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Food & Beverage
CJ Foodville attracts $54 mn investment from Arges PE
CJ Foodville, the food service subsidiary of South Korea's CJ Group and the operator of bakery brand Tous les Jours announced on Thursday that it at...
Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korea’s top dollar store chain Daiso buys out Japanese shareholder
South Korea’s AsungHMP Co. has bought a 34.2% stake in Asungdaiso Corp., which operates the country’s top dollar store chain Daiso, from...
Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Toho buys 25% stake in CJ ENM’s Fifth Season for $225 mn
Toho Co. has acquired a 25% stake in Fifth Season for $225 million, a move expected to be a win for not only the money-losing US-based producer-dist...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Uplus, Toyota Motor Korea team up for EV chargning
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Monday that it formed a partnership with Toyota Motor Korea to expand electric vehicle (EV) charger infr...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LIG Nex1 to buy quadruped robot maker Ghost Robotics for $240 mn
LIG Nex1 Co., a South Korean weapons system developer, has agreed to buy a 60% stake in Ghost Robotics Corp (GRC), a Philadelphia-based robot develo...
Dec 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
IMM among shortlisted bidders for special chemicals maker Songwon
Competition to acquire Songwon Industrial Co., one of the world’s top specialty chemicals makers, is heating up as the South Korean company an...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea to buy more F-35As, but picks Embraer C-390s for transport
South Korea has chosen the F-35A by US-based Lockheed Martin Aeronautics as its stealth aircraft and Brazil-headquartered aerospace company Embraer&...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Chipmakers Samsung, SK Hynix among foreigners’ top picks in Korea
South Korea’s two largest chipmakers, Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., were among foreign investors’ top picks on the country&...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling
HSBC, BNP Paribas reported to Korean prosecutors for naked shorting
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. (HSBC) and BNP Paribas CIB have been reported to South Korean public prosecutors in violation of ...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
AEW, Pebblestone buy Korean logistics center for $238 mn
Seoul-based Pebblestone Asset Management Co. and US real estate investor AEW Capital Management have completed the acquisition of a logistics ce...
Dec 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver to launch global version of Whale browser in Q1 2024
Naver Cloud, the infrastructure subsidiary of South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp., plans to launch a global version of its Whale browser in...
Nov 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Group to buy 537 GWh green power from SK E&S
South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group is accelerating its net zero transition with its affiliates agreeing to buy 537 gigawatts h...
Nov 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Kakao Mobility seeks to buy European taxi platform FreeNow
Kakao Mobility Corp., a ride-hailing service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., is planning to acquire FreeNow, a European taxi platform o...
Nov 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung bags $1 bn via ASML share sale for chip production
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has divested a 0.3% stake in Dutch chip equipment manufacturer ASML Holdings N....
Nov 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
HD Hyundai Oilbank to supply petroleum products to Sunoco
South Korea's HD Hyundai Oilbank said on Tuesday it has extended a contract with US fuel distributor Sunoco LP to supply petroleum products next yea...
Nov 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus buys pet Airbnb-style startup to boost pet care services
LG Uplus Corp. has acquired a domestic dog space rental startup Along as the South Korean mobile carrier is zooming in on pet care services as its n...
Nov 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung’s Harman to buy French audio software firm FLUX::
Harman Professional Solutions, a professional sound system unit under Samsung Electronics Co.'s wholly owned Harman International, has agreed to acq...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LX International to buy Indonesia's PT AKP for nickel mining
LX International Corp., the trading unit of South Korea’s LX Group, said on Tuesday it is slated to acquire a 60% stake in Indonesian miner PT...
Nov 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Land eyes another leap forward in China under new strategy
SHANGHAI – E-Land World Ltd., a South Korean fashion and retail company, is gearing up for another leap forward in China, where the company&rs...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
KKR expected to buy 100% stake in Taeyoung Industry
Global private equity giant KKR & Co. Inc. is expected to take over Taeyoung Industry Corp., a cash cow of South Korea’s medium-sized busi...
Oct 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Bioepis gets FDA OK for its interchangeable biosimilar
Byooviz, a biosimilar of the macular degeneration treatment Lucentis and made by South Korea’s Samsung Bioepis, has received official design...
Oct 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem opens North America Innovation Center in Georgia
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. announced on Wednesday it has opened its North America Innovation Center in Georgia, the US. The company also signed a me...
Oct 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong Pharma's GER drug gets product OK from Mexico
South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical on Wednesday said its gastroesophageal reflux (GER) disease drug Fexuclue (active ingredient fexuprazan ...
Oct 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
POSCO Int’l completes Mexico EV motor core plant for N.American market
POSCO International Corp., the energy and trading unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., concluded construction on an electric...
Oct 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec woos US home appliance buyers with smart features
LG Electronics Inc. is ramping up efforts to attract premium home appliance buyers in North America with the "UP Kit" collection of home appliance a...
Oct 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's Harim to divest of Hanjin KAL shares to fund HMM acquisition
South Korea’s poultry processing company Harim Group is set to sell off all its Hanjin KAL Co. shares its affiliate owns to secure capital for...
Oct 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
S.Korea's SKC to sell polyurethane raw material unit for $304 mn
South Korean chemical material company SKC Ltd. is selling its unit for raw materials of polyurethane (PU), a chemical substance.The company’s...
Oct 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hyundai Capital to acquire Indonesian financial firm
South Korea's Hyundai Capital announced on Wednesday it will acquire the Indonesian finance firm PT Paramitra Multifinance to enter the local market...
Oct 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Dollar/won in wildest swing in 13 yrs despite intervention
The South Korean won suffered its wildest fluctuation against the dollar this year since 2010, shrugging off heavy dollar-selling intervention by lo...
Oct 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Creator of Baby Shark, Pinkfong to launch music variety show
The lovable children’s characters Pinkfong and Baby Shark will soon star in a music variety show for their legions of global fans.The Pinkfong...
Oct 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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