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Culture & Trends
Golf apparel goes trendy and upmarket in Korea on rise of young golfers
As the popularity of golf grows in South Korea, particularly among young people, golf clothes are becoming increasingly more expensive and fashionab...
Aug 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai Doosan Infracore declares 1st cash dividend in 14 years
Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co., a South Korean construction equipment company, will pay dividends to its shareholders for the first time in 14 years.A...
Jul 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Supply crisis dwarfs S.Korean display equipment makers
South Korea’s display equipment makers are suffering from the global supply disruption with forced delayed shipments of products to clients, i...
Jun 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Doosan Infracore to develop hydrogen engines for commercial use
Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co., a South Korean construction equipment company, said on June 26 that it will start a state-run project to develop hydro...
Jun 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Golf simulation centers' revenue soars 48% on-year
Even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, sectors serving golf enthusiasts have thrived in South Korea.Financial services company BC Card analyzed the sales ...
Jun 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Voice Caddie, Daol PE acquire US golf grip brand SuperStroke
Voice Caddie, a South Korean maker of golf course rangefinders and related golf products, and Daol Private Equity are jointly acquiring SuperStroke,...
Jun 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC, PE firm WWG to invest $450 mn in equipment maker Duravant
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), the South Korean sovereign wealth fund, and private equity firm White Whale Group (WWG) are slated to jointly in...
May 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
Samsung wins US 5G equipment order from Dish Network
Samsung Electronics Co. has been chosen to supply 5G network equipment to Dish Network Corp., a US wireless carrier in the middle of building a 5G n...
May 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
Korea contractor for TSMC, Airbus aims to top anodizing sector
South Korea’s YKMC Inc., an integrated contract manufacturer for global companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and Ai...
Apr 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean golf course price likely to set new record per hole
The price of a public golf course in South Korea has surged 35% in one and a half years to set the highest per-hole selling price for a Korean golf ...
Apr 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan to supply key SMR equipment to US NuScale Power
Doosan Enerbility Co., South Korea's major power plant builder, will participate in a nuclear power plant in the US as a key equipment supplier for ...
Apr 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
SUV, minivan sales reach 52% of car market in Q1
Sales of leisure vehicles in South Korea, primarily sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and minivans, exceeded half of domestic finished car sales in the ...
Apr 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean PE firm in exclusive talks to buy golf grip brand SuperStroke
South Korea's Daol Private Equity, formerly known as KTB Private Equity, is in exclusive talks to buy the entirety of SuperStroke, a US golf grips m...
Apr 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung’s 2022: Year of war on uncertainty, shaky supply chain
Samsung Electronics Co.'s spectacular 2021 earnings report on Thursday was overshadowed by its murky business outlook, as the world’s top make...
Jan 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Zuckerberg-backed family office bets on Korean golf platform
ICONIQ Capital, a US family office backed by Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has invested 50 billion won ($42 million) in Smartscore, a South ...
Jan 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Hanmi, other chip machine makers to benefit from TSMC capex hike
Hanmi Semiconductor Co., a chip equipment supplier to global foundry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), has posted record profit ...
Jan 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Motor unveils world’s first hydrogen garbage truck
Hyundai Motor Group revealed a clip of the world’s first hydrogen-powered garbage truck Thursday. The video titled “Dear My Hero” ...
Dec 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK sells Japan golf club to SoftBank's Fortress for $3.5 bn
MBK Partners has sold Japan's largest golf course operator Accordia Next Golf to SoftBank's Fortress Investment Group for 400 billion yen ($3.5 bill...
Nov 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG to expand medical equipment business with pain-relieving device
LG Electronics Inc. is expanding its business scope to the medical equipment sector with a plan to unveil a pain-relieving device in an effort to ga...
Nov 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio
Sartorius to invest $300 mn in bio material, equipment plant in Korea
Sartorius AG, German laboratory equipment and raw material maker, is slated to invest $300 million in the next three years to build a plant in South...
Nov 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Race to produce high-nickel batteries accelerates
South Korea's top three electric vehicle battery makers -- LG Energy Solution Ltd., SK On and Samsung SDI Co. -- are gearing up for full-scale produ...
Oct 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
Huawei, Ericsson or Nokia? Apple or Samsung? US or China? Who’s winning the 5G races?
Once a glimmer in the eyes of executives from Shenzhen to Silicon Valley, 5G now dominates a broad swath of the global supply chain—and the ...
Oct 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
S.Korean heavy equipment makers ride global raw materials boom
The surging demand for raw materials around the world are driving sharp sales rebounds of South Korea’s two leading equipment makers Hyundai C...
Oct 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
New Mercedes-Benz C-Class equipped with LG ADAS camera
The new Mercedes-Benz C-Class is equipped with LG Electronics Inc.’s advanced driving assistance system (ADAS) camera module, helping the Sout...
Oct 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S.Korea's top golf course operator aims for 2022 IPO
South Korea's Golfzon County Co. has begun the process to apply for an initial public offering next year, which analysts said would value the countr...
Oct 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy develops safer, long-lasting solid-state battery technology
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Friday the company and the University of California San Diego have jointly developed a next-gene...
Sep 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Millennials now S.Korea’s largest buyer of luxury goods
The millennials have become the largest spenders on luxury goods at department stores in South Korea. According to joint research by The Korea Econo...
Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai to delay launch of IONIQ 6 for redesign, longer mileage
Hyundai Motor Co. will delay the much-anticipated launch of the IONIQ 6, the top South Korean automaker’s second all-electric vehicle on an ex...
Aug 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao to strengthen subscription services after Q2 results
Kakao Corp. this year has reported the highest second-quarter earnings in company history.Its regulatory filing on Aug. 6 posted an operating profit...
Aug 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
F&F may pay $350 mn for TaylorMade without Korean sales license
South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. may not be able to sell apparel of TaylorMade Golf Co. in the country even after a $350 million t...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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