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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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Chief Executives
Korean military fund targets medium-risk global assets
The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), a South Korean retirement fund, is chasing medium-risk, medium-return assets in developed markets with a...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Kakao says to shift toward co-existing business model
Kakao Corp. will be abandoning its growth model that has transformed once a mere mobile messenger operator into one of South Korea's largest busines...
Sep 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Non-ferrous metals
Korea Zinc emerges winner despite sharp decline in treatment fees
Just like many other manufacturers around the world, 2020 was a turbulent year for Korea Zinc Co., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter.T...
Sep 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Warehouse investments in Korea on hold after Coupang fire
South Korean landowners, in particular in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, were recently forced to stop negotiations with the would-be buyers of their l...
Aug 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
AI edtech startup KidsLoop joins unicorn club
Artificial intelligence-based education is similar to self-driving cars, which select the optimal transportation routes for their drivers, according...
Aug 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
AI startup Moloco raises near $150 million
Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence startup Moloco Inc. has raised around 173.4 billion won ($148.1 million) in a recent funding round led ...
Aug 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Yellow Umbrella sets sights on warehouses, secondaries
The Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund, a $14 billion savings arm of South Korean small business owners, is planning to further reduce the proportion o...
Aug 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Coupang’s revenue grows by more than 50% for 15 consecutive quarters
The US-listed e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. has posted its highest-ever quarterly revenue. The company reported on Aug. 12 that its second-quarter r...
Aug 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korea manufacturers’ trillion won club to nearly triple
The number of the trillion won club of South Korean manufacturing sector is set to nearly triple this year even as a resurgence in the COVID-19 is...
Aug 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean funds weigh overseas real estate exits in H2
Domestic office buildings and logistics centers dominated South Korean institutions' property transactions in the first half of this year, with fier...
Jul 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Goldman mulls redemption option for Coupang loan, but still undecided
Goldman Sachs has begun researching its right to call in the 300 billion won ($265 million) loan it provided against Coupang Corp.'s two distributio...
Jun 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Coupang fire may cut ROI of warehouse assets
Last week’s devastating fire at a Coupang distribution center, which reportedly burned down more than 16 million items for delivery, is expect...
Jun 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Mastern, Kiwoom close $200 mn France logistics deal
South Korea's Mastern Investment Management Co. and Kiwoom Securities Co. have completed the acquisition of six last-mile distribution centers in Fr...
Jun 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Ad tech firm Moloco joins unicorn club via Series C round
Moloco Inc., a data-driven advertising solutions firm, has concluded its Series C funding round, rendering the company a newcomer to the unicorn clu...
May 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Goldman-backed Korea Superfreeze to build $2.2 bn facilities
Korea Superfreeze Co., 24.95% owned by Goldman Sachs PIA, will spend 2.5 trillion won ($2.2 billion) in building six cold storage facilities in Sout...
Apr 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Last-mile logistics
Two Korean firms look to buy six France warehouses
South Korea's Mastern Investment Management Co. and Kiwoom Securities Co. are in the due diligence process to acquire six last-mile logistics center...
Apr 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Smilegate becomes 5th game firm to join trillion won club
Smilegate Entertainment Inc. has become the fifth South Korean game company to join the trillion won club, as it posted a revenue of 1.73 trillion w...
Apr 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Revenue club
Korea’s top delivery app operator Woowa joins 1 trillion won sales club
Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, commonly known as Baemin, has joined the 1 trillion w...
Mar 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Shinsegae buys baseball club in quest for retail-sports synergy
The vice-chairman of South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group, Chung Yong-jin, has a reputation of being an early adopter. He's known to be ...
Feb 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korean REIT backed by Amazon’s Japan warehouse eyes $280 mn IPO
A South Korean real estate investment trust (REIT) backed by Amazon’s largest logistics center in Japan and an office complex in Seoul is plan...
Feb 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
IGIS Asset, Hana buy $390 mn US Amazon logistics portfolio
South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co. and Hana Financial Investment Co. have jointly acquired three pre-completed logistics centers in the U...
Dec 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korean investors buy Dutch logistics center using drones and smartphones
South Korea’s Kiwoom Securities Co. has acquired a new logistics center in the Netherlands for 180 billion won ($165 million) this year, relyi...
Dec 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Asiana likely to withdraw from Star Alliance membership post-merger
Asiana Airlines Inc., up for a merger with bigger crosstown rival Korean Air Lines Co., is expected to drop out of Star Alliance, a global airline all...
Nov 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blackstone leans toward warehouse, life science properties
The Blackstone Group, which four years ago held the world’s largest hotel portfolio, has shed most of its hotel investments over the past few ye...
Oct 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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REIT
Korean REIT backed by Amazon’s Japan warehouse seeks Seoul IPO
A South Korean brokerage firm with a 50.1% stake in Amazon’s largest distribution center in Japan is seeking to list a real estate investment tr...
Jul 27, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
NH Investment, Nuveen jointly buy Amazon warehouse in Japan
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has taken a 50.1% stake in an Amazon distribution center in Japan for around 150 billion won ($130 million) in...
Jan 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Sec buys Amazon warehouse in Germany for $215 mn: report
Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. has recently closed the acquisition of Amazon’s new logistics center in Germany for 260 billion won ($215 million), in an ...
Sep 04, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean banks lend club loan for $115 mn aircraft debt finance
Three big South Korean lenders have lent a $85 million club loan to ALAFCO, a Kuwait-based aircraft leasing company, which recently raised $115 millio...
Nov 29, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean institutions to invest $53 mn to buy Tesco-leased UK warehouse
A consortium of South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMAA) and MG Non-Life Insurance Co. Ltd. will invest 60 billion won ($53...
Oct 20, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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