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Business & Politics
Korean mining company to file around $747 mn claim against Panama
A state-run company in South Korea is set to seek an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) worth around 1 trillion won ($747.1 million) against t...
Jan 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Shinsegae to close whisky business to focus on profits
Shinsegae Inc., South Korea’s largest department store and supermarket company, will pull out of the whisky market, bucking the trend of the r...
Dec 28, 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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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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Energy
KHNP closes in on Romania’s nuclear plant refurbishment project
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) is eyeing to participate in a project to refurbish Romania-based Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant’s unit...
Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
IMM PE seeks to sell Korean contract drugmaker at $784 mn
IMM Private Equity has put a South Korean contract drugmaker on the market for up to 1 trillion won ($784 million) in a deal likely to attract major...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea's shipbuilders near $9.4 bn in LNG carrier orders from Qatar
South Korea's top three shipbuilders -- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Hanwha Ocean Co. and Samsung Heavy Industries -- as early as September wi...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s KFCC likely to see loss from London-based office investment
South Korea’s Vestas Investment Management Co. is slated to sell off a London-based office tower as the property value has plunged due to rate...
Jul 26, 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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Private equity
NPS commits $163 mn to Macquarie's sixth Korean buyout fund
Macquarie Asset Management is aiming to close its sixth buyout fund in South Korea at a maximum of 1 trillion won ($775.6 million) by the first ha...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung improves 4 nm foundry yields, on par with TSMC: analyst
Samsung Electronics Co. has improved its chip foundry manufacturing yield for the 4-nanometer node to the level shown by its archrival Taiwan Semico...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, SK Hynix in next-generation HBM chip supremacy war
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. – the world’s two largest memory chipmakers – have fiercely competed to advance their ch...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Up close and personal look at HYBE workplace, culture
The share price of South Korea’s HYBE Co., the company behind the global sensation BTS, has advanced more than 60% this year, hitting its high...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Genesis GV80 to come with LG’s OLED auto display in close tie-up
Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis will be equipped with LG Display Co.'s organic light-emitting diode (OLED) automotive display for its...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Display to dump entire stake in LCD equipment maker
South Korea’s Samsung Display Co. is set to sell its stake in a domestic liquid crystal display equipment maker as the unit of global tech gia...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
S.Korean builders feel tailwind from Middle East
South Korean construction companies, struggling with soaring raw material prices and higher interest rates, are poised to bounce back with a string ...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai ramps up ties with Samsung, SK, LG for EVs, self-driving cars
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is strengthening its tech alliance with its local partners such as Samsung, LG and SK to stay ah...
Jun 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Woori, ABL Life commit to Rubicon’s infrastructure debt fund
South Korea’s Woori Global Asset Management Co. and ABL Life Insurance Co. have committed a sizeable amount of capital to a first closing of a...
Jun 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to supply new Exynos auto chip to Hyundai in close tie-up
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it will supply one of its latest automotive chips to Hyundai ...
Jun 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s H2 new tablet launch to close gap on market leader iPad
Samsung Electronics Co., the second-largest player in the global tablet market, is aiming to narrow the gap with industry leader Apple Inc. with its...
May 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Money moves from US, China to India for higher returns
For investors looking for higher returns in emerging markets, India is undoubtedly a market darling.The Asian country, widely expected to become the...
May 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
SK Geo Centric, Loop to set up plastic recycling plant in Korea
SK Geo Centric Co., a petrochemical unit within South Korean conglomerate SK Group, said on Wednesday it will set up a joint venture with a Nasdaq-l...
May 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KHNP closes in on final deal to build nuclear plant in Poland: PGE CEO
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and its counterparts are now in a situation where most conditions have been met to allow them to sign a bin...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy tops global EV battery market excluding China
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. in January and February maintained its No. 1 position on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batteries...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hyundai Rotem closes in on $190 million armored vehicle deal with Peru
Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean defense equipment maker, is closing in on a contract to export advanced armored vehicles to Peru – a deal th...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kakao's tender offer for SM Ent. twice oversubscribed
South Korea’s Kakao Corp. has secured 40% of SM Entertainment Co. as planned, wrapping up its 1.25-trillion-won ($960 million) takeover bid fo...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO, Korea Zinc, Vale to close Korean nickel JV
POSCO Holdings Inc. and Korea Zinc Co. will close Korea Nickel Corp. set up jointly with Brazilian mining giant Vale Ltd. as the two Korean companie...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korea's Smilegate to launch PC-mobile cross-play game globally
Smilegate, a South Korean game developer and publisher, said on Friday that it will launch its new cross-play game "Wonderers: Eternal World" global...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia close in on Toyota with record US sales
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., under South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, posted their largest-ever sales for February in the US, narrowing a ...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SK Ecoplant to establish virtuous cycle ecosystem for waste resources
SK Ecoplant Co., a subsidiary of South Korea's SK Group that focuses on recycling, construction and renewable energy, announced on Tuesday a busines...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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