South Korea’s top financial regulator is set to build a centralized digital system to strengthen the prevention of naked short-selling as the financial watchdog has detected an increase in the illegal practice by institutional investors over the past few years. T
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South Korea's low-cost carrier Air Premia Inc. has teamed up with North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners to win Asiana Airlines Inc.'s lucrative cargo unit worth up to 500 billion won ($364 million) after the country's No. 1 budget carrier Jeju Air Co. dropped out of
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Hanwha Aerospace Co., a leading South Korean defense company, on Thursday signed a $1.64 billion deal to supply 72 units of Chunmoo multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) to Poland.The deal was signed by Hanwha Aerospace Chief Executive Son Jae-il and Artur Kuptel, head of the Poli
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RetailLotte sells Lotte Glory Properties Shenyang amid US-China dispute
South Korea’s retail giant Lotte Group has signed a deal to sell a theme park project in Shenyang, China – its latest move to pull out of China after struggling for years to do business there amid a US-China diplomatic dispute.Company off
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HYBE Co., a company behind boy band BTS, has reported Min Hee-jin, the chief of popular girl group NewJeans’ label ADOR, to police for investigations over her alleged coup attempt, heralding a legal fight between the K-pop powerhouse and one of
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BatteriesHonda, POSCO Future M to build cell material plant in Canada
Japan’s Honda Motor Co. and South Korea’s POSCO Future M Co. agreed to build a battery material plant in Canada where the automaker decided to invest $11 billion in an electric vehicle production complex to meet US requirements for clean
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AirlinesKorean Air to launch Incheon-Macau route in July
Korean Air Lines Co., the leading full-service airline in South Korea, announced on Friday that it will launch flights on the Incheon-Macau route starting July 1. The airline will operate flights daily, maintaining a schedule of seven times per week.
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South Korea’s second-largest insurer Hanwha Life Insurance Co., with 109 trillion won ($79.4 billion) in total assets as of end-September 2023, said on Wednesday it will buy shares in a banking unit of Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group to exp
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South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, lost 1.66 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in domestic stock value in the first quarter of this year as shares in the battery sector tumbled amid the electric vehi
Apr 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners is eyeing shares of South Korean enterprise software developer Tmaxsoft Co. around two years after the PE house failed in its takeover bid, banking sources said on Thursday. MBK executives have rec
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
Singapore’s Keppel REIT Management Ltd. is set to divest of its Seoul-based prime office building T Tower near Seoul Station.Real estate managers Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) and Colliers, the lead managers for the sale, said on Tuesday they will s
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
The number of high-net-worth individuals allocating capital to private markets is increasing fast. These are wealthy individuals who own at least $1 million of liquid financial assets and seek steady returns on alternative investments.The global priv
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InsuranceKorea's Lotte Insurance up for sale for around $1.5 bn
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Mergers & AcquisitionsBlackstone signs over $1 bn deal with MBK for 1st Korean exit
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Real estateHanjin KAL to sell Waikiki Resort to Sono for $101 mn
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Private equityAffinity to buy SK Rent-a-Car at $572 mn, more deals eyed
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E-commerceAlibaba eyes 1st investment in Korean e-commerce platform
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Corporate bondsSK Chemicals' bond offering oversubscribed 8 times
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Private equityAffinity eyes full control of food container maker Lock & Lock
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Korean stock marketMSCI Korea likely to add 3 stocks: Samsung Securities
HD Hyundai Electric Co., Alteogen Inc. and Enchem Co. are expected to be invited to join Morgan Stanley Capital International’s Korea Index when the global stock index provider conducts regular index rebalancing next month, according to Samsung Securities Co. The probability of the trio’s inclusion in the MSCI Korea Index in May is 90%,
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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EconomyRising South Korean food prices: Now it’s dried seaweed's turn
First, it was groceries. Then came fried chicken and hamburgers. Now, it’s seasoned seaweed products, chocolate and ice creams.As in other countries, food prices in South Korea keep going up -- with everyone biting their nails, hoping for moderating prices of everyday food and goods soon.Chances are slim, however, as price hikes are not just
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Foreign exchangeKorean won at 17-month low on Middle East woes, Fed rate view
The South Korean won currency on Tuesday fell to its weakest level in 17 months, briefly touching the psychologically important 1,400 per dollar level, as foreign investors sold the country’s assets on the growing concerns over a wider Middle East conflict and expectations of the US Federal Reserve’s slower interest rate cut.The won los
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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South Korean brokerage firms are ramping up sales of long-term bonds to refinance their loans by repaying short-term debts in hopes of a rate cut by the US Federal Reserve.KB Securities Co. held bookbuilding on Monday to sell 200 billion won ($143 million) worth of bonds rated AA+. The bond issue breaks down into 50 billion won in bonds with an 18-
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean gamesKorea’s Smilegate unveils new RPG Chaos Zero Nightmare
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FashionLouis Vuitton, Chanel, Dior see Korean profits fall in 2023
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PERSPECTIVES
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The KED ViewLabor reform urged in Korea with higher wages than Japan
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