KT&G resurfaces as coveted dividend player at year's close

KT&G resurfaces as coveted dividend player at year's close

KT&G Corp. has been a laggard on the main bourse for the most part of the year despite its solid financial health, putting South Korea’s dom...

LG Electronics launches world’s first roll-up TV

LG Electronics launches world’s first roll-up TV

LG Electronics Inc. has unveiled the world’s first roll-up TV in the Korean market as the South Korean consumer electronics giant aims to enhanc...

LG Electronics to launch world’s first roll-up TV in October

LG Electronics to launch world’s first roll-up TV in October

LG Electronics Inc. plans to release the world’s first roll-up TV later this month as the South Korean consumer electronics giant aims to enhanc...

LG Electronics expects record Q3 results on brisk home appliance, TV sales

LG Electronics expects record Q3 results on brisk home appliance, TV sales

LG Electronics Inc. expects its operating profit to rise to a quarterly record in the July-September period thanks to solid growth in its television a...

Korean steelmakers to supply $100 mn worth of pipes for Canada’s largest LNG project

Korean steelmakers to supply $100 mn worth of pipes for Canada’s largest LNG project

South Korean steelmakers POSCO and SeAH Steel Corp. will jointly supply 12,000 tons of stainless steel pipe for a liquefied natural gas project in Kit...

KT issues $400 mn dollar-denominated bond with record-low 1% interest rate

KT issues $400 mn dollar-denominated bond with record-low 1% interest rate

South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. has set a record-low interest rate among privately-held Korean companies with the issue of a dollar-denomin...

Korean telecom giant KT to issue $400 mn dollar bond in August

Korean telecom giant KT to issue $400 mn dollar bond in August

South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. plans to raise $400 million by issuing a dollar-denominated bond around the end of August, according to inv...

Canada and Dutch pension funds to launch $1 bn Korean logistics JV with ESR

Canada and Dutch pension funds to launch $1 bn Korean logistics JV with ESR

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), the Netherlands’ APG and China’s logistics property developer ESR have agreed to s...

Korean fund to lend $423 mn for Canada’s supertall construction

Korean fund to lend $423 mn for Canada’s supertall construction

IGIS Asset Management Co. Ltd. has collected C$560 million ($423 million) from South Korean financial institutions to lend for The One building, a mix...

Samsung Sec to cooperate with Canada pension fund for infrastructure deals

Samsung Sec to cooperate with Canada pension fund for infrastructure deals

Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. has signed a preliminary agreement with Canadian pension scheme La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to cooper...

[RFP] Korea Post seeks global managers for U.S., Canada real estate investment

- Deadline to submit proposal is May 30, 2016; Final selection set for July 1, 2016 Korea Post announced a request for proposal on May 23 for its u...

Korean TV stars tipped to reap windfall from IPOs

A series of South Korean entertainment companies' public listings will likely create windfalls of up to tens of million dollars for Korean TV stars, i...

Hanwha Ocean forms partnership with Babcock for submarines (edited)

Hanwha Ocean forms partnership with Babcock for submarines (edited)

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. announced on Friday that it had signed a strategic partnership agreement with the UK's Babcock International Group th...

KT, Lotte, DL to divest a series of hotels

KT, Lotte, DL to divest a series of hotels

South Korea's Lotte Group, KT Group, and DL Group plan to sell their domestic hotels....

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