Lotte Rental Vietnam
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Alternative investments
Daewoo E&C jointly creates $400 mn fund for overseas M&As
Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. of South Korea and IMM Investment Global, the Hong Kong-based affiliate of Korean equity firm IMM Investme...
Mar 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte Group’s confectionery and food shares jump 5% on merger news
Shares of both Lotte Confectionery and Lotte Food rose more than 5% Thursday on expectations of synergy effects from their upcoming merger. A d...
Mar 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte Confectionery to merge with Lotte Food
Lotte Group will merge its confectionery and foodstuff businesses, South Korea's fourth-largest conglomerate announced Wednesday.Lotte Confectionery...
Mar 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Lotte seeks first-mover advantage in senior market
South Korea's Lotte Group will build a luxury residential town for retirees in Seoul by 2025 to plunge into the senior housing market.Lotte Hotels a...
Mar 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Lotte to join used car market, seen as boost for small players
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and the country’s No. 1 car rental firm Lotte Rental Co. are advancing into the domestic u...
Mar 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
China rules EV market with fleet sales; Hyundai targets retail
Chinese electric vehicle makers are expanding their shares in key markets such as the US and Europe through fleet sales, while South Korea’s H...
Mar 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte invests in Canada's edible insect food company
South Korea's Lotte Confectionery Co. has invested around 10 billion won ($8 million) in Canada’s edible insect protein producer Aspire Food G...
Mar 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
K Car's evolution into top Korean used car sales platform
When Seoul-based private equity firm Hahn & Co. acquired K Car Co. from SK Group in 2018, the No. 1 used car retailer in South Korea controlled ...
Mar 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Lotte says to become the norm in metaverse retail space
Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is so determined to make the metaverse the group's next playing field that he recently proposed a metaverse meeti...
Feb 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Korea petchem shares shine on China hopes, valuations
South Korean petrochemical companies’ stocks rose as investors bought them at a bargain on expectations for Chinese demand recovery despite ri...
Feb 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lotte to develop seawater-degradable bioplastic material
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. plans to develop a decomposable bioplastic material in seawater for production based on petrochemicals for ...
Feb 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Lotte Chemical to invest $502 mn in eco-friendly materials plants in Korea
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. is set to spend 602 billion won ($501.5 million) in building eco-friendly materials plants at one of its pe...
Feb 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Samsung, Lotte, POSCO to build hydrogen plant in Malaysia
Samsung Engineering Co., Lotte Chemical Corp., and POSCO signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (S...
Jan 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Lotte acquires Ministop Korea for $260 mn from Aeon
South Korea's Lotte Group has agreed to acquire a 100% stake in Ministop Korea for 313.4 billion won ($263 million), the country's fifth-largest con...
Jan 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Vietnam gives traction to Korean banks' global push
South Korea's leading banks began to reap the rewards of their efforts to become regional players in Asia, with their aggressive investments in Viet...
Jan 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Lotte Group beats Shinsegae to acquire Ministop Korea
Lotte Group beat its retail rival Shinsegae Group in a competition to buy South Korea’s fifth-largest convenience store chain Ministop Korea. ...
Jan 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Lotte acquires Chicago-based hotel for $36 mn K-style rebrand
Hotel Lotte Co., retail conglomerate Lotte Group’s luxury hotel operator, completed the acquisition of Kimpton Hotel Monaco in Chicago for $...
Jan 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Lotte Group aims for top spot in metaverse retail space
Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is known for his obsession with new tech gadgets.He’s one of those early adopters in South Korea of the Ocu...
Jan 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Lotte agrees with Indonesia to resume $3.9 bn petchem project
South Korea’s Lotte Group agreed with the Indonesian government to resume a $3.9 billion petrochemical project in the Southeast Asian country,...
Jan 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Lotte, Shinsegae compete head-on for Ministop Korea
South Korea's two retail heavyweights Lotte and Shinsegae are in head-to-head competition for the country's fifth-largest convenience store chain Mi...
Jan 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
SK Bioscience to sell Novavax COVID-19 vaccine in Thailand, Vietnam
SK Bioscience Co., a biopharmaceutical unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Friday it has acquired non-exclusive rights to sell US-based No...
Dec 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Pangyo, Bundang among Asia's hot office areas, DWS says
Many cities across the Asia-Pacific are springing up with exciting urban office districts, which offer attractive office investment opportunities,...
Dec 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korean duty free shops take opposite paths to draw Chinese shoppers
There appear to be two diverging roads for South Korea's top duty free operators Lotte and Shilla: expanding outside China, or going deeper inside t...
Dec 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Lotte Chemical seeks to acquire Japanese specialty chemical firms
Lotte Chemical Corp. is seeking to acquire major stakes in a few specialty chemical companies in Japan as the South Korean company aims to expand it...
Nov 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Oilbank to make naphtha from plastic waste
Hyundai Oilbank Co. is set to produce naphtha by injecting plastic waste pyrolysis oil into the process of refining crude oil, poised to become the ...
Nov 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Lotte joins Korea’s UAM race as Hyundai closes ranks with others
South Korean conglomerate Lotte said on Tuesday it is joining hands with three other partners to enter the country’s urban air mobility (UAM) ...
Nov 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean Air gets Vietnam’s regulatory approval for acquisition of Asiana
Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) said on Tuesday it has obtained regulatory approval from Vietnam for its 1.8 trillion won ($1.6 billion) deal to acquir...
Nov 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
SK to invest $340 mn in Vietnam’s major retail platform The CrownX
South Korea’s conglomerate SK Group said on Nov. 11 that it agreed to invest $340 million in The CrownX, a retail platform of Masan Group Corp...
Nov 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Dongkuk eyes $1.7 billion sales from color steel business in 2030
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., South Korea’s third-largest steelmaker, said on Monday that it aims to grow its color coated steel business to 2 trill...
Nov 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Supply chain
Korea scrambles to address DEF supply shortage
South Korea is stepping up efforts to secure diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) such as diversification of supply sources as the shortage of the liquid used...
Nov 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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