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Tourism, aircraft take bulk of 2020 alternatives loss

Tourism, aircraft take bulk of 2020 alternatives loss

South Korea's eight leading brokerage companies, including Mirae Asset Securities Co. and Hana Financial Investment Co., are estimated to have booke...

F&F may pay $350 mn for TaylorMade without Korean sales license

F&F may pay $350 mn for TaylorMade without Korean sales license

South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. may not be able to sell apparel of TaylorMade Golf Co. in the country even after a $350 million t...

Korean love for foreign stocks tops 100 tn won mark

Korean love for foreign stocks tops 100 tn won mark

South Koreans’ appetite for foreign stocks continued to grow with holdings of overseas shares by retail investors exceeding the 100 trillion w...

War for bio talent intensifies as S.Korea works on mRNA vaccines

War for bio talent intensifies as S.Korea works on mRNA vaccines

As concerns rise over a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war for talent in South Korea’s pharmaceutical industry is intensifying as th...

Daewoong Pharmaceutical aims to top $4 bn in sales by 2027

Daewoong Pharmaceutical aims to top $4 bn in sales by 2027

South Korea-based Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. is hoping to achieve 5 trillion won ($4.4 billion) in sales by 2027, meaning that the company aims to ...

Korean conglomerates turn to startups to tackle new ventures and ESG

Korean conglomerates turn to startups to tackle new ventures and ESG

South Korean conglomerates have been reaching out to D.CAMP, the country's largest non-profit foundation for startups, to get in touch with domestic...

POBA commits €80 mn to AXA's life science property fund

POBA commits €80 mn to AXA's life science property fund

South Korea's Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has committed €80 million ($95 million) to AXA Investment Managers' fund, which recen...

Market Kurly's IPO plans dwarfed by SSG.COM's IPO talk

Market Kurly's IPO plans dwarfed by SSG.COM's IPO talk

Kurly Inc., which runs South Korea's online grocery delivery service Market Kurly, has tentatively halted its IPO process, about a month after it an...

POSCO’s 37-year gymnastics sponsorship proves fruitful in Tokyo

POSCO’s 37-year gymnastics sponsorship proves fruitful in Tokyo

South Korean steelmaker POSCO’s long-standing sponsorship of the country’s gymnasts again proved effective at the Tokyo Olympics. The So...

Mid-sized Korean groups pave way for PEFs' stalled exits

Mid-sized Korean groups pave way for PEFs' stalled exits

Hoban Group, started as a small residential rental company in Gwangju in 1989, has now emerged as a major player in South Korea's M&A market, in...

Korean startups raise record-high Series A funding in H1

Korean startups raise record-high Series A funding in H1

South Korea's startup ecosystem has been booming with companies raising over 1 trillion won ($870 million) in the first half of this year -- an all-...

Korean Air hits milestone of 10,000 cargo-only passenger flights

Korean Air hits milestone of 10,000 cargo-only passenger flights

Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) hit a milestone of having operated 10,000 cargo-only passenger flights as of Aug. 1, as the country’s top carrier g...

MBK seeks to exit Japan's top golf course operator

MBK seeks to exit Japan's top golf course operator

MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity firm, is seeking to exit Japan's largest golf course operator Accordia Next Golf to capitalize on ...

S.Korean archers power to Tokyo victory with Win&Win bows

S.Korean archers power to Tokyo victory with Win&Win bows

Last Friday, South Korea's An San became the first archer in Olympic history to win three gold medals at a single Games: the women's individual comp...

Korean pension funds ramp up co-investment to seize good deals

Korean pension funds ramp up co-investment to seize good deals

South Korea’s pension funds are increasing co-investment as the COVID-19 is prolonged. They are attempting to solve difficulties in overseas d...

HK inno.N’s IPO attracts $25 bn from retail investors

HK inno.N’s IPO attracts $25 bn from retail investors

HK inno.N Corp. (inno.N), a pharmaceuticals unit of Kolmar Korea, drew a massive $25 billion from retail investors for its listing thanks to its s...

Canada’s CPPIB promotes Suyi Kim to global head of private equity

Canada’s CPPIB promotes Suyi Kim to global head of private equity

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has named Suyi Kim, its Asia head, as the global chief of its private equity business, effective Se...

Korea redefines dining experience with meal kits and delivery food

Korea redefines dining experience with meal kits and delivery food

A good old-fashioned, home-cooked meal is becoming a thing of the past in Korean households, with a wide range of home meal replacements (HMRs) an...

Korea’s steel stocks make big rebound with rosy H2 outlook

Korea’s steel stocks make big rebound with rosy H2 outlook

The share prices of South Korea’s major steelmakers, which observed a period of a downturn over the last two months, is making a rebound amid ...

Samsung SDI to build EV battery plant in US

Samsung SDI to build EV battery plant in US

Samsung SDI Co. plans to set up an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in the US, joining South Korean battery producers’ move to gain ground ...

Korea’s major banking groups post record-high earnings in H1

Korea’s major banking groups post record-high earnings in H1

South Korea’s major banking groups have posted the highest-ever net profit figures in the first half of this year. Shinhan Financial Group rep...

Hyundai-sponsored archers reign supreme with 9th-straight gold in Tokyo

Hyundai-sponsored archers reign supreme with 9th-straight gold in Tokyo

Chung Euisun, Hyundai Motor Group Chairman and chair of the Korea Archery Association (KAA), was captured on TV July 25, watching the women’s ...

Hyundai Honorary Chairman Chung inducted into Automotive Hall of Fame

Hyundai Honorary Chairman Chung inducted into Automotive Hall of Fame

Hyundai Motor Group Honorary Chairman Chung Mong-koo was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame (AHF) on Thursday, acknowledging his work in deve...

Bid for botox maker Hugel to kick off in late July, attracts PEFs

Bid for botox maker Hugel to kick off in late July, attracts PEFs

The bid to acquire a controlling stake in Hugel Inc., South Korea’s leading maker of botulinum toxin, more commonly known as botox, from US pr...

Korean housing prices soar to $5 tn in Moon admin with record growth

Korean housing prices soar to $5 tn in Moon admin with record growth

South Korean house prices have risen more during the President Moon Jae-in administration than any other as the current government has focused more ...

Delta variant, rate hike views hurt Korean lower-rated corporate bond sales

Delta variant, rate hike views hurt Korean lower-rated corporate bond sales

South Korean companies with low credit ratings around BBB are suffering weaker demand in the primary market. A spread in the Delta coronavirus varia...

Sandbox Network sets up China affiliate for business expansion

Sandbox Network sets up China affiliate for business expansion

South Korea’s largest multichannel network (MCN) company Sandbox Network Inc. has made another major step forward in expanding its China busin...

Korean drugmakers race to release Stelara biosimilars

Korean drugmakers race to release Stelara biosimilars

South Korea’s major drugmakers such as Celltrion Inc., Samsung Bioepis and Dong-A St are going for broke to release biosimilars of Stelara, Jo...

Korean LCCs continue to face worst market conditions in 2021

Korean LCCs continue to face worst market conditions in 2021

Korea’s low-cost carriers (LCCs) are projected to post another period of financial loss in the second quarter of 2021.According to analyst est...

Korean PEFs' 2020 investments, exits at record highs

Korean PEFs' 2020 investments, exits at record highs

Private equity firms registered in South Korea posted their largest-ever amount of both investments and divestments in 2020 which were almost balanc...

Is chip winter over? Doomsayers gone as Korea’s DRAM exports surge S.Korea to have 1st civilian defense minister in decades, tap career technocrats Fubon Bank expands Korea presence into banking Hana Asset launches ultra-low-fee Nasdaq 100 ETF Even barcodes copied: Counterfeits invasion threatens K-brands

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