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Banking & Finance
Citibank's exit from Korean retail market to cost up to $1.5 bn
Citigroup Inc. said on Monday its exit from South Korea's retail market was expected to cost between $1.2 billion and $1.5 billion, most of which wo...
Nov 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Legal data firm FiscalNote to list on Nasdaq via $1.3 bn SPAC deal
FiscalNote Holdings Inc., a US legal data and analytics company founded by a Korean-American, is set to go public in a deal valued at $1.3 billion. ...
Nov 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Dongkuk eyes $1.7 billion sales from color steel business in 2030
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., South Korea’s third-largest steelmaker, said on Monday that it aims to grow its color coated steel business to 2 trill...
Nov 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK's Lee listed among Forbes' power Asia businesswomen
MBK Partners' first female partner Lee In-kyung has made it to the list of Forbes Asia's 20 power businesswomen published in its November issue. For...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kakao Pay slips on profit-taking after strong KOSPI debut
Kakao Pay Corp. ’s stock tumbled after a strong debut on the South Korean main stock market as investors booked profits, keeping an eye on if ...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy raises $1.1 bn in rights issue as planned
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. last week raised 1.3 trillion won ($1.1 billion) in a rights issue to existing shareholders as planned, a...
Nov 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG overtakes Whirlpool as top home appliance maker after strong Q3
LG Electronics Inc. has overtaken bigger home appliance rival Whirlpool Corp. after posting record quarterly sales, comfortably putting it on course...
Oct 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
HMM’s stock loses ground on slowing profit growth, overhang woes
South Korea’s largest container liner HMM Co. suffered a tumble in its stock prices despite the rosy outlook on the global shipping industry a...
Oct 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kakao Pay sets IPO price at top end on heated demand
Kakao Group’s payment services unit Kakao Pay Corp. set the initial public offering price at the top end of the proposed band thanks to strong...
Oct 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor wins triple crown of world rally championships
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. has won the triple crown of the world’s three motorsport events – the FIA World Rally Championship...
Oct 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Hilton Seoul to be redeveloped as mixed-use complex
Millennium Hilton Seoul will likely join the ranks of five-star hotels in downtown Seoul that were sold for redevelopment into luxury residential or...
Oct 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
S.Koreans' global stock, bond holdings at record high
South Korean investors maintained their buying spree in overseas equities and bond markets, with the balance of their holdings in both securities re...
Oct 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Monthly trade infographics
Computers, a must-have in the contactless work-from-home era
Computers, a must-have in the contactless work-from-home era South Korea’s exports of computers and peripheral devices have logged steady gro...
Oct 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver's metaverse platform seeks over $40 mn in funding
Naver Z Corp., the operator of South Korea's metaverse platform Zepeto, is in the early stages of talks with investors to raise more than 50 billion...
Oct 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
GM says it will recover $1.9 billion of Bolt-recall costs from LG
General Motors Co. said it would recover from supplier LG Electronics Inc. nearly all of the $2 billion cost of recalling Chevrolet B...
Oct 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Won hits 15-month low as global inflation woes spur equity outflow
The South Korean won weakened past the psychologically important 1,200 per dollar mark for the first time in 15 months as growing worries about glob...
Oct 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Tax burden pushes Samsung heirs to sell $1.8 bn worth of shares by April 2022
The heavy inheritance tax burden in South Korea is pushing the heirs of the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee to sell about 2.2 trillion won (...
Oct 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Murata Manufacturing CEO
Japan's Murata redefines customers in game-changing era
KYOTO, Japan - Murata Manufacturing Co., the world's No. 1 producer of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) and other electronic components, will e...
Oct 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SKIET to start commercial operation of its first separator plant in Europe
South Korea’s SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), SK Innovation Co. 's battery material business subsidiary, plans to start commercial operation of ...
Oct 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Mobis breaks ground on $1.1 bn hydrogen fuel cell plants
Hyundai Mobis Co., the auto parts unit of Hyundai Motor Group, on Thursday broke ground on a hydrogen fuel cell plant, part of its 1.32 trillion won...
Oct 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
POSCO to transfer hydrogen steel tech to industry peers for shared growth
The Hydrogen Iron & Steel Making (HyIS) Forum led by the steelmaker POSCO officially opened Oct. 6 in Seoul with more than 1,200 industry partic...
Oct 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S.Korea's top golf course operator aims for 2022 IPO
South Korea's Golfzon County Co. has begun the process to apply for an initial public offering next year, which analysts said would value the countr...
Oct 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korea benchmark bond yield near 2-1/2-year high
South Korea’s benchmark bond yield hit the highest level in about two and a half years as expectations of tighter monetary policies at home an...
Oct 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
K-pop fan engagement platform DearU begins process for Nov IPO
How much will you pay to chat with your favorite K-pop groups such as TWICE every day? A South Korean startup generated 20 billion won ($16.9 millio...
Sep 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Beauty chain CJ Olive Young to embark on 2022 IPO process
CJ Olive Young, South Korea's largest beauty store chain, is moving ahead with its plan to go public next year, which will likely raise new capital ...
Sep 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea stocks, won tumble as foreigners dump $1 bn in equity futures
South Korean stocks and the won currency lost ground with the main Kospi ending below the 3,100 mark for the first time in five weeks as foreign inv...
Sep 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korean MZers become world's biggest spenders on mobile games
South Korean millennials and Gen Zers have become the world's biggest spenders on mobile games with the MZers accounting for over 90% of domestic mo...
Sep 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Teachers' Pension CIO to enter 1-yr extended term
The Teachers' Pension in South Korea has extended the term of its Chief Investment Officer Lee Kyu-hong by one year until the end of September 2022,...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Market boom drives more S.Koreans to become angel investors
Angel investing has become widely prevalent among South Koreans. The practice of providing capital for new and small business ventures, which were t...
Sep 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Exclusive
Cosmetics startup Birdview readies for 2022 listing
South Korea-based Birdview, the operator of leading cosmetics platform Hwahae, is aiming to make a trading debut as early as the first half of nex...
Sep 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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