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Chemical Industry
Toray to move into battery separator business
Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc., a South Korea-based producer of chemical materials and technology products, is entering the battery separator f...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
SK Ecoplant seeks to establish eco holding firm, sell 40% stake to PEFs
SK Ecoplant Co. is seeking to establish an interim holding firm for its waste management subsidiaries and sell its stake to private equity firms as ...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
CrystalGenomics to sell largest 20% stake to Invites Healthcare for $44 mn
CrystalGenomics Inc., South Korea’s first-generation biopharma venture company, will sell new shares worth 58 billion won ($44 million) in a b...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SKC to buy controlling stake in chip test maker ISC for about $300 mn
SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials company, is slated to buy a controlling stake in semiconductor chip test maker ISC Co., in a deal estima...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Ecoplant to join Canada's $4.5 bn green hydrogen project
South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. on Wednesday signed an agreement to join the first-stage, $4.5 billion construction of green hydrogen and ammoni...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Korea to require pre-disclosure of major shareholder stake sales
South Korea is set to require pre-disclosures of major shareholders’ listed company stake sales in an aim to prevent tumbles in stock prices.A...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Poshmark powers Naver earnings; HyperCLOVA X the next booster
South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings thanks to strong sales of Poshmark Inc. in the US. It ...
May 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On to attract $1.1 bn from BlackRock, MBK consortium
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, is slated to attract 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) from a consortium of US private equit...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK Partners to buy Belgian chocolate brand Pierre Marcolini
Private equity firm MBK Partners is set to acquire Pierre Marcolini, a Belgian chocolate brand called "Hermes of Chocolate."MBK bought the South Kor...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GeneOne Life Science gets patent for coated microneedle tech in China
South Korea’s biopharmaceutical company GeneOne Life Science Inc. on Tuesday said it received a patent from the China National Intellectual Pr...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
POSTECH hits jackpot with stakes in POSCO companies on battery boom
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), set up by South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Group in 1986 as a research university in the...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
LG shares soar as UK asset manager Silchester raises stake
LG Corp., the holding firm of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group, saw its share price soar in the local market on Wednesday as...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
NPS, Korea Investment to sell off stake in Brazilian miner CBMM
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) and Korea Investment Private Equity Co. are set to sell off their stake in a Brazilian rare metal...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea Coal Corp. to sell Mongolian mine amid energy resource boom
Korea Coal Corporation, a South Korean state-owned firm, is preparing to sell its Khotgor Shanaga coal mine in Mongolia, which it acquired in 2010...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea's NPS increases stake in Lotte Tour Development
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) has increased its stake in Lotte Tour Development Co. to 6.07%, according to an announcement by Lotte T...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Investors ready their return to Korean stock market but with bet on declines
Investors are readying their return to the stock market in South Korea, encouraged by the rosy outlook for secondary battery stocks, but more retail...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix to raise $1.5 bn in exchangeable bonds
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Monday it would raise $1.5 billion through exchangeable bonds (EBs) in a p...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip foundry DB HiTek's stock near 10-month peak on activist fund
South Korean leading foundry chipmaker DB HiTek’s stock price hit a near 10-month high this week as a domestic activist fund bought a stake to...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Luxury watchmaker Hublot buys Korean ceramic supplier Ecco
Hublot, a Swiss watchmaker under global luxury giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, has taken over South Korean ceramic manufacturer Ecco Wa...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hanwha Solutions secures 9.7% stake in US battery materials company
Hanwha Solutions Corp., a South Korean company focused on energy services, petrochemicals and real estate development, recently acquired a 9.73% sta...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Samsung raises Rainbow Robotics stake, eyes management control
Samsung Electronics Co. is looking to own a controlling stake in Rainbow Robotics Co., a South Korean collaborative robot maker, as the tech giant h...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE to buy 2 labels in the Americas after dropping SM bid
HYBE Co., the company behind global sensation BTS, plans to acquire at least two prominent labels in the Americas this year as it aims to become a m...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK sells US car-sharing firm Turo stake to earn over $32 mn
South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group exited from Turo, the US top peer-to-peer car-sharing company, to make an estimated return ...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Supply chain
Samsung SDS acquires Korea’s No. 1 procurement SCM company
Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit of South Korea's Samsung Group, has acquired a 33.39% stake in Emro Inc., Korea's top suppl...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Tmap Mobility to sell all its 30% stake in joint venture with Grab
Tmap Mobility Co., the Korean navigation app company, announced on Tuesday its plan to sell its 30% stake in Grab Geo Holdings, a joint venture esta...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
System on chips: Samsung’s new high-stakes foundry business
Samsung Electronics Co. is setting its sights on system on chips (SoCs) to continue to drive growth in its foundry business amid a protracted slowdo...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
SK Networks invests $22 mn in US AI-based device company
South Korea's SK Networks has identified a startup specializing in AI-based devices and software platforms as a new investment target. The startup, ...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kakao to launch takeover bid for SM to counter HYBE
Kakao Corp., South Korea’s dominant mobile platform, will launch a takeover bid for SM Entertainment Co., according to people with knowledge o...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE barely ups SM stake in tender offer amid tensions with Kakao
HYBE Co. has raised its stake in the K-pop pioneer SM Entertainment Co. by merely 0.98% in a tender offer, after just one institution and minority i...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
KT&G’s hidden saviors in activist fight: In-house funds
KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, will likely get support from in-house shareholders in a battle against activist funds...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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