Partners Group
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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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Korean startups
KB Financial launches $193 million fund to invest in global startups
South Korea’s second-largest financial institution KB Financial Group will launch a 250 billion won ($193 million) fund to invest in startups ...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
JB Financial wins proxy fight against activist fund Align Partners
South Korea’s JB Financial Group Co. won a proxy battle against local activist fund Align Partners Capital Management on dividends and nominat...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
CEOs of Samsung, LG group companies buying back their stocks
Leading executives of major South Korean corporations Samsung Electronics Co., LG Energy Solution Ltd. and LG Electronics Inc. are buying back their...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
NCSOFT partners with Gameforge for European release of Aion Classic
South Korean gaming company NCSOFT Corp. said on Thursday that its popular PC online multiplayer role-playing game (MMORPG) Aion Classic will soon b...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
LINE, Mizuho call off plan to set up mobile-only bank in Japan
LINE Corp. and Mizuho Financial Group’s plan to introduce an internet-only bank in Japan has fallen through about five years after they unveil...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip foundry DB HiTek's stock near 10-month peak on activist fund
South Korean leading foundry chipmaker DB HiTek’s stock price hit a near 10-month high this week as a domestic activist fund bought a stake to...
Mar 30, 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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Construction
LX Hausys partners with Belgian firm for premium window market
South Korean company LX Hausys, specializing in building materials and interior products, has signed a strategic partnership agreement for aluminium...
Mar 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK Ecoplant partners with Aents for carbon emission management solution
South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. on Wednesday said that it has entered a business agreement with Aents Inc., a company specializing in carbon accountin...
Mar 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
Doosan Group opens museum on its corporate history
South Korea's Doosan Group on Tuesday opened Doosan Heritage 1896, a museum displaying 127 years of the conglomerate's history, at Doosan Tower in t...
Mar 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Glass Lewis votes for Tcha Partners' proposal to change Namyang auditor
Global proxy advisory giant Glass, Lewis & Co. has voted for three out of the four proposals made by Seoul-based Tcha Partners Asset Management ...
Mar 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Glovis, GS Energy jointly pursue clean hydrogen biz
South Korea's logistics company Hyundai Glovis Co. on Monday said it signed a memorandum of understanding on the clean hydrogen and ammonia business...
Mar 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LS Group completes nickel sulfate plant for EV batteries
South Korea’s LS Group said on Monday it has completed construction of a new plant to produce nickel sulfate, a key raw material for next-gene...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Hyundai Motor, Kia partner with DeepX to develop robotics services
South Korean carmakers Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have partnered with DeepX, a domestic startup that specializes in designing AI semiconductors...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea's CJ Freshway promotes waste cooking oil recycling
CJ Freshway, a South Korean food distributor and food service company, announced on Friday that it has partnered with S&D Company, the operator ...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea's Kolon Group takes first step successfully in space launch vehicle biz
South Korea's Kolon Group announced on Wednesday that Kolon DACC Composite participated in the launch of the first private test launch vehicle in Ko...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem supplies RO filters for Chinese lithium extraction project
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. has supplied reverse osmosis (RO) filters for a project to extract lithium from China's largest salt lake.The company on ...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Boryung, Axiom Space to set up JV to explore space healthcare options
South Korea's Boryung Corp., just decades ago a mom-and-pop pharmacy, will bring its healthcare expertise to space with Axiom Space Inc., a US comme...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LS E-Link partners with Logen to boost EV charging
LS E-Link, a new corporation of South Korea's LS Group that specializes in electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and operation, has signed a...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Hyundai Motor, Lotte chairs rank as S.Korea’s highest-paid heads
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun was ranked as South Korea’s highest-paid business owner in 2022 thanks to the group's record-high pr...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy partners with Kongsberg Maritime for autonomous ships
Samsung Heavy Industries, one of the world’s largest shipbuilders, has signed a joint development agreement with Kongsberg Maritime AS, a Norw...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
HD Hyundai to rename subsidiaries to boost brand identity
HD Hyundai Co., a South Korean conglomerate that operates in shipbuilding, construction equipment, oil refining and other sectors, plans to rename i...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Two global shareholder voting advisors oppose activist funds in S. Korea
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the world's two biggest advisory bodies for shareholder voting rights, have recommended op...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Doosan Group chief checks farm-construction equipment affiliate's strategy in US
South Korea’s Doosan Group on Sunday said its chairman Park Jeong-won visited the construction trade show ConExpo-Con-Agg in Las Vegas on Wedn...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai, other Korean steelmakers slim down Chinese units
Hyundai Steel Co. has decided to sell its Beijing arm, worth 400 billion won ($310 million) in asset value, hit by declining sales of its affiliates...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK sells US car-sharing firm Turo stake to earn over $32 mn
South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group exited from Turo, the US top peer-to-peer car-sharing company, to make an estimated return ...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Lotte Fine Chemical, OCI Global join hands for clean ammonia business
Lotte Fine Chemical Co., a subsidiary of Lotte Chemical Corp., and Europe’s No.1 clean ammonia producer OCI N.V., or OCI Global, will collabor...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
KT expands use of self-driving delivery robots to campgrounds
South Korea's KT Corp. has launched a delivery service for campgrounds using self-driving robots.The telecom giant on Tuesday said it signed a memor...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
CJ Group adopts AI-based copywriter for producing marketing content
South Korea's CJ Group on Tuesday said it will develop and run a personalized artificial intelligence (AI) copywriter that automatically produces ma...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)