Kim Suk-hwan
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Private equity
MBK Partners co-founder tops 50 richest S.Koreans: Forbes
Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder and partner at private equity firm MBK Partners, has topped the ranking of the 50 richest South Koreans by net worth...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha heir apparent named senior advisor at US energy investor
Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan, the heir apparent of the South Korean energy-to-defense conglomerate, has been named a senior advisor at S...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea plans to launch its own version of NASA this year
South Korea's Cabinet on Tuesday passed a bill on the launch this year of the nation's own version of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administ...
Apr 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK Partners eyes China’s local consumption: Letter to investors
Private equity giant MBK Partners focused on defending its portfolio last year, especially Chinese companies during the lockdown, while being active...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
S.Korean activist fund KCGI eyes foundry DB HiTek buyout
Korea Corporate Governance Improvement Fund (KCGI) is eyeing a controlling stake in DB HiTek Co. as the activist fund became the second-largest shar...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s small nuclear reactor technology falls behind global peers
South Korea’s small-sized nuclear reactor technology has fallen behind other major countries due to the years of the previous government&rsquo...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air, KIMS jointly develop stealth aircraft materials and parts
Korean Air and The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) have agreed to cooperate in developing aircraft materials and parts technology togeth...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
AMCHAM head James Kim joins Hyundai Mobis as outside director
James Kim, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM), is joining South Korea’s largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co....
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Kim&Chang sets to enter Indonesia's legal market
Kim & Chang, South Korea's leading law firm, is poised to expand into Indonesia, joining the race among major legal firms seeking a foothold in ...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korean government to finance $625 million for K-content in 2023
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol emphasized on Thursday the importance of K-content, saying content will become the most important industry to s...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan, DL consortium to invest $130 mn in X-Energy for SMR project
A South Korean consortium led by Doosan Enerbility Co. and DL E&C Co. is investing $130 million in X-Energy LLC, a US nuclear reactor and fuel d...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
DWS taps Steven Kim as APAC real estate asset management head
German asset management giant DWS Group said on Dec. 5 that it has appointed DWS Asset Management Korea’s Director Steven Kim (Kim Sang-wook) ...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
Kim Jong-un appears with daughter in public for first time
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has unveiled for the first time his second child, daughter Ju-ae, who was born in 2013.The Korean Central News Agenc...
Nov 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Principal opens Seoul office to intensify client relationships
US investment firm Principal Global Investors LLC has recently opened a Seoul office to strengthen the firm’s existing client relationships in...
Oct 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Japan and South Korea leaders meet one-on-one for first time since 2019
The leaders of Japan and South Korea held their first bilateral meeting in nearly three years, another step toward recovery for frayed ties between tw...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Korea's Hyundai Mobis CEO Cho elected ISO president
South Korean auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co.’s CEO Cho Sung-hwan has been elected as the next president of the International Organization f...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won rebounds on estimated $2 bn intervention
The South Korean won rebounded on Friday as the foreign exchange authorities were suspected of selling some $2 billion, showing its determination to...
Sep 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Seoul sees high odds of reversing Lone Star-favoring ruling
South Korea’s justice ministry expressed confidence in winning an appeal against an international ruling that accepted part of Lone Star&rsquo...
Sep 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
Ukraine war gives North Korea reasons to draw closer to Russia
SEOUL—Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created an opportunity for North Korea, which has strengthened its ties with Moscow and beco...
Sep 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS' new chairman Kim Tae-hyun to start 3-year term
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is set for its new Chairman Kim Tae-hyun, a former CEO of state-run Korea Deposit Insurance Corp....
Sep 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Hanwha's heir apparent promoted as group's vice chair
South Korea’s Hanwha Group promoted its petrochemical and energy unit Hanwha Solutions Corp. CEO Kim Dong Kwan as the group’s new vice c...
Aug 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
North Korea dismisses South Korea’s move to improve ties as ‘absurd dream’
SEOUL—South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol sought to shake up frothy inter-Korean ties on Monday with what he called an “audacious plan....
Aug 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korean gaming entrepreneur Kim Jae-young joins billionaire ranks
Kim Jae-young, founder and chief executive of Lionheart Studio Corp., the company behind South Korea’s most popular mobile game Odin, has join...
Jul 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Hyundai Mobis CEO runs for ISO president as first Korean candidate
Hyundai Mobis Co. CEO Cho Sung-hwan has registered as a candidate for the next presidential election of the International Organization for Standar...
Jun 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
North Korea missile tests drawing tougher response from US, South Korea
SEOUL—The U.S. and South Korea are responding to North Korea’s unprecedented number of missile tests this year with a greater show of ...
Jun 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startups race for top talent to fill CTO positions
Just a few years back, fashion startups in South Korea rarely saw the need for a Chief Technology Officer (CTO). The same was true for the so-c...
May 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea’s new president offers Pyongyang economic aid for denuclearization
SEOUL—South Korea’s new president said he would keep the door open for dialogue with North Korea and provide support for its fragile econo...
May 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Following Japan’s economic decline
When it comes to the economy, would it be faster for South Korea to surpass Japan or be surpassed by Taiwan?Recently, all eyes are on the three East...
Apr 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Blackstone taps ex-Citibank Korea CEO as Seoul office head
The Blackstone Group has named Ha Yung-Ku, who had led Citibank Korea for nearly 14 years, as chairman of its South Korean operations as the US inve...
Apr 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Shares of cement makers firm up despite higher coal prices
Shares in South Korean cement suppliers have performed well in a rangebound market, despite soaring prices of bituminous coal, their raw material.Co...
Mar 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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