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Entertainment
Yet another Netflix hit lifts Korean content stocks even higher
South Korea’s major content production houses’ stocks rallied again on the success of yet another Netflix hit drama series, My Name.Shar...
Oct 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
S.Koreans' global stock, bond holdings at record high
South Korean investors maintained their buying spree in overseas equities and bond markets, with the balance of their holdings in both securities re...
Oct 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Stonebridge Ventures, Capstone prepare for 2022 IPOs
Stonebridge Ventures, South Korea's most profitable venture capital firm, will submit its application for an initial public offering this month to l...
Oct 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Merchant liner SM Line to list on Kosdaq in November
South Korea’s merchant liner SM Line Corp. is set to become a publicly-traded company in November. SM Line has submitted its securities regist...
Oct 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai Motor’s construction unit seeks listing in Q1 2022
Hyundai Engineering Co., Hyundai Motor Group’s construction arm, started the process for an initial public offering (IPO) expected in the firs...
Oct 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Exclusive
Cosmetics startup Birdview readies for 2022 listing
South Korea-based Birdview, the operator of leading cosmetics platform Hwahae, is aiming to make a trading debut as early as the first half of nex...
Sep 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
SoftBank sells part of Coupang shares for $1.7 bn
Vision Fund, led by SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son, has sold one-tenth of its shares in South Korea's e-commerce platform Coupang Inc. for $1....
Sep 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Industrial Bank of Korea to sell $500 mn bond at lower cost
Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is slated to raise $500 million in dollar corporate bond at a lower-than-planned cost on strong demand.IBK decided to...
Sep 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
IB firms enter tough race for SSG.COM IPO underwriting deal
The race to become the lead underwriter for the IPO of Shinsegae Group’s e-commerce brand SSG.COM is getting fierce. A total of nine instituti...
Sep 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pharamaceuticals
Korea’s Genome & Company aims US CMO market
South Korea’s microbiome medicine developer Genome & Company geared up for entering the U.S. market to boost profits and make inroads into...
Sep 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Streaming platform Mahocast eyes listing on Japan's Mothers market
TOKYO -- Japan-based concert streaming platform Mahocast, dubbed as the Netflix for concerts in Japan, is gaining attention as a venue for both musi...
Sep 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Strategic buyers line up for IMM-led $1.3 bn Hanssem deal
LX Hausys Ltd., South Korea's leading building materials maker, on Monday announced a plan to join Seoul-based IMM Private Equity in acquiring a con...
Sep 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai to step up push into eco-friendly ships with IPO
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. plans to spend 70% of the proceeds from its initial public offering on the Korea Exchange, or about 760 billion won ($6...
Sep 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biotech
Korea’s bio startup Voronoi inks $324 million deal with Brickell Biotech
Voronoi Inc., a South Korean biotechnology startup, has clinched a $324 million deal to grant Brickell Biotech, a US clinical-stage pharmaceutical f...
Sep 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Blackstone, Hahn & Co. to reap $800 mn from two Korean IPOs
South Korea's largest used car seller K Car Co., wholly owned by Hahn & Co., will go public on the country's main stock exchange in October, whi...
Aug 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kakao Pay cuts IPO price by 6% for October listing
Kakao Pay Corp., the digital settlement platform unit of South Korea’s top messaging app operator Kakao Corp., has slashed its initial publi...
Aug 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korean millennials rush on Nasdaq and NYSE amid sluggish Kospi
South Korean millennials in their 20s and 30s are rushing to Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) amid skyrocketing real estate prices in t...
Aug 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hydrogen tank maker Iljin Hysolus to make Kospi debut Sept. 3
South Korea’s leading hydrogen tank maker Iljin Hysolus Co. will be listed on Kospi on Sept. 3, according to the company’s IPO briefing ...
Aug 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
BTS producer tops the list of H1 highest-paid Koreans
Senior executives of HYBE Co., South Korea's leading K-pop agency, topped the three spots on the first-half list of highest-paid South Koreans, with...
Aug 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Luxury imported car sales growth at 5-yr high in S.Korea
Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche have driven the double-digit growth of imported car sales in South Korea in the first seven months of this year, with...
Aug 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Baby Shark creator eyes 2022 listing, begins due diligence
South Korea-based edtech startup SmartStudy, the creator of YouTube's current most-viewed video, Pinkfong Baby Shark Dance, has begun preparations f...
Aug 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS tilts toward top-tier PEFs during pandemic
The National Pension Service (NPS) has deepened its reliance on top-tier private equity firms during the prolonged pandemic situation, focusing on r...
Aug 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korean investors rush to buy Vietnam stocks
South Korean investors are rushing to buy Vietnamese stocks as the market is showing signs of a recovery. Analysts predicted export-oriented shares ...
Aug 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG Energy Solution to speed up IPO process for October listing
LG Energy Solution Ltd. aims to accelerate the process for South Korea’s largest-ever initial public offering that is expected to raise more t...
Aug 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
HK inno.N’s IPO attracts $25 bn from retail investors
HK inno.N Corp. (inno.N), a pharmaceuticals unit of Kolmar Korea, drew a massive $25 billion from retail investors for its listing thanks to its s...
Jul 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Krafton sets IPO price at top end despite soft institutional demand
South Korean game developer Krafton Inc. set the initial public offering (IPO) price at the top end of the proposed band even as the largest domesti...
Jul 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Apple adds LG Elec to iPhone vendor list in Korea
LG Electronics Inc. will begin to sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone at its retail stores across South Korea from mid-August, as the Korean home appliance mak...
Jul 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
HK inno.N’s IPO price set at top end with record demand for Kosdaq listing
HK inno.N Corp. (inno.N), a pharmaceuticals unit of South Korea's Kolmar Korea, set the initial public offering price at the top end of the proposed...
Jul 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai Samho’s IPO faces hurdle on steel prices, baffling IMM PE
Back in the early 2010s, Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. was a strong shipbuilder earning 800 billion won ($696 million) a year on sales of 4.8 t...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
KakaoBank, Krafton, other heavyweights set to sizzle in hot IPO season
South Korea’s initial public offering market is sizzling with KakaoBank Corp. and other big names set to go public in coming weeks amid expect...
Jul 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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