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Business & Politics
Korean government vows stern response to Tokyo’s pressure on Naver
The South Korean government said on Monday it will resolutely respond to any “unfair” measures by Tokyo against Naver Corp., which is re...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha buys S’pore Dyna-Mac’s stake for $73.8 mn from Keppel
South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group bought a stake in Dyna-Mac Holdings Ltd., a Singaporean floating facility designe...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Woori Financial acquires Korea Foss Securities to offer brokerage services
Woori Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest financial services group, has acquired Korea Foss Securities Co., paving the way for ...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
STIC Investments to sell Korea’s top mobile coupon platform
Seoul-based private equity firm STIC Investments is set to sell Coop Marketing, South Korea’s largest mobile coupon platform company that oper...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Navigating choppy waters: Dollar-won FX forecasting
Late last year, when the Korean won traded at 1,288 per dollar, most market analysts and economists predicted that the Korean currency would regai...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor's Chung visits India amid talks of Indian arm's IPO
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman and Chief Executive Chung Euisun visited the headquarters of the group’s Indian operations earlier this week and ...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix, TSMC tie up to stay ahead of Samsung for HBM supremacy
South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. said on Friday it is partnering with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to jointly develop next-generat...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
HD Hyundai Electric likely to join MSCI Korea: Samsung Securities
HD Hyundai Electric Co., Alteogen Inc. and Enchem Co. are expected to be invited to join Morgan Stanley Capital International’s Korea Index wh...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Korea’s vision AI startup Superb AI eyes IPO in H1, 2026
South Korea’s promising vision AI platform developer Superb AI Inc., which has recently added generative AI to its business portfolio, is seek...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Holdings, KNOC to jointly secure lithium in Canada
POSCO N.EX.T Hub, the venture platform of POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the K...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Hanwha Vision unveils cloud, AI security techs in US
South Korea's Hanwha Vision Co. announced on Friday that it participated in the International Security Conference & Exposition (ISC) 2024, the l...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea’s 'Seven Tigers,' next hot stocks: Hyundai Motor Securities
Japan may have its Seven Samurai and the US its Magnificent Seven, but South Korea has "Seven Tiger" stocks thanks to the artificial intelligence ch...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Samsung C&T to build Korea’s first $103 mn hydrogen tank for power plant
Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, has clinched a 140 billion won ($103 million) deal to...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Golf equipment maker Taylormade to refinance $222 mn of debt
One of the South Korean owners of Taylormade Golf Co., a leading global golf equipment maker, is set to refinance its 300 billion won ($221.7 millio...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Korean companies’ 2024 facility investment doubles to $39.4 billion
South Korea’s major companies invest heavily in facilities to seek new growth engines and drive up their corporate value amid tough business c...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Jeju Air, MBK Partners in talks to buy Asiana’s cargo unit
South Korea’s top budget carrier Jeju Air Co. is in talks with North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners to acquire Asiana Airlines ...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Samsung, GS win $7.2 bn gas plant project in Saudi
South Korea’s Samsung Engineering (new name: Samsung E&A) and GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) won a $7.2 billion co...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Securities leads M&A of Trench Group
South Korea's Shinhan Securities announced on Friday that it participated as the lead underwriter in the merger and acquisition deal of Trench Group...
Mar 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
NH Investment gets APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules
South Korea's NH Investment & Securities announced Friday that it obtained the global personal information protection certification APEC Cross-B...
Mar 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Weak property market cuts into Korean securities firms’ profits
dd South Korea’s securities firms suffered a 20% fall in overall net profit last year hurt by the weak property market, adding to bearish vie...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
MBK secures $1 bn refinancing on Homeplus from Meritz
MBK Partners, the North Asia-focused private equity firm, has refinanced all of its 1.3 trillion won ($1 billion) loans on Homeplus with a new one f...
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to supply $752 million in Mach-1 AI chips to Naver, replace Nvidia
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, will supply its next-generation Mach-1 artificial intelligence chips to Naver Corp....
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Enmove in talks to deliver liquid cooling system to US tech firm
South Korea’s lube oil maker SK Enmove Co. is seeking to supply liquid immersion cooling systems for data centers of a US technology company, ...
Mar 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Renault to invest $523 mn to build green car hub in Korea
Renault Korea Motors Co., grappling with a protracted slump without new releases, plans to invest more than 700 billion won ($523 million) by 2027 t...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Elec expands workforce to enhance AI cyber security
LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, is actively increasing its workforce to improve artificial intelligence cyber security...
Mar 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On in talks with Nissan to supply batteries in US
South Korean rechargeable battery maker SK On Co. is in talks with Nissan Motor Co. to jointly produce battery cells for the Japanese carmaker in th...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Trump confidant Arkansas Gov. Sanders in Seoul for trade talks
Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee Sanders, Arkansas governor and long-time confidant of former US President Donald Trump, has shown firm support for her form...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Lotte puts Lotte Chemical Titan in Malaysia on market
Lotte Chemical Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 petrochemicals company, has embarked on the process of selling its Malaysian unit Lotte Chemical Tit...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea reclaims top spot in global shipbuilding orders in February
South Korean shipbuilders reclaimed the global No. 1 position in new orders last month for the first time since October 2023, according to data by U...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Galaxy S24 Ultra named top phone in US
Samsung Electronics Co. 's latest flagship AI phone model the Galaxy S24 Ultra has secured the top position in the smartphone evaluation by the US C...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)