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Automobiles
BMW Surpasses Mercedes in Sales for the First Time in 10 Years
The top five list of imported car brands in Korea underwent a major shake-up last year. BMW overtook Mercedes-Benz in sales for the first time in a ...
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Debt financing
Kookmin Bank raises $700 mn in forex bonds amid strong demand
Kookmin Bank, a unit of KB Financial Group, raised $700 million in foreign exchange bonds on Tuesday, signaling a recovery in investor sentiment tow...
Apr 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
KT&G eyes overseas M&A after rejecting activist fund's offer
KT&G Corp., South Korea’s dominant tobacco and ginseng producer, is seeking to acquire a Japanese ginseng company after dismissing a 1.9-t...
Apr 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
South Korea nears Czech nuclear deal; Doosan, related stocks fly high
South Korea’s nuclear energy stocks surged this week as momentum builds around a landmark nuclear power project in the Czech Republic, with in...
Apr 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On seals $2.8 bn battery deal with Bezos-backed US EV start-up Slate
SK On Co., the battery subsidiary of South Korea’s energy conglomerate SK Group, has signed a supply agreement worth an estimated 4 trillion w...
Apr 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Seoul, Washington agree on July tariff deal framework in '2+2' trade talks
WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Korea and the US have agreed to work together to craft a comprehensive tariff-liberalization package by July 8, marki...
Apr 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
South Korea’s renewed stock market darlings: Weapons makers
South Korea’s defense industry is once again capturing investor attention, as exports of tanks, armored vehicles and other weapons systems soa...
Apr 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korea’s Incheon Airport to upgrade, operate Uzbek airfield in $140m deal
INCHEON – South Korea’s Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) is set to upgrade and operate an airfield in Uzbekistan to expand the...
Apr 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display eyes turnaround on China's shift to OLED
LG Display Co., the world’s top large-sized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, will likely swing to profit this year for the fir...
Apr 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
DB Insurance becomes Daol Investment’s No.2 shareholder
DB Insurance Co., a leading South Korean non-life insurance company, has become Daol Investment & Securities Co.'s second-largest shareholder af...
Apr 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
India: Tantalizing frontier for K-food’s global ambitions beyond China
South Korea’s processed food exports to India have surged to a record 6 trillion won ($4.1 billion), marking a significant milestone in the gr...
Apr 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Korea not to appeal ruling in favor of Mason Capital in Samsung case
South Korea said on Friday it has decided not to appeal a Singaporean court’s rejection of its lawsuit to annul an investor-state dispute sett...
Apr 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG CNS breaks into US smart city market
LG CNS Co., the information technology service unit of South Korea’s LG Group, has won its first public-sector smart city contracts in the US,...
Apr 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen
Hylium to supply liquefied hydrogen storage tanks to AirFirst
Hylium Industries Inc., South Korea’s hydrogen liquefier manufacturer, has signed a deal to supply high-capacity liquefied hydrogen storage ta...
Apr 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
US PE firm Miri Capital ups stake in Korea’s STIC Investments
US private equity firm Miri Capital Management LLC said on Tuesday it has raised its stake in STIC Investments Inc. to step up its shareholder activ...
Apr 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution clinches multibillion-dollar ESS deals in Japan, Europe
LG Energy Solution Ltd. has secured a string of billion-dollar energy storage system (ESS) deals in Japan and Europe, outmaneuvering Chinese rivals ...
Apr 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mirae Asset’s default option retirement funds top $700 mn in assets
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. now manages over one-third of South Korea’s default-option retirement funds, with the assets it operates un...
Apr 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Chanel: Winners in S.Korea’s luxury market
South Korea’s luxury goods market is becoming increasingly polarized, with ultra-high-end brands such as Hermès, Louis Vuitton and Chan...
Apr 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
NPS pours $3.9 bn to buttress Korean stock market
South Korea’s National Pension Service, the country’s largest institutional investor, has come to the rescue of the domestic stock marke...
Apr 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS taps Samjong KPMG, Cushman & Wakefiel, NAI for sale of AP Tower
IGIS Asset Management Co., a leading South Korean real estate investment firm, has chosen a consortium of Samjong KPMG Accounting Corp., Cushman &am...
Apr 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix beats Samsung to become global No.1 DRAM maker
SK Hynix Inc. has snatched the crown from Samsung Electronics Co. to become the world’s largest memory chip supplier for the first time since ...
Apr 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Group in talks with Hahn & Co. to sell SK Siltron
SK Inc., the holding company of SK Group, is in talks with Hahn & Co., a South Korean buyout firm, to sell SK Siltron Co., the country’s s...
Apr 08, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Aerospace slashes planned rights offering size to $1.6 billion
Hanwha Aerospace Co., a leading South Korean defense company, said on Tuesday it plans to slash the size of its proposed rights offering to 2.3 tril...
Apr 08, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils upgraded AI-powered OLED TVs
Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday showcased its new lineup of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs with advanced artificial intelligence features...
Apr 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
ABL Bio lands $2.8 billion license-out deal with GSK
ABL Bio Inc., a South Korean biotech company, will license out its proprietary blood-brain barrier shuttle platform, called the Grabody-B, to UK-bas...
Apr 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG Electronics set for early-May Indian stock market debut
LG Electronics Inc. is set to list its wholly owned subsidiary in India on the country's stock exchange in early May, aiming to raise up to $1.5 bil...
Apr 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai on course for $1.55 bn order amid US-China trade war
HD Hyundai Co., the world’s largest shipbuilding group, is emerging as a key beneficiary of the Trump administration’s tariff policies a...
Apr 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Korean entertainment stocks advance, unfazed by US tariff concerns
South Korean entertainment and gaming stocks climbed on Friday, defying a broader market drop as investors sought refuge in sectors seen as immune t...
Apr 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Aerospace signs $254 million deal to supply K9 howitzers to India
Hanwha Aerospace Co., a leading South Korean defense company, said on Thursday it has signed a 370 billion won ($254 million) deal to supply K9 self...
Apr 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG’s global HVAC push takes off with new deal in Singapore
LG Electronics Inc. has landed a deal to supply its heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system to a fulfillment center in Singapore, a...
Apr 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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