LG Display plans $1 bn rights offering for smaller OLED biz

LG Display plans $1 bn rights offering for smaller OLED biz

LG Display Co., the world’s top manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, said on Monday it plans to raise 1.36 t...

MBK raises Hankook bid price, asks FSS to probe Cho's stock purchase

MBK raises Hankook bid price, asks FSS to probe Cho's stock purchase

The sibling rivalry for control of Hankook & Company Co., the holding firm of South Korea’s largest tire maker Hankook Tire & Techno...

LS Materials’ share price quadruples on Kosdaq debut

LS Materials’ share price quadruples on Kosdaq debut

The share price of LS Materials Co., a South Korean energy storage device maker, quadrupled on its Kosdaq market debut Wednesday given its rosy earn...

HSBC, BNP Paribas reported to Korean prosecutors for naked shorting

HSBC, BNP Paribas reported to Korean prosecutors for naked shorting

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. (HSBC) and BNP Paribas CIB have been reported to South Korean public prosecutors in violation of ...

NPS logs 8.7% return in Q1-Q3 on stock boom, strong dollar

NPS logs 8.7% return in Q1-Q3 on stock boom, strong dollar

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea posted an 8.66% investment return from January to September of this year with assets under management ...

KIC recoups 40% of 2022’s loss on stock, bond gains

KIC recoups 40% of 2022’s loss on stock, bond gains

Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) posted a 7.12% return on total asset investments in the first eight months of this year, recouping about 40% of last ye...

Faker’s T1 wins League of Legends global championship

Faker’s T1 wins League of Legends global championship

South Korea’s video game team T1 led by local hero and professional player Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok won the 2023 League of Legends W...

Amorepacific's camellia-derived cosmetic ingredients get COSMOS

Amorepacific's camellia-derived cosmetic ingredients get COSMOS

South Korean cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. said on Thursday its camellia-derived cosmetic ingredients got COSMetic Organic and natural Standard...

LG, Qraft Technologies' AI-powered ETF trades on NYSE

LG, Qraft Technologies' AI-powered ETF trades on NYSE

South Korea’s LG Group and Seoul-based Qraft Technologies Inc. have jointly launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that selects holdings relat...

Korea bans short selling; battery stocks lead market rally

Korea bans short selling; battery stocks lead market rally

South Korea has temporarily suspended short selling partly to prevent illegal, naked short selling, a decision buoying stocks heavily targeted by sh...

SK Innovation targets profit from EV battery unit in Q4

SK Innovation targets profit from EV battery unit in Q4

SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top energy company, said its electric vehicle (EV) battery subsidiary aims to turn to the black in the fourth...

Korea's HMM creditors convert $739 mn bonds into shares

Korea's HMM creditors convert $739 mn bonds into shares

Shares of HMM Co., South Korea’s No. 1 container line, are likely to fall as its main creditors exchanged perpetual convertible bonds (CBs) an...

Fed-triggered taper tantrum takes toll on Korean financial markets

Fed-triggered taper tantrum takes toll on Korean financial markets

The South Korean financial markets were roiled by a fresh taper tantrum after the US Federal Reserve chair signaled further tightening last week, tr...

Shinyoung Asset, Baillie Gifford launch global growth stock fund

Shinyoung Asset, Baillie Gifford launch global growth stock fund

Shinyoung Asset Management Co. has joined hands with Baillie Gifford & Co., a UK investment management firm, to launch a long-term growth stock ...

Amorepacific's Laneige debuts in Mexican market

Amorepacific's Laneige debuts in Mexican market

South Korean cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. announced on Monday that it is entering the Mexican beauty market with its globally popular skincare...

Amorepacific's Hera enters Japanese market

Amorepacific's Hera enters Japanese market

South Korea's Amorepacific Corp. announced on Thursday that its premium color cosmetics brand Hera has launched in Japan, signaling a significant mo...

Shinhan Securities handles listing of private hospital in Indonesia

Shinhan Securities handles listing of private hospital in Indonesia

Shinhan Investment & Securities announced on Thursday that its local subsidiary in Indonesia has organized the listing of private hospital RSCH ...

NPS logs 9.1% return in H1 2023; recovered from loss in 2022

NPS logs 9.1% return in H1 2023; recovered from loss in 2022

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea achieved a 9.1% return on investment during the first half of this year, with assets under management ...

Amorepacific's Aestura to enter Japanese market

Amorepacific's Aestura to enter Japanese market

South Korean beauty and cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. announced on Wednesday that its derma cosmetic brand Aestura will enter the Japanese mark...

K-pop rookies, fresh boost for Korean entertainment stocks

K-pop rookies, fresh boost for Korean entertainment stocks

South Korea’s entertainment stocks are poised to rally as K-pop newbies gain momemtum, attracting not only global music fans but also investor...

Schindler-invested Hyundai Elevator faces S.Korean activism

Schindler-invested Hyundai Elevator faces S.Korean activism

South Korea’s Hyundai Elevator Co., the No. 2 shareholder of which is Schindler Holding AG, has faced a request from a local activist investor...

MXene: Korean investors’ next target after superconductor craze fizzles

MXene: Korean investors’ next target after superconductor craze fizzles

Speculative investors in South Korea have started to amass shares related to Mxene, touted as a next-generation material, after dumping a large numb...

Korea's superconductor stocks plunge on Nature report

Korea's superconductor stocks plunge on Nature report

South Korean research team’s LK-99, behind the online sensation following its claim of room-temperature superconductor over the past four week...

Amorepacific gets certification for memory-enhancing ingredients

Amorepacific gets certification for memory-enhancing ingredients

South Korea's Amorepacific Corp. announced on Thursday that it has received New Excellent Technology (NET) certification from the Ministry of Agricu...

K-pop label JYP Entertainment earnings disappoint; shares down

K-pop label JYP Entertainment earnings disappoint; shares down

JYP Entertainment Corp., the music label behind K-pop bands Stray Kids, Twice and NiziU, saw its stocks drop on Monday due to its disappointing quar...

SK Square to buy back $152 mn of its stocks by March 2024

SK Square to buy back $152 mn of its stocks by March 2024

South Korean investment firm SK Square Co. will buy back 200 billion won ($151.9 million) worth of corporate shares by March of next year as an effo...

Tesla supplier L&F’s earnings disappoint; shares down

Tesla supplier L&F’s earnings disappoint; shares down

L&F Co., global electric vehicle leader Tesla Inc.’s battery materials supplier, missed quarterly earnings estimates on sluggish product p...

Morgan Stanley subsidiary takes 5% stake in JYP Entertainment stock

Morgan Stanley subsidiary takes 5% stake in JYP Entertainment stock

A Morgan Stanley-affiliated asset manager has bought more JYP Entertainment shares, raising its stake to more than 5 percent.Asset management firm M...

Korea's SM buys shipping line HMM shares ahead of bidding

Korea's SM buys shipping line HMM shares ahead of bidding

South Korea’s SM Group has increased its ownership in HMM Co., the country’s top container shipping line. The 30th-largest conglomerate ...

Cosmetics giant Amorepacific hints at succession plan change

Cosmetics giant Amorepacific hints at succession plan change

South Korean cosmetics powerhouse Amorepacific Group Inc. is giving signs of changing its succession plans as Suh Min-jung, Chairman Suh Kyung-bae&r...

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