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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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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea’s only shipyard under creditor protection to be sold this year
A sale of Daehan Shipbuilding Co., South Korea’s only shipbuilder under creditor protection, is to be completed within this year through a sta...
Jul 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Lessons learned from Blackpink label's M&A flops
South Korea-based YG Entertainment Inc., the label behind popular K-pop girl group Blackpink, is pushing to sell off its profitable golf business in...
Jul 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate Bonds
Korea’s cash-rich firms issue more bonds amid low interest environment
Some of the most cash-abundant firms across different industries in South Korea are issuing large amounts of bonds to raise even more funds amid a l...
Jul 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Coway keeps No.1 spot in Malaysia’s water purifier market for 10 years
South Korea’s home appliance rental service provider Coway Co. has maintained the top position in Malaysia’s water purifier rental marke...
Jul 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
BTS performs epic dance-off with Boston Dynamics robots
The global sensation BTS, topping the Billboard Hot 100 Chart for the fifth week with its latest hit Butter, has stepped outside the human realm in ...
Jun 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
HYBE's No.3 investor exits from BTS label in block deal
Seoul-based STIC Investments, the third-largest shareholder in South Korea's HYBE Co., sold its remaining shares in the label behind BTS, in a block...
Jun 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
BTS label HYBE shares at highest close: Too late to chase it now?
Shares in HYBE Co., the label behind BTS, hit their all-time high close on Tuesday, buoyed after the boy band's latest track "Butter" topped the Bil...
Jun 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Seoul to host EV-only Formula E World Championship in 2022
South Korea’s capital Seoul will be finally hosting the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in August 2022, with BTS as the global ambassador...
Jun 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
HYBE raises $400 mn in a move to diversify BTS-dependent portfolio
HYBE Co., the global entertainment powerhouse behind BTS, has successfully closed its previously announced rights offering to raise 445.5 billion wo...
Jun 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cross-industry collaboration
HYBE x McDonald’s: The BTS Meal launches globally
McDonald’s has launched The BTS Meal on May 26 in the first selected group of 12 markets including Brazil, Canada and the US. The BTS meal is ...
May 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
HYBE’s $400 mn rights offering for Ithaca merger to open June 1-2
HYBE Co., the music and entertainment agency behind BTS, on Jun 1-2 will open the subscription for its rights issue shares worth 445.5 billion won (...
May 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
BTS smooths Butter at Billboard Music Awards; scoops up 4 awards
BTS is unstoppable. The K-pop boy band continues to set fresh records -- becoming the first Korean band to scoop up four awards at the 2021 Billboar...
May 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
BTS-loved kombucha brand Teazen up for sale
The majority shareholder of South Korea’s fine tea brand Teazen Co. is seeking to sell ownership of the company, attracting multiple potential...
Apr 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Motor, BTS celebrate Earth Day with hydrogen campaign
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and global K-pop boyband sensation BTS have collaborated to urge people to protect the environ...
Apr 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Entertainment shares to soar in Q2 following BTS, Blackpink comeback
South Korean entertainment labels are expected to see their earnings momentum back in full swing in the second quarter as popular K-pop groups such ...
Apr 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
BTS, Bieber, Lovato celebrate HYBE-Ithaca alliance
HYBE Co. and Ithaca Holdings, the two entertainment powerhouses that recently joined hands to create the mega music label that will house BTS, Arian...
Apr 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
HYBE-Ithaca merger puts BTS, Justin Bieber under one roof
BTS, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande will be under the same music label group through a historic M&A deal between HYBE Corporation, formerly Big...
Apr 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
BTS label cites fan-tailored innovation as key to success
Fan-tailored innovation is the crux of the success behind K-pop sensation BTS' label, according to Lenzo (Seok-jun) Yoon, chief executive of Big Hit...
Mar 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bernard Moon on Korean Startups
The BTS of social media: The next Facebook will come from South Korea
South Korea is hitting its stride as an innovator, but it’s an overnight success story over 20 years in the making. Coupang’s $60B IPO t...
Mar 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Growing fandom of BTS, other K-pop idols revives album market
In the South Korean music industry, the emergence of Soribada, the country’s first peer-to-peer file-sharing service, in 2000 heralded the beg...
Mar 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
BTS label logs all-time high earnings in Q4 2020
Big Hit Entertainment Co., the label behind global sensation BTS, reported all-time high earnings for last year's fourth quarter despite the drop in...
Feb 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Ssangyong heads for court protection as Mahindra backs off
India’s Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. has pulled out of talks to sell Ssangyong Motor Co. to HAAH Automotive Holdings Inc., a US automobile distr...
Jan 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Naver to enter strategic partnership with BTS label
South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp. plans to enter into a strategic partnership with Big Hit Entertainment Co., the label behind K-pop se...
Jan 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
BTS sweeps Spotify's most-streamed K-pop list in 2020
South Korean artists were clearly on the rise last year, with the top 10 most-streamed Korean artists pulling in over a combined 10.6 billion stream...
Jan 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
BTS rewrites pop history as it goes mainstream in US
“One day the world stopped, without any notice … people say that the world has changed ... but thankfully our relationship is still t...
Dec 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2020
Korean LPs to boost protection against unforeseen events
The prolonged coronavirus era is pushing South Korean asset owners, including the Teachers’ Pension and insurance firms, to tighten contracts fo...
Nov 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
BTS label Big Hit trims gains after strong debut
Big Hit Entertainment Co., the label behind K-pop boyband sensation BTS, nearly halved its initial gains by the close of its first day of trading Oct....
Oct 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
BTS may be allowed to delay military service to age 30
South Korea is likely to allow the seven members of boy band BTS to postpone their mandatory national military service by two years until the age of 3...
Oct 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
BTS ushers in new paradigm for online concerts
South Korea’s seven-member boy band BTS has had many firsts over the years. They were the first Korean band to perform at the legendary Wembley ...
Oct 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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