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Private debt
M&A rebound will drive private credit volume increase: Golub Capital
As the Federal Reserve signaled delays in rate cuts after meeting earlier this month, more investors have adopted for a wait-and-see attitude. Those...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea’s KT to innovate media, content businesses with AI
South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. is set to innovate its media and content businesses with artificial intelligence as it seeks new growth d...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Universal Music acquires 10-year distribution rights to HYBE music
The world’s largest music company Universal Music Group (UMG) has struck an exclusive deal to distribute music from HYBE Co., the South Korean...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Licensed casual apparel brands' luster fades in Korea
The fad for licensed casual fashion brands appears to be cooling in South Korea, where American sports clubs, broadcasting networks and documentary ...
Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
In South Korea, Instagram thrives while Facebook declines
In South Korea, one of the world’s most wired countries, people can’t live without social networking services for everyday communication...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea’s bond sales up in February; corporate bonds remain buoyant
Bond sales in South Korea amounted to 71.8 trillion won ($54.4 billion) in February, 12.4% up from a month prior, according to a report from the Kor...
Mar 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
BTS agency HYBE logs record sales backed by albums, concerts
HYBE Co., the agency behind K-pop sensation BTS, last year logged the highest-ever annual revenue for a South Korean entertainment company, backed b...
Feb 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils Galaxy Tab Active5 enterprise version
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that its enterprise version of the tablet Galaxy Tab Active5 started to sell on business-to-business (...
Feb 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Not a penny for Samsung Sec in failed HMM deal, and little sympathy
After the planned $5 billion sale of HMM Co., South Korea’s largest container shipper, to poultry processor Harim Co. fell through this week, ...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to release pianist Seong-Jin Cho’s 8K video
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release the worldwide famous pianist Seong-Jin Cho’s live performance video in 8K...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea’s next tech wave in music to mushroom culture
Investors on the hunt for the next big thing in South Korea explored the country’s next wave of technology at this year’s first demo day...
Jan 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Orion, VNUA to team up for potato production
South Korea’s confectionery and snack maker Orion Corp. announced on Friday that it signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Institut...
Jan 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kia posts record 2023 sales, profit with bold 2024 business targets
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, on Thursday posted record 2023 profit and sales revenue, driven by strong sales of pricey m...
Jan 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte World Tower sees record-high visitors in 2023
Lotte Property & Development Co. (Lotte P&D) announced on Wednesday that the total number of visitors to Lotte World Tower and Mall last yea...
Jan 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
PEs exit Korean assets at average 2.5 times purchase price
Global private equity firms, which recover their principal investment in South Korea, sell their assets for 2.5 times the purchase price on average,...
Jan 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Hyundai, Samsung-backed startups vie for spotlight at CES
LAS VEGAS – At CES, big tech names often take center stage but this is also a dream place for underdogs to become rising stars with unconventi...
Jan 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Digital healthcare, robot, AI chip startups among VCs’ 2024 top picks
Startups that specialize in digital healthcare, robots and artificial intelligence chips are among South Korea-based venture capital firms’ to...
Jan 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ surpasses 5 billion views on Youtube
The music video for singer Psy's global hit "Gangnam Style" has surpassed 5 billion views on YouTube.According to YouTube on Saturday, the music vid...
Dec 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
This country will police ‘shrinkflation’ at the supermarket
SEOUL—Food prices have risen so much that Kim Soo-yeon has developed a suspicious new habit at the grocery store. She has taken to shaking bag...
Dec 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver Webtoon to enhance global biz with new exec for US IPO
Naver Webtoon Ltd., the world’s top digital comics provider, aims to ramp up its global business with the appointment of a new executive ahead...
Dec 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha clinches $2.4 bn Australian armored vehicle deal
Hanwha Aerospace Co. has won a $2.4 billion armored vehicle supply deal to Australia, adding to expectations that the South Korean defense industry ...
Dec 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung launches next-generation chip process development unit
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has launched a business unit tasked with developing next-generation chip proces...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung’s Harman ups ante in home audio market with Roon
Harman International has taken over Roon Labs, the multi-device and multi-room audio technology company popular among audiophiles for its streaming ...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ CheilJedang develops microwave-safe coated paper with PHA
South Korean food company CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Monday that it developed a compostable coated paper technology using the biodegradable b...
Nov 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
SM Entertainment invests in tech startup, music label
K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment Co. invested 1 billion won ($774,353) in a local app development startup valued at 20 billion won in June 2022 via...
Nov 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
S.Korean Keumsil Strawberries exports to SE Asia
"Keumsil," one of South Korea's representative strawberry varieties, has been exported to Southeast Asia. Jinju City in South Gyeongsang Province an...
Nov 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea turns more upbeat about economic recovery
South Korea is more hopeful about a gradual recovery in the economy, driven largely by revived global demand for its mainstay export semiconductors,...
Nov 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
South Korean steelmakers face longer winter
South Korean steelmakers, including the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker POSCO, are facing a longer-than-expected winter in steel demand as th...
Oct 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Lotte Wellfood promotes Pepero Day in New York
South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Thursday it has started the global campaign for Pepero in the US, the company's iconic chocolate-cover...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix showcases cutting-edge CXL, AiM memory at OCP Summit
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Friday it showcased its next-generation memo...
Oct 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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