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E-commerce
Qoo10 buys Korean department store AK’s e-commerce unit
Southeast Asia-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Pte. has signed an agreement to acquire South Korean department store chain AK Plaza’s online s...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Mubadala ties up with Korea’s Woori for global investments
Mubadala Investment Co., Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, has joined hands with Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest fi...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mirae Asset, Bloomberg to team up to develop ETFs
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., an asset manager under South Korea's financial service giant Mirae Asset Financial Group, will develop exchange-...
Feb 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Innotek, AOE join hands to lead vehicle, XR camera module markets
South Korea’s major camera module maker LG Innotek Co. has joined hands with AOE Optronics Co., an automotive lens-making subsidiary of Taiwan...
Jan 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion Holdings eyes Nasdaq IPO by early 2025: chairman
South Korean biosimilar giant Celltrion Group is planning to debut on the Nasdaq market by early 2025, founder and Chairman Seo Jung-jin said at the...
Jan 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI to invest in Canada Nickel, new mine in Canada
Samsung SDI Co. has agreed to invest $18.5 million in Canada Nickel Company Inc. to secure steady supplies of nickel and cobalt, key materials for r...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Bibigo, K-food a success case in Harvard Business School study
Harvard Business School students are set to study the success of South Korean foods in the global market through the case of Bibigo, the leading bra...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
CJ Logistics’ Indian operation Darcl taps IPO with SEBI
CJ Darcl Logistics, CJ Logistics Corp.'s Indian operation, is seeking to go public in the South Asian country to expand its footprint in the world&r...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai E&C to form private-public partnership for US solar power
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C), Korea Midland Power Co., and the Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urb...
Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SK Networks invests $20.7 mn in pet care startup
South Korean trading firm SK Networks Co. announced on Monday it has completed a 28-billion-won ($20.7 million) investment in the domestic pet care ...
Oct 30, 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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Food & Beverage
CJ CheilJedang to export K-Street Foods
South Korean food company CJ CheilJedang Corp. ’s strategic product lineup K-Street Food will be launched in June next year on major global ma...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KakaoBank to acquire 10% stake in Super Bank Indonesia
South Korea's KakaoBank Corp. announced on Tuesday its decision to invest in Indonesia's digital banking entity PT Super Bank Indonesia.This move ...
Oct 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
Hana Bank to enter digital asset custody sector with BitGo
South Korea's Hana Bank on Tuesday said it signed a strategic business agreement with BitGo, a Palo Alto, California-based global digital asset cust...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS likely to give full rights on asset managment to experts
The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, is poised to give investment experts full rights ...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Bank teams up with BuildBlock on US real estate services
South Korea's Woori Bank and US real estate platform operator BuildBlock have entered into a strategic memorandum of understanding to bolster overse...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Advanced memory is strategic asset for Korea’s chip supremacy: Hwang
South Korea, home to the world’s two largest memory chipmakers – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. – has been the dominant...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ CheilJedang divests Chinese subsidiary Jixiangju for $235 mn
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Monday that it has completely sold its ownership stake in its Chinese food subsidiary, Jix...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
McDonald’s to increase locations by 25% in S.Korea by 2030
McDonald’s Corp., the world’s top fast-food restaurant operator, is set to increase the number of its locatons in South Korea by 25% to ...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Lunit participates in Saudi's SEHA Virtual Hospital project
South Korean medical AI company Lunit announced on Wednesday that it will participate in the "SEHA Virtual Hospital" project, a key initiative of Sa...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Hancom, POSCO DX pursue robotic process automation solutions
South Korea’s office suite software maker Hancom and engineering and information and communications technology service provider POSCO DX will ...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Busan Equity Partners launches core minerals business in Philippines
Busan Equity Partners (BEP), a South Korean private equity firm, is partnering with Philippine mineral development company PGMPI to develop overseas...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
HYBE in talks to raise $380 million to reach beyond K-pop: Bloomberg
HYBE Co., the South Korean entertainment powerhouse behind BTS, is said to be seeking to finance about 500 billion won ($380 million) to bring more ...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Hanmi Semiconductor sets up local corporation in Vietnam
South Korean chip equipment maker Hanmi Semiconductor Co. said on Wednesday that it has set up a local subsidiary, Hanmi Vietnam, in the Bac Ninh re...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea to prop up quantum tech with academia, private sector
South Korea, trailing in the global race for quantum technology, will open a new quantum technology-dedicated graduate school with a consortium led ...
May 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Hyundai Rotem, Hana Bank to promote private railway project
Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean railway system maker under Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Monday that it has signed an infrastructure fund inve...
May 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Kia aim to expand in China through Shanghai Auto Show
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., both struggling in China, are aiming for a turnaround there by introducing over 30 new vehicles including those tai...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea invests $763.4 mn in strategic tech IP like aerospace, robotics
The South Korean government will inject this year budget of 1 trillion won ($763.4 million) in intellectual property (IP)-related projects.The Presi...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
KT Cloud, DigitalBridge join hands for data center biz in Korea
KT Cloud Co., the cloud computing unit under South Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier KT Corp., and US infrastructure investment firm Digit...
Mar 24, 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)