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Business & Politics
Trump Jr. meets Korean business chiefs in back-to-back sessions
Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of US President Donald Trump, spent his one-and-a-half-day visit to South Korea in back-to-back private meetings wi...
Apr 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
US tariffs add risk premium to dollar assets: Maurice Obstfeld
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The US tariff increases are adding risk premiums to dollar-denominated assets, undermining the dollar’s role as a glo...
Apr 29, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Shinhan Financial’s overseas business blooms, on track for record earnings
Shinhan Financial Group Co., South Korea’s leading financial holding company, is poised to surpass 1 trillion won ($692 million) in annual net...
Apr 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LG Chem to sell water filter business to Glenwood PE for $692 million
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. has agreed to sell its water filter business – the world’s second-largest producer of reverse osmosis m...
Apr 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Trump Jr. to visit Seoul next week to meet Korean business leaders
Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the US President Donald Trump, is set to visit Seoul next week and meet with Korean business leaders grappling w...
Apr 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Activist fund Oasis boosts Korea team amid investor-friendly policy shift
Hong Kong-based activist fund Oasis Management is ramping up hiring for its Korea team as Seoul’s push to boost corporate value and strengthen...
Apr 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Samsung seeks tech alliance with top US universities for robotics, AI, 6G
In an ambitious bid to shape the future of technology, Samsung Electronics Co. is launching a sweeping initiative to collaborate with elite North Am...
Apr 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LG Chem’s medical skincare business sale draws tepid bid
South Korean chemical giant LG Chem Ltd.'s offer for sale of its cosmetics filler business, tagged with an asking price of more than 500 billion won...
Apr 18, 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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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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Shareholder activism
STIC Investments draws activist interest, including Align Partners
STIC Investments Inc., South Korea’s only listed private equity firm, has become the latest target of shareholder activism as Seoul-based Alig...
Mar 31, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung's Lee meets with Xi amid Beijing’s balancing act vs Washington
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong, along with other global tech leaders, met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday as C...
Mar 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Warburg Pincus-Wide Creek Asset JV picks up 2nd Korean logistics asset
US private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC and South Korean real estate manager Wide Creek Asset Management Co. are building a logistics center for l...
Mar 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Alaska governor seeks Korean partners for $44 bn LNG project
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy arrived in South Korea on Monday to hold a series of one-on-one meetings with top executives from Korean energy and st...
Mar 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
US Chamber of Commerce sees Korea’s business penalties as trade barrier
The US Chamber of Commerce, the country’s largest lobbying group, told Washington that South Korea’s penalties on businesspeople are amo...
Mar 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
South Korean VCs back US humanoid robot developer Apptronik
South Korean venture capital firms invested undisclosed tens of billions of won, equivalent to tens of millions of dollars, in US humanoid-developin...
Mar 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SillaJen: First to use lab-grown human tissue to find best cancer drug dose
South Korean biotechnology firm SillaJen Inc. is pioneering a new approach to determine the best dose for a cancer drug combination in clinical tria...
Mar 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung in 'do or die' situation'; Lee sounds crisis alarm
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong has warned the company's executives that the South Korean tech giant has lost its characteristic "rele...
Mar 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Bank partners with Hyundai Mobis for loan services to suppliers
Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s top auto parts maker, has partnered with the country’s biggest lender Shinhan Bank to help its partners...
Mar 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
BNK's planned acquisition of Hyundai Motor Securities building falters
BNK Asset Management Co.'s bid to acquire the Hyundai Motor Securities building in central Seoul has hit a stumbling block as the main tenant, Hyund...
Mar 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Magnachip to sell display business in H1 to focus on power semiconductors
South Korean chipmaker Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. plans to sell its display business by the end of the first half as part of a strategic shift to...
Mar 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Samsung E&A buys Norwegian Nel stake for hydrogen business push
South Korea’s Samsung E&A Co. has purchased a stake in Norway’s hydrogen technology company Nel ASA at 47.6 billion won ($32.8 milli...
Mar 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
MBK Partners under Korean tax agency scrutiny
MBK Partners, a leading North Asia-focused private equity firm, has come under a probe by South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) amid the br...
Mar 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver’s Webtoon hints at ad business expansion in 2025
Webtoon Entertainment Inc., the Nasdaq-listed storytelling platform operator under South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp., is set to expand ...
Mar 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK Partners poised to acquire CJ Cheiljedang’s $3.5 billion bio business
North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners is on the verge of clinching a major acquisition deal by offering a higher bid than other conten...
Mar 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung’s system chip, foundry business under close scrutiny for overhaul
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has put its system chip and foundry businesses under tight scrutiny for a possi...
Mar 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK-owned Homeplus files for corporate revamp with Seoul court
South Korea’s leading hypermarket operator Homeplus Co., wholly owned by North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners, on Tuesday filed...
Mar 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea, US to expand cooperation in shipbuilding sector
WASHINGTON -- South Korea and the US plan to set up a working group to expand their cooperation in the shipbuilding industry from warships to commer...
Mar 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth eyes March visit to Seoul
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is arranging a visit to South Korea next month to inspect shipyards and discuss cooperation on naval vessel constr...
Feb 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Coupang posts profit for 2 straight years in 2024 on new growth drivers
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s answer to global e-commerce giant Amazon.com, ended last year with profit for the second straight year thanks to t...
Feb 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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