European Unified Patent Court
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Steel
Poongsan, Korea Zinc to benefit from rising raw material prices
South Korea’s non-ferrous metal smelters such as Korea Zinc Co. and Poongsan Corp. are set to benefit from rising prices of raw materials in t...
Mar 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Edtech startup Riiid joins Fast Company's list of most innovative firms
South Korea’s AI education startup Riiid has made it onto Fast Company's annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Since 20...
Mar 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, Kia refine profile with accolades, higher global rankings
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., the two automaking units of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, have worked for decades to refine their profil...
Mar 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
LG Elec signs 5G vehicle connectivity deal in Europe
LG Electronics Inc. has signed a deal on 5G vehicle connectivity with a European premium carmaker as the South Korean company is expanding its marke...
Feb 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung countersues ex-patent chief over IP disputes
Samsung Electronics Co. filed a lawsuit against its former patent chief on Sunday, in response to the ex-vice president's claim that the tech giant ...
Feb 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Defense giants eager to bolster satellite business
In the era of space privatization, satellites are the driving forces.South Korea’s main defense systems makers are turning away from arms expo...
Feb 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Seoul court upholds Affinity's Kyobo Life valuation
A South Korean court on Thursday ruled in favor of Affinity Equity-led financial investors (FIs) in Kyobo Life Insurance Co., rejecting Kyobo's clai...
Feb 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean Air wary of Asiana deal after EU blocks HHI-DSME merger
Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. are wary of the fate of their proposed merger after the European Union blocked the combination of Sout...
Jan 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Edison Motors and Ssangyong Motor ink takeover deal
Ssangyong Motor Co. has finally found a new owner. South Korea’s bankruptcy court approved Ssangyong Motor Co. and electric carmaker Edison Mo...
Jan 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Patent disputes
Samsung sued by ex-patent chief over IP infringement
A former vice president of Samsung Electronics Co., who led the South Korean tech giant's seven-year patent fight with Apple Inc., has sued his ex-e...
Jan 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Patrizia sells Astro Tower in Brussels on behalf of Korean LPs
Patrizia AG, a Germany-based global leading real estate investment firm, said on Dec. 13 it has sold the shares of the company owning Brussels&rsq...
Dec 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pharamaceuticals, biotech
Celltrion to conduct tests on Omicron variant detected in Korea
Biopharmaceutical powerhouse Celltrion Inc. plans to use its treatments to test the Omicron variant detected in Korea, according to a high-level com...
Dec 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS, LaSalle jointly buy UBS Group London HQ for £1.3 bn
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) and global real estate investment firm LaSalle Investment Management Inc. have agreed to acquir...
Dec 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Celltrion to export COVID-19 treatment to Europe in 2021
South Korea’s pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. is set to export its COVID-19 treatment Regkirona to Europe by the end of this year as it se...
Nov 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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[ASK 2021] European NPL market growth creates investment opportunities
Global asset managers will see great opportunities in the European non-performing loan market amid challenges facing the EU banking industry, such...
Nov 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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CAPZA
[ASK 2021] The European Private Debt Market: Tips and Guidance
Created in 2004, CAPZA is an established European private investment platform offering custom made financing solutions to small and m...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arrow Global
[ASK2021] European Banking Sector Dislocation: The Non-Performing Credit Opportunity
Arrow Global is a leading European investor and alternative asset manager focused on the European distressed space, backed by sophist...
Nov 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
SK Group’s Chey vows half of $52 bn US spending in batteries, hydrogen
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has vowed to spend $26 billion, or half of the group’s planned investment in the US by 2030, on electric vehicl...
Nov 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Namyang top shareholder barred from casting vote at general meeting
Namyang Dairy Products Co.'s top shareholder and Chairman Hong Won-sik will be barred from exercising his shareholder rights at the company's genera...
Oct 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Kia winners in sagging European car market in September
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., the two automaking units of Hyundai Motor Group, saw their market share in Europe rise to a level never seen before...
Oct 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Tesco ordered to return $160 mn to MBK over Homeplus deal
Tesco Plc, the UK's largest retailer, was recently ordered by an international arbitration court to return £119 million ($163 million) to MBK ...
Oct 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Moderna co-founder
Giving away patents not in line with capitalist society
WASHINGTON D.C. -- US-based biotechnology company Moderna Inc. wasn’t a household name until the beginning of last year, when its fate changed...
Oct 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korean startup closer to winning Touch ID patent dispute with Apple
South Korea's Firstface Co. has inched a step closer to winning its patent dispute against Apple Inc., after a US federal appeals court ruled in fav...
Sep 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biotech
JW Bioscience in pancreatic cancer biomarker deal with Immunovia
JW Bioscience Co., a subsidiary of South Korea’s JW Life Science Co., has signed a non-exclusive agreement to transfer its patented technology...
Sep 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Intel to invest up to $95 billion in European chipmaking amid US expansion
Intel Corp. plans to build new chipmaking facilities in Europe valued at up to $95 billion, responding to a cross-border race to add manufacturing c...
Sep 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biosimilars
Samsung Bioepis gets nod for sale of ophthalmology biosimilar in Europe
South Korea’s biopharmaceutical company Samsung Bioepis Co. won approval from European authorities for sale of Byooviz, its ophthalmology bios...
Aug 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biosimilars
Korean drugmakers race to release Stelara biosimilars
South Korea’s major drugmakers such as Celltrion Inc., Samsung Bioepis and Dong-A St are going for broke to release biosimilars of Stelara, Jo...
Jul 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Disney Plus' S.Korea launch delayed after Netflix's court loss
Disney Plus, a global over-the-top (OTT) streaming service provider, has pushed back its South Korean service launch by about a quarter to the end o...
Jul 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Covid-19 treatment
Indonesia grants emergency use approval for Celltrion’s COVID-19 treatment
South Korean drugmaker Celltrion Inc. has received the Indonesian government’s permission for restricted use of its COVID-19 treatment Regkiro...
Jul 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung courts image sensor leader Sony with new automotive products
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest image sensor maker, is courting industry leader Sony Corp. with its new line of automotive...
Jul 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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