SK Telecom invests in AI startups Allganize, Imprimed

SK Telecom invests in AI startups Allganize, Imprimed

SK Telecom Co. has invested a combined 9.4 billion won ($7.2 million) in artificial intelligence startups Allganize Inc. and Imprimed Inc., the top ...

SsangYong C&E to invest $616 mn in eco-friendly facilities

SsangYong C&E to invest $616 mn in eco-friendly facilities

South Korea's cement maker SsangYong C&E Co. is investing 800 billion won ($616 million) in facilities to reduce environmental pollution in the ...

LG CNS to join New York digital transformation project

LG CNS to join New York digital transformation project

South Korea's information technology service provider LG CNS announced on Friday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a digital tra...

Goldman Sachs promotes YK Yoon in Seoul to MD

Goldman Sachs promotes YK Yoon in Seoul to MD

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. named YK Yoon, head of fixed-income, currency and commodities (FICC) of the Seoul office, as a new managing director (M...

South Korea’s Dailybeer to enter into Singaporean market

South Korea’s Dailybeer to enter into Singaporean market

Dailybeer, South Korean craft beer and fried chicken chain, announced on Friday it signed a contract with Singapore-based Katrina Group for joint in...

Woori Bank opens regional headquarters in Bangladesh

Woori Bank opens regional headquarters in Bangladesh

South Korea's Woori Bank announced on Friday it opened its new regional headquarters in Bangladesh. In 1996, the bank launched its first branch...

POSCO to build 2nd N.EX.T Hub research institute in Seongnam city

POSCO to build 2nd N.EX.T Hub research institute in Seongnam city

POSCO Group, which owns South Korea’s largest steelmaker, plans to build a second research institute near Seoul to support the conglomerate&rs...

Hillhouse to up investment in S.Korea with new hires

Hillhouse to up investment in S.Korea with new hires

Hillhouse Investment Management Ltd., one of the largest private equity firms in Asia, is set to create an investment team dedicated to the South Ko...

Naver-invested ichrogene enters Thai market

Naver-invested ichrogene enters Thai market

South Korea's digital healthcare startup ichrogene, with investment from Naver D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), entered into Thai market. Naver Corp....

KT to develop smart city in Indonesia's new capital

KT to develop smart city in Indonesia's new capital

South Korea's KT Corp. plans to apply smart city technologies such as quantum communication and cybersecurity to Nusantra, the new administrative ca...

Korea Investment raises $400 mn to expand US assets

Korea Investment raises $400 mn to expand US assets

Seoul-based brokerage firm Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS) has raised $400 million in new bonds to strengthen its investments in the US ...

Korea plans wider crackdown on foreigners’ short-selling

Korea plans wider crackdown on foreigners’ short-selling

South Korea’s financial regulator plans wider investigations into illegal short-selling trades by major foreign investment banks to ease conce...

SK Networks invests $20.7 mn in pet care startup

SK Networks invests $20.7 mn in pet care startup

South Korean trading firm SK Networks Co. announced on Monday it has completed a 28-billion-won ($20.7 million) investment in the domestic pet care ...

SK Square in talks with Qoo10 for joint management of 11Street

SK Square in talks with Qoo10 for joint management of 11Street

SK Square Co., the investment management arm of SK Group, is in talks with Qoo10 Pte. to merge its e-commerce subsidiary 11Street with the Singapore...

Korea Investment, Carlyle Group sign strategic partnership

Korea Investment, Carlyle Group sign strategic partnership

Korea Investment & Securities Co. announced on Friday it has signed a strategic partnership with Carlyle Group, one of the world's leading priva...

Digital infrastructure as essential as water today: asset managers

Digital infrastructure as essential as water today: asset managers

Digital assets are important components of change in the infrastructure investment landscape today and are as essential as water and electricity, ex...

Innocean to invest $370 million in new growth drivers

Innocean to invest $370 million in new growth drivers

Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, will invest 500 billion won ($370 million) for four years u...

Prepare for long-term, illiquid asset management: Korean investors

Prepare for long-term, illiquid asset management: Korean investors

South Korean institutional investors said they are preparing for prolonged high interest rates and market uncertainty, building mid- to long-term pl...

POBA to increase long-term private credit investments

POBA to increase long-term private credit investments

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will step up its private credit and bonds until next year as it expects high interes...

S.Korea’s startups see Sept. investment surge 85%

S.Korea’s startups see Sept. investment surge 85%

South Korea’s startups last month saw investment rise for the first time this year.The Seoul-based Startup Alliance, a private support organiz...

NPS to expand listed REIT, private debt investments

NPS to expand listed REIT, private debt investments

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will increase investing in real estate debt and listed real estate investment trusts (REITs) next...

Shinhan Card's Kazakhstan arm secures $60 mn from IFC

Shinhan Card's Kazakhstan arm secures $60 mn from IFC

Shinhan Finance, a subsidiary of South Korea's Shinhan Card in Kazakhstan, has attracted a $60 million investment from the International Finance Cor...

KIC eyes private debt, infrastructure in era of high interest rates

KIC eyes private debt, infrastructure in era of high interest rates

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) is eyeing infrastructure and private debt in the era of higher-for-longer interest rates, while m...

Nvidia invests in Korean generative AI startup Twelve Labs

Nvidia invests in Korean generative AI startup Twelve Labs

Nvidia Corp., a global chip designer, made its first investment in a South Korean generative artificial intelligence startup as Big Tech companies G...

Samsung Biologics partners with Europe's largest VC

Samsung Biologics partners with Europe's largest VC

Samsung Biologics Co., the world's largest contract drug manufacturer, announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with global biotech venture capitalist ...

LG CNS starts corporate knowledge management service

LG CNS starts corporate knowledge management service

South Korean information and communications technology service provider LG CNS has launched a service for finding useful knowledge and data within a...

CS Wind eyes $2.2 bn sales in 2024 with Bladt

CS Wind eyes $2.2 bn sales in 2024 with Bladt

CS Wind Corp., a South Korean wind turbine tower manufacturer, expects its sales next year to double from last year’s to reach about 3 trillio...

Naver secures $100 mn digital twin project in Saudi Arabia

Naver secures $100 mn digital twin project in Saudi Arabia

South Korea's dominant web portal giant Naver Corp. has won a contract to develop a Digital Twin platform for Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Municipal a...

Lotte, two SK Group units to join hands for carbon capture

Lotte, two SK Group units to join hands for carbon capture

Lotte Chemical Corp., SK Innovation Co. and SK IE Technology Co. (SK IET) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to make their joint push i...

Hyundai Motor, PIF to invest $500 mn to build car plant in Saudi Arabia

Hyundai Motor, PIF to invest $500 mn to build car plant in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH – Hyundai Motor Co. has agreed with the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund, to set up a joint venture to build...

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