2023 stock market
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Electronics
Microdisplays poised to emerge in growing XR market
The slowly growing extended reality (XR) market next year is expected to explode as global big tech companies get ready to launch augmented (AR) and v...
Dec 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Naver affiliate Line Games seeks $756 million IPO in Korea
Line Games Corp., an affiliate of South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp., plans to list its shares on the Korean stock market via an initial...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Shopee Korea widens logistics service range for Thailand
Shopee Korea, an e-commerce platform for Southeast Asian and Taiwanese customers, said on Wednesday that it would expand the Shopee Logistics Service ...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Daol Financial Group to let go of VC affiliate, hit by liquidity crunch
The Daol Financial Group is widely expected to let go of its venture capital arm in the midst of a worsening liquidity crunch. The VC firm Daol...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Shinsegae Int'l secures domestic sales rights for Italian brand Davines
South Korea's fashion retail giant Shinsegae International on Monday said it has acquired the domestic rights to sell the Italian haircare brand Dav...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO wins $689 mn battery material deal with GM-LG joint venture
POSCO Chemical Co., a unit of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Dec. 5 that it has signed a $688.6 million deal to provide a key...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis to unveil new future mobility technologies at CES 2023
Korea's largest auto parts supplier Hyundai Mobis will take part in CES 2023, the world's largest info tech exhibition, to showcase cutting-edge t...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hahn & Co. completes SKC's industrial film unit takeover for $1.2 bn
South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. has completed a 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) deal to wholly acquire the industrial film business ...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
Nearly half of Korean firms plan no domestic investment next year
Rising gloom over the business environment due to a financial market crunch and weak Korean won has led to nearly half of Korea's firms having no pl...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
LG Chem unveils eco-friendly bioplastic, supplies to US toy firm Mattel
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, has unveiled a new eco-friendly high-performance bioplastic and supplied it to Mattel Inc...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
LabGenomics, NGeneBio join forces for US market
Korea's two diagnostics companies, NGeneBio Co. and LabGenomics Co., signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Thursday to cooperate in the fiel...
Dec 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Heavy Industries Group proposes blueprint for sustainable marine utilization solution at 2023 CES
Hyundai Heavy Industries Group will participate in CES 2023, the world's largest information technology trade show, to showcase its maritime strateg...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arts
Yeolmae and Company emerges as major player in secondary art market
South Korean startup Yeolmae and Company, which operates ArtnGuide, has recently emerged as a significant player in the art market.ArtnGuide is an o...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Daesang Welllife forms joint venture with Sinopharm Group
Daesang Welllife on Thursday said it has concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China Sinopharm International, an affiliate of China's l...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean unlisted stock bubble bursts as interest rates rise
Kurly Inc., Dunamu Inc. and other major South Korean unlisted stocks plunged as the fallout on asset prices from rising interest rates extended into...
Nov 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS posts 7% investment loss in Q1-Q3 as equities, bonds plunge
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea said Tuesday it saw a cumulative loss of 7.1% on investment, or 68 trillion won ($51.3 billion), betwe...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
UK grants de facto approval of Korean Air's Asiana takeover
The UK's top watchdog for market competition on Monday accepted corrective measures submitted by Korean Air Lines Co. on its proposed takeover of As...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Market volatility creates opportunities for secondary buyers: Stafford
Equity and bond portfolios' shrinking assets are major challenges currently faced by global investors in terms of asset allocation. But the situatio...
Nov 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea to reform market rules to boost foreign investment
South Korea will reform financial market regulations to attract more foreign investments and to achieve MSCI Inc.’s developed market status fo...
Nov 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
LG HelloVision, S-1 to jointly enter home security market
South Korea's cable TV provider LG HelloVision and security company S-1 Corp. announced they will jointly develop a home-based platform using ...
Nov 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK takes 25-bp rate hike as won rebounds against dollar
South Korea’s central bank raised the base interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.25% during its monetary policy board meeting on Nov. 24, slow...
Nov 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea to revise dividend policy to ease ‘Korea discount’ concerns
South Korea plans to revise its stock dividend policy as part of a broader financial market reform to help attract foreign investors and obtain MSCI...
Nov 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
OECD cuts Korea's economic growth forecast for next year to 1.8%
The Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation (OECD) has cut its forecast for South Korea's economic growth next year to 1.8%, down fro...
Nov 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG make over two-thirds of premium TVs sold worldwide
More than three in five premium TVs sold worldwide are made by either Samsung Electronics Co. or LG Electronics Inc. – a decent feat that help...
Nov 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
KEPCO turns from bonds to banks for money on govt plans
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) is set to raise 600 billion won ($442 million) from a local bank in a plan to seek loans to secure money instead ...
Nov 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Vertu, Motorola, Xiaomi eye Korean smartphone market as LG exits
South Korea’s smartphone market is notoriously hard for foreign mobile phone makers to crack. So hard that some people call it the “grav...
Nov 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s Genesis G90 named MotorTrend’s 2023 Car of the Year
Hyundai Motor Co.'s G90, a flagship sedan under the South Korean automaker’s premium sub-brand Genesis, has been named the 2023 Car of the Yea...
Nov 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis joins hands with Lion Group to move into Malaysian logistics market (edited)
Hyundai Glovis will enter the Southeast Asian logistics market in partnership with a large Malaysian company. The company, Hyundai Motor Group's log...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG products sweep CES 2023 innovation awards
South Korea’s two largest home appliance makers – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. – have swept a record number of ...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS narrows search for new CIO to two major candidates
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund managing 917.2 trillion won ($692 billion) in asset...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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