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Supply chain
South Korea to launch $7.6 bn supply chain fund, make urea locally
South Korea plans to set up a supply chain stabilization fund of up to 10 trillion won ($7.6 billion) to effectively cope with sudden supply disrupt...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion Healthcare's Herzuma selected as funded brand in NZ
Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Thursday that its biosimilar anticancer drug Herzuma (active ingredient trastuzumab) for breast and gastr...
Dec 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Palliser Capital urges Samsung C&T reform for $25 bn value-up
London-based hedge fund Palliser Capital said on Wednesday that Samsung C&T Corp. is 63% intrinsically undervalued and could increase its value ...
Dec 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Seoul to build huge two-ring Ferris wheel for $700 mn
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Sunday unveiled the design of a Ferris wheel, tentatively named Seoul Twin Eye, which it plans to complete by 2...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia EV9 sweeps European awards, sees strong US pre-orders
The Kia EV9, the flagship large all-electric sport utility vehicle of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, is sweeping major industrial awards in Eu...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
HD Hyundai taps RCE to go global with used heavy machinery
HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Co., the construction machinery provider under South Korean shipbuilding conglomerate HD Hyundai Group, will ventu...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC recoups 40% of 2022’s loss on stock, bond gains
Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) posted a 7.12% return on total asset investments in the first eight months of this year, recouping about 40% of last ye...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
More Koreans seek high-yield bond funds, betting the Fed will end hikes
South Korean investors are growing more interested in global high-yield bond funds, betting that the US Federal Reserve is likely to end its interes...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Eastspring Asset in Korea up for grabs at about $77 mn
Eastspring Asset Management Korea Co., the Korean operation of Prudential plc’s asset management unit, is up for sale for about 100 billion wo...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
EcoPro Materials' Kospi debut draws investors for short-term gains
Shares in EcoPro Materials Co., South Korean battery materials maker EcoPro Group’s unit that went public on Nov. 17, are skyrocketing as reta...
Nov 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea to pour $26 bn in UK’s renewables, infrastructure
South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund, banks and other private sector companies plan to pour £21 billion ($26.3 billion) in renewables, in...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Investors roundtable: Watch out for a possible recession
Investors should carefully watch out for the probability of recession and how it will impact asset allocation strategies next year, experts said at ...
Nov 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
VCs give thumbs up to EV, parts/materials, travel tech
The venture capital funding crunch has continued through this year in South Korea but VCs have raised their stakes in select companies in the electr...
Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Doctornow signs business agreement with Spain’s Mediktor
South Korea's medical care startup Doctornow Inc. announced on Wednesday it signed a strategic business agreement with global artificial intelligenc...
Nov 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lotte builds US antibody-drug conjugate plant with $82 mn
South Korea’s Lotte Biologics Co. is establishing an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) factory in Syracuse, New York, with an investment of 110 bi...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Korea Investment, Carlyle Group sign strategic partnership
Korea Investment & Securities Co. announced on Friday it has signed a strategic partnership with Carlyle Group, one of the world's leading priva...
Oct 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S.Korea releases winter schedule for weekly int’l flights
South Korea will expand its number of weekly flights this winter to Japan and Southeast Asia, two regions expected to have high demand that season, ...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Whole loans offer funding solution for stretched borrowers: Savills IM
Despite the challenging economic environment, there are still plenty of opportunities for profit in commercial real estate, notably through debt i...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea’s startups see Sept. investment surge 85%
South Korea’s startups last month saw investment rise for the first time this year.The Seoul-based Startup Alliance, a private support organiz...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Card's Kazakhstan arm secures $60 mn from IFC
Shinhan Finance, a subsidiary of South Korea's Shinhan Card in Kazakhstan, has attracted a $60 million investment from the International Finance Cor...
Oct 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Pablo Air secures $15.5 mn in pre-IPO investment
Pablo Air Co. Ltd., a specialized drone control company, announced on Friday that it has attracted an investment of 21 billion won ($15.5 million) i...
Oct 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S.Korean airlines see 12.87 mn int’l passengers in Q3 2023
South Korean airlines’ international passenger traffic in the third quarter reached 85% of that over the same period in 2019, the year befor...
Oct 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
One Store secures $14.8 mn investment from Krafton
South Korean homegrown app store One Store Co. has attracted a 20-billion-won ($14.8-million) investment from Krafton Inc. The company's goal is to ...
Oct 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's Harim to divest of Hanjin KAL shares to fund HMM acquisition
South Korea’s poultry processing company Harim Group is set to sell off all its Hanjin KAL Co. shares its affiliate owns to secure capital for...
Oct 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
KIC heavily relies on foreigners for alternative investments
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) entrusted most of its money for investments in alternative assets such as real estate and private equity to forei...
Oct 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
S.Korea's SKC to sell polyurethane raw material unit for $304 mn
South Korean chemical material company SKC Ltd. is selling its unit for raw materials of polyurethane (PU), a chemical substance.The company’s...
Oct 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shilla Duty Free ready to boost sales at Changi Airport
HDC Shilla Duty Free Ltd., the operator of The Shilla Duty Free Shop, said on Tuesday it has extended the contract to run cosmetics and perfume stor...
Oct 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
KT&G faces another legal battle with Korean activist fund
Singapore-based private equity firm Flashlight Capital Partners Pte. said Monday that it has filed court injunctions against KT&G Corp., beginni...
Oct 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Plasma gets investment from Indonesian fund
South Korea’s SK Plasma on Tuesday said it signed a term sheet, or a nonbinding agreement on the basic terms and conditions of an investment, ...
Oct 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Overseas trips top pre-pandemic levels during Chuseok holiday
The number of South Koreans who spent this year’s six-day holiday of Chuseok abroad exceeded pre-pandemic levels, indicating a recovery in the...
Oct 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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