investor-state dispute settlement
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Venture capital
SK Networks invests $22 mn in US AI-based device company
South Korea's SK Networks has identified a startup specializing in AI-based devices and software platforms as a new investment target. The startup, ...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreign investors net buyers of Korean stocks for 5th straight month
Foreign investors bought more South Korean stocks in February, extending their buying spree to five months.The Financial Supervisory Service of Kore...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
KTO promotes travel to Korea in ITB Berlin
The Korea Tourism Organization announced on Monday its participation in ITB Berlin 2023, the world's largest tourism fair held in Berlin, Germany, f...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
S.Korea's KIC to strengthen responsible investments
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) plans to actively voice its opinions on portfolio companies' management over the next two years to tighten its re...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S.Korea's KGC to spur ginseng sales in China with state-run CR Group
Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp., is set to accelerate sales of its ginseng products across Chin...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
China's CDFG targets duty free operation at Incheon Airport
China Duty Free Group Co. (CDFG), the only state-owned duty free business manager in China, has joined a bid alongside four South Korean retail gian...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung leader eyes solid-state batteries as future growth engine
Samsung Group appears set to up its investment in solid-state batteries, a game changer in the electric vehicle sector, as South Korea’s top c...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Activist fund Tcha Partners calls for Namyang Dairy to buy back shares
Seoul-based activist fund Tcha Partners Asset Management Co. on Monday demanded that South Korea’s Namyang Dairy Products Co. buy back half of...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KHNP, Westinghouse in talks to resolve Poland reactor dispute
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and Westinghouse Electric Co. are in negotiations to settle their dispute over reactor design licensing, ...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
S.Korean investors eye VC, growth equity in tech: Adams Street
Many investors are questioning whether private markets will stay bullish amid uncertainty in 2023. The markets will continue to generate interesting...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
KT&G potential target of aggressive activist shareholder
KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, is likely to face a tougher battle against activist shareholders as an aggressive hed...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Smaller firms' successful IPOs fail to boost Korean listing market
South Korean companies are returning to the local initial public offering market this year, after failing their market debuts last year. But that ha...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korea's NPS, KTCU likely to invest in CVC's ninth buyout fund
South Korea’s key institutional investors are highly likely to invest via European private equity giant CVC Capital Partners’ ninth buyo...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
DSME, INPEX end $970 mn dispute over FPSO
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) and INPEX Corp. have agreed to end a $970 million dispute less than a year since the damage ...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S.Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis drops IPO on weak demand
Oasis Corp., a South Korean grocery delivery platform, decided to withdraw its local initial public offering plan on Feb. 13 amid tepid interest fro...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Treasury yield falls signal BOK's looser grip on inflation
The yield on South Korea’s benchmark three-year treasury bonds has stayed below the base rate for a month, out of sync with monetary policies ...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Activist fund KCGI to sell Osstem stake to UCK, MBK Partners
Korea Corporate Governance Improvement Fund (KCGI), one of the country’s most aggressive shareholder activists, plans to sell its stake in Oss...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Oasis IPO draws tepid interest from institutional investors
South Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis Corp. saw lukewarm interest from domestic institutional investors during the Feb. 7-8 bookbuilding for ...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1 to work with Romanian state-run defense supplier
South Korea's defense contractor LIG Nex1 Co. will join hands with ROMARM, a Romanian state-run defense company, to develop anti-aircraft missiles a...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
S.Korean firms showcase hydrogen offerings in United States
South Korean energy ministry and major Korean companies including Hyundai Motor Co., SK E&S, and Korea Zinc Co. participated in the Hydrogen &am...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Individual investors in S.Korea betting on stock market's decline
Despite South Korea's Kosdaq stock market growing this month following the "January rally," individual investors in the country are still betting on...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
K-pop pioneer SM engulfed in management dispute
Kakao Corp., South Korea’s mobile platform giant and operator of the country’s top messenger app Kakao Talk, is set to become the second...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
China's alleged Korean trademark piracy surges during COVID-19
South Korean companies have witnessed a sharp increase in alleged trademark piracy in China over the past few years, as COVID-19 curbed their overse...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korea to allow offshore investors to directly trade won
South Korea is set to allow offshore investors to directly trade the won and extend the operating hours of the local currency market from July next ...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won falls on firm US jobs data, new BOJ head report
The South Korean won currency skidded to a four-week low on Monday as stronger-than-expected US employment data renewed expectations that the Federa...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
S.Korean institutional investors inject more capital in MMFs
South Korean institutional investors, such as pension funds, mutual aids and corporates, are rushing to money market funds (MMFs) for short-term pro...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK, Unison to expand Osstem Implant's target reach beyond China
South Korean private equity firm Unison Capital Korea is set to focus on boosting the corporate value of Osstem Implant Co., once the PE manager and...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Jay Park's Won Soju ready to land in United States
"Won Soju" launched by a South Korean rapper Jay Park will be exported to the United States. Liquor company Won Spirits said on Thursday that it has...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea's MGRV attracts $10mn Series B bridge investment
MGRV Community & Space, a South Korean startup that operates co-living facilities under the brand "Mangrove," announced on Wednesday it has attr...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
Foreigners net sell S.Korean bonds for first time in four years
Foreign investors dumped South Korean bonds in Janaury, becoming net sellers of the securities for the first time in four years as they booked pro...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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