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Markets
S.Korean securities downgrades GS E&C’s investment opinion
Hyundai Motor Securities downgraded its investment opinion on GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) from "Buy" to "Market Perform" on...
Jan 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korean military fund anchors $142 mn real estate fund
South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), a retirement savings fund for military personnel, is set to become an anchor investor in...
Jan 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Kia rank 4th in Europe with record 2023 sales
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group saw its vehicle sales in Europe rise to a fresh record high in 2023, driven by sport utility v...
Jan 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean learning platform Elice raises $14.9mn from Vertex
Elice Inc., a South Korean startup offering an all-in-one digital learning platform for teachers and corporations, will transform into an artificial...
Jan 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS picks tech, electronics as its favorite local stocks in 2023
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, picked information tech, electric and electronic s...
Jan 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Innocean, HYBE launch Seventeen project in Bangkok
Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it has launched a K-pop boy g...
Jan 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion Holdings eyes Nasdaq IPO by early 2025: chairman
South Korean biosimilar giant Celltrion Group is planning to debut on the Nasdaq market by early 2025, founder and Chairman Seo Jung-jin said at the...
Jan 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS bets on Samsung Electro-Mechanics, sells POSCO stocks in Q4
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, saw the amount of listed local shares it owns rise...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Boryung, Axiom Space launch joint venture in Korea
Boryung Corp., a South Korean healthcare investment company, said on Thursday it has officially launched a joint venture with Axiom Space, a US comm...
Jan 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion revises up earnings goals to overtake Amgen
Celltrion Inc., South Korea's leading biosimilar maker, on Wednesday expressed its ambition to join the global top 10 biotech and pharmaceutical com...
Jan 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung eyes biotech investments via Flagship Pioneering
Samsung C&T Corp., Samsung Biologics Co. and Samsung Bioepis Co. will ramp up investments in US biotechnology startups in collaboration with Fla...
Jan 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
POSCO International to step up global expansion after hefty profits
POSCO International Corp. will step up global expansion in 2024 with a focus on electric vehicle components, eco-friendly energy exploration and gra...
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Uplus invests $7.6 mn in 42Maru
South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. announced on Sunday that it has invested 10 billion won ($7.6 million) in 42Maru, a domestic language AI startup....
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai, Kia join hands with Gore to develop hydrogen fuel cell material
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group said on Friday it has signed an agreement with W. L. Gore & Associates Inc., a US material...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE wins $230 mn order for two VLGCs
South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) on Friday said it has secured its first order this year for two very la...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Taihan Cable wins $42 mn order for power grid in Kuwait
South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on Friday that it has won a $42 million turnkey project to build a 400kV ultra-high voltage ...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
The North Face supplier Youngone lends $177 mn to Scott
Youngone Corp., a South Korean clothing manufacturer to global outdoor brands like The North Face and Patagonia, said on Thursday it has decided to ...
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea steps up probe on alleged submarine tech leaks to Taiwan
South Korea stepped up an investigation into alleged technology leaks of a submarine developed by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. t...
Jan 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Innocean establishes social marketing subsidiary
Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it has established its social m...
Jan 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KEPCO sells 15% stake in KEPCO E&C for $269 million
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), South Korea’s state-owned utility company grappling with mounting losses, has secured additional funds of ...
Jan 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung eyes $8.8 billion 2024 chip profit: sources
Samsung Electronics Co. seeks to rake in 11.5 trillion won ($8.8 billion) in operating profit from its semiconductor business this year, swiveling f...
Jan 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea's KDB establishes innovation fund for auto parts companies
The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) announced on Friday that it has established the KDB-Quantum Mobility Value Chain Open Innovation Fund wor...
Dec 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
NPS chief questions fairness in POSCO’s CEO selection process
POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO, has come under fire for its opaqueness in choosing a new leader a...
Dec 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea eyes new Arab boom via free trade deal with GCC nations
South Korea has struck a free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a group of six Arab nations, paving the way for Seoul to stre...
Dec 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Taeyoung files for debt workout; offers to sell stake in KKR JV
South Korea’s Taeyoung Group, saddled with 5.6 trillion won ($4.4 billion) in debt and loans it has guaranteed, filed for a debt workout progr...
Dec 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
J&J seeks US, European approval for drug developed with Yuhan
Global healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is seeking approval for a lung cancer drug developed with Yuhan Corp., bringing the South Korean pha...
Dec 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Campbell Lutyens taps ex-KIC PE chief as Korea head
Campbell Lutyens & Co. Ltd., a UK private equity advisory firm, has tapped sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) former PE he...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LG Energy Solution Vertech wins 10GWh ESS projects in the US
LG Energy Solution Vertech Inc., a Texas-based energy storage system (ESS) supplier, has secured a combined 10-gigawatt hours (GWh) of grid-scale ba...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Fintech platform operator Viva Republica revives IPO plan
Viva Republica Inc., the operator of South Korea’s fintech platform Toss, has revived plans to go public after pushing back its stock market d...
Dec 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai builds VR shipyard Twin FOS
South Korea’s HD Hyundai Co. announced on Wednesday that it completed the building of a virtual reality shipyard, the first stage of its Futur...
Dec 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)