Buy America policy
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Batteries
EcoPro taps mines in the Americas to secure cathode materials: EcoPro CEO
EcoPro Group, South Korea’s leading battery materials producer, is mulling investments in mines in the Americas to source cathode materials, a...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Kakao Mobility buys UK ride-hailing startup Splyt for global biz
South Korea’s Kakao Mobility Corp. said on Wednesday it has acquired the British ride-hailing startup Splyt, marking the first overseas takeov...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Ecoplant Americas completes fuel cell project at US hospitals
SK Ecoplant Americas has completed a project to supply and install solid oxide fuel cells at US hospitals in collaboration with Bloom Energy. The pr...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
OCI to expand polysilicon line, buy back shares to boost corporate value
OCI Co., a leading South Korean chemical and green energy company, plans to significantly increase the size of its upcoming share buyback and cancel...
Mar 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
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 t...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE to buy 2 labels in the Americas after dropping SM bid
HYBE Co., the company behind global sensation BTS, plans to acquire at least two prominent labels in the Americas this year as it aims to become a m...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Qoo10 to buy another Korean rival for unit’s Nasdaq listing
Southeast Asia-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Pte. Ltd. is poised to take over a smaller South Korean rival through a stock swap deal, in a bid to ...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE withdraws bid for SM in $1 bn battle with Kakao
South Korea's HYBE Co., the company behind the global sensation BTS, said on Sunday it has decided to pull out of the face-off with Kakao Corp. for ...
Mar 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korea's Smilegate to launch PC-mobile cross-play game globally
Smilegate, a South Korean game developer and publisher, said on Friday that it will launch its new cross-play game "Wonderers: Eternal World" global...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG ups ante to counter Samsung's OLED TV return; expects profit in Q1
LG Electronics Inc. has released its highest-ever number of new organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV models in a bid to maintain its supremacy in ...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea won sees largest drop in 1 month on hawkish Powell
The South Korean won currency on Wednesday suffered its largest depreciation in more than a month as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signal...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Hanwha hires former Biden confidant as US government affairs chief
WASHINGTON D.C. – South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group has hired Danny O’Brien, a top aide to US President...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SK Chemicals buys Chinese supplier’s recycled raw materials, PET unit
South Korea’s SK Chemicals has created a production system for chemically recycled raw materials and PET for about 130 billion won ($100.1 mil...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook & Co. buys autonomous driving tech startup 3Secondz
Hankook & Company Co., a South Korean holding company that owns tire and mobility businesses, said on Tuesday that it has acquired the autonomou...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
S.Korea needs bold investment to keep K-chip supremacy: SNU scholar
The South Korean government and the private sector must commit to more generous and comprehensive support for the country's memory chip industry if ...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Plant, machinery maker Doosan seeks future from chips, robots
BARCELONA -- South Korea’s plant and machinery powerhouse Doosan Group is seeking its future growth engines from the semiconductor and robot s...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
IMM PE to buy extra Hanssem shares in tender offer
IMM Private Equity will buy additional shares in South Korea’s Hanssem Co. for 100 billion won ($77 million) in a tender offer to inject fresh...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
S.Korean EV charger maker lands $770 mn export deal in North America
South Korea's Moderntec, an electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions company, on Wednesday said it signed a three-year export contract with a partne...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK Signet lands EV charger contract in US
SK Signet Inc., an affiliate of South Korea's SK Group that makes and sells electric vehicle (EV) chargers, on Monday said it received its first ord...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Activist fund Tcha Partners calls for Namyang Dairy to buy back shares
Seoul-based activist fund Tcha Partners Asset Management Co. on Monday demanded that South Korea’s Namyang Dairy Products Co. buy back half of...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Jetema applies to test its botulinum toxin in US from July
South Korea's bio-esthetic pharmaceutical company Jetema Co. will hold clinical trials in the US to advance to the American market, the world's bigg...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
EQT Partners to acquire S.Korea’s SK Shieldus for $2.3 bn
EQT Partners AB, the world’s third-largest private equity firm, is poised to buy a controlling stake in South Korean security service provider...
Feb 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea's Daewoong to export diabetes drug Envlo to Brazil, Mexico
South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. said on Feb. 24 it is set to embark on global sales of Envlo, a new drug for diabetes, by exportin...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Dongwon solo bidder for Boryung Biopharma estimated at $385 mn
South Korea’s leading seafood and logistics conglomerate Dongwon Group is seeking to buy local biopharmaceutical company Boryung Biopharma Co....
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
S.Korea’s hy buys Mesh for Vroong delivery service
South Korea’s hy, formerly Korea Yakult, has acquired Mesh Korea, the operator of the delivery service Vroong that uses two-wheeled vehicles. ...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
Hyundai takes lead in Korea’s dividend policy reform
The Hyundai Motor Group is set to become South Korea’s first conglomerate to disclose dividend allocations ahead of the ex-dividend date, a mo...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korea's NPS, KTCU likely to invest in CVC's ninth buyout fund
South Korea’s key institutional investors are highly likely to invest via European private equity giant CVC Capital Partners’ ninth buyo...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem invests $75 million in Piedmont Lithium, signs supply deal
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, said on Friday it is acquiring a 6% stake in Piedmont Lithium Inc., a US mining company, ...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea's battery industry looks for staff fluent in European languages
South Korea's battery companies are seeking human resources fluent in the languages and familiar with the cultures of countries where plants are loc...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Group buys HSD Engine for $175.9 million
South Korea's Hanwha Group will acquire ship engine maker HSD Engine in a move to shore up its shipbuilding unit following the conglomerate's takeov...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 2 Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans
- 3 LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess
- 4 South Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties
- 5 Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet