ESG investment in Korea
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Economy
South Korea unveils $14.6 billion 2nd extra budget to spur growth
South Korea’s new administration on Thursday proposed an additional 20.2 trillion won ($14.6 billion) extra government spending to stimulate d...
8 HOURS AGO
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Asset management
Mirae Asset debuts AI-recommended ETF on NYSE to invest in US bonds
Mirae Asset Financial Group, one of the largest asset managers in South Korea, has launched its first exchange-traded fund (ETF) investing in high-q...
11 HOURS AGO
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Private equity
Calls grow for stronger LP oversight in national strategic asset M&As
MBK Partners’ takeover attempt of Korea Zinc Inc. has exposed the vulnerability of national strategic assets to private equity ownership, posi...
19 HOURS AGO
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Tencent eyes 2nd-largest stake in Kakao Mobility amid broader Korea push
Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. has emerged as a surprise contender in a race to acquire a roughly 40% stake in Kakao Mobility Corp., the o...
Jun 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Amazon, Alibaba, TikTok up ante to woo Korean beauty brands
Riding the wave of global enthusiasm for K-Beauty, e-commerce powerhouses like Amazon and Alibaba are racing to bring South Korean cosmetics and bea...
Jun 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea’s Lee, Japan’s Ishiba agree to deepen ties, resume shuttle diplomacy
KANANASKIS, Canada – South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung held his first summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishi...
Jun 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Display to invest $925.4 mn in smaller, high-end OLED
LG Display Co., the world’s top large-sized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, will invest 1.26 trillion won ($925.4 million) to...
Jun 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
US-South Korea talks scrapped after Trump's early G7 exit
A planned meeting between South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and US President Donald Trump was canceled on Monday after Trump unexpectedly left ...
Jun 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
EQT taps ex-DHK Management CEO to lead S.Korea's real estate push
Swedish asset manager EQT Partners, also the largest private equity firm in Europe, has named David Kim, chief executive of South Korean real estate...
Jun 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affirma Capital to acquire Equis’ Korean waste assets for $294 million
Affirma Capital, a Singapore-headquartered buyout private equity firm, has agreed to acquire the entire portfolio of South Korean waste processing a...
Jun 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
LG CNS forms strategic partnership with robotics startup Skild AI
LG CNS Co., the information technology service arm of LG Group, said on Tuesday it has formed a strategic partnership with Skild AI to develop AI-dr...
Jun 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Hong Kong-based Anchor Equity puts Korea's Danbi Education up for sale
Anchor Equity Partners, a Hong Kong-based private equity firm, is putting its majority stake in South Korea’s top children’s smart educa...
Jun 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Miri Capital closes in on STIC Investments chairman’s stake
Miri Capital Management LLC has steadily raised its stake in STIC Investments Inc., narrowing the ownership gap with the firm’s founder and Ch...
Jun 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea’s power transformer exports soar as global supply shortage bites
South Korean power equipment makers are riding a wave of export growth, with their transformers in high demand amid a global rush to reinforce power...
Jun 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea’s CDMO giant Samsung Biologics to offer CRO services
Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, will enter the contract research organization (CRO) market by leveraging its va...
Jun 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK, AWS to build South Korea’s largest, multibillion-dollar AI data center
South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK and Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), the world's largest cloud platform provider, will build a 103...
Jun 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Want to look beautiful? – Here’s the 'Made In Korea' mask pack
South Korean face mask packs – a flagship product of K-beauty – are staging a dramatic revival in popularity.Rising to fame alongside K-...
Jun 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK-invested Homeplus looks for new owner as M&A emerges as option
South Korea’s leading hypermarket chain Homeplus Co. is once again up for sale, a decade after private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd. took it p...
Jun 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel to displace Baoshan as GM Korea's supplier
Hyundai Steel Co. is poised to displace Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. as a key supplier to GM Korea Co., a unit of General Motors Co., as the US carm...
Jun 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
S.Korea’s No.1 dried seaweed firm Kwangcheonkim on market for $295 mn
Kwangcheonkim Co., South Korea’s largest seaweed producer with a history spanning over 50 years, is up for grabs in a deal that could fetch up...
Jun 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
S.Korea eases path for foreign REITs in senior housing push
South Korea, grappling with a fast-aging population, has relaxed development and ownership rules for senior housing, opening the sector to foreign h...
Jun 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Koramco targets $7 bn bet on Korea data centers
Koramco Asset Management Co., South Korea’s leading real estate investment firm, plans to invest 10 trillion won ($7 billion) in domestic data...
Jun 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte Chemical, HD Hyundai seek to combine naphtha cracking facilities
Lotte Chemical Corp. and HD Hyundai Co. are in talks to consolidate their naphtha cracking operations in South Korea’s Daesan petrochemical co...
Jun 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
South Korea accelerates stablecoin framework amid global race
Just one week after electing President Lee Jae-myung, an apparent backer of stablecoin adoption, South Korea is swiftly moving to clear the path for...
Jun 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Lee vows policy overhaul to spur dividend payouts
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said on Wednesday that the government is preparing tax and regulatory reforms to spur dividend payouts as part ...
Jun 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
IFEZ to apply for designation of southern Ganghwa as free economic zone
The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority is set to submit its application by the end of June to designate the southern end of Ganghwa Island ...
Jun 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea’s Lee, China’s Xi agree on closer ties, peace on peninsula
South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to strengthen strategic ties and enhance coop...
Jun 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Invesco, SK D&D likely to buy co-living building in Seoul
A consortium between US asset management firm Invesco and the real estate investment arm of SK D&D Co. has been named the preferred buyer of Nou...
Jun 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang bids for Korean luxury market dominance with Farfetch
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce player, is set to seize control of the country’s online luxury market with Farfetch amid ...
Jun 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hyundai Rotem set to finalize $6 bn K2 tank order from Poland
Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean defense company, is set to finalize a tank supply contract with Poland, with the deal's value nearly doubling &nda...
Jun 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 SK Hynix leads Samsung in customized HBM; lands Nvidia, Microsoft deals
- 2 South Korea unveils $14.6 billion 2nd extra budget to reinvigorate economy
- 3 Mirae Asset debuts AI-recommended ETF on NYSE to invest in US bonds
- 4 POSCO inducted into World Steel Dynamics’ Hall of Fame
- 5 Lockheed Martin, KAI to expand partnership to future defense, aerospace tech