Corporate investment
Batteries
Lotte Materials invests in French silicon cathode materials startup
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SM Entertainment founder invests in Chinese drone maker
Lee Soo-man, founder and former executive producer of South Korea's SM Entertainment Co., has reportedly made a huge investment in the Chinese self-d...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
SK Square, SK Hynix set up $77 million chip investment unit
SK Square Co. and SK Hynix Inc., together with two other South Korean companies, have launched a 100 billion won ($77 million) joint investment unit ...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK Telecom invests $100 mn in American UAM developer
South Korea's SK Telecom.Co has invested $100 million (131.6 billion won) in Joby Aviation, a Santa Cruz, California-based developer of urban air mo...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to invest $230 bn in Korea on speedy govt support
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is set to spend 300 trillion won ($230.4 billion) to build semiconductor manufacturi...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Hyundai invests $781 mn in startups to drive future innovation growth
Hyundai Motor Group's open innovation investment in domestic and foreign startups in fields like mobility and artificial intelligence (AI) has exceed...
Jun 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO breaks ground on lithium hydroxide plant in S.Korea
POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of the world’s sixth-largest steel maker,held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday to mark the commenc...
Jun 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
SKC mulls investment in materials in Haiphong, Vietnam
South Korea's SKC has teamed up with Haiphong, a key industrial city in northeastern Vietnam, to reinforce the company's basis for global expansion i...
Jun 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Fifty Fifty label seeks investment from Silicon Valley
The South Korean label behind K-pop rookie sensation Fifty Fifty is looking to Silicon Valley for investment as the four-girl band, already with a le...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Future M-GM JV to receive investment from Canadian gov’t
POSCO Future M Co., a unit of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., revealed on Monday that Ultium CAM, its joint venture with General Motors...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
CJ dreams to build new kingdom in US with massive investment
CJ Group, a major South Korean conglomerate with a wide range of businesses spanning everything from food to bio, livestock feed, logistics, entertai...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
S.Korean Hanwha to spend $1 bn on US acquisitions, business
South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group plans to invest $1 billion in acquisitions of companies in the US and businesses s...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
ASM to invest $100 mn to expand R&D facilities in S.Korea
The Netherlands-based semiconductor equipment maker ASM will invest $100 million (132 billion won) to boost its R&D and production capacities in ...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korean institutions eye investment in OpenAI at $40 bn valuation
OpenAI, the world’s most well-known artificial intelligence lab, is tapping South Korean institutional investors for investment at an estimated...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Korea’s SK Gas to invest $1.5 bn toward carbon neutrality by 2026
ULSAN – SK Gas Ltd. South Korea’s leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier, is set to spend $1.5 billion on liquefied natural gas (...
Apr 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Kia invest $746.3 billion more in 42dot
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. will inject 1 trillion won ($746.3 billion) of funds into 42dot, a self-driving vehicle subsidiary of Hyundai Motor ...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Aerospace invests in Israeli startup with anti-jamming tech
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. has invested in an Israeli start-up possessing anti-jamming technology to prevent interference in global positioni...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lotte Biologics to invest additional $48 mn in US plant
South Korea’s Lotte Biologics Co. held a plaque ceremony on Monday to commemorate the acquisition of a pharmaceutical production plant from Bri...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea’s EcoPro BM seeks to raise $385 mn through convertible bond sale
South Korea’s leading battery materials maker EcoPro BM Co. sought to raise up to 500 billion won ($385 million) through a convertible bond for...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Famed S.Korean pedometer app Cashwalk attracts first investment of $22 million
Nudge Healthcare, a startup that runs the South Korean health management app Cashwork, on Wednesday said it secured its first investment of 30 billio...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
S.Korean corporate investment in Vietnam plunges 70% in first quarter
South Korean corporate investment in Vietnam, which has led the economic development of the Southeast Asian nation, has plunged this year due to fact...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Samsung gets $191 million profit valuation from investment in Rainbow Robotics
Samsung Electronics Co. is found to have earned 250 billion won ($191 million) in profit valuation from its investment made two months ago in Rainbow...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea confirms easing inflation; BOK to hold rate
South Korea confirmed that inflation eased while Asia’s fourth-largest economy continued to slow, adding to expectations that the government ma...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
SK Networks to expand investment in tech firms for future growth
SK Networks Co., the general trading and rental arm of South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate SK Group, will expand direct funding for tech s...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Korea seeks legal system for independent equity research firms
South Korea is set to establish a legal system for independent equity research providers this year to protect individual investors, who could be dama...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
S.Korea's high-tech firms flood to US with heavy spending plans
South Korea’s large business groups are flooding to the US, with their pledged investments there exceeding $100 billion for the next two years....
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hancom Carelink invests in bio big data venture 3bigs
South Korea's Hancom Carelink, a digital health care company under Hancom Group, on Wednesday said it bought an unspecified stake in the bio big data...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Danish wind turbine firm Vestas to invest $300 million in Korea
DAVOS, Switzerland – Danish wind turbine producer Vestas Wind Systems A/S has said it would invest $300 million in South Korea and positively c...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Naver secures largest stake in Spain's online marketplace Wallapop
Naver Corp. has made a massive additional investment in Wallapop, Spain's online market for used items and Europe's equivalent to Korea's Danggeun Ma...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
S.Korea Inc. ramps up cash reserves amid economic woes
South Korean companies are rushing to raise cash from the beginning of the new year amid growing concerns over a global economic downturn and market ...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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