J.P. Morgan Asset Management
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix shares nosedive after Morgan Stanley downgrade
The share price of SK Hynix Inc. plummeted as much as 11% at one point on Thursday after Morgan Stanley sharply cut its target price in an about-tur...
Sep 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia, 42dot, Geotab to team up for PBV management system
Kia Corp. said on Friday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with 42dot and Geotab to develop a management system for purpose-built vehi...
Sep 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT applies AIoT video surveillance to EV charging stations
South Korea's KT Corp. said on Monday that it will expand its Artificial Intelligence Internet of Things (AIoT) video surveillance business to elect...
Sep 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Earthon wins 2nd oil field exploration bid in Malaysia
SK Earthon Co., the energy resources exploration and production (E&P) unit of South Korean energy giant SK Innovation Co., is accelerating its g...
Sep 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Samsung’s Ballie, LG's Q9 AI robots steal the show at IFA 2024
BERLIN – Ballie, the artificial intelligence-powered companion robot developed by Samsung Electronics Co., has come a long way since the South...
Sep 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy passes Int'l Risk Management Standard audit
Samsung Heavy Industries, a leading South Korean shipbuilder, announced on Thursday that it has become the first in the Korean shipbuilding industry...
Sep 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea Investment Management to launch two India-focused ETFs
Korea Investment Management said on Wednesday it will launch two active exchange-traded funds (ETFs) targeting the Indian market on September 10.The...
Sep 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hana Financial, SK Telecom buy shares in BitGo
Hana Financial Group and SK Telecom Co. acquired shares in BitGo Korea, the Korean unit of a global digital asset trust company, and decided to esta...
Sep 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Will Samsung take over Nokia’s mobile network assets?
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, has expressed interest in the mobile networks business of Nokia Oyj, a global telec...
Sep 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
POSCO Int'l wins first credit rating from S&P, Moody's
South Korea's POSCO International Corp. said on Thursday that it received its first-ever credit ratings from Standard & Poor's (S&P) and Moo...
Aug 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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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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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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Automobiles
Genesis tops TXI for fourth consecutive year in US
Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis and Hyundai Motors ranked first in the J.D. Power 2024 US Tech Experience Index (TXI) Study.The American...
Aug 23, 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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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Kia gets A- credit rating from S&P Global
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. said on Thursday that S&P Global upgraded their credit ratings from BBB+ to A-, with a Stable outlook for both c...
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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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
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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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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