MBK 2022 performance
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Pension funds
NPS underperforms global peers by returns for Q1-Q3 2022
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, ranked 10th out of the global 42 state-owned investors by rate...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korean refiners lift runs to 3-year high on record exports
Refiners in South Korea raised their operating rates to a three-year high in 2022 as petroleum product exports hit a record high in value.Refinery r...
Jan 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
Rice consumption in S.Korea hits record low in 2022
Last year, per-person annual rice consumption in South Korea fell by half from 30 years ago, marking a record low.According to the results of the 20...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Bank's Vietnam subsidiary reports record-high performance
Woori Bank Vietnam, South Korean lender Woori Bank's local subsidiary in Vietnam, had heydays last year, tiding over the aftermath of the COVID-19 o...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai vows $8.5 billion investment after record 2022 sales, profit
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Thursday it will spend 10.5 trillion won ($8.5 billion) this year to ramp up facilities ...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
NHN Cloud joins ranks of unicorns with $120 mn funding
NHN Cloud Co., a computer clouding service provider, has raised 150 billion won ($120 million) from South Korea-based IMM Investment, joining the ra...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
Korean tractor exports hit record high of $1.3 bn in 2022
Exports of South Korean tractors hit a fresh record high for the second consecutive year in 2022, according to Korea Customs Service on Jan. 24. Kor...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK, Unison agree on tender offer for Korea’s Osstem Implant
MBK Partners, a leading Asian private equity firm, and Unison Capital Korea agreed on a tender offer to acquire management rights of Osstem Implant ...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korean stock issuance volume declines 24% in 2022
The volume of stock issuance in South Korea declined sharply last year due to the softening stock market. Amid rising interest rates, the amount of ...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia make up 11.3% of UK's new car registrations in 2022
South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor Group accounted for 11.3% of the new car registrations in the UK last year, according to a report that the Socie...
Jan 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LIG Nex1 opens AI research lab jointly with Korea Robot Institute
LIG Nex1 Co. said on Wednesday that it held an "AI Co-Lab" opening ceremony at the Seoul office of the Korea Institute of Robot and Convergence (KIR...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ECM/DCM
Kakao Pay and Hanwha Aerospace likely to be added to MSCI Korea Index
South Korea's Kakao Pay Corp. and Hanwha Aerospace Co. next month are expected to get newly incorporated into the MSCI Korean Index, which measures ...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Global smartphone shipments hit 10-year low in 2022
Global smartphone shipments last year declined to their lowest level in 10 years, showing how consumers closed their wallets amid the economic downt...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea's GNI per capita falls in 2022 on foreign exchange fluctuation
South Korea's gross national income (GNI) per capita last year likely fell under $35,000, a figure first reached in 2021, due to sluggish economic g...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Bank of Korea gives bearish outlook after rate hike
South Korea’s central bank on Friday raised interest rates by a quarter point to 3.5%, while signaling a further cut in its economic growth fo...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung’s new 5 nm high-performance SSD faster, uses less power
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Thursday it is ready to produce in large quantities PM9C1a, its latest ...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG OLED evo selected as best product in Japan
LG Electronics Inc.'s OLED evo was selected as the best product by Japan's most well-known audio and video publications.The South Korean company sai...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Powertrain maker Hyundai Transys set to post record-high 2022 revenue
Hyundai Transys Co., a Hyundai Motor Group unit that makes powertrains and seats, said on Wednesday that it is estimated to have achieved record-hig...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Seoul ranks 7th in city competitiveness assessed by Japanese Institute
Seoul's urban competitiveness rebounded after five years, ranking seventh in the world. It was due to the fact that the ranking of the economy categ...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Diverging lithium, nickel prices unnerve Korean battery makers
The prices of lithium and nickel, key minerals for electric vehicle batteries, have been diverging since late last year, which is set to further wid...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea’s NPS to be in red in 2022 with 5.3% loss in Jan-Oct
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest such fund, is poised to report an annual loss in 2022 for the fi...
Jan 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea logs record trade deficit in 2022; outlook dim
South Korea suffered a record trade deficit last year as the ongoing war in Ukraine ramped up energy import bills, while the outlook remained dark w...
Jan 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display to showcase high-performance OLED panels for gaming at CES
LG Display Co. said on Thursday that it would unveil new 45-inch ultra-wide OLED panels and 27-inch OLED panels optimized for gaming at CES 2023, th...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK signs $2 bn deal to acquire 3D dental scanner firm Medit
Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners is acquiring Medit Corp., the world’s third-largest 3D dental scanner maker, for 2.45 trillion w...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Young Poong Precision to increase control over Korea Zinc
Young Poong Precision Corp., an industrial pump and chemical plant valve maker under South Korea's Young Poong Group, is aggressively increasing con...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S. Korea foresees recession in falling freight prices, wages
Global ocean freight prices are falling amid a darkening outlook for South Korea, as Asia’s fourth-largest economy heavily depends on overseas...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korean holding firms likely to post bigger dividend payouts in 2022
South Korea's major holding companies are expected to set higher dividends per share (DPS) at end-2022 than in previous years, a Samsung Securi...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
CJ Olive Young selects MINGLE as 2022 keyword
CJ Olive Young said on Tuesday that it selected "M-I-N-G-L-E" as the trending keyword of the year after analyzing 110 million bits of annual custome...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Korean LG CNS to expand digital marketing biz with DX tech
South Korea’s LG CNS Co., the information technology service arm of LG Group, is geared up to expand the digital marketing business for growth...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Korean Air newly incorporated into 2022 DJSI Korea
Korean Air Lines Co. announced on Wednesday that it has been newly included in the 2022 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) Korea announced ...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 2 Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans
- 3 LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess
- 4 South Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties
- 5 Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet