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E-commerce
Korea’s beauty wholesaler to invest $10 mn in fashion platform Balaan
Mar 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea, US to expand cooperation in shipbuilding sector
WASHINGTON -- South Korea and the US plan to set up a working group to expand their cooperation in the shipbuilding industry from warships to commerc...
Mar 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s weak exports add to Trump tariff risk woes
South Korea’s exports in the first two months skidded as sales to the world’s two largest economies China and the US fell, adding to conc...
Mar 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai CEO Muñoz named MotorTrend Person of the Year
South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer José Muñoz was picked as the most powerful figure in the ind...
Feb 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
Hana Financial to boost corporate value by raising shareholder returns
South Korea’s Hana Financial Group aims to increase corporate value by ramping up shareholder returns based on a sustainable profit structure s...
Feb 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Hyundai Rotem inks $1.5 bn Morocco train supply deal
South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem Co. said on Wednesday it has won a 2.2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) train order from Morocco, the biggest single dea...
Feb 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
Bank of Korea cuts rates, growth forecast on Trump tariff policy
South Korea’s central bank on Tuesday cut interest rates while sharply reducing its economic growth forecast as lingering political turmoil fol...
Feb 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Macquarie to sell Seoul hotel to KB Asset for $119 million
Macquarie Asset Management is poised to sell a four-star hotel in Seoul for about 170 billion won ($118.7 million) to South Korea’s KB Asset Ma...
Feb 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM seeks to acquire parts of SK Shipping for $1.4 bn from Hahn & Co.
HMM Co., South Korea’s largest ocean carrier, is seeking to buy SK Shipping Co., excluding its liquefied natural gas (LNG) transportation busin...
Feb 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Beauty giant CJ Olive Young to buy Seoul office building for $472 mn
CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, has been given priority rights to buy an office building in Seoul for about 680 bil...
Feb 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilders to benefit from rising LNG, oil tanker demand
South Korean shipbuilders are expected to benefit from a potential surge in demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and crude oil carriers as US Presi...
Feb 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea to let securities firms manage $43 bn public fund investment pool
South Korea said on Wednesday it aims to boost returns on 62.1 billion won ($42.7 billion) in the public fund investment pool by entrusting some of t...
Feb 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korean state think tank cuts 2025 growth forecast, flags US tariff risk
South Korea’s state-run think tank has cut its growth forecast for the country this year, citing President Donald Trump’s trade policy as...
Feb 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai in talks to buy back Korean ship parts maker
HD Hyundai Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, is in talks with a private equity firm to buy back a South Korean ship parts manufactur...
Feb 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
US Capital Group raises stake in South Korea’s LS Electric
Capital Group Companies Inc. has increased its stake in LS Electric Co., a South Korean supplier to Elon Musk’s X.AI Corp., as the US asset man...
Feb 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korean firms cut IPO prices, volumes amid bearish sentiment
South Korean companies are relaunching attempts to go public with lower valuations and fewer shares amid continued sour investor sentiment.CK Solutio...
Feb 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
POSCO seeks $1 bn restructuring amid weak steel, battery materials sectors
South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. said on Monday it plans to sell 61 unprofitable and non-core assets to raise 1.5 trillion won ($1 billion) as...
Feb 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia enjoy record January US sales on eco-friendly cars
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. saw their US sales in January rise to record highs thanks to the grow...
Feb 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Magnachip, up for sale again, contacts Samsung, LG, LX
South Korean chipmaker Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. is on the market again four years after the US blocked a takeover by a Chinese private equity fi...
Feb 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korean exports snap 15 months of gains in Jan despite higher chip sales
South Korea’s exports dropped in January on-year for the first time in 16 months due to more holiday days in the month, although overseas sales...
Feb 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korean B2B fintech firm Dozn plans Kosdaq IPO for $202.5 mn market cap
South Korea’s business-to-business fintech service provider Dozn is planning an initial public offering on the Kosdaq in February for an estima...
Jan 31, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT to sell financial security unit for $59 mn for restructuring
South Korea’s KT Corp. is set to sell Initech Co., its Kosdaq-listed financial security unit, for 85 billion won ($59.1 million) as the leading...
Jan 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea’s Cactus PE to buy stake in Kosdaq-listed EV parts firm
South Korea’s Cactus Private Equity is set to acquire a stake in YM Tech Co., a Kosdaq-listed electric vehicle (EV) parts maker, for nearly 200...
Jan 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK lowers growth forecasts to bolster rate cut expectations
South Korea’s central bank slashed its economic growth forecasts on Monday, adding to views that the monetary authority will cut interest rates...
Jan 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korea’s Hwasung Cosmetics shines with Affirma Capital’s Midas touch
Singapore-based private equity firm Affirma Capital has turned Hwasung Cosmetics into an emerging original design manufacturer (ODM) for global beaut...
Jan 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korean petrochemical sector to sell corporate bonds amid downturn
South Korea’s petrochemical producers are set to issue corporate bonds to take advantage of ample liquidity at the beginning of the year amid a...
Jan 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Koramco seeks to sell Seoul prime office tower in $272 million deal
South Korea’s Koramco REITs Management & Trust Co. is poised sell a prime office building in Seoul in an estimated 400 billion won ($272 mi...
Jan 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis to boost US production to cope with Trump
LAS VEGAS -- Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s fifth-largest auto parts maker, plans to beef up its US production to cope with President-elect Don...
Jan 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korean entertainment powerhouse K Wave Media to debut on Nasdaq in Feb
K Wave Media Ltd., an umbrella entity of South Korean entertainment companies, is set to go public on the Nasdaq next month in a bid to raise money f...
Jan 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy to supply batteries to US solar EV startup Aptera for 7 years
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest battery maker, agreed to supply cylindrical products to Aptera Motors Corp., a US solar elec...
Jan 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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