POBA to increase long-term private credit investments
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will step up its private credit and bonds until next year as it expects high interes...
S.Korea’s startups see Sept. investment surge 85%
South Korea’s startups last month saw investment rise for the first time this year.The Seoul-based Startup Alliance, a private support organiz...
LG Chem to manufacture flooring from waste PET bottles
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. revealed on Thursday its plan to produce an eco-friendly plasticizer derived from discarded polyethylene terephthalate (P...
Stability prioritized over risk-taking assets: Korean investors
South Korean institutional investors increased private lending as interest rates stay higher for longer, while tapping into the secondary market for...
S.Korean HD Hyundai inks $3.9 bn Qatar LNG tanker deal
DOHA -- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world’s second-largest shipyard, has won a $3.9 billion deal to build 17 liquified natural gas ca...
NPS to expand listed REIT, private debt investments
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will increase investing in real estate debt and listed real estate investment trusts (REITs) next...
Xexymix launches pop-up store in Shanghai BFC Mall
South Korea's media and e-commerce company Brand X Corp. announced on Wednesday its activewear brand Xexymix has opened a pop-up store at the BFC Ma...
South Korean game developers spin off fashion brands
South Korean gaming companies are eyeing the fashion industry in a bid to diversify their revenue sources by broadening the fan base for their popul...
S.Korean public sector's ICT systems to fully convert to cloud
South Korea’s public sector, barring extenuating circumstances, will build its information and communications (ICT) systems in private clouds ...
Medytox to enter China’s botulinum toxin market with Newlux
South Korean pharmaceutical company Medytox Inc. on Tuesday announced its plan to enter the Chinese market for botulinum toxins (BTX) with its cut...
Shinhan Card's Kazakhstan arm secures $60 mn from IFC
Shinhan Finance, a subsidiary of South Korea's Shinhan Card in Kazakhstan, has attracted a $60 million investment from the International Finance Cor...
KIC eyes private debt, infrastructure in era of high interest rates
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) is eyeing infrastructure and private debt in the era of higher-for-longer interest rates, while m...
Nvidia invests in Korean generative AI startup Twelve Labs
Nvidia Corp., a global chip designer, made its first investment in a South Korean generative artificial intelligence startup as Big Tech companies G...
HD Hyundai President Chung to deliver keynote at CES 2024
South Korea's No. 1 shipbuilding group’s heir apparent Chung Ki-sun will deliver a keynote speech at the world’s biggest consumer techno...
Samsung Biologics partners with Europe's largest VC
Samsung Biologics Co., the world's largest contract drug manufacturer, announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with global biotech venture capitalist ...
Mobile carrier LG Uplus makes inroads into EV charger market
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s mobile and broadband service provider, has released the prototype of its first electric vehicle charger to make ...
KG Mobility to develop Level 3 autonomous driving system
South Korea's KG Mobility Corp. announced on Tuesday it partnered with domestic autonomous self-driving software firm Autonomous a2z. The two c...
Tous Les Jours opens first store in Canada
CJ Foodville, the food subsidiary of South Korea's CJ Group, announced on Tuesday its bakery chain brand Tous Les Jours has opened its first store i...
CS Wind eyes $2.2 bn sales in 2024 with Bladt
CS Wind Corp., a South Korean wind turbine tower manufacturer, expects its sales next year to double from last year’s to reach about 3 trillio...
Naver secures $100 mn digital twin project in Saudi Arabia
South Korea's dominant web portal giant Naver Corp. has won a contract to develop a Digital Twin platform for Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Municipal a...
Paris Baguette to enter Middle Eastern halal market
Paris Baguette, the bakery franchise owned by South Korea's SPC Group, said on Monday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with UAE-b...
Lotte, two SK Group units to join hands for carbon capture
Lotte Chemical Corp., SK Innovation Co. and SK IE Technology Co. (SK IET) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to make their joint push i...
Hyundai Motor, PIF to invest $500 mn to build car plant in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH – Hyundai Motor Co. has agreed with the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund, to set up a joint venture to build...
Alternative investment forum ASK 2023 to begin Oct. 25 in Seoul
Major institutional investors in South Korea and global asset managers will share their views on the world economy and asset allocation strategies a...
Curocell to localize blood cancer drug by 2025
South Korean biotech company Curocell Inc. on Sunday said it will apply for approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in September next yea...
SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom to design LLM
SK Telecom Co. on Sunday said it will develop a large language model (LLM) specifically for the communications sector with Deutsche Telekom of Germa...
S.Korean game developer Smilegate, angel of local startups
Smilegate, South Korean developer of the world’s top first-person shooter game Crossfire, is raising investments in domestic startups despite ...
China’s graphite export curbs deal blow to Korean battery sector
South Korean electric vehicle battery and battery component makers are fretting over the Chinese government’s impending restrictions on export...
Pablo Air secures $15.5 mn in pre-IPO investment
Pablo Air Co. Ltd., a specialized drone control company, announced on Friday that it has attracted an investment of 21 billion won ($15.5 million) i...
Naver-invested Nota AI named global leader in AI optimization
South Korea’s Nota AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) optimization model company with investment from Naver D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), an inv...
