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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver subsidiary splurges on metaverse, resell platform acquisitions
Snow Corp., a subsidiary of South Korea’s tech behemoth Naver Corp., has either already invested, or is slated to invest, in 11 companies so f...
Mar 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kurly applies for Korea IPO to raise about $800 mn
South Korea's Kurly Inc. on Monday applied for a preliminary review of its initial public offering, the Korea Exchange said, as the operator of groc...
Mar 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Art investment platform operator Yeolmae Co. raises $14 mn in Series B
South Korean startup Yeolmae Company announced Monday it received 17 billion won ($14 million) worth of funds through its Series B round. With the l...
Mar 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Solutions wins France's solar farm project
Q Cells, a renewable energy division of South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp., has clinched a large-scale solar energy project in France, acceleratin...
Mar 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
LG Household to lower reliance on Chinese market as shares slump
LG Household & Health Care Ltd. was one of the most coveted shares on the Korean bouse in the past couple of years as the company basked in the ...
Mar 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
CJ ENM drops split-off plan; to set up new film studio
CJ ENM Co., South Korea’s entertainment giant, has dropped a plan to carve out its content production business into a new unit in the face of ...
Mar 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hyundai Dept. Store to buy Zinus for $735 mn
South Korea’s major retailer Hyundai Department Store Group is set to buy Zinus Inc., a maker of best-selling mattresses in North America for ...
Mar 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Bulk of Korean IPOs since March 2021 below day one price
Fourteen out of the 17 South Korean companies that made a stock market debut between March 2021 and February of this year are trading below their cl...
Mar 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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RFPs
SK Ecoplant eyes H2 2023 Kospi listing
SK Ecoplant Co., South Korea's largest waste management company, said on Monday it has sent a request for proposal to major brokerage companies at h...
Mar 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korean IPOs delayed after bourse's sweeping reshuffle
Scores of South Korean initial public offerings slated for the first half of this year have been delayed after the bourse operator carried out a lar...
Mar 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Samsung looks to metaverse, robots for future growth
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. is eyeing the metaverse and robotics as keys to the global tech giant’s future. At the same time, it is ...
Mar 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Biotech startup Voronoi withdraws IPO plans
South Korea’s biotechnology startup Voronoi Inc. scrapped its plan to go public this month. The new drug developer announced Wednesday it...
Mar 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Seoul to tighten eligibility for institutions to bid for IPOs
South Korea will tighten its eligibility requirements for institutional investors to bid for initial public offerings, a move aimed at cooling the o...
Mar 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling
LG Energy shares at lowest since IPO on short-selling concerns
Shares of LG Energy Solution Ltd. on Friday fell to their lowest level since the top South Korean battery maker went public in January on market con...
Mar 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean SPAC Valuence Merger debuts on Nasdaq, targets bio M&As
Valuence Merger Corp. 1, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), led by South Korean fund managers, has debuted on the Nasdaq, targeting Asian...
Mar 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korean bio ventures struggle with fundraising
Biopharmaceutical companies of South Korea are having a tough time fundraising of late. Bio ventures without specific public offering plans are pa...
Mar 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Korea Investment in $4.4 bn lending group for Tropicana deal
Korea Investment & Securities Co. will arrange senior and mezzanine loans for Paris-based PAI Partners to fund its acquisition of Tropicana an...
Feb 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Kakao’s incoming CEO to launch two metaverse platforms
‘Beyond Korea’ is South Korean tech juggernaut Kakao Corp.’s new vision for the future. Kakao’s new CEO nominee Namkoon...
Feb 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy faces reality check as its stock turns a market laggard
South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. was touted as a market darling even before its Kospi debut last month, reflecting the investor fr...
Feb 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pharmaceuticals
Samsung Bioepis to double biosimilars, may resume Nasdaq listing plans
Samsung Bioepis Co., a biopharmaceutical unit of Samsung Group, plans to double the number of its biosimilar products on sale to 10 by 2025 and acce...
Feb 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korean battery sector to heat up IPO market again
South Korea’s battery industry is expected to heat up the initial public offering market later this year as battery materials and equipment ma...
Feb 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S.Korea to ban execs' post-IPO share sale for certain period
South Korea will introduce an IPO lock-up period for company executives and their top shareholders to ban them from selling the company shares short...
Feb 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s record household debt may hurt consumption
South Korea’s household debt hit a record on surging property prices, stoking concerns over a slowdown in private consumption in Asia’s ...
Feb 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Ecoplant buys e-waste recycling firm for $1 bn
South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. has acquired Singapore-based electronic waste (e-waste) disposal and recycling company TES Envirocorp Pte. Ltd for $1 ...
Feb 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean drone manufacturer aims for 2023 Kosdaq IPO
South Korea's commercial drone manufacturer Nearthlab plans to apply for an initial public offering this year to get listed on the junior Kosdaq mar...
Feb 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LG Energy acquires ESS company in US from Japan's NEC
LG Energy Solution Ltd. has acquired US-based NEC Energy Solutions to expand its capabilities into the energy storage system (ESS) integration mar...
Feb 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Stockbridge names former NPS real estate expert as its MD
Stockbridge Capital Group LLC, a US real estate investment firm, announced on Feb. 10 that David Park has joined the firm as a managing director. ...
Feb 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korean VCs bet big on pet care startups
Startups in the pet industry are gaining traction on the back of a rising number of pet owners in South Korea. Industry insiders say several pe...
Feb 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea corporate borrowing costs jump to 8-year peaks
South Korean companies suffered from surging financing costs as corporate bond yields shot to eight-year highs. Affiliates of major conglomerates wi...
Feb 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Construction Workers taps former Credit Union head as new CIO
Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) has named Lee Seong-yeong as its new chief investment officer and is in the final stage of the no...
Feb 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Coupang bids for Korean luxury market dominance with Farfetch
- 2 Hyundai Rotem set to finalize $6 bn K2 tank order from Poland
- 3 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 4 Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans
- 5 LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess