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Korea builds system to speed up naked short-selling ban

South Korea’s top financial regulator is set to build a centralized digital system to strengthen the prevention of naked short-selling as the financial watchdog has detected an increase in the illegal practice by institutional investors over the past few years.  T

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Airlines
MBK backs Air Premia for Asiana cargo unit; Jeju Air exits

South Korea's low-cost carrier Air Premia Inc. has teamed up with North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners to win Asiana Airlines Inc.'s lucrative cargo unit worth up to 500 billion won ($364 million) after the country's No. 1 budget carrier Jeju Air Co. dropped out of

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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha, Poland in $1.6 billion Chunmoo rocket launcher deal

Hanwha Aerospace Co., a leading South Korean defense company, on Thursday signed a $1.64 billion deal to supply 72 units of Chunmoo multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) to Poland.The deal was signed by Hanwha Aerospace Chief Executive Son Jae-il and Artur Kuptel, head of the Poli

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Hyundai ties up with CATL for China revival with EVs
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Hyundai ties up with CATL for China revival with EVs

BEIJING -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top carmaker, has joined hands with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL), the leading global battery manufacturer, to recover its ailing business in China with customized eco-friendly models for the world’s largest automobile and electric vehicle market.Hyundai Motor Group’s key research center in South Korea is developing EVs tailored for the Chinese market in partnership with R

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  • Lotte sells Lotte Glory Properties Shenyang amid US-China dispute
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    Lotte sells Lotte Glory Properties Shenyang amid US-China dispute

    South Korea’s retail giant Lotte Group has signed a deal to sell a theme park project in Shenyang, China – its latest move to pull out of China after struggling for years to do business there amid a US-China diplomatic dispute.Company off

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  • HYBE takes legal steps to fire NewJeans' label CEO
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    HYBE takes legal steps to fire NewJeans' label CEO

    HYBE Co., a company behind boy band BTS, has reported Min Hee-jin, the chief of popular girl group NewJeans’ label ADOR, to police for investigations over her alleged coup attempt, heralding a legal fight between the K-pop powerhouse and one of

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  • Honda, POSCO Future M to build cell material plant in Canada
    Batteries
    Honda, POSCO Future M to build cell material plant in Canada

    Japan’s Honda Motor Co. and South Korea’s POSCO Future M Co. agreed to build a battery material plant in Canada where the automaker decided to invest $11 billion in an electric vehicle production complex to meet US requirements for clean

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  • Korean Air to launch Incheon-Macau route in July
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    Korean Air to launch Incheon-Macau route in July

    Korean Air Lines Co., the leading full-service airline in South Korea, announced on Friday that it will launch flights on the Incheon-Macau route starting July 1. The airline will operate flights daily, maintaining a schedule of seven times per week.

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Hanwha Life to buy stake in Indonesia's Nobu Bank
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

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Pension funds
NPS loses $1.2 bn in Korean stocks on weak battery shares in Q1

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, lost 1.66 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in domestic stock value in the first quarter of this year as shares in the battery sector tumbled amid the electric vehi

Apr 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

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Private equity
MBK eyes stake in Korean software developer Tmaxsoft

North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners is eyeing shares of South Korean enterprise software developer Tmaxsoft Co. around two years after the PE house failed in its takeover bid, banking sources said on Thursday. MBK executives have rec

Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

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Real estate
Keppel REIT to sell Seoul-based prime office T Tower

Singapore’s Keppel REIT Management Ltd. is set to divest of its Seoul-based prime office building T Tower near Seoul Station.Real estate managers Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) and Colliers, the lead managers for the sale, said on Tuesday they will s

Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

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Private equity
Private markets open to more high-net-worth individuals: Hamilton Lane

The number of high-net-worth individuals allocating capital to private markets is increasing fast. These are wealthy individuals who own at least $1 million of liquid financial assets and seek steady returns on alternative investments.The global priv

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  • Korean stock market
    MSCI Korea likely to add 3 stocks: Samsung Securities

    HD Hyundai Electric Co., Alteogen Inc. and Enchem Co. are expected to be invited to join Morgan Stanley Capital International’s Korea Index when the global stock index provider conducts regular index rebalancing next month, according to Samsung Securities Co. The probability of the trio’s inclusion in the MSCI Korea Index in May is 90%,

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  • Economy
    Rising South Korean food prices: Now it’s dried seaweed's turn

    First, it was groceries. Then came fried chicken and hamburgers. Now, it’s seasoned seaweed products, chocolate and ice creams.As in other countries, food prices in South Korea keep going up -- with everyone biting their nails, hoping for moderating prices of everyday food and goods soon.Chances are slim, however, as price hikes are not just

    Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

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  • Foreign exchange
    Korean won at 17-month low on Middle East woes, Fed rate view

    The South Korean won currency on Tuesday fell to its weakest level in 17 months, briefly touching the psychologically important 1,400 per dollar level, as foreign investors sold the country’s assets on the growing concerns over a wider Middle East conflict and expectations of the US Federal Reserve’s slower interest rate cut.The won los

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

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Brokerage firms' bonds draw investors amid rate cut hopes
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Brokerage firms' bonds draw investors amid rate cut hopes

South Korean brokerage firms are ramping up sales of long-term bonds to refinance their loans by repaying short-term debts in hopes of a rate cut by the US Federal Reserve.KB Securities Co. held bookbuilding on Monday to sell 200 billion won ($143 million) worth of bonds rated AA+. The bond issue breaks down into 50 billion won in bonds with an 18-

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