Europe real estate
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Bio & Pharma
Sartorius to build $600 mn Korea facilities, open to more investment
Sartorius AG, a global pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment supplier, plans to spend $600 million on its first facilities in South Korea, about s...
May 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's i-Sens buys US glucose-measuring device maker for $27 mn
South Korean maker of diabetes-related devices i-Sens Inc. on Wednesday announced its planned acquisition of AgaMatrix, an American manufacturer of ...
May 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
KGC promotes S.Korean top red ginseng brand CheongKwanJang in China
Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp. , announced on Thursday its participation in the "2023 TFWA Wor...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
S.Korea's Air Premia, T'way compete for golden routes to Europe
South Korea's low-cost carriers (LCC) Air Premia and T'way Air Co. are competing to secure "golden routes" to Europe that Korean Air must give up to...
May 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Seoul advised to prepare exit plans for real estate funds
Global real estate investment funds managed by South Korean financial services firms have swelled by more than 14 times to 72 trillion won ($5.4 bil...
May 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Multifamily emerges as Korean LPs’ top real estate pick for 2023
Multifamily housing has emerged as the most popular real estate segment for South Korean institutional investors, with senior secured loans picked as ...
May 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion applies for Phase 3 clinical trials in Europe for biosimilar
South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. is speeding up global clinical trials of its biosimilar of the multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment Ocrevus (active ...
May 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Clean energy remains top pick for Korean infrastructure investors
South Korean institutional investors are poised to ramp up investments in global infrastructure, hedging against inflationary pressure, a survey found...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Kakao starts real-time commerce broadcast platform Partners Live
Companies entering South Korea's KakaoTalk Store can conduct "labang," a term combining the Korean words for "live" and "broadcasting," any time the...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
EcoPro sets sights on Europe with $286 million cathode plant in Hungary
South Korea’s EcoPro Co., a leading battery materials maker, has begun construction of a 380 billion won ($286 million) cathode plant in Hunga...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Samsung Life buys 20% of French asset manager Meridiam
Samsung Life Insurance, managing 223.1 trillion won ($167.5 billion) in assets, has acquired a 20% stake in Paris-based infrastructure investment fi...
Apr 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS, KKR delay plan to set up Seoul-based real estate JV
IGIS Asset Management Co., the largest real estate investment firm in South Korea, and US private equity giant KKR & Co. have indefinitely postp...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
HLB starts Phase 3 clinical trials for ophthalmic disease treatment in US
South Korea's pharmaceutical company HLB Therapeutics Co. announced on Thursday that it has started patient administration of "RGN-259," a treatment...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Famed S.Korean pedometer app Cashwalk attracts first investment of $22 million
Nudge Healthcare, a startup that runs the South Korean health management app Cashwork, on Wednesday said it secured its first investment of 30 billi...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Biopharmaceuticals wins Red Dot award for 2 devices
South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals on Tuesday said two of its self-developed wearable devices won the main prize in the health care category ...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec sees steady 2023 sales to widen gap with Whirlpool
LG Electronics Inc. expects sales of its home appliances division, the key cash cow of the South Korean company, to remain steady at 30 trillion won...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ Haechandle Gochujang acquires Europe's V-Label
CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s flagship fermented food brand Haechandle Gochujang (hot pepper paste) is set to expand into the global market, backed by its ...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Korean Dongkuk opens 2nd Mexican color-coated steel plant
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. opened its second color-coated steel plant in Mexico as South Korea’s third-largest steelmaker aims to expand its prese...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea to benefit from rising global defense spending
South Korea is expected to log another year of record defense exports in 2023 thanks to growing military budgets across the world as local major arm...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean startup DeepBrain AI unveils 3D virtual human B2B technology
South Korean AI startup DeepBrain AI has unveiled a 3D virtual human B2B technology that can engage in real-time conversations, display emotional ex...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Yanolja Cloud to develop real estate platform with SK Discovery
South Korea's Yanolja Cloud, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, announced on Tuesday its partnership with SK Discovery Co. to build a proptech ...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Galaxy S23 Ultra beats iPhone in European reviews
Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S23 Ultra, has earned outstanding reviews from consumer groups throughout Europe, s...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Financial Group injects $385.6 million into S.Korea’s real estate PF
South Korea’s KB Financial Group on Monday said it will provide liquidity support for the domestic market for real estate project financing (P...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Ecoplant targets European waste battery recycling market
SK Ecoplant Co., its Singaporean subsidiary TES-AMM, and domestic eco-friendly business and secondary battery materials leader Ecopro Co. are poised...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KHNP gets EUR certification for nuclear plant model in Europe
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) on Thursday said the standard design of its APR1000, a nuclear power plant that it exports to Europe, has obt...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung introduces Neo QLED, OLED core technologies in Europe
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday about hosting the 2023 European Tech Seminar in Frankfurt, Germany, for two days from the previous day.T...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Ford, LG Energy to build Turkey EV battery plant for Europe
US automaker Ford Motor Co. and South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution Ltd. are targeting the electric commercial vehicle sector in Eu...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK Signet lands first order in UK worth $7.7 million
South Korea's SK Signet Inc., which produces ultra-fast chargers for electric vehicles (EVs), on Monday said its European branch SK Signet Europe in...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korea's NPS, KTCU likely to invest in CVC's ninth buyout fund
South Korea’s key institutional investors are highly likely to invest via European private equity giant CVC Capital Partners’ ninth buyo...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea's Cha Bio Group to expand overseas real estate business
Cha Bio Group, consisting of Cha Biotech and Cha Vaccine Research Institute as its subsidiaries, has announced its expansion into the real estate in...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)