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Automobiles
BMW snubbed for Genesis, rivaling Mercedes in South Korea

In South Korea, esteemed German auto brands BMW and Mercedes-Benz have for years been the top two brands vying for the hearts of luxury car buyers, who typically pass over local brands such as Hyundai Motor Co. or Kia Corp.On Tuesday, however, some industry survey results surpris

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Entertainment
Hasty overseas expansion hurts Korean entertainment sector

South Korea’s entertainment and content industries suffered from hasty expansions with investments of billions of dollars in the global market through acquisitions of foreign companies, losing money from those entities.HYBE Co., the label behind global K-pop sensation BTS,

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Corporate strategy
Woongjin reborn as IT solution company beyond education firm

Woongjin Co., better known as the home-study workbook brand Woongjin ThinkBig in South Korea, has been transforming into an information technology solution provider for rental companies and car dealerships, its co-Chief Executive Lee Soo-young said.Woongjin is the holding company

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Qcells starts solar module production at new US plant
Energy
Qcells starts solar module production at new US plant

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group known as Qcells in overseas markets, has started commercial operations of a solar module plant in Cartersville, Georgia, to tap into US federal benefits and cement its leadership in the world’s second-largest solar photovoltaics market.The unit of Hanwha Solutions Corp. said on Tuesday it completed the construction of the module prod

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COMPANIES

  • Samsung tops global OLED market in one year
    Electronics
    Samsung tops global OLED market in one year

    Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that it achieved the number one sales position in the global OLED monitor market one year after entering. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), Samsung captured 34.7% in revenue and 28.3% in

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  • S.Korean startups gear up for hot senior living market
    Korean startups
    S.Korean startups gear up for hot senior living market

    Elder-care startups are rushing to build high-end senior homes in South Korea targeting affluent Generation Xers set to retire in five years on expectations of high demand for luxury senior lifestyle in the rapidly aging country with a constrained su

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  • UAE to invest up to $1 bn in S.Korean ventures
    Venture capital
    UAE to invest up to $1 bn in S.Korean ventures

    The United Arab Emirates is set to invest a maximum of $1 billion in South Korean startups via a joint venture, as a part of its mid- to long-term plan to spread $30 billion across strategic sectors including nuclear power, defense and clean energy o

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  • LIG Nex1 participates in Malaysia's DSA 2024
    Aerospace & Defense
    LIG Nex1 participates in Malaysia's DSA 2024

    South Korea's major defense system developer LIG Nex1 Co. announced on Tuesday that it's participating in the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2024 exhibition held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which opened the day before and runs for four days.DSA is a spec

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KOREAN INVESTORS

NPS to hike risky asset buys under simple allocation slots
Pension funds
NPS to hike risky asset buys under simple allocation slots

The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund, is introducing a new simplified asset allocation guideline under which it aims to increase its purchase of risky assets, including stocks and alternative asset products.I

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Real estate
US multifamily market challenges create investment opportunities

There is potential distress in the U.S. multifamily housing sector today. we believe there is a window of opportunity over the next 12-18 months for well-capitalized investors to take advantage of select distress opportunities and to exit when capit

Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

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Mergers & Acquisitions
STIC Investments to sell Korea’s top mobile coupon platform

Seoul-based private equity firm STIC Investments is set to sell Coop Marketing, South Korea’s largest mobile coupon platform company that operates digital voucher systems for the country’s top online messenger Kakao Talk, shopping centers

Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

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Pension funds
NPS to commit $1.1 bn to external managers in 2024

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will select domestic general partners (GPs) to manage about 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) worth of investment this year, its biggest-ever external allocation also set to invest in high-default-risk

Apr 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

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Banking & Finance
Hanwha Life to buy stake in Indonesia's Nobu Bank

South Korea’s second-largest insurer Hanwha Life Insurance Co., with 109 trillion won ($79.4 billion) in total assets as of end-September 2023, said on Wednesday it will buy shares in a banking unit of Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group to exp

Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

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  • Korean stock market
    Kospi 200 valued sharply lower than MSCI developed rivals

    South Korea’s listed firms are undervalued compared with companies in public markets of developed and emerging countries, according to the Korea Exchange (KRX) on Friday.The price-to-book (P/B) ratio of the firms on the Kospi 200 Index was 1.0, based on their closing prices on May 2 and 2023 year-end financial statements, KRX found. The index

    May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

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  • Economy
    BOK's rate policy back to square one after GDP, Fed comments

    TBILISI, Georgia – The Bank of Korea (BOK) will go back to square one on monetary policy as stronger-than-expected economic growth in the first quarter and delayed rate cuts in the US may make the factors it had closely monitored before a rate move not worthy of consideration, its governor said on Thursday.BOK Governor Rhee Chang-yong told re

    May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

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  • Economy
    OECD sharply revises up S.Korea GDP forecast after strong Q1

    The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) forecasts South Korea’s economy to expand at a faster pace than it previously expected on the prospect of recoveries in consumer spending and investment later this year, alongside robust export growth led by semiconductor chips.In its OECD Economic Outlook report released on Th

    May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

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Brokerages' foreign profits up on IB, bond trading
Banking & Finance
Brokerages' foreign profits up on IB, bond trading

South Korean brokerage firms expanded their net profits from overseas operations last year, backed by increased gains from their investment banking and bond trading, according to Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) data on Thursday. The 14 domestic brokerage firms were operating 63 affiliates and 10 branches abroad as of the end of 2023. The offsh

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