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  • Aerospace & Defense
    S.Korean defense firms receive $15 bn order from Poland

    South Korea’s defense makers, namely Hyundai Rotem Co., Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), and Hanwha Defense Corp.,...

    Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
    Korean homegrown OTT platform Watcha up for sale

    South Korea’s over-the-top (OTT) platform Watcha Inc. is in talks with some companies to sell off its shares, according to...

    Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Batteries
    LG Energy shrugs off slowing economy as demand grows

    South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. on Wednesday unveiled its ambitious goals for revenue and operatin...

    Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Memo from Howard Marks
    I Beg to Differ

    I Beg to Differ I’ve written many times about having joined the investment industry in 1969, when the “Nifty Fi...

    Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Corporate investment
    Nonferrous metals conglomerate Poongsan to invest $236 mn

    South Korean nonferrous metals conglomerate Poongsan Corp. announced it will invest 313 billion won ($238 million) in facilities...

    Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Healthcare
    Daesang Life, China’s Sinopharm to launch health foods joint venture

    Daesang Life Science Corp., a South Korean health foods maker, has signed an initial agreement with China’s Sinopharm Inte...

    Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
    MBK in talks to buy Korea's top online education firm MegastudyEdu

    MBK Partners, one of Asia's largest private equity firms, is in exclusive talks to acquire Korea’s top online education co...

    Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean chipmakers
    Samsung to ramp up hiring for foundry business

    South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. plans to sharply increase the number of local employees in its semiconductor division this...

    Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Corporate investment
    SK to build first chip packaging plant in US with $22 bn investment

    WASHINGTON DC – SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, said on Wednesday it will build its first memor...

    Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)