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Korean LPs commit over $200 mn to UK real estate fund

Korean LPs commit over $200 mn to UK real estate fund

A UK-focused real estate debt fund, managed by New York-based BentallGreenOak, has received a combined £170 million ($241 million) in commitme...

Hana buys Osaka logistics center for about $140 mn

Hana buys Osaka logistics center for about $140 mn

South Korea's Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. has beat 16 Japanese bidders to acquire a logistics center in the port of Osaka, Japan for ¥...

China’s heavy imports of copper, steel scrap hurt Korean SMEs

China’s heavy imports of copper, steel scrap hurt Korean SMEs

South Korea’s massive exports of scrap steel and scrap copper to China are hurting its domestic companies that are struggling to secure the st...

Korean medical cosmetics firms make big rebound in Q1

Korean medical cosmetics firms make big rebound in Q1

South Korean medical cosmetics companies that underwent a tough year in 2020 are posting rejuvenated earning results thanks to s rise in demand in E...

STIC Ventures invests $2 mn in Vietnamese logistics startup EcoTruck

STIC Ventures invests $2 mn in Vietnamese logistics startup EcoTruck

South Korea-based venture capital firm STIC Ventures has recently invested $2 million in a Vietnamese logistics startup EcoTruck, a move aimed at bo...

Internet-only K Bank to raise $1.05 bn in rights offering

Internet-only K Bank to raise $1.05 bn in rights offering

South Korea’s first internet-only bank, K Bank, will be raising 1.2 trillion won ($1.05 billion) from existing and new investors for business ...

Korean firms emerge triumphant from pandemic with record Q1 profits

Korean firms emerge triumphant from pandemic with record Q1 profits

South Korean companies have posted their best-ever quarterly sales and operating profits, emerging from a year-long slump caused by the global COVID...

Fizzling IPO boom? Korean IPO shares make dull debuts

Fizzling IPO boom? Korean IPO shares make dull debuts

C&C International Co., South Korea's leading color cosmetics manufacturer, became the fifth company this year to see its share price slide below...

Korean foundry firm DB HiTek sets new Q1 sales record

Korean foundry firm DB HiTek sets new Q1 sales record

South Korea’s foundry company DB HiTek Co. has reported the highest quarterly revenue since its establishment in 1997. The company’s reg...

Korean pension funds eye non-core global real estate

Korean pension funds eye non-core global real estate

South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS), Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) ar...

Cargo crisis delivers record earnings for HMM, Korean Air

Cargo crisis delivers record earnings for HMM, Korean Air

The ongoing shipping cargo crisis has brought record-high earnings results in the first quarter to South Korea’s largest container line HMM Co...

Naver joins Korean central bank's digital currency initiative

Naver joins Korean central bank's digital currency initiative

South Korea’s platform giant Naver Corp. is taking the leap into the digital currency platform market with its plans to participate in the Ban...

Korean LPs to sue Mirae, NH over Las Vegas loan loss

Korean LPs to sue Mirae, NH over Las Vegas loan loss

South Korean institutional investors in the Drew Las Vegas development are preparing to file a lawsuit against two domestic brokerage firms, seeking...

Eight of top 10 Korean conglomerates betting on hydrogen

Eight of top 10 Korean conglomerates betting on hydrogen

There was a time when virtually all major South Korean firms were racing to make something big and heavy. Power plants, offshore oil and gas constru...

Korean PEF clinches $1.7 bn TaylorMade Golf acquisition

Korean PEF clinches $1.7 bn TaylorMade Golf acquisition

South Korea's lesser-known private equity firm Centroid Investment Partners has acquired US sports equipment manufacturing firm TaylorMade Golf Co. ...

Korean chipmakers in rivals’ shadow, fall behind TSMC

Korean chipmakers in rivals’ shadow, fall behind TSMC

South Korea is home to the world’s two leading memory chipmakers, Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., which together with their smaller...

PEFs knocking on door of Korean IPO market for profitable divestment

PEFs knocking on door of Korean IPO market for profitable divestment

South Korean and overseas private equity firms are knocking on the door of the initial public offering market for profitable divestments, riding the...

Korean investors in renewed push for global property deals

Korean investors in renewed push for global property deals

South Korea's IGIS Asset Management Co. and Hana Financial Investment Co. have acquired a 49% stake in the headquarters of the US mortgage lender Fa...

Korean oil companies to bask in rising refining margins, growing demand

Korean oil companies to bask in rising refining margins, growing demand

Oil refiners in South Korea and across Asia have been among those hit hardest by the subdued demand amid the global pandemic. With increasing vaccin...

Korean pharmas may turn into global vaccine makers on Biden remarks

Korean pharmas may turn into global vaccine makers on Biden remarks

South Korea’s biosimilar and pharmaceutical companies are looking at a growing chance of emerging as a global hub for manufacturing vaccines f...

K-beauty boom makes S.Korea the fourth-largest cosmetics exporter

K-beauty boom makes S.Korea the fourth-largest cosmetics exporter

Cosmetics industry sees continued export growth for two straight decades K-beauty has emerged as a global trend, thanks to the development of innov...

Korea’s major firms look for M&A targets in battery materials business

Korea’s major firms look for M&A targets in battery materials business

South Korea’s major companies are looking for merger and acquisition opportunities in the rechargeable battery materials sector, which is grow...

Korean Air joins race for flying car business to rival Hyundai, Hanwha

Korean Air joins race for flying car business to rival Hyundai, Hanwha

Korean Air Lines Co. is entering into the business of urban air mobility (UAM), which is emerging as one of the most futuristic modes of transportat...

Korean economy nears pre-pandemic level, prompts GDP upgrades

Korean economy nears pre-pandemic level, prompts GDP upgrades

South Korea’s faster-than-expected economic growth in the first quarter is prompting analysts to raise their growth outlook for this year, wit...

Corporate storytelling: S.Korean firms' next growth key

Corporate storytelling: S.Korean firms' next growth key

South Korea’s major companies are increasingly adopting corporate storytelling as a means of rebranding their identities.As the companies enjo...

Templeton to pull out of Korean retail fund market

Templeton to pull out of Korean retail fund market

Franklin Templeton Investments' South Korean arm is in talks with a domestic asset management company to sell its retail operations, following Black...

Korean-made small SUVs reach 50% share in US market

Korean-made small SUVs reach 50% share in US market

Sport utility vehicles (SUVs) manufactured in South Korea have earned more than half the market share in the small-size SUV segment in the US.In the...

Korean-made small SUVs reach 50% share in US market

Korean-made small SUVs reach 50% share in US market

Sport utility vehicles (SUVs) manufactured in South Korea have earned more than half the market share in the small-size SUV segment in the US.In the...

Veteran actress Youn Yuh-jung becomes first Korean to win acting Oscar

Veteran actress Youn Yuh-jung becomes first Korean to win acting Oscar

Actress Youn Yuh-jung has made history by becoming the first Korean actor to win an Oscar at the Academy Awards, held in Los Angeles Sunday night.&n...

Freight crunch pushes S.Korean export firms into crisis

Freight crunch pushes S.Korean export firms into crisis

Since the end of last year, countries have begun lifting COVID-19 lockdowns, driving a speedy recovery in export freight volume despite transportati...

Is chip winter over? Doomsayers gone as Korea’s DRAM exports surge S.Korea to have 1st civilian defense minister in decades, tap career technocrats Fubon Bank expands Korea presence into banking Hana Asset launches ultra-low-fee Nasdaq 100 ETF Even barcodes copied: Counterfeits invasion threatens K-brands

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