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Real estate
Mirae Asset to be named Korea Post’s core real estate fund operator
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is set to manage the mandate of more than 600 billion won ($416.8 million) in core real estate fund investment by...
Apr 29, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kyobo Life poised to buy Japan’s SBI Group-owned savings bank
Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is in the final stages of negotiation with Japanese financial group SBI Holdings Inc. to buy about a 50% stake in SBI Savin...
Apr 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Mirae, Koramco, Hana shortlisted for Korea Post’s core real estate fund
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Koramco REITs Management and Trust Co. and Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. were shortlisted for the mandat...
Apr 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korean financial firms face growing risks in overseas property investments
South Korea’s financial institutions are increasingly at risk of their overseas real estate investments turning sour, government data showed o...
Apr 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Asia Property to buy WeWork building in Seoul
Seoul-based real estate investment firm Asia Property has been picked as the sole preferred bidder for an office building currently occupied by cowo...
Apr 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Strong momentum in non-US markets, digital real estate: Principal AM CEO
It is time to shift focus toward non-US markets after years of stellar performance of US assets driven by the robust world’s No. 1 economy, sa...
Apr 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
HD Hyundai, TerraPower to commercialize next-gen SMR
South Korea’s largest shipbuilder, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., is deepening its partnership with TerraPower LLC, the US nuclear venture f...
Mar 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Global real estate market poised for strong rebound: Savills
The global real estate market is expected to pick up significantly over the next few years, with around $500 billion worth of real estate assets, he...
Mar 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
S.Korean investors name their 33 favorite alternative asset managers
Blackstone and HarbourVest Partners are South Korean institutional investors’ preferred private equity firms, according to a survey by Korea I...
Feb 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
PAG raises $4 bn for opportunistic Asia real estate fund
PAG, an Asia Pacific-focused alternative investment firm, on Friday announced the final close of its 10th opportunistic real estate fund at $4 billi...
Feb 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Blackstone zooms in on hotels, warehouses in Korea
The global real estate market is poised for a recovery, led by industrial warehouses, residential facilities and data centers benefiting from declin...
Jan 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
NPS commits $800 mn to Almanac for strategic partnership
The National Pension Service of Korea (NPS) has committed $800 million to Almanac Realty Investors, the private real estate investment arm of Neuber...
Jan 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Real estate debt outshines corporate credit: Savills IM
Private credit has been among the top picks for alternative investors over the past few years. During the period of high interest rates, corporate l...
Jan 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
NCSOFT’s NC Tower up for sale with its value estimated at $272 million
The sales of several office buildings along Teheran-ro in Seoul's upscale Gangnam Business District (GBD) are gaining momentum.The bidding for the...
Jan 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, Qualcomm to commercialize BMS solution
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Monday it partnered with Qualcomm Technologies to commercialize its new system-on-chip (SoC)-based bat...
Dec 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to invest record $1.4 billion in Korean property market in 2025
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) plans to invest 2 trillion won ($1.4 billion) in the domestic real estate market next year to gai...
Dec 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea’s commercial vehicle sales tumble on economic slowdown
South Korea’s commercial vehicle sales are plunging on sluggish domestic demand amid a slowdown in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.Local s...
Dec 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Apple supplier LG Innotek to invest $268.4 mn in Vietnam in 2025
South Korea’s LG Innotek Co., a major contractor for Apple Inc., said on Thursday it plans to spend 375.9 billion won ($268.4 million) next ye...
Nov 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean funds offer rescue financing for global offices
South Korean institutional investors are offering rescue financing for overseas office buildings, which their local peers have yet to exit, as they ...
Nov 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver, Saudi Arabia's NHC to build JV
South Korea’s Naver Corp. said on Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saudi Arabia’s National Housing Company (NHC...
Nov 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG unveils AI-powered commercial washers, dryers in renewed B2B push
South Korean home appliances giant LG Electronics Inc. is stepping up efforts to enhance its presence in the global business-to-business (B2B) marke...
Nov 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Hyundai E&C signs engineering deal for two nuclear reactors in Bulgaria
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. has signed a nuclear power plant design contract with Bulgaria's state nuclear power ...
Nov 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
HD Hyundai, Amogy, SK to co-work on ammonia-hydrogen power
South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. said on Monday it partnered with Amogy Inc., a US-based ammonia-powered systems developer, and SK Innova...
Nov 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS commits $436 mn to Koramco, Hana Alternative for real estate lending
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s largest institutional investor, has selected Koramco Asset Management Co. and Hana Alternati...
Nov 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom upgrades 5G base stations with Samsung
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Monday that it partnered with Samsung Electronics Co. to apply artificial intelligence (AI)-based quality opt...
Oct 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korean brokerages flock to debt market with securities bonds on bull run
South Korea’s leading brokerage houses are flocking to the debt market as bonds issued by securities companies are in growing demand, industry...
Oct 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Elec builds EV chargers safety net for fire prevention
LG Electronics Inc. equipped its slow electric vehicle (EV) chargers with dual overcharge prevention technology to alleviate customer concerns and a...
Oct 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2024
Australia, Asia real estate whet Korean pension funds' appetite
South Korean pension funds and insurance companies are raising their bets on real estate as they diversify their US and Europe-focused portfolios in...
Oct 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung primed for graphics chip leadership with 24 Gb GDDR7
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has unveiled the industry’s first 24 gigabit (Gb) graphics DRAM chip, opt...
Oct 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2024
NPS bullish on real estate in low interest era: chairman
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will raise exposure to residential housing and data centers to take advantage of lower interest r...
Oct 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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