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Banking & Finance
Lotte Card Card to launch loans for affiliates in Vietnam
South Korea's Lotte Card said on Monday it will launch loans for affiliates in Vietnam.Lotte Finance Vietnam, the Vietnamese corporation of Lotte Ca...
Dec 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Korea’s Naver Pay partners with WeChat Pay for mobile payments in China
South Korean tech giant Naver Corp. said on Tuesday it has partnered with WeChat Pay to offer a Naver Pay mobile pay and digital wallet service usin...
Dec 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea’s sovereign credit rating stable: S&P, Moody's, Fitch
South Korea’s sovereign ratings remain stable despite the political turmoil caused by the short-lived martial law declaration of President Yoo...
Dec 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
China’s Mingyang to foray into Korean wind turbine market with Unison
China’s Mingyang Smart Energy, one of the top five global wind turbine suppliers, is gearing up for its advance into South Korea’s wind ...
Dec 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s OCI, US partner CPS Energy sign 20-year energy storage deal
South Korean solar cell company OCI Holdings Co. said on Tuesday it has signed a deal with US power supplier CPS Energy to jointly build a 120-megaw...
Dec 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s credit fundamentals remain firm amid political crisis: Fitch
South Korea’s credit rating remained unscathed by the political turmoil caused by the short-lived martial law declaration of President Yoon Su...
Dec 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korea's Smilegate invests in GTA producer's studio
Smilegate, the South Korean developer of the world’s top first-person shooter game Crossfire, said on Tuesday it invested in the US-based medi...
Dec 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK kicks off Lotte Card sale for about $1.4 bn in 2nd bid
Lotte Card Co. is expected to be up for grabs in the first half of next year amid a second sale attempt by its largest shareholder MBK Partners, a N...
Dec 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Ocean, Babcock to team up for submarine exports
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. said on Friday it signed a strategic partnership with the UK-based global defense industry giant Babcock Internationa...
Nov 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Zinc’s role questioned in SM Entertainment stock manipulation case
When OneAsia Partners, a Seoul-based private equity fund operator, revised part of its PEF Havana I’s articles of association on Feb. 14, 2023...
Nov 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
DeepBrain AI to introduce AI anchor for Japanese terrestrial TV
South Korea's generative AI startup DeepBrain AI said on Thursday it partnered with Japan-based Nippon Electric Company (NEC) to introduce AI anch...
Nov 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
SM's UK K-pop group Dear Alice to debut with Gamma
South Korea's SM Entertainment Co. partnered with the US-based music label "Gamma." to globally debut its first British K-Pop boy group Dear Alice.A...
Nov 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea Zinc, Hanwha to co-work on Austrailian BESS project
Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s top lead and zinc smelter, said on Tuesday its Australian subsidiary Ark Energy selected Hanwha Corp. as the pref...
Nov 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Bank to arrange $3.7 bn for Qatar desalination, power plant
South Korea's Woori Bank said on Tuesday it will arrange the Qatar Ras Abu Fontas desalination and power plant project, estimated to cost $3.7 billi...
Nov 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Corstone Asia, Q Capital Partners to sell Norang Tongdak
South Korean private equity firms (PEF) Corstone Asia and Q Capital Partners plan to sell Norang Tongdak, the Korean-style fried chicken franchise.&...
Nov 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK Partners’ 6th buyout fund raises $5 bn at 2nd close
MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity firm, has completed the second closing of its sixth buyout fund at $5 billion, on course to reach ...
Nov 19, 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 ...
Nov 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea’s Lunit in AI-powered lung cancer diagnostics deal with AstraZeneca
Lunit Inc., a South Korean AI-powered cancer diagnostics company, has partnered with global biopharma giant AstraZeneca plc. to jointly enter the AI...
Nov 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Shinsegae affiliate SSG.COM secures Olympus as new financial investor
Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group’s online shopping mall operator SSG.COM has secured Olympus, a special purpose company created by Korean b...
Nov 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics to conduct safety training using VR
South Korea's home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Nation...
Nov 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus tests energy efficiency tech for 6G network
South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. said on Tuesday it tested the All-Photonic Transport Network, a key technology designed to reduce power consumpti...
Nov 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Kakao Mobility, Samyang Logistics partner on fulfillment services
Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s most popular ride-hailing app operator, said on Monday that it partnered with logistics firm Samyang Logis...
Nov 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK Partners tipped to win battle for control of Korea Zinc
A consortium led by North Asia-focused buyout firm MBK Partners edged closer to winning the battle for control of Korea Zinc Inc. against the s...
Nov 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver’s AI-powered search, online shopping services to go into full swing
South Korea’s Naver Corp. has been preparing for years to take its artificial intelligence-based services to the next level. The tech giant no...
Nov 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Genesis partners with Tate Modern in London
Hyundai Motor Co. 's premium brand Genesis announced on Friday that it partnered with the Tate Modern Art Museum in London and will sponsor "The Gen...
Nov 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Rebellions, Pegatron to partner on AI Hardware
Rebellions, a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) chip design startup, said on Friday its strategic partnership with Taiwanese Design and Manu...
Nov 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung Bioepis Q1 sales surpass $362 mn in US, Europe
Samsung Bioepis Co. reported that its quarterly overseas sales of key biosimilars exceeded 500 billion won ($362 million), according to figures re...
Nov 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia gets triple A credit rating from S.Korean agencies
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. said on Monday they received AAA ratings, with Stable outlooks for both companies, from Korea Ratings Corp., Nice In...
Nov 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
S&P upgrades SK Innovation credit rating to BBB-
Global credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) announced on Friday that it upgraded SK Innovation Co.'s long-term credit rating from a ...
Nov 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s SK Networks partners with Malaysia’s Sunway on AI
South Korean trading company SK Networks Co. has joined forces with Malaysian conglomerate Sunway Group to work together on future growth sectors su...
Oct 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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