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Corporate restructuring
SK Group’s holding firm aims to become Korea’s Berkshire Hathaway
Jang Dong-hyun, chief executive of SK Inc., formerly known as SK Holdings Co. made a rare public remark during a March shareholder meeting, saying t...
Apr 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor Group forms TaaS division to be led by 42dot CEO
Hyundai Motor Group has created a new Transportation-as-a-Service (TaaS) division that will oversee the mobility businesses of Hyundai Motor Co. and...
Apr 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai Engineering seeks Q3 IPO; seen as precursor to group revamp
Hyundai Engineering Co., an unlisted construction affiliate of the Hyundai Motor Group, is seeking an initial public offering on the Korean bourse, ...
Apr 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Iyuno-SDI Group raises $160 mn follow-on investment from SoftBank
Iyuno-SDI Group, a South Korean content localization firm, has received $160 million in funding from SoftBank Vision Fund 2, a follow-on investment ...
Apr 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
Naver invests $150 million in Indonesia’s No.1 media group Emtek
South Korea’s online platform giant Naver Corp. has invested $150 million in Elang Mahkota Teknologi (Emtek), Indonesia’s largest techno...
Apr 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
SK Group acquires 16.3% of Vietnam’s top retailer for $410 million
South Korea’s SK Group has acquired 16.3% of Vincommerce, Vietnam’s top retail business operator, for $410 million as part of a move to ...
Apr 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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EV batteries
SK Group eyes jackpot from investment in battery maker SES
South Korea’s SK Group is expected to pocket at least a tenfold return from its investment in electric vehicle battery startup SES as the batt...
Apr 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
GS Galtex to partner with Kakao for mobility services
South Korea's GS Caltex Corp., aiming to become a logistics platform, will invest around 30 billion won ($26 million) in Kakao Mobility Corp. to str...
Mar 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS makes strategic investment in BC Partners with Blackstone
The National Pension Service has made an investment in BC Partners by acquiring a stake in the UK private equity firm through a Blackstone fund, acc...
Mar 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyosung TNC’s Love Seoul made of recycled PET bottles
Hyosung TNC Corp., a South Korean textile and yarn maker, has unveiled garments made of eco-friendly polyester yarn extracted from recycled PET bott...
Mar 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Group's financial story: Measure, divest and focus
Last month, South Korea's third-largest conglomerate SK Group agreed to sell its 21-year-old baseball club SK Wyverns to the country’s leading...
Mar 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha Group
Hanwha launches group-wide task force to bolster space business
Hanwha Group has created an internal task force headed by the group's heir apparent to strengthen its presence in the fast-growing global space sect...
Mar 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Affinity Equity set to acquire Korea’s top recruitment portal JobKorea
Affinity Equity Partners, a global private equity firm, is set to acquire the entire stake of South Korea’s top recruitment portal JobKorea &n...
Mar 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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REITs
SK Group eyes IPO of headquarter-backed REIT in 2021
South Korea’s SK Group has begun the process to list a real estate investment trust (REIT) backed by its head office building and some 100 pet...
Mar 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Hanwha Group leader Kim Seung-youn returns to management
Hanwha Group leader Kim Seung-youn is returning to management seven years after he was banned from business activities following his conviction for ...
Feb 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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PEFs
Blackstone to open Seoul office for improved communication
The Blackstone Group is working to set up a Seoul office, seven years after the US investment firm closed it down, in response to growing calls from...
Feb 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Joint Ventures
SK Group to sell stake in petrochemical arm; seeks global partnership
South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate SK Group is eyeing a joint venture with a global petrochemical firm as part of the group’s stra...
Feb 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
Young, female, foreign: Hyundai Motor Group’s new BOD
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, under its new leader Chung Euisun, is seeking changes on its board of directors, the group's top business d...
Feb 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
LS Group chairman touted as new KITA head
The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) is expected to begin the appointment process for its new chair this week. South Korean conglomerate...
Feb 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Match Group buys Korean video chat startup for $1.73 bn
Match Group, the operator of the world’s largest dating app Tinder, has agreed to buy 100% of South Korea’s leading video chat startup...
Feb 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Australia’s SEEK looking for financial partner to bid for JobKorea
SEEK, Australia’s largest job site, has been in discussions with private equity firms to put in a binding bid in a consortium for South Korea&...
Feb 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai-partnered world-first urban airport project gets UK govt backing
A British urban air mobility project, in which South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. is a technology partner, has been chosen as the winner of the U...
Jan 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Seoul office building transactions at record high in 2020
Brisk investment demand drove office building prices higher in Seoul and its southern neighboring area last year, with their combined transactio...
Jan 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Seoul to lower bar for M&As; easing rules over PEF deals
South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is lowering the bar for mergers and acquisitions by including potential rivals, which have yet to en...
Jan 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Keppel looking to exit two Seoul office towers for over $200 mn
Singapore-based Keppel Investment Management is preparing to sell two office buildings in Seoul, less than two years after it acquired them for arou...
Jan 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Trade insurance
Seoul to offer $3 bn credit insurance on Saudi's megaprojects
Korea Trade Insurance Corp. (K-Sure) has agreed to provide $3 billion in trade credit insurance to Saudi Arabia to help South Korean companies win o...
Jan 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
CEO of MBK Partners-owned Korean retailer to resign
Lim Il-soon, chief executive of South Korean retailer HomePlus, is stepping down after leading the MBK Partners-owned discount store chain for about...
Jan 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
SK Group inks $1.5 bn deal to acquire US hydrogen fuel cell maker Plug Power
South Korea’s SK Group has signed a $1.5 billion deal to acquire a controlling stake in US hydrogen fuel cell maker Plug Power Inc. and launch...
Jan 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Seoul stock markets brimming with startup IPOs in Jan
Singapore-based biosimilar maker Prestige BioPharma and nine startups are set to make initial public offerings in Seoul to raise at least 640 billio...
Dec 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Autonomous driving startup 42dot plans Level 4 self-driving in Seoul
42dot, a South Korea-based autonomous driving startup, plans to launch a Level 4 self-driving service in some areas of Seoul next year.The company s...
Dec 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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