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Future mobility
HL Mando, Kakao Mobility to develop autonomous parking robots
HL Mando Corp., an electric vehicle and self-driving system developing unit of South Korea's HL Group, announced on Thursday that it signed a busine...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
M&A rebound will drive private credit volume increase: Golub Capital
As the Federal Reserve signaled delays in rate cuts after meeting earlier this month, more investors have adopted for a wait-and-see attitude. Those...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Meritz leaves door open for an M&A, to stay shareholder friendly
Meritz Financial Group Inc., boasting the fourth-biggest market capitalization among South Korean financial holding companies, will look into an acq...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Liquidity crisis looms at S.Korea’s M Capital amid project financing debacle
South Korea's financing and finance leasing firm M Capital Co. is facing a growing risk of liquidity crunch as its attempts to refinance maturing de...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Hasty overseas expansion hurts Korean entertainment sector
South Korea’s entertainment and content industries suffered from hasty expansions with investments of billions of dollars in the global market...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
POSCO Future M publishes responsible minerals report
South Korea's POSCO Future M Co. announced on Tuesday that it released a responsible minerals report detailing establishing a sustainable supply cha...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Ediya Coffee introduces Taiwan Pay
South Korea's homegrown coffee chain Ediya Coffee announced on Tuesday that it introduced Taiwan's popular mobile payment platform Taiwan Pay (TWQR)...
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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Electric vehicles
Kakao joins hands with LG Uplus to enter EV charger market
Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s largest taxi-hailing platform, is set to make inroads into the electric vehicle charging market by setting...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Honda, POSCO Future M to build cell materials plant in Canada
Japan’s Honda Motor Co. and South Korea’s POSCO Future M Co. agreed to build a battery materials plant in Canada where the automaker wil...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Bet on innovations with societal impact: Kakao Ventures CEO
In the past 10 years, Kim Ki-jun has been on the hunt for deep technology startups that will have a significant societal impact, and he will continu...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
POSCO tightens belts, seeks M&A within 3 years: new chairman
Chang In-hwa, chairman and chief executive of POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO, has vowed to take drastic...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Kakao Mobility to offer robot delivery service with LG
Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s most popular ride-hailing app operator, will offer indoor robot delivery service with self-driving robots ...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
HD Hyundai Electric likely to join MSCI Korea: Samsung Securities
HD Hyundai Electric Co., Alteogen Inc. and Enchem Co. are expected to be invited to join Morgan Stanley Capital International’s Korea Index wh...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Kakao Entertainment, Billboard to collaborate for K-pop
South Korea's Kakao Entertainment Corp., a unit of mobile platform giant Kakao Corp., partnered with the renowned US music magazine Billboard on W...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korean game developers to utilize idol group IPs
Kakao Games Corp., a game publishing unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., signed a licensing deal with SM Entertainment Co. to utilize idol ...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Growing controversy over call to share profits for using wind energy
Renewable energy companies in South Korea are facing growing pressure to share their profits from wind or solar energy electricity generation, stirr...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Kakao joins open-source community AI Alliance
Kakao Corp. announced on Friday that it joined the global open-source community The AI Alliance to support AI research and development.Established i...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung Electronics' key M&A man returns; big deals in the offing
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker and leading smartphone and electronics maker, has been absent from the mergers and a...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's M&A market poised to bounce back after bleak Q1
South Korea’s mergers and acquisitions market is poised to bounce back after a bleak first quarter, with 22.3 trillion won ($16 billion) worth...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
70% of Samsung Pay users switch to Wallet
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that 70% of Samsung Pay users have switched to Samsung Wallet, an upgraded version of its electronic ...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Samsung heiress sells $326 mn worth of Samsung Elec shares
Samsung Group heiress and Hotel Shilla Chief Executive Lee Boo-jin sold 441.2 billion won ($325.9 million) worth of Samsung Electronics Co. shares i...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Kakao Entertainment seeks restructuring, closer ties with Piccoma
South Korea's Kakao Entertainment Corp., a unit of mobile platform giant Kakao Corp., is seeking renewed growth through corporate restructuring and ...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korean big tech firms join Korea’s AI strategy council
The South Korean government has launched an artificial intelligence strategy council, jointly with domestic big tech firms such as Naver Corp. and K...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Sandy Floor gets seed round from Kakao Ventures
South Korea’s casual multiplayer game developer Sandy Floor Games announced on Wednesday that it got a seed round investment from Kakao Ventur...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's Military Mutual Aid Association starts search for new CIO
South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), which managed 10.4 trillion won ($7.7 billion) in assets as of the end of 2023, said on ...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Securities leads M&A of Trench Group
South Korea's Shinhan Securities announced on Friday that it participated as the lead underwriter in the merger and acquisition deal of Trench Group...
Mar 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Future M named Fortune Asia Future 30
South Korea’s POSCO Future M Co. has been named Asia Future 30 by the US economic media Fortune on Mar. 27, according to the company on Thursd...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung Elec vies for Johnson Controls' HVAC units
Samsung Electronics Co. has joined the race to buy Johnson Controls International’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) assets wo...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Krafton eyes mega M&A, PUBG franchise deals: Krafton chair
Krafton Inc., South Korea’s gaming behemoth, is gearing up for the second chapter of its business through “mega” M&A deals and...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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