Chinese capital
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Bio & Pharma
IMBiologics transfers autoimmune disease drug tech to Huadong Pharma
South Korea's antibody-based biotech company IMBiologics announced on Friday that it signed a contract to transfer the technology of its autoimmune ...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s Circle to Search available on Galaxy A series to rival Xiaomi
Samsung Electronics Co. has been battling Apple Inc. in the high-end smartphone segment with its premium Galaxy S series packed with advanced featur...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
GS E&C in talks to sell entire stake in GS Elevator to Chinese firm
South Korea’s GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) is in talks to sell its entire stake in GS Elevator Co. to a Chinese strate...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Fire-plagued Mercedes uses Chinese cells for most EVs in S.Korea
Mercedes-Benz AG, a German luxury carmaker hit by an electric vehicle fire in South Korea, said most of its EV models in the country are equipped wi...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea opens probe into Woori's loans to ex-chair's relatives
South Korea’s financial watchdog agency said on Sunday it has found that Woori Financial Group, the country's fourth-largest financial holding...
Aug 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Half of EV imports in Korea run on Chinese batteries as EV fires rise
Of 58 electric vehicle models running on the streets of South Korea, 22 models are equipped with Chinese batteries, a survey showed on Friday.Accord...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea seeks to curb China's offshore wind farm dominance
South Korea will prioritize non-price factors such as economic security and contributions to the domestic supply chain over bidding prices when sele...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korean e-commerce startup funding sharply drops since 2022
South Korean e-commerce companies have seen a sharp decline in series A funding over the past three years amid intensifying competition with Chinese...
Aug 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korean e-commerce platforms struggle to draw new capital
South Korean online marketplace operators are struggling to attract investors amid deteriorating profitability and the financial turmoil facing dome...
Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia’s Chinese business makes turnaround as it becomes export base
South Korean automaker Kia Corp.'s Chinese business has been struggling for years amid escalating tension between the US and China – Korea&rsq...
Jul 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
S.Korea relinquishes control to China in smaller OLED market
LG Display Co. and Samsung Display Co. lost ground to their Chinese rivals in the global small and mid-sized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) pan...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung tipped to supply HBM3 to Nvidia for Chinese market
Samsung Electronics Co. has passed Nvidia Corp.’s qualification tests for its fourth-generation high-bandwidth memory, or HBM3 chips, for use ...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Hyundai Premium Outlet runs AI Human for foreign customer
South Korea's Hyundai Premium Outlet announced on Tuesday that it will trial the artificial intelligence (AI) service AI Human at its Songdo store u...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Handsome's luxury skincare brand Oera lures Chinese tourists
South Korean clothing manufacturer and retailer Handsome Corp., a Hyundai Department Store Co. unit, is enjoying growing popularity among Chinese vi...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Korea challenges PCA ruling in favor of Mason Capital over Samsung case
South Korea is seeking to revoke an international tribunal’s ruling in April that its government must pay US-based Mason Capital Management LL...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S. Korea may join offshore wind alliance to take on China
South Korea is considering teaming up with a global body formed to cope with China’s rapid expansion in the world’s wind power industry ...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai accelerates EV push in Indonesia with Kona EV
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Hyundai Motor Co. has built its brand image as a high-end carmaker in Indonesia and controls the country's electric vehic...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
South Korea sets sights on fostering EDA tech to win HBM chip war
In an escalating war in the semiconductor industry, insiders know there’s one technology critical for gaining chip supremacy: Electronic desig...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
EcoPro BM in talks to produce sodium-ion battery cathodes
MUNICH, Germany – EcoPro BM Co., a South Korean cathode material producer, is in close discussion with a domestic carmaker to produce cathode ...
Jun 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affirma Capital seeks to sell entire stake in both SeAH FS, S&G Holdings
Affirma Capital, a Singapore-based buyout private equity firm, is seeking to sell its entire stake in both South Korean steel tube maker SeAH FS and...
Jun 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Hyosung Chemical receives negative credit rating outlook
South Korean credit rating agency NICE Investors Service Co. (NICE) downgraded Hyosung Chemical's credit rating outlook from stable to negative on W...
Jun 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Jeju casinos, hotels bask in return of Chinese tourists; luxury shops fall
Following the pandemic, hotels and casinos are enjoying a renewed tourist boom with Chinese tourists returning to South Korea, particularly its top ...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
BNK Capital opens microfinance organization in Uzbekistan
South Korea’s BNK Capital announced on Friday that it established a microfinance organization in Uzbekistan the previous day.Since entering Ca...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Q Capital named K-drama maker Chorokbaem's preferred bidder
Seoul-based private equity firm Q Capital Partners seeks to buy a 39.3% stake with management rights in South Korean drama series producer Chorokbae...
Jun 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Carlyle, Keppel, Gaw Capital, IMM vying for Ecorbit
Carlyle Group, Temasek-backed Keppel Corp., Gaw Capital Partners, and a consortium of IMM Investment and IMM Private Equity have been selected as fi...
Jun 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shinsegae guarantees PE firms’ SSG.COM exit amid delayed IPO
Shinsegae Inc. and its supermarket chain operator E-Mart Inc. will bring in at least one investor by the end of this year to buy shares in SSG.COM f...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Pearl Abyss, Tencent to release Black Desert in China
South Korea's game developer and publisher Pearl Abyss Corp. announced on Wednesday that it's preparing to launch its cross-platform MMORPG Black De...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
L&F, CNGR to collaborate to respond to US IRA
L&F Co., South Korea’s major cathode supplier announced Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Chinese precu...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Q Cells eyes solar power business diversification
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korean chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group, is striving for revenue stream diversificatio...
May 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Korea Investment to expand CLO portfolio with Anchorage Capital
Korea Investment & Securities Co. will scale up its collateralized loan obligation (CLO) business with New York-based investment firm Anchorage ...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)