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Food & Beverage
Korea’s No.1 bakery franchise successfully settles in US
Paris Baguette, South Korea’s top bakery franchise, has successfully settled in the US market, paving the way to expand its business throughou...
Dec 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS selects four Korean VCs to invest 150 bn won
The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea said on Nov. 9 it has selected the venture capital firms that will entrust the pension fund&rsqu...
Nov 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea’s Nuri: Mission unaccomplished, but one step closer to space
South Korea has launched its first domestically designed and developed space rocket Nuri, but failed to put a satellite into orbit, thwarting its bid ...
Oct 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Edison-led consortium named preferred buyer of Ssangyong Motor
A consortium led by electric bus maker Edison Motors Co. has been named the preferred buyer of South Korea’s troubled sport utility vehicle ma...
Oct 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
FNC Entertainment next in line for global success, shares surge
Shares of FNC Entertainment Co., a mid-size South Korean entertainment agency, are surging on expectations that offline concerts will soon resume wi...
Oct 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
DearU: A K-pop fan engagement platform success story
No company would know better than DearU Inc. that powerful fandom can turn into fast money.The South Korean startup that started as a software devel...
Oct 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
S.Korean content shares surge with global success of Squid Game
South Korea’s major content production houses have made a big comeback in the local stock market on Sept. 27 after a period of downhill over t...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Cookie Run developer enjoys 1126% year-to-date growth in stock price
Devsisters Corporation, the developer of the globally popular mobile game Cookie Run, has become a “ten bagger” stock with its price ris...
Sep 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asia’s Covid-19 Success Stories Warily Ponder Post-Vaccination Moves
Earlier this month, Singapore reached a Covid-19 milestone: The fully vaccinated portion of the population crossed 80%. But instead of moving ahead wi...
Sep 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Can SSG.COM IPO succeed despite mounting losses?
SSG.COM, the e-commerce brand of South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Inc., reported its second-largest operating loss in the second quarter a...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
LG Elec takes quantum leap in 6G with THz band breakthrough
LG Electronics Inc. has made a breakthrough in next-generation networks by transferring wireless 6G terahertz (THz) data over a 100-meter distance i...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
LG Elec takes quantum leap in 6G with new THz band milestone
LG Electronics Inc. has made a new breakthrough in next-generation networks by transferring wireless 6G terahertz (THz) data over a 100-meter distan...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce platform TMON delays IPO plans
South Korea’s e-commerce platform TMON Inc., majority-owned by KKR & Co. and Anchor Equity Partners, will postpone its plans for initial p...
Jul 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
BlackRock in talks to acquire Korea’s ESG-focused IGIS Private Equity
BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, is in talks to acquire IGIS Private Equity, a South Korea-based firm specialized in eco-fri...
Jul 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean banks enter digital asset custody market in quick succession
Woori Financial Group has become South Korea’s third major banking group to enter the digital asset custody service (DACS) market, following K...
Jul 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
POSCO returns from pandemic blues with record quarterly profit
South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO is emerging stronger from the pandemic-caused economic slowdown, with a record quarterly profit on robu...
Jul 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO International, Pertamina seek joint oil, gas development off Indonesia
POSCO International Co., the trading unit of South Korean steelmaker POSCO, has agreed with Indonesia’s PT Pertamina Hulu Energi (PHE) to look...
Jul 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Krafton lowers IPO share price amid debate over high valuation
South Korean game developer Krafton Inc. has decided to lower its initial public offering share price amid criticism over its high valuation followe...
Jul 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Mobile game developer Netmarble Neo kicks off IPO process
Following in the footsteps of its bigger rival Krafton Inc., South Korean mobile game developer Netmarble Neo has kicked off its initial public offe...
Jun 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tobacco
KT&G expands global foothold with 4,700 e-cigarette IP rights
The world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker KT&G Corporation is rapidly widening the global reach of its e-cigarette products, which have beco...
Jun 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
HiteJinro's fruit-flavored soju becomes huge hit among Russian MZers
South Korea's leading soju maker HiteJinro Co. has been enjoying great success in Russia thanks to strong demand for fruit-flavored soju from local ...
Jun 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPO funding
Market Kurly raises another $200 mn at a $2 bn valuation
The valuation of Kurly Inc. has now surpassed 2 trillion won ($1.8 billion). The operator of South Korea’s online grocery and gourmet fo...
Jun 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19 vaccines
Samsung Bio plans to manufacture mRNA drug substance from 2022
Samsung Biologics will be entering the drug substance segment of the COVID-19 vaccine contract manufacturing business. According to industry sources...
May 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Lotte Rental kicks off $360 mn IPO process, seeks $1.8 bn valuation
South Korea’s leading rental car company Lotte Rental Co. has kicked off an initial public offering process to raise some 400 billion won ($36...
May 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
BTS label cites fan-tailored innovation as key to success
Fan-tailored innovation is the crux of the success behind K-pop sensation BTS' label, according to Lenzo (Seok-jun) Yoon, chief executive of Big Hit...
Mar 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean e-book operator eyes unicorn status via successful foray into US
E-book platform operator RIDI Corp. has successfully tapped into the US market, fueling anticipation over the possibility of it becoming South Korea...
Mar 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
SK Bioscience attracts NPS, GIC in successful bookbuilding
South Korea-based SK Bioscience Co. has successfully concluded the bookbuilding for its initial public offering, attracting institutional investors ...
Mar 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
K-content shares rise as OTTs bask in success of dramatized webtoons
Korean content providers' shares are emerging as some of the best to buy as competition heats up among global over-the-top (OTT) services such as Ne...
Jan 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Why Lee Kun-hee wouldn't rest, despite global success
This is the final piece of a four-part series that will delve into Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s New Management initiative that charted Samsung's cours...
Oct 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Local activist fund acquires additional 1.48% in Hanjin KAL through successful public tender
Activist fund Korea Corporate Governance Improvement (KCGI) and mid-sized builder Bando Engineering & Construction have succeeded in their pu...
Aug 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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