Hyundai Rotem, Hana Bank to promote private railway project

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 inves...

S.Korean green bonds draw strong demand amid ESG fever

S.Korean green bonds draw strong demand amid ESG fever

South Korean green bonds eligible for government support enjoyed robust demand despite lower yields, as investors upgraded environmental, social, an...

POSCO Future M to issue $226 mn Korean green bonds

POSCO Future M to issue $226 mn Korean green bonds

South Korea's battery component maker POSCO Future M Co. (formerly POSCO Chemical) announced on Friday that it will issue 300 billion won ($226 milli...

Super-rich Koreans eye return to stocks despite weaker economy

Super-rich Koreans eye return to stocks despite weaker economy

The super-rich in South Korea are eyeing stocks for investments despite a slowdown in Asia’s fourth-largest economy this year, expecting the lo...

SK Siltron joins UNGC to strengthen ESG management

SK Siltron joins UNGC to strengthen ESG management

South Korean silicon wafer maker SK Siltron Co. announced on Monday that it has joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) to strengthen its env...

LG Group Chairman names AI, bio, clean tech as new growth engines

LG Group Chairman names AI, bio, clean tech as new growth engines

LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo has pledged to continue investing in future-oriented businesses and human resources despite the global economic slowdo...

Korea's Mirae Asset, SK Telecom tie up for security token ecosystem

Korea's Mirae Asset, SK Telecom tie up for security token ecosystem

Mirae Asset Securities Co. and SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top brokerage house and mobile carrier, are set to join hands to establish an ecos...

S.Korea's individual investors buy bonds this year worth $5.3 billion

S.Korea's individual investors buy bonds this year worth $5.3 billion

Individual investors in South Korea this year have made net bond purchases, or the difference between the buying and selling amounts, worth over 7 tr...

S.Korea to establish voluntary carbon credit exchange

S.Korea to establish voluntary carbon credit exchange

South Korea will introduce a voluntary carbon market (VCM) later this year, which is expected to broaden the scope of carbon credits and speed up eff...

S.Korea's Taekwang Industrial acquires ISO 45001 certification

S.Korea's Taekwang Industrial acquires ISO 45001 certification

Taekwang Industrial Co., a textile and petrochemical subsidiary of Taekwang Group, announced on Sunday that it has achieved ISO 45001 certification f...

SK Hynix set for largest-ever corporate bond issue at bargain prices

SK Hynix set for largest-ever corporate bond issue at bargain prices

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is gearing up for its largest-ever corporate bond issue in South Korea at lower-tha...

S.Korea's SKC Solmics changes name to SK Enpulse

S.Korea's SKC Solmics changes name to SK Enpulse

South Korea's SKC Solmics, a wholly owned fine ceramics subsidiary of SKC, on Sunday said it changed its name to SK Enpulse.With 100% investment from...

3 HD Hyundai affiliates to help ESG management of biz partners

3 HD Hyundai affiliates to help ESG management of biz partners

Three construction machinery affiliates of South Korea's HD Hyundai will support environmental, social and governance (ESG) management of their partn...

SK Hynix issues $1 bn sustainability-linked bonds

SK Hynix issues $1 bn sustainability-linked bonds

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. has raised $1 billion in sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) to become the world's first memory chipmaker to issue s...

Korea’s NPS to be in red in 2022 with 5.3% loss in Jan-Oct

Korea’s NPS to be in red in 2022 with 5.3% loss in Jan-Oct

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest such fund, is poised to report an annual loss in 2022 for the fir...

Standard Chartered's director attributes ESG success to board-led decisions

Standard Chartered's director attributes ESG success to board-led decisions

When it comes to the banking sector's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts, an industry veteran says the success depends on the chief ...

Netmarble joins UNGC to strengthen ESG management

Netmarble joins UNGC to strengthen ESG management

Netmarble Corp. said on Monday that it has joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) to strengthen its environmental, social, and governance (E...

GS E&C inks deal with AirFirst on industrial gas tech development

GS E&C inks deal with AirFirst on industrial gas tech development

GS Engineering & Construction Co. said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with AirFirst to work together in the areas of industrial gas t...

Truston Asset looks to help run Taekwang with 5.8% stake

Truston Asset looks to help run Taekwang with 5.8% stake

South Korea's Truston Asset Management has changed the purpose of its stock investment in the chemical and textile company Taekwang Industrial Co. fr...

SK Ecoplant earns AA grade for FTC's voluntary compliance program

SK Ecoplant earns AA grade for FTC's voluntary compliance program

South Korea's construction engineering company SK Ecoplant Co., Ltd. is accelerating its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management effor...

Korea October current account surplus tumbles as exports slide

Korea October current account surplus tumbles as exports slide

South Korea’s current account surplus plunged as exports fell for a second straight month, adding to concerns over a slowdown in Asia’s f...

Korea won near 5-mth high as Powell signals slower hikes

Korea won near 5-mth high as Powell signals slower hikes

The South Korean won currency hit a near 5-month high on Thursday as US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested a slowdown in its tightening...

SK Innovation to adopt internal carbon pricing system

SK Innovation to adopt internal carbon pricing system

SK Innovation Co. on Sunday announced its adoption this year of an "internal carbon pricing system" recently approved by its board of directors. The ...

LG Electronics to support partners’ efforts to strengthen cybersecurity

LG Electronics to support partners’ efforts to strengthen cybersecurity

LG Electronics Inc., one of South Korea’s leading home appliance makers, said on Monday it will help its business partners strengthen their cyb...

S.Korea to take measures to support stock, bond markets

S.Korea to take measures to support stock, bond markets

South Korea is set to take measures to stabilize local stock and bond markets hit by global interest rate hikes amid growing risks of a worldwide eco...

Hyosung showcases world’s first bio spandex at Seoul textile exhibition

Hyosung showcases world’s first bio spandex at Seoul textile exhibition

Hyosung TNC Corp., a South Korean textile and yarn maker, is showcasing the world’s first commercialized plant-based spandex at an internationa...

LG Uplus aims to recycle 100% of industrial waste in 3 years

LG Uplus aims to recycle 100% of industrial waste in 3 years

LG Uplus Corp. announced it will recycle 100% of industrial waste from its plants by 2025.The mobile network arm of LG Corp. published a report title...

LG eyes clean tech supremacy with $1.5 bn spending on green projects

LG eyes clean tech supremacy with $1.5 bn spending on green projects

South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG is setting its sights on clean energy technology as it steps up efforts to transform into an eco-f...

SK Ecoplant to inject $100 mn in Korean solar energy firm Topsun

SK Ecoplant to inject $100 mn in Korean solar energy firm Topsun

South Korea's top waste management company SK Ecoplant Co., a unit of conglomerate SK Inc., is slated to complete talks to invest 130 billion won ($9...

Carve-out, bolt-on key themes driving M&As: BDA Partners

Carve-out, bolt-on key themes driving M&As: BDA Partners

Amid escalating market uncertainties, M&As are not just a growth tactic but survival tools for businesses, Euan Rellie, co-founder and managing p...

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