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Mergers & Acquisitions
Dongwon solo bidder for Boryung Biopharma estimated at $385 mn
South Korea’s leading seafood and logistics conglomerate Dongwon Group is seeking to buy local biopharmaceutical company Boryung Biopharma Co....
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE cries foul over SM, Kakao’s undisclosed deal
HYBE Co., the label behind the global sensation BTS, is considering legal action to invalidate an undisclosed deal between SM Entertainment Co. and ...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Smaller firms' successful IPOs fail to boost Korean listing market
South Korean companies are returning to the local initial public offering market this year, after failing their market debuts last year. But that ha...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG ditch BOE in likely Apple deal for iPad Pro OLED panels
Samsung Display Co. and LG Display Co. will likely win orders from Apple Inc. to build organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for the US tech ...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Kyochon sets sights on Western expansion with Canadian franchise deal
Kyochon F&B, the operator of South Korea's premier fried chicken brand Kyochon Chicken, said on Tuesday that it has secured a master franchise a...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung eyes wider foundry client base with Ambarella deal
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Tuesday it will manufacture automotive chips for US chip designer Ambar...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kosdaq-listed Daebo Magnetic’s 46% stake up for sale, its shares swing
South Korea’s leading secondary battery equipment player Daebo Magnetic Co. is set to sell its owner family’s controlling stake of about...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
Network usage fees likely to take center of debate at MWC2023
Major participants in the mobile world congress (MWC) 2023 such as Google Inc. and Netflix Inc. are expected to discuss telecommunications network f...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus, Ecorbit to build smart safety solution at waste disposal site
LG Uplus Corp., a South Korean mobile telecom service carrier, announced on Monday that it is deploying a smart safety solution at waste disposal co...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
EU launches antitrust probe on Korean Air-Asiana deal
The European antitrust regulator opened a full-scale probe on the proposed takeover of Asiana Airlines Inc. by Korean Air Lines Co., given concerns ...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
POSCO ICT to be rebranded as POSCO DX for digital transformation
POSCO ICT Co., the IT services subsidiary of South Korean steelmaker POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Sunday that it will rebrand itself as POSCO D...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Nexilis signs $1 billion deal to supply copper foil to Northvolt
SK Nexilis Co., a unit of South Korean chemical materials maker SKC Ltd., said on Sunday it has signed a 1.4 trillion won ($1.08 billion) deal to su...
Feb 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem invests $75 million in Piedmont Lithium, signs supply deal
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, said on Friday it is acquiring a 6% stake in Piedmont Lithium Inc., a US mining company, ...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Group buys HSD Engine for $175.9 million
South Korea's Hanwha Group will acquire ship engine maker HSD Engine in a move to shore up its shipbuilding unit following the conglomerate's takeov...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
Korea's Daedong to speed up growth with smart farming machines
Daedong Corp., South Korea’s top agricultural machinery manufacturer, aims to accelerate growth based on new businesses such as smart machines...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korean shipbuilders rule world’s eco-friendly vessel market
South Korea’s shipbuilders have won more than half of the orders to build eco-friendly vessels so this year based on advanced technology to do...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S.Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis drops IPO on weak demand
Oasis Corp., a South Korean grocery delivery platform, decided to withdraw its local initial public offering plan on Feb. 13 amid tepid interest fro...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung to supply advanced 5G network equipment to KDDI
South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has been chosen as the supplier of advanced fifth-generation network equipment to Japan&rsquo...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT DS secures global standard certification for Smart-X
KT DS, an IT service arm of South Korea's KT Group, said on Thursday that its Internet-of-Things (IoT) solution Smart-X has passed the oneM2M certif...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korea to allow offshore investors to directly trade won
South Korea is set to allow offshore investors to directly trade the won and extend the operating hours of the local currency market from July next ...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korea-Australia renew $8.1 bn currency swap deal for 5 years
The Bank of Korea (BOK) and the Australian Central Bank have agreed to extend the valid date of the current Australian dollar/won currency swap cont...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LS Electric receives int'l certification for R&D process security
LS Electric Co., a South Korean electric power and automation equipment maker, has achieved a major milestone by obtaining international standard ce...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Chong Kun Dang, Synaffix ink deal to introduce ADC technology
Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp. said on Monday that it has signed a contract with Dutch biotechnology firm Synaffix B.V for the use of antibody-...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Dongwon Industries in talks to buy McDonald’s Korea as exclusive suitor
Dongwon Industries Co. will discuss a deal with McDonald’s Corp. to buy the latter’s Korean operations in hopes of riding on the renewed...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus, LS Electric partner to support S.Korea's small businesses
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, said on Friday that it has entered into a partnership with LS Electric Co. to expa...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hyundai Doosan Infracore bags $256 mn Turkey defense deal
Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co., a South Korean construction equipment maker, won a 313.1 billion won ($255.5 million) defense deal from Turkey, sugges...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy inks $3.3 bn ECV battery deal for N.America, Europe
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest secondary battery maker, has inked a supply deal estimated up to $3.3 billion for North Ame...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Taihan Cable to build ultra-high voltage power grids in Germany
South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. on Thursday said it won two orders to build high-voltage power grids in Germany.The deals are with Ten...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical to export tech to British company
South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical has licensed a new drug candidate for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to CS Pharmaceuticals (CSP) of the U...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s Hyundai Electric wins $86 mn transformer deal in US
Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems Co., a power equipment and energy solution affiliate of the world’s largest shipbuilding group holding c...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
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- 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