Korea Kream unicorn company
Scope
Date
~
-
Travel & Leisure
Foreign visitors to S.Korea on course to top 10 mn milestone
The number of foreign visitors to South Korea spiked 158.3% to 1.23 million in October from the month previous, the Korea Tourism Organization said ...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Batteries
POSCO completes construction of Korea’s 1st lithium hydroxide plant
POSCO Holdings Inc., the investment and holding company of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO, said on Wednesday it has completed the constructio...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Steel
Dongkuk CM develops world's first recycled color-coated steel sheets
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co. (Dongkuk CM), a cold-rolled steel subsidiary of Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., announced on Wednesday that it has succeeded in dev...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Ocean to develop submarine technology to evade detection
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. has consecutively secured contracts for naval technology-related vessel research projects. The company recently annou...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Sovereign wealth funds
KIC recoups 40% of 2022’s loss on stock, bond gains
Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) posted a 7.12% return on total asset investments in the first eight months of this year, recouping about 40% of last ye...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Business & Politics
Korea, Chile launch 8th round of FTA upgrade negotiations
The eighth round of negotiations for modernizing the Korea-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will take place in Seoul from November 29 to December 1....
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Corporate bonds
More Koreans seek high-yield bond funds, betting the Fed will end hikes
South Korean investors are growing more interested in global high-yield bond funds, betting that the US Federal Reserve is likely to end its interes...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Bio & Pharma
JW Holdings starts to export Winuf to Mongolia
South Korea's JW Holdings corporation announced on Tuesday that it started to export the multi-nutritional liquid Winuf Central 736·1085ml to...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Energy
Iljin Electric bags $333 mn high-voltage transformer deal in US
Iljin Electric Co. has won its largest-ever 431.8 billion won ($333.2 billion) order to supply high-voltage transformers to a US energy company, the...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Mergers & Acquisitions
Eastspring Asset in Korea up for grabs at about $77 mn
Eastspring Asset Management Korea Co., the Korean operation of Prudential plc’s asset management unit, is up for sale for about 100 billion wo...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Logistics
Hanjin to strengthen logistics for K-fashion brands
South Korea's Hanjin Transportation, a logistics unit of Hanjin Group, announced on Tuesday that it plans to strengthen Swoop, a logistics service o...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Beauty & Cosmetics
LG H&H to boost marketing of makeup brands in Japan
South Korea's LG H&H Co. announced on Tuesday that it will boost marketing of its premium makeup brands "Glint by VDIVOV" (Glint) and "freshian"...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Blockchain
SK C&C to build Hana Securities STO system
South Korea's SK C&C announced on Tuesday that it will supply its blockchain service platform ChainZ Security Token (ChainZ ST) to build the sys...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Economy
Korea to raise unskilled foreign worker visa quota to record high
South Korea is set to increase its visa quota for non-professional foreign workers to a record high and expand the sectors in which they can work to...
Nov 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean wins $125.5 mn order for VLAC
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. announced on Monday that it secured an order for one very large ammonia carrier (VLAC) from a shipowner in Oceania fo...
Nov 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Electronics
Apple to open sixth store in S.Korea
Apple Inc. said on Monday that it will open its sixth store in South Korea on Dec. 9. The new store will be located in the Starfield Hanam shop...
Nov 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Bio & Pharma
Korea to invest $200 mn in new drugs, vaccines by 2028
South Korea’s health ministry will allocate 261.6 billion won ($200.2 million) for two funds over the next four years to boost private sector ...
Nov 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korean stock market
Korean ELS investors biting nails over sharp falls in Hong Kong shares
Chinese shares listed on the Hong Kong bourse have fallen sharply so far this year, placing the city’s main stock index, the HSCEI, among the ...
Nov 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Energy
Taihan Cable to bid for power distribution network in UK
South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the global infrastructure ...
Nov 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Construction
Daewoo E&C seeks energy infrastructure biz in Yemen
South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Yemeni Minis...
Nov 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's KDB likely to tap top bidder for HMM in November
Competition to acquire HMM Co., the top container line in South Korea, is intensifying as the bidders are offering almost the same prices for the de...
Nov 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Bio & Pharma
Celltrion applies for approval in Europe for eye treatment biosimilar
South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. announced on Friday that it applied for approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for ...
Nov 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Business & Politics
S.Korea to pour $26 bn in UK’s renewables, infrastructure
South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund, banks and other private sector companies plan to pour £21 billion ($26.3 billion) in renewables, in...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma wins $10 mn order for flu vaccine in Thailand
South Korea's GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Thursday that its flu vaccine GC Flu secured a $10 million order in the upcoming bid by Thailand's Gov...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Motor signs Korea’s largest PPA deal to go carbon neutral
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Thursday it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Hyundai Engineering & C...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Bio & Pharma
SK C&C to promote AI healthcare for brain diseases
South Korea's SK C&C announced on Thursday that it signed a strategic business agreement with Neurophet, a cloud-based AI platform for brain ima...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Infrastructure
S.Korea to develop Batam airport as Indonesia's air hub
BATAM – State-run Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) is accelerating the growth of Hang Nadim International Airport in Batam, Indonesi...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Retail
S. Korea’s CU surpasses 500 global stores
South Korean convenience store chain CU announced on Thursday that it surpassed 500 global stores, achieving an annual footfall of 100 million overs...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Business & Politics
BP, Corio to invest $1.1 billion in S. Korea as Seoul-London ties deepen
LONDON – British offshore wind power developer Corio Generation and energy giant BP Plc have agreed to invest a combined 1.5 trillion won ($1....
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Airlines
Korean LCCs baffled as Korea-Indonesia aviation talks stall
South Korea’s low-cost carriers (LCCs) may have to shelve plans to launch service to Indonesia after the two countries failed to reach an agre...
Nov 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Want to look beautiful? – Here’s the 'Made In Korea' mask pack
- 2 LG Chem closes $1 bn water filter division sale to Glenwood PE
- 3 Hyundai Motor-backed Motional names AI veteran Laura Major as CEO
- 4 President Lee: Businesses at center of policy priorities for economic growth
- 5 Samsung supplies HBM3E to AMD’s new accelerators