S.Korean biotech NKMax’s unit aims for US IPO

S.Korean biotech NKMax’s unit aims for US IPO

NKMax Co., a South Korean cancer drug maker, is in talks with local and foreign investors in a bid to list its California-based unit NKGen Biotech I...

Qoo10 to buy another Korean rival for unit’s Nasdaq listing

Qoo10 to buy another Korean rival for unit’s Nasdaq listing

Southeast Asia-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Pte. Ltd. is poised to take over a smaller South Korean rival through a stock swap deal, in a bid to ...

Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee walks on tightrope in US, China investments

Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee walks on tightrope in US, China investments

BEIJING – Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee plans to attend the China Development Forum later this month for the first time as the South Korean ...

S.Korean sovereign wealth fund KIC to set up Mumbai office

S.Korean sovereign wealth fund KIC to set up Mumbai office

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has kicked off procedures to open a Mumbai-based office later this year, The Korea Economic...

Samsung chief Lee vows bold investment to bolster chip R&D capabilities

Samsung chief Lee vows bold investment to bolster chip R&D capabilities

Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee pledged another bold investment in the world’s largest memory chipmaker’s next-generation se...

KB Financial Group injects $385.6 million into S.Korea’s real estate PF

KB Financial Group injects $385.6 million into S.Korea’s real estate PF

South Korea’s KB Financial Group on Monday said it will provide liquidity support for the domestic market for real estate project financing (P...

Nongshim lands deal to export smart farms to Saudi Arabia

Nongshim lands deal to export smart farms to Saudi Arabia

South Korea's food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. will export smart farms to Saudi Arabia, following a similar deal with the United Arab Emirates (...

H2O Hospitality signs MOU with Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia

H2O Hospitality signs MOU with Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia

H2O Hospitality Ltd., a South Korean company specializing in digital transformation in the hospitality and leisure industries, announced on Monday t...

Hyundai E&C consortium breaks ground on $7 bn S-Oil Shaheen project

Hyundai E&C consortium breaks ground on $7 bn S-Oil Shaheen project

A South Korean consortium led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. has embarked on building 9.26 trillion won ($7 billion) petrochemical fa...

Korea's StoneBridge Ventures invests $91 mn in semiconductor, AI

Korea's StoneBridge Ventures invests $91 mn in semiconductor, AI

South Korean venture capital investment firm StoneBridge Ventures Inc. announced on Thursday that it has invested a total of 120 billion won ($90.9 ...

SK Networks invests $22 mn in US AI-based device company

SK Networks invests $22 mn in US AI-based device company

South Korea's SK Networks has identified a startup specializing in AI-based devices and software platforms as a new investment target. The startup, ...

Yoon’s US visit to test Biden’s trust as ally over chip, battery issues

Yoon’s US visit to test Biden’s trust as ally over chip, battery issues

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s summit meeting with his US counterpart Joe Biden next month will celebrate 70 years of the Korea-US sec...

S.Korea pledges steps to attract more foreign investment

S.Korea pledges steps to attract more foreign investment

South Korea will boost foreign investment in the country through increased incentives and deregulation, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister C...

Korea's AI startup Quantit attracts $23 mn Series A investment

Korea's AI startup Quantit attracts $23 mn  Series A investment

South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) company Vaiv Company Inc. announced on Tuesday that Quantit, its fintech subsidiary, has received a 30 bi...

Korea clears environmental hurdle for new Jeju airport

Korea clears environmental hurdle for new Jeju airport

South Korea’s environment ministry conditionally approved the construction of a new airport on Jeju Island with a 6.7 trillion won ($5.2 billi...

Concerned about CHIPS Act, Korea says US investment less attractive

Concerned about CHIPS Act, Korea says US investment less attractive

South Korea on Monday expressed concerns about the guidelines of the US Chips and Science Act, saying that some of the conditions the US government ...

Mirae Asset, music profit-sharing startup take on security token offerings

Mirae Asset, music profit-sharing startup take on security token offerings

South Korea's Fingo Company, which runs the music revenue sharing platform Fingo, on Friday said it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with ...

SK Incheon Petrochemical invests in domestic recycling waste tire startup

SK Incheon Petrochemical invests in domestic recycling waste tire startup

SK Incheon Petrochemical, a subsidiary of South Korea’s SK Innovation Co., on Sunday said it made an equity investment in the eco-friendly sta...

S.Korea's KIC to strengthen responsible investments

S.Korea's KIC to strengthen responsible investments

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) plans to actively voice its opinions on portfolio companies' management over the next two years to tighten its re...

S.Korea needs bold investment to keep K-chip supremacy: SNU scholar

S.Korea needs bold investment to keep K-chip supremacy: SNU scholar

The South Korean government and the private sector must commit to more generous and comprehensive support for the country's memory chip industry if ...

SK Materials makes equity investment in ION for CO2 capture partnership

SK Materials makes equity investment in ION for CO2 capture partnership

SK Materials Co., an industrial gas manufacturing affiliate of South Korea’s SK Inc., has made an equity investment in ION Clean Energy Inc., ...

CJ CheilJedang invests in Australian bio startup

CJ CheilJedang invests in Australian bio startup

South Korea's food and bio company CJ CheilJedang Corp. on Wednesday said it will invest in the Australian bio startup Provectus Algae.The former se...

Kakao Brain to launch investment fund for AI startups

Kakao Brain to launch investment fund for AI startups

Kakao Brain, a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) company owned by Kakao Corp., said on Sunday it plans to set up a fund of up to 10 billion ...

EQT Partners to acquire S.Korea’s SK Shieldus for $2.3 bn

EQT Partners to acquire S.Korea’s SK Shieldus for $2.3 bn

EQT Partners AB, the world’s third-largest private equity firm, is poised to buy a controlling stake in South Korean security service provider...

SK Networks to expand investment in tech firms for future growth

SK Networks to expand investment in tech firms for future growth

SK Networks Co., the general trading and rental arm of South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate SK Group, will expand direct funding for tech ...

Hanwha Aerospace secures tech to catch illegal drones using nets

Hanwha Aerospace secures tech to catch illegal drones using nets

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. has secured technology to respond to threats from unmanned aerial vehicles such as drones.The company seeks the a...

S.Korea to spur defense sector tech with $1.5 bn R&D investment

S.Korea to spur defense sector tech with $1.5 bn R&D investment

South Korea plans to accelerate growth in the defense industry, a future growth engine of Asia’s fourth-largest economy, by investing more tha...

S.Korea's UAM project finalizes list of 46 participating companies

S.Korea's UAM project finalizes list of 46 participating companies

Forty-six companies in South Korea including three in mobile telecommunications are participating in the Korean-style urban air mobility (UAM) demon...

Hyundai takes lead in Korea’s dividend policy reform

Hyundai takes lead in Korea’s dividend policy reform

The Hyundai Motor Group is set to become South Korea’s first conglomerate to disclose dividend allocations ahead of the ex-dividend date, a mo...

CJ Investment fosters Korean startups to discover new growth engines

CJ Investment fosters Korean startups to discover new growth engines

CJ Investment, the corporate venture capital arm of CJ Corp., announced on Tuesday its plans to foster promising South Korean startups in order to d...

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