Korean project-based funds
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Private equity
Korean rental platforms become headache for PE investors
South Korean rental platforms have become a headache for private equity firms, with their declining profits and dim business outlooks making them ha...
Mar 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor unveils design of commercial EV platform
Hyundai Motor Co. unveiled the design of its first commercial electric vehicle (EV) platform ST1 on Thursday. ST1 is a commercial platform based on ...
Mar 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
DGB Financial launches overseas asset management
South Korea's DGB Financial Group announced on Thursday that it opened its first overseas subsidiary Hi Asset Management Asia (HiAMA) in Singapore.H...
Mar 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
LG Chem to close base chemical styrene monomer business
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea's No. 1 petrochemical company, will shut down its styrene monomer (SM) production line this month and is mulling closing a...
Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Burger Please!, world’s third-most downloaded app in 2023
A hyper-casual game developed by South Korea’s fledgling gaming publisher Supercent was the world’s third-most downloaded newly launched...
Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Ecoplant, TES to enter Japan’s battery recycling market
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management firm, said on Tuesday it is entering Japan’s battery recycling m...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
ISS backs Kumho Petrochem in family feud-triggered proxy war
Proxy advisory firm International Shareholder Services (ISS) has expressed its support for all of Kumho Petrochemical Co.'s proposals up for vote ...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Tmax Group to draw more than $572 mn to buy back Tmaxsoft
South Korea's leading software company Tmax Group is set to draw at least 750 billion won ($572.3 million) and a maximum of 1 trillion won from Seou...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai E&C, Glennmont D&D sign renewable energy PPA
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) announced on Tuesday that it signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for solar renewabl...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean real estate firms put up for sale amid lasting market downturn
A growing number of private real estate firms are being put up for sale in South Korea amid a prolonged market downturn and increasing delinquencies...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Signet builds system to enhance EV charger cybersecurity
SK Signet Inc., South Korea's electric vehicle (EV) charger manufacturer, announced on Tuesday that it has established an enhanced cybersecurity sys...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Foreign venture funding for Korean startups picks up
South Korean startups raising funds from overseas venture capital firms nearly doubled in the first two months of this year from a year ago, heighte...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
PUBG’s Krafton expands in India with localized games
South Korean gaming giant Krafton Inc., renowned for its global mega-hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), aims to expand its market share...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Mom’s Touch to open first store in Japan
South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. announced on Monday that it will open its first directly managed store Shibuya...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG’s new AI-controlled soundbar to hit US market in March
LG Electronics Inc. will roll out its new flagship soundbar system — powered by AI and 15-channel sound — in North America later this mo...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG CNS to develop AI platform of S.Korean government
South Korea’s LG CNS Co., a cloud computing services arm of LG Corp., announced on Sunday that it plans to develop a government-wide hyperscal...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
S.Korean steelmakers mull building electric furnaces in US
Steelmakers are considering building steel mills with electric furnaces in the United States to survive the triple whammy of high tariff barriers, l...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Seoul landmark Donuimun D Tower put up for sale
South Korean real estate firm Mastern Investment Management is set to sell off Donuimun D Tower, a landmark office building in Seoul, for about 900 ...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai strengthens eco-friendly remodeling vessels
South Korea's HD Hyundai Marine Solution said on Friday that it signed a contract with the Greece-based Neptune to deliver engine part load optimi...
Mar 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Mathpresso throws down the gauntlet in US edtech market
Mathpresso Inc., a South Korean startup operating the Google-backed learning app Qanda, has released its first study app catering to US university s...
Mar 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KEXIM, US DOE to support S.Korean green energy firms
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) said on Mar. 7 that it will support domestic firms that aim to enter the American green energy industry with...
Mar 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Brookfield taps ARA Korea as preferred bidder for Conrad Seoul
Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. has selected Seoul-based real estate manager ARA Korea Ltd. as the preferred bidder for five-star ho...
Mar 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to use recycled neon gas in chip manufacturing
Samsung Electronics Co. will use recycled neon gas in chip production for the first time in the world, a move expected to stabilize the cost and sup...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai Heavy picks Philippines as Asian base for warship sales
South Korea’s top shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (HHI) said on Thursday it has chosen the Philippines as its base for the sale of...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Taihan Cable to supply UHV network to Balfour Beatty
South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on Thursday that it will supply an an ultra-high voltage (UHV) power network worth $38 mil...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel to resume steel production in Russia
South Korea’s Hyundai Steel Co. is expected to resume steel production in Russia two years after it took its plant offline in the country amid...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea reclaims top spot in global shipbuilding orders in February
South Korean shipbuilders reclaimed the global No. 1 position in new orders last month for the first time since October 2023, according to data by U...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai E&C expands foreign alliances in pursuit of UK SMR project
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) has welcomed two British companies to its joint bid with US energy technology company H...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Vivid Health gets seed round from Kakao Ventures
Vivid Health, a South Korean startup that operates an obesity treatment management platform announced on Wednesday that it got a seed round investme...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LG Elec showcases EV chargers optimized for various spaces
LG Electronics Inc. on Wednesday unveiled its electric vehicle charging solutions optimized for homes, commercial spaces and charging stations at 20...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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