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Infrastructure
Macquarie Korea Asset Management confirms two nominees
Macquarie Group has named two executives at its Seoul-based real asset investment unit, which manages the main Kospi-listed Macquarie Korea Infrastr...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Beauty store chain CJ Olive Young to launch Japan unit
CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s largest beauty store chain, will set up a subsidiary in Japan in the first half of this year to mark its f...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung SDS unveils supply chain solution in US
South Korea's Samsung SDS Co. introduced a supplier relationship management (SRM) solution at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium 2024 in Orlando, Fl...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Netmarble sells stake in BTS label HYBE stake for $161 mn
South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. is selling a stake in HYBE Co., the label behind global K-pop sensation BTS, for 219.9 billion won ($161...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
VC firm DSC Investment forms Korea's largest secondary fund
South Korean asset manager DSC Investment has formed the country’s largest-ever fund for venture capital secondaries to explore opportunities ...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Near-zero interest rate deposits swell at Korean banks
Demand and short-term deposits at South Korea’s top five banks have expanded 5% to 657 trillion won ($480 billion) in the first quarter of thi...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix to sell 50% stake in Wuxi foundry unit to Chinese firm
SK Hynix Inc. will sell nearly a half stake in its foundry unit in China to a Chinese state-run enterprise for $349.3 million in a bid to expand its...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Upbit’s staking deposits exceed $2.2 bn
The staking deposits of Upbit, South Korea's leading crypto exchange, surged past 3 trillion won ($2.2 billion) by the end of April, according to ...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
SoftBank to buy part of Naver's Line stake by July: CEO Miyakawa
TOKYO – SoftBank Corp., which runs LY Corp., the operator of the popular mobile messenger app Line in Japan, said on Thursday it is in talks w...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
UAE to invest up to $1 bn in S.Korean ventures
The United Arab Emirates is set to invest a maximum of $1 billion in South Korean startups via a joint venture, as a part of its mid- to long-term p...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Japan’s request for Naver to shed Line control ‘unprecedented': CEO
TOKYO – South Korea’s tech giant Naver Corp. said on Friday that Japan’s administrative guidance for Naver to sell down its contro...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hankook Tire buys $1 bn Hanon Systems stake from Hahn & Co.
Hankook Tire and Technology Co. on Friday reached a preliminary agreement to buy 1.37 trillion won ($1 billion) worth of shares in Hanon Systems Cor...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai to invest $923 million on self-driving JV Motional
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, is set to spend nearly $1 billion on Motional, its loss-making self-driving joint ve...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Jusung Engineering to spin off major units
South Korea's Jusung Engineering Co. plans to spin off its semiconductor, solar, and display equipment businesses and transform into a holding com...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to hike risky asset purchases under simplified allocation system
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund, is introducing a new simplified asset allocation guideline under whi...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Taeyoung E&C kickstarts debt workout with loan sale to IGIS
Creditors to Taeyoung Engineering & Construction Co. (Taeyoung E&C) gave the go-ahead to a debt workout program for the cash-strapped South ...
May 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
US multifamily market challenges create investment opportunities
There is potential distress in the U.S. multifamily housing sector today. we believe there is a window of opportunity over the next 12-18 mont...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
STIC Investments to sell Korea’s top mobile coupon platform
Seoul-based private equity firm STIC Investments is set to sell Coop Marketing, South Korea’s largest mobile coupon platform company that oper...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Hanwha Vision joins UNGC
South Korea's Hanwha Vision Co. announced on Monday that it joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), an international initiative for corpora...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shinsegae faces off with Affinity, BRV over SSG.COM
Shinsegae Group could face a legal battle against two private equity firms that are demanding it buy back their combined 1 trillion won ($727 millio...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Lotte Global Logistics partners with CMA CGM
South Korea's Lotte Global Logistics announced on Monday that it partnered with the France-based world's third-largest shipping company CMA CGM.&nbs...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to commit $1.1 billion to external managers in 2024
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will select domestic general partners (GPs) to manage about 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) worth...
Apr 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Lotte Global Logistics, Megvii to collaborate AI logistics
South Korea's Lotte Global Logistics announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Megvii Technology, a Chinese arti...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai AutoEver gets CSMS Level 3 certification
South Korea's Hyundai AutoEver Corp. announced on Thursday that it obtained the international standard Cybersecurity Management System (CSMS) Level ...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
K-pop: Pros and cons of HYBE's multi-label system
Disputes between HYBE Co. and its label behind popular girl group NewJeans has made headlines as an almost unheard-of conflict in the K-pop industry...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiber & Textile
Toray Advanced Materials obtains AS9120 certification
Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. announced Wednesday that it attained the AS9120 certification for aerospace industry quality management systems ...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hanwha Life to buy stake in Indonesia's Lippo-owned bank
South Korea’s second-largest insurer Hanwha Life Insurance Co., with 109 trillion won ($79.4 billion) in total assets as of end-September 2023...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Korea's Lotte Insurance put on market for around $1.5 bn
Lotte Group’s non-life insurance affiliate Lotte Insurance Co., has been put up for sale at around 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion), according to...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Samsung Asset eyes expansion into US ETF market
NEW YORK – South Korea’s largest asset manager Samsung Asset Management Co. is leveraging its strategic partnership with a US investment...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hana Bank launches All-care Solution for Real Estate Wealth
South Korea's Hana Bank announced on Tuesday that it launched the premium real estate wealth management service Hana Real Estate All-care Solution i...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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