Chinese capital
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Fashion
S.Korea’s overseas online shopping surpasses $1.3 bn in Q2 2023
South Korea's overseas online shopping through Chinese malls in the second quarter of this year has more than doubled compared to a year ago. Accor...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Naver Pay to enter Chinese payment market in 2023
South Korea's Naver Financial announced plans on Tuesday to bring its simple payment service, Naver Pay, to the Chinese market by the end of this ye...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ CheilJedang divests Chinese subsidiary Jixiangju for $235 mn
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Monday that it has completely sold its ownership stake in its Chinese food subsidiary, Jix...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS commits $724 mn to CVC Capital’s ninth PE fund
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, has committed €650 million ($724 million...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
S.Korea to form $6.2 bn corporate venture capital fund pool by 2025
The South Korean government and the private sector will jointly create a corporate venture capital (CVC) fund pool worth more than 8 trillion won ($...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
NKMax to supply health functional food to Chinese company
South Korean natural killer cell drug maker NKMax Co. announced in a regulatory filing on Friday that it has signed a supply contract with China's S...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Bank's Chinese corporation issues $69 million in yuan bonds
The Chinese corporation of South Korea’s Shinhan Bank on Thursday said it issued 500 million yuan ($69.6 million) in bonds, a first in China b...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Bain Capital in talks to buy Korean aesthetic device maker Ilooda
Ilooda, a South Korean medical aesthetic devices maker valued at around 200 billion won ($158 million), is likely to sell its management rights to U...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Novomics expands presence in Chinese cancer market
South Korean molecular diagnostics company Novomics Co. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a collaboration agreement with Chinese molecular d...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea Zinc likely to supply copper foil to LG Energy for EV batteries
Korea Zinc Co., the world’s largest zinc and lead smelter, will likely start supplying copper foil, a key battery component, to LG Energy Solu...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Lotte Materials invests in French silicon cathode materials startup
Lotte Energy Materials Corp., formerly Iljin Materials and now a copper foil manufacturing subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp., on Sund...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SM Entertainment founder invests in Chinese drone maker
Lee Soo-man, founder and former executive producer of South Korea's SM Entertainment Co., has reportedly made a huge investment in the Chinese self-...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hanwha Solutions, SK D&D team up for hydrogen fuel cell, solar power
South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp. and SK D&D have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly pursue hydrogen fuel cell...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
GS E&C loses $230 mn market capitalization in one day
GS Engineering & Construction Co.'s stock price plummeted on Thursday in the aftermath of the underground parking lot collapse. Following the Mi...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Singapore's CDL buys Nine Tree hotel in Seoul for $107 mn
Singapore-based major real estate firm City Developments Ltd. (CDL) has bought Nine Tree Premier Hotel Myeongdong II from South Korea’s Shinha...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
KGC unifies BI of red ginseng brand as JUNG KWAN JANG
Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp., will unify its red ginseng brand identity (BI) as JUNG KWAN JA...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Display sues BOE over iPhone 12 panel patents
Samsung Display Co. has stepped up its fight against BOE Technology over display panels, taking its first legal action against the Chinese rival ove...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
S.Korea's beauty platform Hwahae opens flagship store on TikTok
South Korea's mobile beauty platform Hwahae has opened a flagship store on TikTok (Chinese name Douyin). Hwahae's operator Birdview announced t...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Heyday over for Amorepacific, LG Household in China’s beauty market
Amorepacific Corp. and LG Household & Health Care Ltd., basking in the global K-beauty boom, reaped handsome profits in China, the world’s...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Seoul preps to launch ferry service for tourists, commuters
The city of Seoul plans to launch a ferry service in 2024 as authorities in the South Korean capital vie to draw more foreign tourists and ease comm...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Korean-style smart city to be introduced in Ukraine's Uman
The South Korean government has decided to support the development of a smart city in Uman located in central Ukraine. The Ministry of Land, Infrast...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korean MMORPG 'Lost Ark' to launch in Chinese market
"Lost Ark," the popular South Korean MMORPG developed by Smilegate RPG, is set to make its debut in the Chinese gaming market next month. Tencent Ga...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affirma Capital’s Korean MD Thomas Shim promoted to partner
Global private equity firm Affirma Capital has promoted Seoul-based Managing Director Min Hyun (Thomas) Shim to partner, investment banking sources ...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
LG to slim down petrochem as Chinese rivals creep up
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. is speeding up restructuring efforts to sell or downsize uncompetitive businesses, with an aim to focus on three gr...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
K-content makers to list on Nasdaq via $610 mn SPAC deal
Seven South Korean content makers are set to list on the Nasdaq through a $610 million merger deal with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)...
Jun 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG, Samsung showcase new battery packs at InterBattery Europe 2023
MUNICH – South Korea’s two leading battery makers – LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Samsung SDI Co. – on Wednesday unveiled low-...
Jun 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
STX to promote lithium business with Chinese company
South Korea's general trading company STX announced on Wednesday its plans to accelerate its lithium business with a leading Chinese lithium produce...
Jun 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Seoul is fourth most searched global city for summer travel: survey
The South Korean capital of Seoul is surging in global popularity as a summer travel destination amid the first peak summer season since COVID-19 we...
Jun 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ to open pop-up Korean restaurant for promising chefs in Seoul
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. in the second half of the year will open a pop-up Korean restaurant for up-and-coming chefs on the upsc...
Jun 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S.Korea's Jeju Dream Tower Casino exceeds $7.6 mn in net monthly sales
Jeju Dream Tower Casino, located on South Korea's top tourist island of Jeju and run by Lotte Tour Development Co., broke the 10 billion won ($7.6 m...
Jun 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)