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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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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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Private equity
Affinity, GIC sell out of Kyobo Life; Chairman Shin seeks holding firm, M&A
Affinity Equity Partners and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have sold their entire stake in Kyobo Life Insurance Co., exiting from thei...
Mar 07, 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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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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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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Mergers & Acquisitions
Sono Hospitality to buy stake in Air Premia to bolster airline portfolio
Sono Hospitality Group, South Korea’s largest resort operator, will add low-cost carrier Air Premia Inc. to its bulging portfolio after agreei...
Oct 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
CJ CheilJedang to provide dumplings for Qantas Airways’ in-flight meals
CJ CheilJedang Corp. expands its K-food territory with Australia's largest airline.CJ CheilJedang announced on Tuesday that it will introduce Bibigo...
Sep 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
POSCO Int'l wins first credit rating from S&P, Moody's
South Korea's POSCO International Corp. said on Thursday that it received its first-ever credit ratings from Standard & Poor's (S&P) and Moo...
Aug 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean pension subscribers show ultra-low risk tolerance
South Korean pension plan subscribers prefer to protect their money rather than taking risks for capital gains despite the government's effort to en...
Aug 13, 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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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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Retail
Shinsegae guarantees PE firms’ SSG.COM exit amid delayed IPO
Shinsegae Inc. and its supermarket chain operator E-Mart Inc. will bring in at least one investor by the end of this year to buy shares in SSG.COM f...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Naver to submit remedies to Japan without A Holdings stake sale
LY Corp., the operator of Japan’s popular messenger app Line, is expected not to propose Naver Corp.’s stake sale in its largest stakeho...
May 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
LG Energy vows to get tough on battery patent infringement cases
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker in terms of sales after China’s CATL, said on Wednesday it will take s...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea’s IBK, Japan’s Mizuho Bank agree on $218-million committed line
South Korea’s state-run Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) has agreed on a 300 billion won ($218 million) committed credit line with Japanese lead...
Apr 23, 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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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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Banking & Finance
Korean banking groups see record-high loan losses in 2023
South Korea’s top four financial services groups – KB, Shinhan, Hana and Woori -- booked 1.97 trillion won ($1.5 billion) of loans as lo...
Feb 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Line launches AI Assistant services in Japan
Line Corporation announced on Friday that it has launched paid and free AI Assistant services within the LINE Messenger in Japan.LINE AI Assistant i...
Feb 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor launches EVery care for electric cars
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Thursday that it launched EVery Care, an integrated program that will take care of customers' electric vehicle (EV) l...
Feb 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Sodium-ion batteries: Attractive option for EVs as costs, supply matter
Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), fast emerging as the next-generation battery cells, will be up to 24% cheaper than the most affordable lithium-based ba...
Jan 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai launches 2024 Xcient Pro heavy truck model
South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Tuesday the launch of its updated heavy truck model, the '2024 Xcient Pro.' This new model i...
Jan 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea’s Kia to set up sales unit in Thailand; EV plant an option
South Korea’s second-largest automaker Kia Corp. plans to establish a sales subsidiary in Thailand as part of its electric vehicle push in the...
Jan 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Bulgogi & ramyun top Jeju Air's in-flight menu in 2023
South Korea'st budget carrier Jeju Air Co. announced on Monday that its most popular in-flight meals and cabin cafe items in 2023 were bulgogi deopb...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Innocean establishes social marketing subsidiary
Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it has established its social m...
Jan 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to sell Russian car plants at about $100 for exit
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top carmaker, has decided to sell its plants in Russia for only about $100 to a local company although it has...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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