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Banking & Finance
Mirae Asset's retirement pension reserves rise by $2.9 bn in 2024
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday that its defined contribution (DC) retirement pension and individual retirement pension (IR...
Oct 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2024
Australia, Asia real estate whet Korean pension funds' appetite
South Korean pension funds and insurance companies are raising their bets on real estate as they diversify their US and Europe-focused portfolios in...
Oct 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Align Partners calls on Doosan Bobcat to boost shareholder value
Align Partners Capital Management Inc., a South Korean activist fund, has called on Doosan Bobcat Inc., a global construction machinery maker owned ...
Oct 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hanwha Securities completes acquisition of Ciptadana in Indonesia
South Korea's Hanwha Investment & Securities said on Thursday that it completed the acquisition of Indonesia's Ciptadana Sekuritas.Ciptadana Sek...
Oct 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2024
Korean pension funds to up private equity exposure in 2025
South Korea's major pension and savings funds see no drastic reshuffle to their portfolios tilted to private debts next year. But they are looking t...
Oct 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Activist fund Palliser demands SK Square draw up value-boosting measures
UK-based activist fund Palliser Capital Ltd. is calling on SK Square Co., the investment arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK G...
Oct 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Activist Palliser Pushes for Change at AI Chip Investor SK Square
Activist investor Palliser Capital has built a stake in the holding company of highflying artificial-intelligence chip maker SK Hynix Inc. and is pu...
Oct 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics releases World Food Day campaign
LG Electronics Inc. said on Tuesday that it will display World Food Day on outdoor billboards in Times Square, New York, and Piccadilly Circus, Lond...
Oct 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Corporate management disputes spring up in S.Korea
An unprecedentedly high number of South Korean corporations have become targets of unwanted hostile takeover attempts or have been embroiled in mana...
Oct 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Korea’s Dongkuk develops world’s 1st biodegradable film for steel plates
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co. (Dongkuk CM), the cold-rolled steel unit of South Korean steel conglomerate Dongkuk Holdings Co., on Friday unveiled the wo...
Oct 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Liner raises $20 mn in Series B funding
South Korean AI search startup Liner said on Friday it raised 270 billion won ($200 million) in a Series B funding round led by Atinum Investment an...
Oct 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai unveils world’s 1st high-pressure ammonia dual-fuel engine
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said on Thursday it has developed the world's first ammonia dual-fuel engine with a high-pressure direct injection s...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C, Surbana Jurong to team up on power projects
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) established a cooperative network with Singapore's largest public-sector ...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
LX Pantos, Kazakhstan to cooperate on logistics
South Korea's LX Pantos said on Thursday that it plans to strengthen its logistics business in Central Asia, focusing on Kazakhstan.Lee Yong-ho, CEO...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai to launch India’s largest $3.3 bn IPO next week
Hyundai Motor Co.'s Indian subsidiary said on Wednesday it is set to launch its initial public offering, the largest listing in the country, next we...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec named Lowe's 2024 vendor partner of year
LG Electronics Inc. said on Wednesday that it was named Lowe's 2024 Vendor Partners of the Year. Lowe's operates over 1,700 home improvement store...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Two out of 5 CEOs hold negative views on Korean startup scene
Nearly half of South Korean startups hold negative views on the country’s startup ecosystem, citing the prolonged startup funding winter and t...
Oct 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea’s NPS investment arm suffers from chronic understaffing
South Korea’s largest institutional investor, the National Pension Service (NPS), managing 1,150 trillion won ($870.6 billion) in assets, stru...
Oct 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Sambark LFT rebranded as Lotte Engineering Plastics
Sambark LFT Co., a plastic materials producing unit of Lotte Chemical Corp., has changed its name to Lotte Engineering Plastics Co., the company sai...
Sep 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy to become 1st paperless drawing shipyard
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said on Monday it will adopt three-dimensional (3D) digital drawings for its entire ship design and construction proces...
Sep 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
S.Korea to offer incentives to attract foreign scientists
South Korea will offer incentives including a 50% income tax cut to attract foreign scientists to develop new growth drivers such as artificial inte...
Sep 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
Korea Investment Corp. appoints Park Il Young as its new CEO
South Korean sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) announced on Thursday that it has appointed former World Bank Group executive ...
Sep 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
CJ Logistics, Aidin Robotics to co-develop logistics robots
South Korea’s CJ Logistics and Aidin Robotics recently signed a memorandum of understanding to co-develop and commercialize logistics robots.U...
Sep 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Aespa to release its new album ‘Whiplash’ in October
K-pop girl group aespa is aiming to follow up its hit song “Supernova” with a string of hits with its new album “Whiplash."Managem...
Sep 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Hyundai Motor Group becomes KT's largest shareholder
Hyundai Motor Group has officially become the largest shareholder of South Korea's major telecommunications company KT Corp., following a public int...
Sep 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Financial launches $75 mn PF restructuring support fund
South Korea's Woori Financial Group has launched a 100 billion won ($74.96 million) project financing (PF) restructuring support fund.This marks the...
Sep 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Kia win 12 awards at IDEA Design Awards
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. announced on Friday that they won a total of 12 awards, including three Gold Awards, at the 2024 International Desig...
Sep 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s AI, robot startups shine despite funding drought
South Korea’s artificial intelligence and robotics startups raised more money through seed rounds than other sectors in August although invest...
Sep 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems, WB Group to collaborate on SAR satellites
South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. said on Monday that it signed a mid- to long-term business cooperation memorandum of understanding (MOU) for space ...
Sep 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea Investment Management to launch two India-focused ETFs
Korea Investment Management said on Wednesday it will launch two active exchange-traded funds (ETFs) targeting the Indian market on September 10.The...
Sep 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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