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Aerospace & Defense
KAI seals $700 mn FA-50 fighter jet export deal with the Philippines
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) on Tuesday signed a $700 million contract to supply 12 FA-50 fighter jets to the Philippines, marking the larg...
Jun 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Goodai Global poised to build L'Oréal-style empire via M&As
Goodai Global Inc. is seeking to acquire South Korea’s first-generation independent cosmetics brand Skinfood for about 150 billion won ($108 m...
Jun 01, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Biologics to spin off biosimilar unit Samsung Bioepis
Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, will undergo a strategic split to separate its contract development and manufac...
May 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Google partners with Samsung, Gentle Monster for new smart glasses
SILICON VALLEY – Google LLC is making a renewed push into the smart glasses market in partnership with South Korea’s Samsung Electronics...
May 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics poised to extend OLED TV market lead into 2025
LG Electronics Inc. is on track to retain its lead in the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV market for the 13th consecutive year, bolstered by ...
May 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung flexes financial muscle as insurance, card units top rankings
Samsung Group’s financial affiliates are closing in on KB Financial Group for the top spot in South Korea’s financial services sector, u...
May 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Woori Financial wins approval for Tongyang, ABL Life acquisition
Woori Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest financial services provider, has received conditional approval from the country&rsquo...
May 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
CJ CheilJedang scraps sale of Brazilian unit CJ Selecta to Bunge
CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food company, has cancelled the sale of a 66% stake in Brazilian soybean crusher CJ Selecta S.A. a...
Apr 29, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Shinhan Financial’s overseas business blooms, on track for record earnings
Shinhan Financial Group Co., South Korea’s leading financial holding company, is poised to surpass 1 trillion won ($692 million) in annual net...
Apr 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kyobo Life poised to buy Japan’s SBI Group-owned savings bank
Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is in the final stages of negotiation with Japanese financial group SBI Holdings Inc. to buy about a 50% stake in SBI Savin...
Apr 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG Electronics eyes India IPO delay, says plan in flux
LG Electronics Inc. is mulling putting off an initial public offering of its wholly owned subsidiary in India amid growing volatility in the global ...
Apr 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Group in talks with Hahn & Co. to sell SK Siltron
SK Inc., the holding company of SK Group, is in talks with Hahn & Co., a South Korean buyout firm, to sell SK Siltron Co., the country’s s...
Apr 08, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils upgraded AI-powered OLED TVs
Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday showcased its new lineup of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs with advanced artificial intelligence features...
Apr 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Kakao Entertainment sheds loss-making units, revives IPO prospects
Kakao Entertainment Corp. has been divesting unprofitable music labels and digital content platforms, which it has gobbled up over the past few year...
Apr 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai premieres all-new NEXO, reinforcing hydrogen power
Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday unveiled the all-new NEXO, the first full-change model of the fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) since its launch in 20...
Apr 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hahn & Co. acquires SK Specialty for $1.8 billion
Hahn & Co., South Korea’s largest private equity firm, has finalized the acquisition of SK Specialty Co., the world’s leading produc...
Apr 01, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG Group units step up joint marketing for in-vehicle electronics
Chief executives of LG Group’s key units, including LG Electronics Inc., will visit the headquarters of global carmakers for a series of close...
Mar 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan Enerbility wins $1.5 bn in orders from Saudi Arabia
Doosan Enerbility Co., South Korea’s leading gas turbine maunfacturer for power plants, said on Thursday that it has secured a combined $1.5 b...
Mar 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Magnachip to sell display business in H1 to focus on power semiconductors
South Korean chipmaker Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. plans to sell its display business by the end of the first half as part of a strategic shift to...
Mar 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai to invest $206 mn to develop SMR ship
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE), an intermediary shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai Co., will invest up to 30...
Mar 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai, Avride join hands to develop autonomous robotaxis
Hyundai Motor Co. has agreed to partner with Avride, an autonomous driving technology startup, to develop driverless robotaxis based on all-electric...
Mar 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan Enerbility bags $200 mn Qatar power plant EPC deal
Doosan Enerbility Co. has clinched an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a gas-fired power plant from Qatar in a consortiu...
Mar 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyosung to double transformer output to conquer US market
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- South Korea’s major power system and machinery conglomerate Hyosung Heavy Industries Corp. plans to nearly double its annual...
Mar 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai CEO Muñoz named MotorTrend Person of the Year
South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer José Muñoz was picked as the most powerful figure in the in...
Feb 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
CHA Biotech seeks to resume healthcare unit IPO after affiliates’ merger
CHA Biotech Co., South Korea’s leading stem cell therapeutics developer, plans to resume an initial public offering of CHA Healthcare Co., a m...
Feb 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s OCI, Israel’s Arava Power to jointly build solar cell plant in Texas
OCI Energy Co., a US subsidiary of South Korea’s OCI Holdings Co., and Israel’s Arava Power will jointly build a solar cell power plant ...
Feb 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
AI data center with up to 3 gigawatts of power envisioned for South Korea
An investor group is planning one of the world’s largest data centers for artificial intelligence in South Korea, a sign of red-hot AI de...
Feb 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
TSMC’s potential deal with Intel keeps Samsung on edge
South Korea’s semiconductor industry is closely watching developments in talks between TSMC and Intel Corp. over the world’s largest con...
Feb 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte Chemical nears offloading Pakistani unit as part of restructuring
Lotte Group, South Korea’s sixth-largest conglomerate, is speeding up its business streamlining efforts amid mounting debts as it has moved on...
Feb 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor launches future strategy division overseeing M&As
Hyundai Motor Group has created a future business strategy division that serves as a control tower for the automotive group’s expansion into n...
Feb 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 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