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IPOs
Naver affiliate Line Games seeks $756 million IPO in Korea
Line Games Corp., an affiliate of South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp., plans to list its shares on the Korean stock market via an initial...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Shopee Korea widens logistics service range for Thailand
Shopee Korea, an e-commerce platform for Southeast Asian and Taiwanese customers, said on Wednesday that it would expand the Shopee Logistics Service ...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's sales of E-GMP-based EVs exceed 100,000 units in Korea
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group sold more than 100,000 units of electric vehicles (EVs) that adopted Hyundai Motor’s E-GMP, or Electri...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Imported auto sales jump 50% in November
The Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA) announced on Monday that along with the easing of a supply shortage of auto se...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean unlisted stock bubble bursts as interest rates rise
Kurly Inc., Dunamu Inc. and other major South Korean unlisted stocks plunged as the fallout on asset prices from rising interest rates extended into...
Nov 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
SK Telecom to team up with Singapore's Singtel for metaverse venture
SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singapore's top telecom provider Singtel Group on joint business o...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Korea’s e-commerce giant Coupang to invest in logistics automation
Coupang Inc. is poised to invest in the automation transformation of its logistics system, according to industry insiders. Headquartered in Seo...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea to reform market rules to boost foreign investment
South Korea will reform financial market regulations to attract more foreign investments and to achieve MSCI Inc.’s developed market status fo...
Nov 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C creates world's first children's playground using 3D printing
Hyundai Engineering & Construction said on Thursday it has installed children's playground equipment it made using 3D printing technology at Hil...
Nov 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
South Korea's DL E&C wins 1st petrochemical plant order in US
South Korean construction company DL E&C has landed its first contract to build a petrochemical plant in the US.The company on Thursday said it ...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Miniforce producer aims to become Asia's top children's platform with IPO
The South Korean producer of famous animated series such as Miniforce aims to become Asia’s top children's platform by way of an initial publi...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Game design and development studio SHIFT UP eyes IPO
SHIFT UP Corp., known for its subculture games, is eyeing an initial public offering (IPO.) The game design and development studio confirmed th...
Nov 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai E&C unveils 1st designs for Korean-made UAM vertiports
South Korea's Hyundai Construction and Engineering (E&C) has unveiled for the first time its concept designs for the urban air mobility (UAM) in...
Nov 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Korea's SK E&S to produce 30,000 tons of liquid hydrogen per year
SK E&S, the energy affiliate of SK Group, from next year will start domestic output and distribution of up to 30,000 tons of liquid hydrogen ann...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang posts first profit in 8 years after adopting rapid delivery
South Korea's Coupang CEO Kim Bom-seok has kept his promise, with his online shopping giant posting its first surplus in eight years since introduci...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
E-book platform Millie's Library drops IPO plan on tepid market interest
South Korean e-book platform Millie’s Library dropped its listing plan on Nov. 8 due to tepid demand from institutional investors, marking the...
Nov 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang launches Rocket Fashion Growth division to beef up fashion retail
Coupang, Inc. recently established the Rocket Growth Fashion division, according to industry insiders on Monday. As the name suggests, the team...
Nov 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha E&C to expand offshore wind power business
South Korea's Hanwha Engineering and Construction (E&C) on Tuesday concluded a business agreement on joint development of offshore wind power in...
Nov 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Naver posts record 3Q sales boosted by content and commerce
South Korea's leading web portal Naver reported record-high sales in the third quarter thanks to surging growth in its content sector, including the...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea’s Peak Bio makes Nasdaq debut via SPAC deal with Ignyte
Peak Bio Co., a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, is debuting on the Nasdaq through a merger with US blank cheque company Ignyte Acquisition C...
Oct 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Singapore PE firm proposes KT&G spin off ginseng biz
A Singaporean private equity firm has proposed a number of measures to KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, including a sp...
Oct 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C, Holtec embark on detailed design of SMR-160 model
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. and its US nuclear reactor partner Holtec International have agreed to start working ...
Oct 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
Samsung SDI supplier Jaewon seeks about $280 mn in pre-IPO
South Korean mid-sized petrochemical company Jaewon Industrial Co. is looking to attract pre-IPO investment, according to investment banking sources...
Oct 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korea's luxury e-commerce platform Balaan completes Series C
South Korean luxury e-commerce platform operator Balaan Co. will complete the attraction of 25 billion won ($17.3 million) in investment in a Series...
Oct 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hanwha E&C abandons Bismayah project in Iraq; $581 mn loss expected
South Korean builder Hanwha Engineering & Construction Co. has aborted a $10 billion project to build a Bismayah new city in Iraq after failing ...
Oct 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Naver to buy Poshmark at $1.6 bn to boost US e-commerce biz
Naver Corp. is set to take over US Poshmark Inc. for some $1.6 billion to make inroads into the e-commerce sector in North America as South Korea&rs...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Small caps warm up S.Korea’s chilly IPO market
Small and mid-sized companies are reviving the otherwise chilly IPO market in South Korea, which has been dragged down by weaker-than-expected deman...
Sep 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS Asia, Quadreal to form JV for warehouse development in Korea
IGIS Asia Investment Management Pte., the Singapore-based subsidiary of South Korea’s largest real estate manager IGIS Asset Management, and V...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C wins $158 mn order for port facility construction in Kuwait
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. announced Tuesday it won a 220 billion won ($157 million) deal from Kuwait to add sev...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Internet lender K Bank gets green light for IPO
South Korea’s first internet-only lender K Bank on Tuesday received preliminary approval from the Korea Exchange to go public on the country&r...
Sep 20, 2022 (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