Venture capital
Shareholder activism
Korea not to appeal ruling in favor of Mason Capital in Samsung case
Apr 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
South Korean VCs back US humanoid robot developer Apptronik
South Korean venture capital firms invested undisclosed tens of billions of won, equivalent to tens of millions of dollars, in US humanoid-developing...
Mar 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
S.Korean startup accelerators to boost overseas biz
South Korean accelerators (ACs) are turning to Southeast Asia and the Middle East market to support startups and expand their reach.ACs, companies th...
Nov 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
S.Korean gov't eases restrictions on Korean investment in overseas startups
The companies founded by South Korean nationals abroad will be recognized as domestic companies if they contribute to the Korean economy, making it e...
Nov 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea Inc. rushes to booming local corporate bond market
South Korean companies are rushing to raise money in the local corporate bond market, which is unusually buoyant at year's end amid expectations of i...
Nov 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Financial to use excess capital for share buybacks, dividends
KB Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s largest financial holding group, is set to use its excess capital for share buybacks and dividends next ...
Oct 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
South Korean VCs in search of better returns abroad
South Korean venture capitalists’ appetite for foreign entrepreneurs shows no sign of waning as they continue to look for better returns overse...
Oct 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Heavy inheritance, gift taxes spur rich Koreans to emigrate to Singapore
A South Korean co-CEO of a blockchain investment firm with hundreds of millions of dollars in assets moved to Singapore last year to avoid the Northe...
Oct 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
Korea to join FTSE Rusell bond index to attract $66 bn inflows
South Korea will be included in a global major bond index next year to attract an estimated $66 billion in capital inflows to Asia’s fourth-lar...
Oct 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
AI startup MarqVision raises $16.5 mn to close Series A round
MarqVision Inc., a startup developing an artificial intelligence-powered intellectual property (IP) protection platform, raised 22 billion won ($16.5...
Oct 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korea’s KCC Glass to invest $525 mn more in Indonesian plant
KCC Glass Corp., a major South Korean construction materials manufacturer, is set to invest an additional 700 billion won ($524.8 million) in its Ind...
Oct 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Fed’s big rate cut spurs Korean firms to issue foreign bonds
South Korean companies rushed to issue foreign currency bonds after the US Federal Reserve lowered interest rates for the first time in more than fou...
Sep 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s AI, robot startups shine despite funding drought
South Korea’s artificial intelligence and robotics startups raised more money through seed rounds than other sectors in August although investo...
Sep 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea Investment, most generous venture capitalist in H1
Korea Investment Partners Co. spent the most on local startups among venture capitalists in the first half, while South Korean game developer Smilega...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
SoftBank-backed Tridge in trouble amid Korean startup doom
Tridge Co., South Korea’s first agricultural product and food trading platform operator invested in by SoftBank Group Corp., is in financial tr...
Jul 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
VC firm DSC Investment forms Korea's largest secondary fund
South Korean asset manager DSC Investment has formed the country’s largest-ever fund for venture capital secondaries to explore opportunities f...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
UAE to invest up to $1 bn in S.Korean ventures
The United Arab Emirates is set to invest a maximum of $1 billion in South Korean startups via a joint venture, as a part of its mid- to long-term pl...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai to invest $923 million on self-driving JV Motional
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, is set to spend nearly $1 billion on Motional, its loss-making self-driving joint ven...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
Korea desperately seeks global bond index inclusion to rescue won
South Korea is desperately working for inclusion on a global major bond index to save the ailing won, the second worst-performer among emerging Asian...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea asks savings banks to raise capital to avoid crisis
South Korea’s top financial regulator advised about 10 local savings banks in trouble to increase their capital by the end of this month to pre...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
Korea yet to join global bond index for capital inflows
South Korea has so far failed to be included on a global major bond index, denting hopes for capital inflows into Asia’s fourth-largest economy...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
LG ups ante in AI race with bullish bets on startups
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate controlling electronics, chemicals, media and service companies, is aggressively raising th...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Mubadala ties up with Korea’s Woori for global investments
Mubadala Investment Co., Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, has joined hands with Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest fin...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
SK Networks ties up with US-based Bow Capital for investments
SK Networks Co., a South Korean trading company, joined hands with Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Bow Capital for investment cooperation, ...
Jan 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Seoul to add new aerial lifts to Namsan by 2025
Visitors to Seoul, the capital of South Korea, are expected to enjoy faster and easier exploration of the city’s famous Namsan Mountain in 2025...
Dec 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
VCs give thumbs up to EV, parts/materials, travel tech
The venture capital funding crunch has continued through this year in South Korea but VCs have raised their stakes in select companies in the electri...
Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
S.Korean VCs go global for breakthrough
South Korean venture capitalists are actively discovering attractive investment assets overseas to find a breakthrough amid a prolonged local VC drou...
Oct 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
LG Elec’s early-stage startup investments in US fare well
LG Electronics Inc.'s early-stage investments in US tech startups will likely generate decent returns as they have raised additional funding at highe...
Oct 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Lotte Ventures hosts L-Camp in Tokyo for promising Korean startups
TOKYO – Lotte Ventures Corp., the corporate venture capital (CVC) business unit of South Korea’s Lotte Group, on Thursday hosted L-Camp ...
Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korea markets melt as Fed officials foresee longer-than-expected high rates
South Korean financial markets lost ground on Wednesday with the 10-year government bond yield at a one-year high as US Federal Reserve policymakers ...
Oct 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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