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Real estate
IGIS, KKR delay plan to set up Seoul-based real estate JV
IGIS Asset Management Co., the largest real estate investment firm in South Korea, and US private equity giant KKR & Co. have indefinitely postp...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Koreans’ love for EcoPro stock may jeopardize short-sellers
South Korean individual investors have been chasing shares in EcoPro group, the country’s major electric vehicle battery materials manufacture...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
LG shares soar as UK asset manager Silchester raises stake
LG Corp., the holding firm of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group, saw its share price soar in the local market on Wednesday as...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Biopharmaceuticals wins Red Dot award for 2 devices
South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals on Tuesday said two of its self-developed wearable devices won the main prize in the health care category ...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha heir apparent named senior advisor at US energy investor
Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan, the heir apparent of the South Korean energy-to-defense conglomerate, has been named a senior advisor at S...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung’s chip output cut: Boon for industry, price rebound
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Friday it is curtailing chip production after its semiconductor busines...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Investors ready their return to Korean stock market but with bet on declines
Investors are readying their return to the stock market in South Korea, encouraged by the rosy outlook for secondary battery stocks, but more retail...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK Partners eyes China’s local consumption: Letter to investors
Private equity giant MBK Partners focused on defending its portfolio last year, especially Chinese companies during the lockdown, while being active...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean startup DeepBrain AI unveils 3D virtual human B2B technology
South Korean AI startup DeepBrain AI has unveiled a 3D virtual human B2B technology that can engage in real-time conversations, display emotional ex...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean fashion platform Ably attracts $39 mn before Series C round
South Korea’s Ably Corp., operator of the fashion shopping app Ably, has attracted 50 billion won ($39 million) via venture debt amid the slow...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
S.Korean robot startup aims to ramp up supply by 9 times
A South Korean autonomous-driving robot startup Neubility aims to increase supply by almost nine times this year as demand for such machines in the ...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
LB Investment draws record demand from individual investors
LB Investment Inc., a venture capital firm associated with the LG founder's family, has achieved a remarkable competition rate of over 1,000 to 1 fo...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Yanolja Cloud to develop real estate platform with SK Discovery
South Korea's Yanolja Cloud, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, announced on Tuesday its partnership with SK Discovery Co. to build a proptech ...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S.Korean biotech GI Innovation's IPO draws tepid market interest
South Korean biotech GI Innovation Inc. is slated to debut on the local public market at less than half of its pre-IPO investment value, facing luke...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
S.Korea's individual investors buy bonds this year worth $5.3 billion
Individual investors in South Korea this year have made net bond purchases, or the difference between the buying and selling amounts, worth over 7 t...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Global macro investing to revive for more volatile age: M&G
The value of investments will fluctuate, which will cause prices to fall as well as rise and investors may not get back the original amount they inv...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Financial Group injects $385.6 million into S.Korea’s real estate PF
South Korea’s KB Financial Group on Monday said it will provide liquidity support for the domestic market for real estate project financing (P...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kakao, HYBE shares rally on reconciliation but SM shares tank
Investors welcomed the end of a fierce month-long battle between HYBE Co. and Kakao Corp. over control of South Korea’s K-pop pioneer SM Enter...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE kicks off campaign to win over SM shareholders
Bang Si-hyuk, founder and chairman of the BTS label HYBE Co., has kicked off his campaign to gather support from institutional investors to take con...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
SK Networks invests $22 mn in US AI-based device company
South Korea's SK Networks has identified a startup specializing in AI-based devices and software platforms as a new investment target. The startup, ...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreign investors net buyers of Korean stocks for 5th straight month
Foreign investors bought more South Korean stocks in February, extending their buying spree to five months.The Financial Supervisory Service of Kore...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Activist fund Tcha Partners calls for Namyang Dairy to buy back shares
Seoul-based activist fund Tcha Partners Asset Management Co. on Monday demanded that South Korea’s Namyang Dairy Products Co. buy back half of...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
S.Korean investors eye VC, growth equity in tech: Adams Street
Many investors are questioning whether private markets will stay bullish amid uncertainty in 2023. The markets will continue to generate interesting...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
KT&G potential target of aggressive activist shareholder
KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, is likely to face a tougher battle against activist shareholders as an aggressive hed...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Smaller firms' successful IPOs fail to boost Korean listing market
South Korean companies are returning to the local initial public offering market this year, after failing their market debuts last year. But that ha...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korea's NPS, KTCU likely to invest in CVC's ninth buyout fund
South Korea’s key institutional investors are highly likely to invest via European private equity giant CVC Capital Partners’ ninth buyo...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea's Cha Bio Group to expand overseas real estate business
Cha Bio Group, consisting of Cha Biotech and Cha Vaccine Research Institute as its subsidiaries, has announced its expansion into the real estate in...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S.Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis drops IPO on weak demand
Oasis Corp., a South Korean grocery delivery platform, decided to withdraw its local initial public offering plan on Feb. 13 amid tepid interest fro...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Treasury yield falls signal BOK's looser grip on inflation
The yield on South Korea’s benchmark three-year treasury bonds has stayed below the base rate for a month, out of sync with monetary policies ...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Zigbang signs agreement with Saudi's National Housing Company
On Monday, South Korean proptech company Zigbang announced a partnership with Saudi Arabia's National Housing Company with the goal of digitalizing ...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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