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Mergers & AcquisitionsNaver invests €115 mn in Spain’s virtual marketplace Wallapop
Naver Corp., South Korea’s top online portal, has invested €115 million in Wallapop, a Spanish virtual marketplace, a...
Feb 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & AcquisitionsSK teams with Plug Power to tackle Asia's hydrogen ecosystem
South Korea-based SK Group is ready to take on the growing Asian fuel cell market, having finalized a $1.6 billion deal to acqui...
Feb 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakersSigns of upcoming DRAM boom cycle loom large amid price uptrend
Signs that the global DRAM market is entering a boom cycle are looming large with chip prices on an ascending trendline and majo...
Feb 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension fundsNPS inks over $20 bn in overseas alternative investments via partnerships
The National Pension Service (NPS) signed new contracts worth around 23 trillion won ($20.1 billion) abroad in alternative inves...
Feb 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activismUS hedge fund Whitebox Advisors says to vote against LG’s planned spin-off
US-based hedge fund Whitebox Advisors LLC plans to vote against the proposed spin-off of South Korea’s LG Corp. at the upc...
Feb 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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EconomyS.Korea’s birth rate decline accelerates to world’s lowest
The average birth rate in South Korea dropped to a fresh low of 0.84 last year, the world’s lowest, which population exper...
Feb 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)