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  • Automobiles
    Korean tire makers to raise prices on higher costs

    South Korea’s three leading tire makers joined the global industry’s plans to raise product prices to maintain profi...

    Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • IPOs
    Startup accelerator FuturePlay pushes ahead with IPO 

    Startup accelerator FuturePlay is pushing ahead with an initial public offering. The decision follows similar moves by Korean ve...

    Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
    Materials, parts makers drive Korea's 2021 M&A boom

    Materials, components and equipment makers drove South Korea's mergers and acquisitions market to a record high last year, with ...

    Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Tech, Media & Telecom
    Samsung touts latest Exynos 2200 chip as mobile game changer

    Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a new premium mobile processor, the Exynos 2200, which the world’s top memory chipmak...

    Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean Startups
    STIC injects $168 mn in pre-unicorn Musicow

    Music copyright trading platform Musicow Inc. has attracted a 200 billion won ($167.9 million) investment from Korea’s pri...

    Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Artificial intelligence
    AI humans take quantum leap in Korean entertainment and media

    At first glance, ETERN!TY is similar to other K-pop bands – dancing to upbeat music and the female members donning pink te...

    Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
    Affinity to send teaser for Burger King Korea, Japan sale

    Affinity Equity Partners is set to send an investment teaser this week for the planned sale of Burger King’s operations in...

    Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Corporate strategy
    NTT DoCoMo sells $370 mn KT shares to Shinhan Bank

    Japan's mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo has sold all its shares in KT Corp., worth 437.5 billion won ($370 million), to Shinhan...

    Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Pension funds
    KTCU names financial investment head as new CIO

    Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) has named its former Financial Investment Department head Park Man-soo as its new chief...

    Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Corporate restructuring
    Hyundai Engineering’s new business keywords: Hydrogen, mini reactors

    Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, is reorganizing...

    Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean stock market
    Kospi in lethargic trade ahead of LG Energy debut

    South Korea's benchmark stock index Kospi declined to its lowest closing level in one and a half months on Monday, moving in the...

    Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Alternative investments
    Hana jointly acquires Boston-based multifamily for $262 mn

     Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. and a US asset manager acquired a tower of luxury multifamily housing assets in Sea...

    Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)