Sungyun Hong New York Life Investments
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Southeast Asia, Korea Inc’s new IT outsourcing powerhouse
PHNOM PENH – South Korean technology companies grappling with prolonged software developer shortages are actively broadening their search for ...
Jun 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to offer AI features in Galaxy Z6 foldable series
Samsung Electronics Co. will power its Galaxy Z6 series due to be unveiled next month with mobile AI technology, including a live translation featur...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Yellow Umbrella's new CIO to spur alternative investment
The Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund, a 25.4 trillion won ($18.5 billion) savings arm of South Korean small business owners, has tapped an alternativ...
Jun 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shinsegae, CJ to tie up for product delivery, food launch
Retail-focused Shinsegae Group is set to outsource delivery services and logistics management for its e-commerce platforms such as SSG.COM and Gmark...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
YouTube, Coupang offer Shopping affiliate program in Korea
YouTube has started offering its Shopping affiliate program in South Korea in partnership with the country’s No. 1 e-commerce platform company...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Monalisa, Ssangyong C&B sold to Indonesia's APP
South Korea's hygiene products company Monalisa and Ssangyong C&B, known for its toilet paper brand Codi, will be sold to Indonesia's paper comp...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS fund defaults on loan linked to German office
A 370-billion-won ($270 million) real estate fund managed by IGIS Asset Management Co. faces a heavy loss from its investment in Trianon, a landmark...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO, Hancock to invest $432 mn in Senex's LNG production
POSCO International Corp., the general trading and resources exploration unit of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Tuesday that ...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Dongbu Corp exceeds $730 bn in new orders
South Korea's Dongbu Corporation surpassed 1 trillion won ($727 million) in new orders this year by securing a 200 billion won ($145 million) railwa...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea’s LS Group to operate brokerage firm LS Securities
South Korean cable-to-energy giant LS Group said on Monday that it has renamed brokerage subsidiary eBest Investment & Securities to LS Securiti...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG screens World Environment Day campaign in New York, London
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it has screend the World Environment Day (June 5) campaign video on its outdoor billboards in New York'...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution to discover startups in battery sector
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Monday that it will host Battery Challenge 2024, an open innovation program to discover startup...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to cut Korean stock allocation to 13% by 2029
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), also the world’s third-largest pension fund, will gradually reduce the proportion of its l...
May 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Deloitte Korea taps new CFO, consulting head in reshuffle
Deloitte Korea, which operates accounting firm Deloitte Anjin LLC and consulting service provider Deloitte Consulting LLC, announced a reshuffle wit...
May 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea to build 3 nuclear plants, 1 SMR under new energy policy
South Korea plans to build as many as three new nuclear power plants by 2038 and put into operation at least one small modular reactor (SMR) by 2035...
May 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
OTT platform TVing gets tailwind from CJ ENM's TV series
TVing, the second-largest over-the-top (OTT) platform in South Korea, has been gaining momentum from hit series such as “Lovely Runner,”...
May 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Nara Space attracts $14.5 mn series B investment
South Korea's micro-satellite startup Nara Space Technology Inc. announced on Friday that it attracted a 20 billion won ($14.5 million) series B inv...
May 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Line Games to launch The Play of Genesis in Taiwan, Hong Kong
South Korea's Line Games Corp. announced on Friday that it signed a publishing agreement with Vietnam's tech giant VNG for the mobile game The Play ...
May 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung gets new tech certification for air purifier filter
Samsung Electronics Co.'s air purifier filter technology obtained the New Excellent Technology (NeT) certification from the Korea Agency for Technol...
May 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
Samsung’s new chip head instills a sense of crisis, hope
Samsung Electronics Co.'s new semiconductor chief Jun Young-hyun knows better than anyone about the difficulties the South Korean tech giant fa...
May 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Kyobo Life gets AAA IFS rating for 18 consecutive years
South Korea's Kyobo Life Insurance Co. announced on Thursday that it received the highest rating of AAA for insurer financial strength (IFS) from th...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics holds Latin America Tech Seminar
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it hosted the 2024 Latin America Tech Seminar in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on May 28 and 29.According to...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Direct lending, a core allocation for investors: M&G Investments
Private credit continues to lure investors, not least within one of the largest areas of private credit, direct lending. Providing reliable income s...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea, UAE sign economic partnership, reaffirm $30 bn investment
South Korea and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) to facilitate bilateral trade aft...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Ineos, Hanwha mull joint US low-carbon ammonia project
Global chemical company Ineos Group Ltd. and South Korea’s Hanwha Group have teamed up to assess building a low-carbon ammonia facility in the...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On invests in Yuilrobotics for its US battery plants
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery producer, is slated to invest in South Korean robot automation system developer ...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Qoo10 launches K-Avenue for S.Korean products
Southeast Asia-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Pte. announced on Tuesday that it launched K-Avenue, a sales channel for Korean products, on the newl...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean AI startups yet to join global unicorn club
The number of artificial intelligence unicorns has been on the rise thanks to the AI boom, but none of these South Korean AI startups have yet to jo...
May 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
SK Leaveo to start fertilizer coating with biodegradable materials
South Korea's SK Leaveo, a subsidiary of SKC Ltd. specializing in biodegradable materials, will enter the fertilizer coating market that uses polybu...
May 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Q Cells eyes solar power business diversification
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korean chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group, is striving for revenue stream diversificatio...
May 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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