Hanwha Life CIO says interested in infrastructure debts

Chief Investment Officer of South Korea's Hanwha Life Insurance Shin Minsik said on Wednesday that the company is selectively looking for equities i...

Ares Management sees rental demand-led growth in US properties

Industrial properties in the US will likely continue to outperform other types of real estate, driven by significant rental growth in the e-commerce...

Netflix reports jump in users, calls Squid Game its most popular show ever

Netflix Inc. added 4.4 million memberships in the third quarter, more than the company had forecast, as viewers flocked to the streaming platform wi...

Japan's Murata redefines customers in game-changing era

KYOTO, Japan - Murata Manufacturing Co., the world's No. 1 producer of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) and other electronic components, will e...

Dongkuk Steel adds another production line of color coated steel

Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., the world’s leading manufacturer of color coated steel, has expanded its production capacity even further. The company...

High-priced drugs add to pressure for Korea's healthcare reform

A number of new rare disease treatments, approved in South Korea over the past year, are still unaffordable for the public because of their price ta...

App Developers’ Payments Dilemma: Easier With or Without Apple and Google?

SEOUL—South Korea’s app developers can soon sidestep the digital tollway mandated by Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Goog...

Strategic buyers line up for IMM-led $1.3 bn Hanssem deal

LX Hausys Ltd., South Korea's leading building materials maker, on Monday announced a plan to join Seoul-based IMM Private Equity in acquiring a con...

Tumbling won adds to Bank of Korea rate hike views

The South Korean won skidded to an eleven month-low as foreign investors extended a selling spree in the local stock markets, adding to expectations...

MSCI adds SK Bioscience, SKIET, EcoPro BM to Korea Index

Global index provider Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) added SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), SK Bioscience Co. and EcoPro BM Co. to its K...

Apple adds LG Elec to iPhone vendor list in Korea

LG Electronics Inc. will begin to sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone at its retail stores across South Korea from mid-August, as the Korean home appliance mak...

US anti-dumping duties add to Korean tire makers' woes

The US trade body’s approval of anti-dumping tariffs on tire imports from South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand is adding to the woes of Korea&rsqu...

Hyundai Heavy adds $724 mn order, reaching 29.5% of 2021 target

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group has won new orders worth 823 billion won ($724 million) to build a total of 10 vessels for four global clients in Afr...

NPS adds APG, IFM Investors, Thoma Bravo as managers in Q4

The National Pension Service (NPS) has entrusted funds to three overseas alternative investment firms newly hired in the fourth quarter of last year...

LG Display unveils brighter next-generation OLED TV panel, to add models

LG Display Co., a major South Korean display panel maker, has unveiled a next-generation OLED TV panel that enables brighter and more vivid picture ...

NPS adds KKR, two global alternatives managers in Q3

The National Pension Service has added KKR and Sydney-based Scape Australia Management to its pool of 54 global real estate investment managers in...

KTCU to join in $700 mn US value-add residential project: report 

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will invest $50 million in a $700 million value-add residential project under which a group of investor...

NPS adds six global alternative investment managers in Q2

The National Pension Service has added three real estate investment firms, two infrastructure managers and one private equity and debt investment hous...

NPS to add 200 global investment staff to cut fees, emulating CPPIB

The National Pension Service plans to carry out about a fivefold increase in overseas staffing by 2024 which will help to reduce external management f...

NPS adds Select Equity to single-manager hedge fund roster in Q1

New York-based Select Equity Group joined the roster of the National Pension Service’s (NPS) global alternative investment companies as a single...

Keppel Group unit set to net $250 mn from value-add deals in Seoul

Alpha Investment Partners, part of Singapore-based Keppel Capital, is set to secure over $250 million from selling two Seoul office buildings for arou...

Gaw Capital raising half of $360 mn US value-add fund from Korea

Hong Kong-based real estate investment firm Gaw Capital Partners is on track to raising 200 billion won ($180 million) for its 400 billion won ($360 m...