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Corporate bonds
Corporates raise record-high $193 bn via stakes, bonds in 2021
Korean companies raised capital of 231.5 trillion won ($193.2 billion) through stock and bond issuance in the domestic market in 2021, according t...
Jan 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
China’s ByteDance invests $42 mn in Korea’s KidariStudio
China’s ByteDance Ltd., the developer of video-sharing social networking service TikTok, announced Friday that it invested 48 billion won ($42...
Jan 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Megazone Cloud to attract up to $336 mn for 2023 IPO
Megazone Cloud Corp., a leading cloud service provider and the first Korean business partner of Amazon Web Service (AWS), plans to attract 300 billi...
Jan 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Vegan foodmaker Organica attracts funding from China's CITIC
Plant-based food company Organica Corp. has attracted investment from China’s alternative investment firm CITIC Capital Holdings Ltd. This mar...
Jan 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
E-Land sells Shanghai warehouse for $2.2 bn to lower debt ratio
Retail conglomerate E-Land Group completed selling its first overseas logistics center in Shanghai for about 1.4 billion Chinese yuan ($2.2 billion)...
Jan 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG Energy takes on CATL as it prepares for Korea’s largest-ever IPO
LG Energy Solution Ltd. has vowed to outrival the world’s top battery player CATL as the South Korean company is preparing for the country&rsq...
Jan 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
LG Household’s China strategy put to test as shares crash
LG Household & Health Care Ltd.’s shares have been flying high since its market debut in 2001, and have more recently basked in the global...
Jan 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
GS launches corporate VC firm
GS announced the establishment of a corporate venture capital (CVC) firm Sunday, the first of its kind for a holding company in Korea. The announcem...
Jan 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Foreigners’ Korean stockholdings soar 180-fold in 30 years
Foreign investors ramped up their holdings of South Korean stocks 180 times in 30 years, increasing influence in the local financial markets and dom...
Dec 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis opens firm in Chengdu for logistics to Europe
Hyundai Glovis Co., a logistics unit of Hyundai Motor Group, has founded an affiliate in Chengdu, the largest trade city in western China, for rai...
Dec 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Foreigners sell net $22 bn main Kospi shares in 2021
Foreigners sold a net 25.9 trillion won ($21.8 billion) worth of South Korean stocks on the main Kospi from Jan. 1 to Dec. 23 of this year, marking ...
Dec 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Magnachip, Chinese PEF Wise Road end $1.4 bn buyout deal
US-listed chipmaker Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. and Chinese private equity firm Wise Road Capital terminated their $1.4 billion buyout agreement...
Dec 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korean duty free shops take opposite paths to draw Chinese shoppers
There appear to be two diverging roads for South Korea's top duty free operators Lotte and Shilla: expanding outside China, or going deeper inside t...
Dec 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Inc 2021: Year of record M&As, tie-ups and spin-offs
South Korea’s corporate sector has seen record deals through mergers and acquisitions, tie-ups and spin-offs this year, as big companies and s...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
POSCO mulls holding company structure to raise enterprise value
South Korea's largest steelmaker POSCO is considering splitting up the company to launch an investment holding firm as part of efforts to enhan...
Dec 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
Market Kurly raises $200 mn at over $3 bn valuation
Kurly Inc., an operator of South Korea's online grocery delivery service Market Kurly, has raised 250 billion won ($212 million) in pre-IPO funding ...
Dec 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Gaming platform Planetarium attracts $42 mn, valued at $293 mn
South Korea’s non-fungible token (NFT)-based open source gaming platform Planetarium, under Nine Corp. Inc., is slated to attract around 50 ...
Nov 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Chem's rise from brickworks to EV materials leader
POHANG, South Korea - When POSCO Chemical Co., better known as a refractory brick manufacturer until the early 1990s, announced its entry into the a...
Nov 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Pulmuone to expand alternative meat business in the US
South Korea’s major food company Pulmuone. Co. is slated to expand sales of its in-house developed meat alternatives in the US market. The foo...
Nov 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS selects four Korean VCs to invest 150 bn won
The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea said on Nov. 9 it has selected the venture capital firms that will entrust the pension fund&rsqu...
Nov 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
Real estate investment head resigns from KIC
The head of real estate investment at Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has resigned from the South Korean sovereign wealth fund. Cha Hoon, appoint...
Nov 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021
NPS makes new commitments worth $17 bn in private sector every year
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) plans to keep increasing private equity investment for mid- to-long term asset allocation, Choe Hyung D...
Oct 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021
KTCU seeks new GPs skilled in raising corporate value
Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) will seek out general partners (GPs) that have expertise in corporate workouts, add-on investments and a ...
Oct 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Are Korean battery materials stocks too expensive?
South Korean battery materials shares have rallied with their market capitalization nearly doubling since early January thanks to strong growth in t...
Oct 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Taxation
Samsung, SK Hynix to pay corporate taxes to foreign countries
South Korea’s chipmaking giants Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix are set to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate taxes to fore...
Oct 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Hanwha to raise $503 mn to expand China PVC production
South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. is set to raise $503 million to expand its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) business in China, the world&rsq...
Oct 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai Motor’s construction unit seeks listing in Q1 2022
Hyundai Engineering Co., Hyundai Motor Group’s construction arm, started the process for an initial public offering (IPO) expected in the firs...
Oct 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SKC to raise corporate value to $25 bn with battery materials
South Korea’s SKC Co. plans to expand its electric vehicle battery materials business in a move to fivefold its corporate value to 30 trillion...
Sep 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Coal price surge puts S.Korean petrochemical firms ahead of Chinese rivals
Rising coal prices in China will likely benefit South Korean petrochemical companies such as Lotte Fine Chemical and Hanwha Solutions, by strengthen...
Sep 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea refiners' recovery accelerates on strong margins
South Korean refiners are gathering recovery momentum as refining margins hit a two-year high on falling petroleum product supply from China and r...
Sep 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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