Janganpyeong Used Car Market
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Electronics
LG Display to target 3 billion gamers with dedicated OLED
South Korea’s major display panel maker LG Display Co. aims to attract 3 billion gamers worldwide by fostering products dedicated to gaming as...
Jun 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
McDonald’s to sell Korea operation, heating up burger M&As
McDonald’s Corp., the world’s top fast-food restaurant operator, is seeking to sell its South Korean business, heating up the mergers an...
Jun 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix to supply industry’s best-performing DRAM to Nvidia
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is set to supply the industry’s best-performing DRAM to US graphic chipmaker...
Jun 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Startup tapped to lead S.Korea’s autonomous car security project
South Korea has embarked on a public-private project to bolster communication security for autonomous driving, for which a domestic startup will pla...
Jun 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Korea's small webtoon platforms eye global adult markets
South Korea’s smaller webtoon platforms are targeting the world’s digital adult comics market, in which industry leaders Naver Corp. and...
Jun 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver to enter smart building market with 5G, AI robots
South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp. is set to enter the local smart building market with its cloud-based 5G networks and artificia...
Jun 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Kakao to focus on interest-based platform for global market
South Korea’s online platform giant Kakao Corp. plans to shift its focus to an interest-based platform from its existing acquaintance-based me...
Jun 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Private markets embrace wider swath of economy: Partners Group CEO
Private equity is regarded as an alternative asset class while shares of listed companies are known as traditional assets. This classification may n...
Jun 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
F&B giant SPC Group acquires Lina’s to ramp up global expansion
South Korea’s food and beverage conglomerate SPC Group announced Tuesday it has acquired French casual coffee chain Lina’s Déve...
Jun 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai revs up car output amid signs of easing auto chip crunch
As the global chip supply shortage shows signs of easing, South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is working down its order backlog by...
Jun 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean firms increase share in domestic office market
The International Finance Center in Seoul (IFC Seoul) drew interest from only six bidders at the end of last year, and Singapore-based ARA Korea was...
Jun 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Costco enters dawn delivery service market in S.Korea
Costco Wholesale Corp, a big-box retail giant, has begun dawn delivery services in South Korea as e-commerce is becoming the norm in the nation's gr...
Jun 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Hana Financial scores big with Son Heung-min sports marketing
South Korea’s national soccer team, led by captain Son Heung-min, lost to Brazil 1-5 in a pre-World Cup friendly on Thursday, much to 65,000 K...
Jun 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SKC to sell plastic film business to Hahn & Co. for $1.3 billion
SKC Ltd., the chemical materials unit of South Korea’s SK Group, is selling its plastic film business to private equity firm Hahn & Co. fo...
Jun 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Kakao Mobility to launch car transport service in June
South Korea’s Kakao Mobility Corp. will begin providing drivers for door-to-door auto transport from as early as mid-June, according to tech i...
Jun 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startups serving specific markets thrive: SaaS, fantech, veganism
Vertical service providers are dominating South Korea’s venture business ecosystem, in a study of the country’s early stage startups by ...
Jun 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Four consortiums bid for Seoul’s flying car program
A total of four consortiums announced their bids for the government-run urban air mobility (UAM) program titled K-UAM Grand Challenge on Tuesday.&nb...
May 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Why batteries were left out of Samsung's huge investment plan
Citigroup Global Markets on Monday slashed its target price for Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea's top three battery makers, by almost half and d...
May 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, Kia speed up expansion in European EV market
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s top two automakers, are expanding their presence in Europe, the world’s second-largest el...
May 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Memo from Howard Marks
Bull market rhymes
Bull market rhymes While I employ a great many adages and quotes in my writings, my main go-to list consists of a relatively small number. One ...
May 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Market Kurly's sales surge 49% on-year in Q1
South Korea’s Kurly Inc., the operator of grocery delivery platform Market Kurly, achieved 641.7 billion won ($511.6 million) in gross merch...
May 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Childcare app Piloto aims to instill healthy device use
Childcare app operator Piloto won first place at the May startup demo event hosted by D.Camp. The startup accelerator’s parent company,...
May 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire builds Asia’s largest proving ground for future car tires
Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire maker, said on Wednesday it has opened Asia’s largest proving ground to test t...
May 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
Korean real estate investors look to secure liquidity post-pandemic
South Korean real estate investors prefer liquidity and stable payback on investment, as well as investing in debts amid market uncertainty. The lim...
May 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Hyundai to spend $30 bn on improving quality of combustion engine cars
Hyundai Motor Group will invest 63 trillion won ($50 billion) in its domestic businesses through 2025 to strengthen its competitiveness in electrifi...
May 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sharehoder value
KT Cloud targets $792 million with new stock issuance
KT Cloud is working to raise 1 trillion won ($792 million) by issuing new shares. The cloud arm of telecom juggernaut KT Corp. plans to use the...
May 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung further expands global TV market share in Q1
Samsung Electronics Co. further expanded its market share in the global TV market in the first quarter of this year, while LG Electronics Inc. deliv...
May 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Alternative investment market at inflection point, says Suhyup CIO
Some major institutional investors in South Korea are set to increase alternative investments this year to hedge inflation and stabilize cash flows....
May 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems joins hands with Italy's Leonardo for radar exports
South Korea’s Hanwha Systems Co. joined forces with Italy’s major defense maker Leonardo SpA on exports of advanced aircraft radars to i...
May 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Winia Electronics sharpens marketing efforts in Mexico
Winia Electronics Co., a medium-sized South Korean consumer electronics company, is the top microwave brand in Mexico. It is a little-known fact tha...
May 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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