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Private equity
Korean banks must increase total shareholder returns: Align Partners
South Korean private equity firm Align Partners Capital Management Inc. is set to lead shareholder activism against the country’s top financia...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Silvia Health attracts investment through pre-Series A funding
Silvia Health Inc., an age-tech startup based in Seoul, South Korea said on Monday that it has completed a pre-Series A investment with the particip...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Disclosure obligations of venture capital accelerators to be strengthened
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said on Monday that an amendment to the Venture Capital Investment Promotion Act, which will strengthen the disclo...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Korean business chiefs’ Year of the Rabbit messages: Keep investing
South Korea’s top business leaders on the first business day of the year stressed the importance of active investment and concentration of r...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
CJ Logistics aims to achieve carbon neutrality goal by 2050
South Korea's parcel delivery company CJ Logistics said on Friday that it will achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 for a more sustainable future in lo...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KT Investment injects $27.8 million in 20 startups this year
KT Investment said on Thursday that it invested 35 billion won ($27.8 million) in 20 startups this past year, and that six invested companies succee...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Naver D2SF makes follow-up investment in fashion startup Onthelook
Naver D2SF, Naver Corp.'s startup investment arm, made a follow-up investment in fashion content startup Onthelook.The company said on Wednesday tha...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Inc. gets highest AAA grade in MSCI's ESG rating
SK Inc., SK Group's investment arm, won the highest AAA ratings from both Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and the Dow Jones Sustainabili...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS fund management taps former GEPS CIO Seo as new chief
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world's third-largest pension fund, has tapped Seo Won-joo as the new chief investment officer, a...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea’s big bio startups to launch $39 mn investment fund
South Korea’s four leading biotech firms plan to launch an investment fund of up to 50 billion won ($39 million) to support smaller domestic b...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
CJ applies to FDA for trials of immuno-anticancer drug candidate
CJ Bioscience, an independent red bio (pharmaceutical and healthcare) subsidiary of CJ CheilJedang Corp., said on Monday it has submitted a phase 1 ...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
CJ ENM sets up brand incubator Brandworks Korea
South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co. plans to foster the brand incubating business and promote sales through Brandworks Korea, the compa...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK may sell assets in Vietnam, Malaysia to raise billions of dollars
South Korean conglomerate SK Group is considering selling some of its assets in Vietnam and Malaysia owned by its investment vehicle SK South East A...
Dec 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SFA to acquire 28% stake in CIS to lead renewable battery equipment sector
South Korea’s general equipment manufacturer SFA Engineering Corp. is poised to acquire CIS Corp., a renewable battery production equipment ma...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Launch of Innospace's Hanbit-TLV rocket called off due to technical glitch
The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on Wednesday that it will invest 350 billion won ($273 million) to build a rocket launch site, which will ...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
CJ CheilJedang develops biodegradable cosmetic containers
CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Thursday that it has applied a biodegradable container developed from a composite material mixed with PHA (polyhydroxya...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea's CJ Logistics launches AI-based freight transportation platform
South Korea's CJ Logistics on Thursday said it launched The Unban, a freight transportation platform that directly connects senders and freight truc...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
US non-agency mortgage-backed securities to shine in 2023: TCW
Amid the tightening of the Federal Reserve, among the most impacted asset classes were agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS), issued by US governm...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Naver D2SF makes investment in US sleep tech company PranaQ
Naver Corp.'s startup nurturing organization D2SF has newly invested in PranaQ, a US sleep tech startup. This is the 100th investment since the comp...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Stayfolio receives $7.7 mn in Series A investment
South Korea's property-rental platform Stayfolio announced on Wednesday that it has won 10 billion won ($7.7 million) worth of additional investment...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem invests $18.6 million in battery recycler JaeYoung Tech
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. is accelerating its entry into the North American battery recycling market by joining forces with JaeYoung Tech, a Korean...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Mirae Asset introduces AI investment info service
Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday it had introduced two domestic stock artificial intelligence (AI) reporting services through its mobile t...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
CJ Olive Young selects MINGLE as 2022 keyword
CJ Olive Young said on Tuesday that it selected "M-I-N-G-L-E" as the trending keyword of the year after analyzing 110 million bits of annual custome...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
S.Korea's e-commerce platform Plugo secures $9 million in investment
South Korea's Plugo, a comprehensive e-commerce platform based in Singapore, has attracted $9 million in Series A investment, the Silicon Valley, Ca...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Truston Asset looks to help run Taekwang with 5.8% stake
South Korea's Truston Asset Management has changed the purpose of its stock investment in the chemical and textile company Taekwang Industrial Co. f...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean startup Epikar succeeds in attracting series A investment
Epikar, a car retail digital conversion solution company, said on Thursday that it has succeeded in attracting Series A investment from a number of ...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung suspends staff overseas training to cut costs
Samsung Group canceled overseas training for South Korean staff for the first time in 32 years as the country’s top conglomerate tried to cut ...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
CJ Logistics expands global e-commerce shipping services
South Korea’s CJ Logistics Corp. is ramping up its cross-border e-commerce (CBE) businesses as its local rival Coupang Inc. is increasing domi...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
CJ OliveNetworks develops factory big data solution
South Korea's IT service management firm CJ OliveNetworks Co. Ltd. said on Wednesday that it has developed a real-time database (RTDB), a data manag...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
CJ ENM to provide K-content on free platforms Tubi, Roku
South Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM Co. is linking up with major free streaming services in North America to expand accessibility for global fan...
Dec 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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