Lotte Group
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte Chemical nears offloading Pakistani unit as part of restructuring
Lotte Group, South Korea’s sixth-largest conglomerate, is speeding up its business streamlining efforts amid mounting debts as it has moved on...
Feb 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Korea Shipbuilding premieres nuclear-powered ship design
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE), the parent of the world’s largest shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.,...
Feb 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
GIC at forefront of $413-mn deal to buy hotels from South Korea’s DL Group
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte. has been given priority rights to buy three hotels valued at more than 600 billion won ($413 million) toget...
Feb 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Hanwha Aerospace ups stake in Hanwha Ocean in $900 mn block deal
Hanwha Aerospace Co. will acquire an additional 1.3 trillion won ($900 million) worth of shares in Hanwha Ocean Co. from its sister companies throug...
Feb 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
LX International seeks to acquire nickel, copper mines in Indonesia
LX International Corp., the trading unit of South Korea’s LX Group, said on Friday it is seeking to acquire a nickel mine and a copper mine in...
Feb 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
US Capital Group raises stake in South Korea’s LS Electric
Capital Group Companies Inc. has increased its stake in LS Electric Co., a South Korean supplier to Elon Musk’s X.AI Corp., as the US asset ma...
Feb 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Shinhan Bank reclaims top spot as S.Korea’s leading lender
Shinhan Bank, a key arm of Shinhan Financial Group, reclaimed its position as South Korea’s top lender posting its largest-ever profit in 2024...
Feb 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
POSCO seeks $1 bn restructuring amid weak steel, battery materials sectors
South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. said on Monday it plans to sell 61 unprofitable and non-core assets to raise 1.5 trillion won ($1 billion) a...
Feb 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Deals
IMM PE exits Woori Financial with double-digit return
IMM Private Equity has divested its remaining 1.38% stake in Woori Financial Group for 166.4 billion won ($115 million), exiting the South Korean fi...
Jan 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK, Lotte's restructuring to drive Korea's M&A market in 2025
SK and Lotte groups remain the focus for South Korean dealmakers as the two conglomerates accelerate restructuring by divesting non-core assets, a s...
Jan 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lotte Biologics eyes first ADC CDMO order in 2025
SAN FRANCISCO -- Lotte Biologics Co., the drug consignment development and production unit of South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group, will seek to wi...
Jan 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Lotte Duty Free unveils robot bartender in Gimpo Int'l Airport
South Korea's Lotte Duty Free said on Thursday it placed its AI-based robot bartenders in Gimpo International Airport.Lotte Duty Free offers robot...
Jan 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis to boost US production to cope with Trump
LAS VEGAS -- Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s fifth-largest auto parts maker, plans to beef up its US production to cope with President-elect Do...
Jan 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean lenders to Accell warn they may boycott KKR
KKR & Co. is facing a huge backlash from South Korean financial services firms after the debt restructuring of Dutch bicycle manufacturer Accell...
Jan 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2025
SK Hynix to collaborate with Nvidia on Cosmos physical AI platform: Chey
LAS VEGAS – SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, has agreed to collaborate with Nvidia Corp. on the top US AI chi...
Jan 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Zinc chair reported to prosecutors over rights issue
South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has reported Korea Zinc Inc.'s Chairman Choi Yun-birm and its board of directors to prosecut...
Jan 08, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Mirae Asset invests $200 mn in LS Group affiliate in US
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments said on Sunday it invested $200 million in Essex Solutions, a US magnet wire manufacturing affiliate un...
Jan 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Hyundai Motor to introduce 10 startups in robotics, AI at CES 2025
Hyundai Motor Group, which has been promoting open innovation through generous investment in startups with promising technologies, will lead 10 cher...
Jan 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha to exit from polysilicon business in US
Hanwha Solutions Corp., the energy unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-financial conglomerate Hanwha Group, will likely withdraw from the polys...
Jan 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Seoul office sales rebound for first time in 4 years in 2024
The Seoul office market bounced back for the first time in four years in 2024, with transaction volume soaring 78.7% to 13.4 trillion won ($9.1 bill...
Jan 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Lotte Chemical’s JV to boost specialty chemicals output
Lotte Chemical Corp.'s joint venture with Japan’s Tokuyama Corp. will ramp up specialty chemicals production to accelerate its shift from...
Dec 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea mulls visa waiver for Chinese group tourists
South Korea is considering temporary visa exemptions for Chinese group tourists to boost the domestic tourism sector, after being spooked by the bot...
Dec 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hahn & Co. buys SK Enpulse’s chip wafer polishing pad business
Seoul-based private equity firm Hahn & Co. has agreed to buy the chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) pads manufacturing division of SK Enpulse C...
Dec 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Lotte Card Card to launch loans for affiliates in Vietnam
South Korea's Lotte Card said on Monday it will launch loans for affiliates in Vietnam.Lotte Finance Vietnam, the Vietnamese corporation of Lotte Ca...
Dec 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Lotte to supply advanced copper foil to Doosan for Nvidia’s Blackwell
Lotte Energy Materials Corp., a leading South Korean battery materials maker, said on Tuesday it will supply advanced copper foil to Doosan Corp.'s&...
Dec 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Fried chicken chain bhc to enter Indonesia in 2025
South Korea’s fried chicken brand bhc Group said on Tuesday it signed a master license agreement with Indonesia's Nachindo Group to enter the ...
Dec 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Leonardo's Coulter named Hanwha Aerospace’s 1st foreign global chief
Hanwha Aerospace Co., a leading South Korean defense company, said on Monday it has hired Michael Coulter, a former senior executive at US-based Ita...
Dec 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Social media
Seoul probes fake online accounts of Hyundai Motor advisor Sung Kim
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has launched an investigation into social media accounts pretending to be Hyundai Motor Group advisor Sung Kim,...
Dec 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hyosung TNC acquires Hyosung Chemical’s specialty gas unit for $642 mn
Hyosung TNC Corp., a South Korean textile and yarn maker, said on Thursday it will acquire the specialty gas division of Hyosung Chemical Corp. for ...
Dec 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Samyang Foods releases export-only ramyun brand in Thailand
South Korea's Samyang Foods Co. said on Wednesday it launched the new export-only ramyun brand Mep in Thailand. Mep is the second brand for the...
Dec 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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