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Steel
POSCO Future M develops technology to make electrode rods
POSCO Future M Co., a battery material and steel manufacturing equipment supplier, said on Thursday it has developed electrode rod manufacturing tec...
Dec 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Asiana Airlines joins Korean Air as subsidiary
Asiana Airlines Inc., one of South Korea’s only two full-service carriers, has passed into history after 36 years of operation to be placed un...
Dec 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
GIC to open 2nd tender for Seoul landmark building sale as bids disappoint
Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund, is set to seek more proposals from bidders to sell a land...
Dec 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
Korean firms halt bond, share issues despite tighter liquidity
South Korean companies are postponing bond issues and initial public offerings on chilled investor sentiment in the aftermath of President Yoon Suk ...
Dec 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
BTS Jin to enter liquor business
BTS Jin plans to enter Korean traditional liquor business with Baek Jong-won, founder and CEO of The Born Korea Co., the entertainment industry sour...
Dec 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affinity to transform top Korean car rental firms into mobility service providers
Affinity Equity Partners aims to develop leading South Korean car rental companies into mobility service providers to create additional profitabilit...
Dec 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s OCI, US partner CPS Energy sign 20-year energy storage deal
South Korean solar cell company OCI Holdings Co. said on Tuesday it has signed a deal with US power supplier CPS Energy to jointly build a 120-megaw...
Dec 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
NPS steps back from Doosan Robotics' Bobcat merger
The National Pension Service (NPS) appears to be stalling on a vote for Doosan Robotics Inc.'s merger with Doosan Bobcat Inc., with major proxy advi...
Dec 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
LG CNS to use IPO proceeds to buy foreign IT firm
LG CNS Co., the information technology service unit of South Korea’s LG Group, plans to acquire a foreign IT company with the proceeds from it...
Dec 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG Electronics embarks on Indian unit's $1.8 bn IPO
LG Electronics India Pvt., wholly owned by LG Electronics Inc., has embarked on the process of going public to raise up to 2.6 trillion won ($1.8 bi...
Dec 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea’s economic system remains resilient: finance minister
The South Korean economy is solid, and the government will take “bold and swift’’ actions if needed to stabilize Asia’s four...
Dec 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea's Yoon survives impeachment; economic fundamentals firm
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol survived an impeachment vote against him after an overwhelming majority of governing party lawmakers boycotted ...
Dec 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea’s president apologizes for martial law
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol apologized to the public for causing “discomfort and anxiety” with his martial law declaration on ...
Dec 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s credit fundamentals remain firm amid political crisis: Fitch
South Korea’s credit rating remained unscathed by the political turmoil caused by the short-lived martial law declaration of President Yoon Su...
Dec 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Hong Kong-based PEF Affinity Equity to acquire control of Lotte Rental
Affinity Equity Partners, a Hong Kong-based investment firm, will acquire a controlling stake in South Korea’s No. 1 car rental and leasing co...
Dec 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korea's Smilegate invests in GTA producer's studio
Smilegate, the South Korean developer of the world’s top first-person shooter game Crossfire, said on Tuesday it invested in the US-based medi...
Dec 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
BOK to buy repos to counter martial law-driven market tantrum
South Korea’s central bank will provide "unlimited" liquidity to the country’s financial markets by purchasing repurchase agreements, or...
Dec 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea's foreign reserves amount to $415.4 bn in Nov
South Korea's official foreign reserves at the end of November amounted to $415.4 billion.According to the Bank Of Korea (BOK) on Wednesday, the nat...
Dec 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea president to lift martial law after Parliament rejects move
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Dec 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s inflation stays at 1% level for 3rd straight month
South Korea’s consumer prices remained steady at the 1% level for the third straight month in November thanks to a drop in oil prices. But eco...
Dec 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea to ease rules for employment permit system
The South Korean government plans to revamp its employment authorization system to allow foreign workers to stay in the country longer. Foreign...
Dec 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK kicks off Lotte Card sale for about $1.4 bn in 2nd bid
Lotte Card Co. is expected to be up for grabs in the first half of next year amid a second sale attempt by its largest shareholder MBK Partners, a N...
Dec 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korea’s LCCs to counter headwinds with exclusive routes, lower fares
South Korea’s budget airlines are gearing up to weather the sector’s downturn amid a weaker local currency and a sluggish domestic econo...
Dec 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Rebellions · Sapeon Korea merger, the first domestic AI chip unicorn
Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, officially merged with Sapeon Korea to form the first domestic AI chi...
Dec 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
China’s Alibaba acquires 5% of Ably in 1st equity investment in Korean firm
Chinese online shopping giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has invested 100 billion won ($71.4 million) in South Korea’s top women’s cloth...
Dec 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s export growth at 14-month low, adds to BOK rate cut views
South Korea’s export growth fell to a 14-month low in November with shipments to the world’s two biggest markets the US and China down, ...
Dec 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Latvian President Rinkēvičs seeks closer ties with S.Korea in bio, defense
Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs, who is on a four-day working trip to South Korea, said on Friday he hopes for deeper cooperation between the two...
Nov 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS enjoys 9.2% return as of Q3 on bullish US stocks
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s largest institutional investor, reported a preliminary 9.18% return from investments, equiva...
Nov 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
President of Latvia visits S.Korea's Daan Cancer Lab
Daan Cancer Laboratory under Severance Hospital said on Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Latvian government to streng...
Nov 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Zinc’s role questioned in SM Entertainment stock manipulation case
When OneAsia Partners, a Seoul-based private equity fund operator, revised part of its PEF Havana I’s articles of association on Feb. 14, 2023...
Nov 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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