Kwang-Seok Kwon
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Artificial intelligence
LG, SNU team up to develop AI modeling for protein structure predictions
LG AI Research Institute, the artificial intelligence think-tank of LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-biggest conglomerate, on Thursday signed a ...
Feb 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK Partners’ vice chair vows to hike Korea Zinc’s value to $20.6 billion
The battle over Korea Zinc Inc.'s management control between Korea Zinc Chairman Choi Yun-birm and the Young Poong Corp.-MBK Partners alliance has b...
Jan 08, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
Former LG man leaves KKR to start PEF
Lim Hyoung-seok, former Vice President of KKR Korea, left the private equity giant’s Seoul office and established his private equity fund (PEF...
Jan 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Chung Ki-sun moves closer to managing HD Hyundai with his promotion
HD Hyundai Co., the holding company of South Korea’s No. 1 shipbuilding conglomerate, on Thursday shuffled its top management. In it, Vice Cha...
Nov 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai establishes foundation for shipyard accident victims
South Korea's HD Hyundai Co. established the HD Hyundai Hope Foundation (tentative name) to support the families of victims of major industrial acci...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK names two partners as vice chairman, vice president
MBK Partners said on Wednesday it has named Moon Joo Ho, partner and head of South Korea for special situations, as the North Asia-focused private e...
Jan 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
SK On Vice Chair Chey Jae-won sees greater growth potential in 2024
Chey Jae-won, executive senior vice chairman of SK On Co., a leading South Korean battery maker, said on Thursday he expects the company’s gro...
Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
LG Energy's new CEO aims to focus on qualitative growth
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, is set to focus on qualitative growth by securing leading ...
Dec 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
S.Korea's HD Hyundai chairman: We can’t rely on bad profits
Kwon Oh-gap, chairman and co-CEO of South Korea's HD Hyundai Co., has ordered his company not to rely on “bad profits” gained from tempo...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Terra co-founder Do Kwon’s $177 million assets in Korea under seizure
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, the mastermind behind the Terra-Luna cryptocurrency collapse, has had most of his assets in South Korea frozen, a...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chairman to refine strategy for EV battery production
Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, visited a cathode plant on Monday to review supply chains for the batt...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
U.S., South Korea Vie Over Extradition of Crypto Fugitive Do Kwon
The U.S. and South Korea are both seeking to extradite captured crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon from Montenegro, authorities in the tiny European nation...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
LG Group Chairman names AI, bio, clean tech as new growth engines
LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo has pledged to continue investing in future-oriented businesses and human resources despite the global economic slowd...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
S.Korean crypto fugitive Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro
The fugitive South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon, responsible for the more-than-$40 billion crash in the global virtual currency market last y...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo sued over inheritance in family feud
Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, has been sued over the distribution of inherited wealth, including a s...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Korea Semiconductor Academy launched to nurture field workers
The Korea Semiconductor Academy was established Thursday with former SK Hynix CEO Seok-hee Lee at its helm.The launch ceremony was held at the Korea...
Dec 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Behind the Scenes
Corporate restructure inevitable at Smilegate as founder faces divorce
South Korea's fifth-richest man Kwon Hyuk-bin and his wife Lee Hwa-jin appear to be headed for divorce, according to industry insiders on Monday.&nb...
Nov 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
HD Hyundai’s machinery units post profits despite slump in China
HD Hyundai Co., the holding company of South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, saw its two construction equipment affiliates post strong...
Oct 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon faces arrest warrant in South Korea
A South Korean court issued an arrest warrant to Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, a cryptocurrency ecosystem that imploded earlier this year. ...
Sep 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC appoints Lee Hoon as CIO and Jung Ho-seok as CRO
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) said on Wednesday it has promoted Lee Hoon, its former head of investment strategy and innovation division, to th...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
LG eyes clean tech supremacy with $1.5 bn spending on green projects
South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG is setting its sights on clean energy technology as it steps up efforts to transform into an eco-...
Jun 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Terra founder Do Kwon vows to communicate proactively with press
Terraform Labs' founder and CEO Do Kwon has reemerged on Twitter, after making his account private for a couple of days. Two weeks after Terra&...
Jun 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Police identify visitor to Terra founder's home as crypto streamer
The uninvited visitor to Terraform Labs co-founder and CEO Do Kwon's Seoul residence has been identified by police. An AfreecaTV streamer who g...
May 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Goldman promotes TMT banker to MD in Seoul
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Nov. 2 announced the promotions of two Korean executive directors in its Seoul office to managing directors (MDs), the b...
Nov 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Group's No. 2 exec Kwon to head EV battery unit
Kwon Young-soo, the No. 2 leader of South Korea's LG Group, will be appointed as the chief executive officer of LG Energy Solution Ltd. next month, ...
Oct 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Police fund to appoint equities specialist as CIO
South Korea's Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) has picked Han Jong-seok, a former chief investment officer of Meritz Asset Management Co. and eq...
Oct 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
SK Hynix CEO Lee Seok-hee: Star engineer, bookworm, soju connoisseur
When SK Hynix Inc. announced a $9 billion all-cash deal to acquire Intel Corp.’s NAND memory chip business in mid-October of last year, the ma...
Jan 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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