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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung sells $1.3 bn stake in China’s BYD, keeps watchers puzzled
Samsung Electronics Co. has sold a 1.6% stake worth 1.5 trillion won ($1.3 billion) in Chinese electric vehicle and rechargeable battery maker BYD C...
Sep 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Non-ferrous metals
Korea Zinc emerges winner despite sharp decline in treatment fees
Just like many other manufacturers around the world, 2020 was a turbulent year for Korea Zinc Co., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter.T...
Sep 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Post nets nearly $1 bn from KakaoBank block sale
Korea Post has netted slightly over 1 trillion won ($861 million) from the block sale of its shares in South Korea's largest internet-only lender Ka...
Sep 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Coffeebanhada, known for robot barista, seeks investment for expansion
Coffeebanhada, a South Korean budget coffee chain operator, is seeking to attract investment from private equity funds and strategic investors.Accor...
Aug 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korean firms scramble for bond sales on further rate hike views
South Korean companies rushed to issues bonds as the Bank of Korea is expected to raise interest rates further, ramping up financing costs. Some war...
Aug 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
SM to absorb music production unit before founder's stake sale
SM Entertainment Co., a South Korean music powerhouse, will absorb a music production company wholly owned by its founder and chief producer Lee Soo...
Aug 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung to invest $200 bn over next 3 yrs, including M&As
Samsung Group will invest a combined 240 trillion won ($206 billion) over the next three years in its core businesses such as semiconductor, display...
Aug 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Are global GSS bonds sustainable?
Global green, social sustainability (GSS) bonds may not be stable enough yet. The bonds where proceeds will be exclusively applied to finance or re-...
Aug 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biosimilars
Samsung Bioepis gets nod for sale of ophthalmology biosimilar in Europe
South Korea’s biopharmaceutical company Samsung Bioepis Co. won approval from European authorities for sale of Byooviz, its ophthalmology bios...
Aug 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Carmaker stocks hit speed bump of chip shortage, Delta variant
Shares in global carmakers such as Hyundai Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. are tumbling. The automotive chip shortage is expected to deteriorate fu...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Luxury imported car sales growth at 5-yr high in S.Korea
Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche have driven the double-digit growth of imported car sales in South Korea in the first seven months of this year, with...
Aug 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
IMM puts Hyundai LNG Shipping on sale
IMM put Hyundai LNG Shipping, South Korea’s top liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker operator, on sale in a predicted $1.7 billion deal.IMM Priv...
Aug 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Office tower near Seoul up for sale for about $900 mn
Alpharium Tower, a landmark office tower in Pangyo Techno Valley near Seoul, will be put on the market later this year, which is expected to fetch t...
Aug 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung unveils industry’s first 5 nm processor for wearable devices
Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a new Exynos processor for wearable devices, built with an advanced 5-nanometer extreme ultra-violet (EUV) proc...
Aug 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK sees new opportunities in China's regulatory risk
China's regulatory crackdown on Chinese technology and private education companies is driving up the level of volatility and creating mispricing in ...
Aug 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai quadruples sales of eco-friendly cars in US
Hyundai Motor Co. has sold more than four times of eco-friendly cars in the US compared to last year. The company said on Aug. 5 that the number of ...
Aug 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
LG Group to put facility management unit of S&I Corp. up for sale
South Korea’s LG Group will put the facility management division of its affiliate S&I Corp. up for sale amid talk that a sale of the unit ...
Aug 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
F&F may pay $350 mn for TaylorMade without Korean sales license
South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. may not be able to sell apparel of TaylorMade Golf Co. in the country even after a $350 million t...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia US sales slower despite strong growth
Hyundai Motor Group reported a near 30% rise in US sales last month, but the growth is decelerating as the world’s second-largest automobile m...
Aug 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pharmaceuticals
Daewoong Pharmaceutical aims to top $4 bn in sales by 2027
South Korea-based Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. is hoping to achieve 5 trillion won ($4.4 billion) in sales by 2027, meaning that the company aims to ...
Aug 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Carmakers log strong profits despite chip shortage
Global carmakers such as Stellantis N.V., BMW, Ford Motor Co. and Hyundai Motor Group surprised investors with strong earnings despite the automotiv...
Aug 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK seeks to exit Japan's top golf course operator
MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity firm, is seeking to exit Japan's largest golf course operator Accordia Next Golf to capitalize on ...
Aug 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea July exports hit record on strong chip, auto demand
South Korea’s exports hit a record high in July on strong shipments of both main products such as cars and chips, as well as new growth ones i...
Aug 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hahn & Co’s $270 mn deal to buy Namyang Dairy at risk of collapse
South Korean private equity (PE) firm Hahn & Co.’s deal to acquire Namyang Dairy Products is at risk of collapse as the owner and his fami...
Jul 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip supercycle view revives with DRAM, NAND prices at multi-year highs
The contract prices of memory chip prices are hovering around multi-year high levels, fanning the view that the global semiconductor market is enter...
Jul 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea's sole AI chip designer takes on automotive chip market
South Korea-based semiconductor intellectual property provider Openedges Technology Inc. has come into the limelight with global automaker Hyundai M...
Jul 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung further cornered by Intel's foundry ambitions
Intel Corp.'s announcement on Monday of securing Qualcomm Inc. as its first fabless client caught Samsung Electronics Co. off guard, as the South Ko...
Jul 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Hynix sees robust chip demand for rest of year after strong Q2 sales
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, on Tuesday posted its highest quarterly profit and sales in nearly three years on ...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Shares of parts makers outshine chips, display giants
Shares of South Korean semiconductor and display parts makers have stolen the spotlight from their key customers like Samsung Electronics Co. and SK...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
GS Energy to sell half of thermal power plant unit to IMM
GS Energy Corp., an intermediate holding company of South Korea's GS Group, is in the final stages of talks to sell a 50% stake in its wholly-owned ...
Jul 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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