...
Jul 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Strong Korea Q2 growth keeps rate hike stance despite COVID-19 risks
South Korea's economy reported strong growth on healthy private consumption in the second quarter, keeping expectations of an interest rate hike lat...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
AI startup DevUnlimit gamifies home fitness to offer stress-free exercise
South Korea-based fitness content startup DevUnlimit Inc. has developed an artificial intelligence-based fitness platform that gamifies exercise rou...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
CJ ENM to build virtual studio with Samsung’s new commercial displays
South Korean media company CJ ENM Co. is using Samsung Electronics Co.’s new commercial displays for a virtual production studio to spearhead ...
Jul 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Delta variant, rate hike views hurt Korean lower-rated corporate bond sales
South Korean companies with low credit ratings around BBB are suffering weaker demand in the primary market. A spread in the Delta coronavirus varia...
Jul 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Sandbox Network sets up China affiliate for business expansion
South Korea’s largest multichannel network (MCN) company Sandbox Network Inc. has made another major step forward in expanding its China busin...
Jul 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Disney Plus' S.Korea launch delayed after Netflix's court loss
Disney Plus, a global over-the-top (OTT) streaming service provider, has pushed back its South Korean service launch by about a quarter to the end o...
Jul 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Kakao’s Ground X to work on Korea central bank digital currency initiative
Kakao Corp.’s blockchain arm Ground X was selected as a simulator for the Bank of Korea-led central bank digital currency (CBDC) project, beat...
Jul 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
GCM Grosvenor wins POBA's $300 mn infra SMA mandate
South Korea's Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has recently picked GCM Grosvenor, a US alternative investor, as its new separate account ...
Jul 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hyundai Oilbank set to sell oil storage arm ahead of IPO
Hyundai Oilbank Co., a South Korean refiner, is selling a majority stake in its wholly owned Hyundai Oil Terminal Co. to a Seoul-based private equit...
Jul 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Korea forms ambitious public-private green ammonia alliance
South Korea has taken a major step forward in building the hydrogen economy by forming an extensive green ammonia alliance involving 13 private firm...
Jul 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
BlackRock in talks to acquire Korea’s ESG-focused IGIS Private Equity
BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, is in talks to acquire IGIS Private Equity, a South Korea-based firm specialized in eco-fri...
Jul 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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