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Entertainment
K Enter moves step closer to Nasdaq listing in May
K Enter Holdings Inc., an umbrella entity of South Korea-based entertainment companies creating original entertainment content and managing related ...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Hanmi Science-OCI merger may gain traction with NPS' support
The merger of South Korea’s pharmaceutical holding firm Hanmi Science Co. and chemicals giant OCI Holdings Co. is likely to gain momentum as N...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Proxy advisor KCGS backs Hanmi founder's sons return to board
South Korea’s top proxy advisory firm has recommended that shareholders of Hanmi Science Co. vote in favor of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group&rsquo...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix explores HBM chip collaboration with Kioxia
SK Hynix Inc. is exploring collaboration with Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. to produce high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, which have been...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
T’way, Air Premia to take off with Korean Air-Asiana merger
The proposed 1.8 trillion-won ($1.3 billion) merger between Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. will offer a tailwind to South Korea&rsquo...
Feb 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
OCI-Hanmi merger faces tougher hurdles amid family feud
Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s aim to merge with chemicals giant OCI Group is hitting some roadblocks amid a prolonged feud between the family o...
Feb 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung’s Lee cleared of charges over Samsung C&T merger
The Seoul Central District Court on Monday acquitted Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee of charges of being involved in illegal activities ...
Feb 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Japan approves Korean Air-Asiana merger
Japan has finally given the nod to the merger between South Korea’s No. 1 full-service carrier Korean Air Lines Co. and No. 2 Asiana Airlines ...
Jan 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
OCI-Hanmi merger to create Korea’s Bayer: OCI Chairman
Merging into one team, OCI Group and Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group will leap forward to be a global novel drug manufacturing and biotechnology innova...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
CJ ENM, SK Square to merge OTTs to take on Netflix
CJ ENM Co., South Korea’s entertainment powerhouse, and SK Square Co., an investment unit of the country’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, ...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee heads to Europe for partner meetup, Busan Expo
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee has embarked on a business trip to Europe as he seeks to tighten cooperation with Samsung’s key bu...
Nov 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Shinhan offers $77 mn debts in merger of Vistra, Tricor
South Korea's Shinhan Investment & Securities Co. said on Wednesday that it has led the merger of financial services firms Vistra and Tricor in ...
Nov 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Asiana’s cargo unit sale faces tough hurdles before KAL merger
The proposed merger of Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) and Asiana Airlines Inc. has moved one step closer to completion with Asiana’s backing of it...
Nov 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Asiana Airlines to sell cargo business for merger with Korean Air
Asiana Airlines Inc. on Thursday decided to carve out its lucrative cargo business, clearing a major hurdle to its merger with bigger rival Korean A...
Nov 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion’s approved merger removes hurdle to three-way combination
South Korea’s biosimilar drugmaker Celltrion group on Monday moved one step closer to the planned combination of its three major affiliates wi...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Air Premia mulls $110 mn rights offer for more long-haul flights
South Korean low-cost carrier (LCC) Air Premia Inc. will make a decision on a rights offering worth up to 150 billion won ($110.4 million) at a boar...
Oct 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix may block Kioxia-Western Digital merger
South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix Inc. is rumored to be frowning on the integration of Japan’s Kioxia Holdings Corp. with US-based Weste...
Oct 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Proxy adviser ISS backs drug giant Celltrion's merger plan
South Korean drug giant Celltrion Group has received a positive recommendation from Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a global leading proxy...
Oct 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean Air may give up Asiana’s cargo business, 4 routes for EU approval
Korean Air Lines Co. may give up the cargo business of Asiana Airlines Inc. and four of its lucrative routes in Europe in an all-in bet as the marri...
Sep 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion considers listing holding firm after merger of 3 units
South Korean drug giant Celltrion Group will consider listing its holding company if necessary, after it completes the merger of three affiliates &n...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte’s intra-group merger, business integration fare well
Lotte Mart and Lotte Super are leading Lotte Group’s efforts to streamline the overlapping businesses of its units. Their second-quarter resul...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion to merge with global sales affiliate by end-2023
South Korean pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Group has begun procedures to merge biopharmaceuticals developer and producer Celltrion Inc. with global...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Kookmin Bank launches integrated bank in Cambodia
South Korea’s KB Kookmin Bank on Sunday said it received final approval on Friday from Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce to launch the int...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
EU temporarily halts probe of Korean Air-Asiana merger
Europe's antitrust regulator has temporarily suspended its investigation into the proposed merger of Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. a...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Tribunal partially accepts Elliott’s claims over Samsung merger
The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Tuesday ruled in favor of US-based hedge fund Elliott Investment Managemen...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affirma Capital’s Korean MD Thomas Shim promoted to partner
Global private equity firm Affirma Capital has promoted Seoul-based Managing Director Min Hyun (Thomas) Shim to partner, investment banking sources ...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
US antitrust body blocks $1.4 bn Korean Air-Asiana deal
Korean Air Lines Co. ’s acquisition of smaller domestic rival Asiana Airlines Inc. is poised to collapse after the US antitrust agency raised ...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air-Asiana merger hits roadblock in US, Europe
The proposed merger between South Korea’s two largest airlines hit a roadblock in the West as a media outlet reported that the US government i...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air, Asiana to increase award seats ahead of merger
Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. are set to increase award seats while revising their membership terms and conditions to help customers...
Apr 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
US affiliate of Korea's cell therapy company NK Max eyes NYSE listing in 3Q
NKGen Biotech, the US affiliate of South Korea's natural killer (NK) cell therapy developer NK Max, on Friday said it signed a letter of intent (LOI) ...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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