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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion wins Australian approval for eye, bone disease biosimilars
Celltrion Inc. said Wednesday it has received regulatory approval from Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for three biosimilar...
Apr 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea's Han, Trump discuss transactional diplomacy in 1st direct talks
South Korea’s Acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo spoke with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday to discuss various issues of mu...
Apr 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korea’s beauty wholesaler to invest $10 mn in fashion platform Balaan
South Korea’s cosmetics wholesaler Silicon2 Co. is set to invest $10 million in financially troubled luxury fashion e-commerce platform operat...
Mar 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Mirae Asset prepares bitcoin covered call ETF launch: chairman
Mirae Asset Financial Group is preparing to launch a bitcoin covered call exchange traded fund (ETF) for global investors to foray into the cryptocu...
Feb 11, 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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Shareholder activism
Must Asset calls on Young Poong to take steps to boost shareholder value
South Korea’s Young Poong Corp., embroiled in a fierce management control dispute with Korea Zinc Inc., is now the target of an activist fund ...
Nov 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK Partners tipped to win battle for control of Korea Zinc
A consortium led by North Asia-focused buyout firm MBK Partners edged closer to winning the battle for control of Korea Zinc Inc. against the s...
Nov 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG’s telecom unit to spend $2.1 bn on transition into AX company
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, plans to invest up to 3 trillion won ($2.1 billion) in artificial intelligence and foster ...
Nov 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Hana Financial’s Hana The Next: New financial services tailored for seniors
As South Korea’s baby boomers, the demographic cohort born between 1955 and 1963, are reaching retirement age, financial institutions are reac...
Oct 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Align Partners calls on Doosan Bobcat to boost shareholder value
Align Partners Capital Management Inc., a South Korean activist fund, has called on Doosan Bobcat Inc., a global construction machinery maker owned ...
Oct 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Kookmin Bank issues €500 mn in covered bonds
South Korea's KB Kookmin Bank said on Tuesday that it issued €500 million ($545 million) in global covered bonds the previous day.Covered bonds...
Oct 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Stock-rich KCC's shareholdings exceed its market cap
KCC Corp., a paint and glass maker but better known as a white knight for South Korean conglomerates, holds more than 4 trillion won ($3 billion) wo...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
After Mercedes Fire, EV Owners Want to Know What Battery They Have
SEOUL—The uproar over a Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle that burst into flames in South Korea this month wasn’t only about fire...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion's Zymfentra joins US insurance-covered drug lists
South Korean biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. said on Monday that its subcutaneous injection formulation for autoimmune diseases, Zymfentra (inflixim...
Aug 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung’s new chip leader calls for restoring competitiveness
It is urgent to restore Samsung Electronics Co.'s competitiveness in the semiconductor business, the chip division’s new head said in his firs...
Aug 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Doosan Robotics, Bobcat ordered to clarify merger deal
South Korean regulators have ordered Doosan Robotics Inc. to amend the securities prospectus it submitted last week for its merger with Doosan Bobca...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Elec calls for C-Lab Outside applications
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it will enlist startups to participate in its external startup incubation program C-Lab Outside unt...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Doosan Robotics, Bobcat merger prompts call for law revision
Doosan Group’s announcement of a merger between Doosan Robotics Inc. and Doosan Bobcat Inc. has met with strong criticism from investors and p...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia reveals teaser of Tasman development process
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, released One More Round, a teaser video series of its first pickup truck The Kia Tasman.&nb...
Jul 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Mirae Asset's US dividend premium fund surpasses $72 mn in net assets
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. announced on Tuesday that the net assets of its Mirae Asset US Dividend Premium Fund, which invests...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Biden exempts graphite from EV mineral sourcing rule in win for Korea
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The US government has given automakers additional flexibility on battery mineral requirements, allowing electric vehicles w...
May 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
HYBE conflict vs NewJeans label set to escalate into legal battle
HYBE Co., the company behind boy band BTS, has reported Min Hee-jin, the chief of popular girl group NewJeans’ label ADOR, to police for inves...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Innovation to adjust business portfolios for long-term growth
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top energy company, is slated to adjust its business portfolios for long-term growth while not planning to sl...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Growing controversy over call to share profits for using wind energy
Renewable energy companies in South Korea are facing growing pressure to share their profits from wind or solar energy electricity generation, stirr...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Innovation reshuffles units to raise value
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top energy company, is reorganizing its subsidiaries to boost their individual values through independent man...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s LG telecom unit unveils AI agent with own technology
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, has introduced an artificial intelligence agent platform based on its own ixi AI technolog...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung gains upper hand vs Netlist in $303 million patent dispute
Samsung Electronics Co. has taken the upper hand in its ongoing legal battle against Netlist Inc. over memory chip module patent infringement allega...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
JB investors urged to oppose Align's call for board overhaul
Global proxy advisors International Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. have expressed their opinion that there is no need for...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Tmax Group to draw more than $572 mn to buy back Tmaxsoft
South Korea's leading software company Tmax Group is set to draw at least 750 billion won ($572.3 million) and a maximum of 1 trillion won from Seou...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Uplus unveils AI Callbot at Cuckoo call center
South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. announced on Tuesday that it will introduce the smart customer support solution artificial intelligence (AI) Call...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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