Hana Asset Management CEO
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Real estate
Korea Investment, Sinar Mas to build data center in Indonesia
Korea Investment Real Asset Management Co. and Indonesian conglomerate Sinar Mas have set up a joint venture to build a hyperscale data center in a ...
Aug 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
HYBE replaces ADOR CEO; Ex-CEO Min barks at sacking
HYBE Co. has finally removed Min Hee-jin from ADOR, the label behind girl group NewJeans, as chief executive some four months after it failed to kic...
Aug 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Innovation-SK E&S merger gains shareholders’ nod
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest energy company, has won majority support from its shareholders for a merger with its liquefied natura...
Aug 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG Electronics mulls Indian IPO, to invest in HVAC, webOS content: CEO
LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, is considering an initial public offering of its Indian business to help achieve a...
Aug 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
POSCO to sell entire stake in P&O Chemical to OCI
POSCO Future M Co., a battery materials affiliate of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., will sell its entire stake in P&O Chemical Co...
Aug 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Mirae Asset, global investors eye gain from sale of Hanoi skyscraper
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities Co. and shareholders in the three-building complex Landmark72, which encompasses the second-tallest skyscraper ...
Aug 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Kolon Global, Hana Bank to form onshore wind power fund
South Korea's Kolon Global Corp. announced on Tuesday it signed an agreement with Hana Bank, Hana Alternative Asset Management, and MDM Asset Manage...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea's KEDI-based ETFs boom; net assets double in 2 months
South Korean exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking KEDI, an index set created by The Korea Economic Daily, are booming on growing investor demand fo...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s Mirae Asset to open AI business unit in New York
Mirae Asset Group, the pioneer in South Korea’s mutual fund industry, plans to set up an artificial intelligence business unit in New York as ...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Asan Nanum Foundation revamps fund management
The Asan Nanum Foundation, a nonprofit foundation set up in 2011 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung’s death,...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung's AI home appliances hit 1.5 mn units sold
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Thursday that its cumulative sales of AI-integrated home appliances have surpassed 1.5 million units as of July this...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung SDS gains AI management system certification
Samsung SDS Co. announced on Thursday that it has become the first company in South Korea's IT service industry to receive the ISO/IEC 42001 certifi...
Aug 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Memory chip demand to stay firm until H1 2025: SK Hynix CEO
The memory chip market is expected to remain upbeat for some time after the industry was resurrected by robust demand for high-performing memory chi...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Macquarie buys its 1st Korean data center for $538 mn
Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund (MKIF) has signed an agreement to buy a 40-megawatt (MW) data center from Seoul-based IGIS Asset Management Co. ...
Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hana Card, Toss Bank jointly launch PLCC card
South Korea's Hana Card announced on Friday that it partnered with Toss Bank to launch its first private label credit card (PLCC), the Toss Bank Cre...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea Investment manages Vista Land $50 mn global bond issuance
Korea Investment & Securities Co. announced on Thursday that its Hong Kong subsidiary KIS Asia managed the issuance of $50 million in global bon...
Aug 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
TMON, WeMakePrice file for court receivership amid liquidity troubles
TMON Inc. and WeMakePrice Co. – the e-commerce platforms owned by Singapore-based Qoo10 Pte. – have filed for court receivership amid co...
Jul 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
Sovereign wealth fund KIC shortlists three CEO candidates
South Korean sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has shortlisted three candidates as the next chief executive officer, who will...
Jul 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Sapien Semiconductors looks to overtake Novatek in MicroLED DDI chips
South Korea’s Sapien Semiconductors Inc. is a lesser-known startup outside of the chip industry. However, it is a little giant in the fabless ...
Jul 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Baemin founder strikes out for new trophy platform
Kim Bong-jin, a former chairman and CEO of Woowa Brothers Corp., operator of South Korea’s No. 1 food delivery app Baedal Minjok — Baemi...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung SmartThings gets global certification for information security
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that its global connected living platform SmartThings received the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for ...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hanyang Securities stake draws bids without sale manager
Hanyang Securities Co. has received preliminary bids from four to five South Korean companies or consortia for its 11.3% stake after its controlling...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Goldman Sachs taps ex-Morgan Stanley MD as Korea co-head
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said on Monday that it has appointed Ahn Jae-hoon, former managing director at Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as country co-h...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Shinhan Securities, Stockeeper to cooperate on STO
South Korea's Shinhan Securities announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Stockeeper on Thursday to promote a sec...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
NH Investment selected as UN GCF manager
South Korea's NH Investment & Securities announced on Thursday that it was selected as the first Asian securities firm to manage the Climate Tec...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung Asset publishes brokerage ISA guidebook
South Korea's Samsung Asset Management announced on Thursday that it newly published the KODEX Brokerage ISA Investment Guidebook for individual inv...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Samsung likely to buy The Asset office tower for more than $724 mn
Samsung Group is poised to acquire the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. headquarters building in Seoul for more than 1 trillion won ($724.4 m...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Hana Bank, SK Telecom to support AI startups
South Korea's Hana Bank and SK Telecom Co. held the final selection and inauguration ceremony for the second AI Startup Accelerator BootCamp at Spar...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
A North Korean Diplomat Managed a Rare Defection: A Flight Out of Cuba
SEOUL—A North Korean diplomat posted in Cuba defected to South Korea with his family late last year, officials said this week, a rare esc...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
BofA eyes its 1st Korean IPO management with K Bank deal
Bank of America Corp. (BofA) is quickly expanding its presence in the South Korean initial public offering market, where J.P. Morgan and Citigroup G...
Jul 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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