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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Financial Chairman to hold overseas IR in Japan
Shinhan Financial Group's Chairman Jin Ok-dong is set to embark on his first overseas business trip since taking office as chairman last month. From...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS, KKR delay plan to set up Seoul-based real estate JV
IGIS Asset Management Co., the largest real estate investment firm in South Korea, and US private equity giant KKR & Co. have indefinitely postp...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
S.Korean semiconductor industry faces sharp decline: report
The Korea Development Institute (KDI), a renowned government-affiliated economic think tank in South Korea, disclosed on Sunday that the domestic se...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Lotte Group secures $3.8 bn funding from four major Korean banks
Lotte Group announced on Friday that it has signed a financial support agreement worth 5 trillion won ($3.8 billion) with four major South Korean ba...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Shinhan Financial, KOSME to support startups for expanding Japanese market
Shinhan Financial Group announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) to support Korean startups' ent...
Apr 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KB Financial launches $193 million fund to invest in global startups
South Korea’s second-largest financial institution KB Financial Group will launch a 250 billion won ($193 million) fund to invest in startups ...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
JB Financial wins proxy fight against activist fund Align Partners
South Korea’s JB Financial Group Co. won a proxy battle against local activist fund Align Partners Capital Management on dividends and nominat...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
Hyundai Capital issues green bonds under eco-friendly biz guidelines
South Korea's Hyundai Capital on Tuesday said it issued green bonds worth 600 billion won ($462.3 million) following K-Taxonomy, a series of governm...
Mar 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Two global shareholder voting advisors oppose activist funds in S. Korea
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the world's two biggest advisory bodies for shareholder voting rights, have recommended op...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Prestige Biologics attracts $59 mn overseas investment
Prestige Biologics Co., a South Korean biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) company, announced on Tuesday th...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Financial Group injects $385.6 million into S.Korea’s real estate PF
South Korea’s KB Financial Group on Monday said it will provide liquidity support for the domestic market for real estate project financing (P...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
BC Card applies for patent for offline asset authentication via NFT
South Korea's BC Card on Sunday said it applied for a domestic patent for a non-fungible token (NFT) that can verify a user's asset details using bl...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Daewoo E&C wins massive $790 million public project in Libya
South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. has landed a massive order from the General Electricity Company of Libya.Daewoo E&C on F...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
ISS supports Shinhan Financial Group chairman nominee
Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) is supporting the appointment of Shinhan Financial Group chairman nominee Jin Ok-Dong as...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
SK Earthon to be reborn as carbon-neutral company
SK Earthon, an oil development subsidiary of South Korea's SK Innovation Co., plans to transform into a carbon-neutral company focused on oil explor...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
JB Financial refuses activist fund's request to increase dividends
South Korea’s JB Financial Group Co. has refused a local activist fund’s request to raise dividend payouts, stressing such a measure wil...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
Hyundai takes lead in Korea’s dividend policy reform
The Hyundai Motor Group is set to become South Korea’s first conglomerate to disclose dividend allocations ahead of the ex-dividend date, a mo...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Turkey approves Hanwha Group's acquisition of DSME
The Turkish competition authority has approved Hanwha Group’s acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME), the firs...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s first ChatGPT-authored, AI-proofread book due this week
ChatGPT has been around for nearly three months and is causing untold chaos across industries and academia.Now, the artificial intelligence chatbot,...
Feb 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Energy Solution joins global climate disclosure initiative
South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Wednesday that it has become the first domestic battery maker to endorse the Task Force o...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Financial returns to top in Korea with record NP in 2022
Shinhan Financial Group Co. reported a record-high net profit of 4.6 trillion won ($3.6 billion) last year, snatching back the crown of South Korea&...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Kakao Bank announces record-high performance in 2022
South Korea's KakaoBank Corp. on Wednesday said its net profit last year reached a record-high 263.1 billion won ($208.6 million), up 28.9% from 202...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Mirae Asset Securities signs long-term REC purchase contract
Mirae Asset Securities signed a long-term purchase agreement for solar renewable energy certificates (RECs) with Sunset Energy on Tuesday. Sunset En...
Feb 08, 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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Regulations
Korea to legalize security token for fractional investment
South Korea is set to allow all kinds of fractional investments next year through the legalization of a security token (ST), a digital form of tradi...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Industrial Bank of Korea goes all in with Eastern Europe push
Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) will open an office in Poland in the first half of this year, with analysts saying the bank's president Kim Seong-tae...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience's SKYCellflu approved by Chilean health authority
SK Bioscience Co., a bio and pharmaceutical affiliate of South Korea's SK Group, announced on Thursday that its world-first cell culture-based quadr...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea Customs Service to advance Tanzania's e-customs clearance system
The Korea Customs Service said on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Tanzania Revenue Authority for cooperati...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Financial Group holds investment conference via metaverse
South Korea's KB Financial Group on Tuesday presented its investment philosophy to individual and institutional customers in the metaverse, a three-...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea’s economic contraction deepens recession woes
South Korea suffered its first economic contraction in two and half years due to sluggish exports and weak domestic demand during the fourth quarter...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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