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Private equity
KKR promotes Keith Kim in Seoul office to partner
KKR & Co. Inc. has promoted Keith Kim (Kim Yang-han), managing director at the private equity giant’s Seoul office, to partner.Kim, who ma...
Dec 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Innocean forms GenAI team
Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it formed a new task force team...
Dec 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Seoul office leasing turns lender’s market as vacancy rates at 2023 low
Office vacancy rates in South Korea’s capital city of Seoul fell to their lowest level this year last month as people returned to work follo...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
SK Telecom to expand metaverse market in SE Asia
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that it partnered with three IT companies in Southeast Asia to accelerate its metaverse market st...
Nov 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Barings taps John Park as S.Korean asset management head
Barings LLC has appointed Chong Hak (John) Park as head and sole representative director of its South Korean asset management arm, effective Jan. 1,...
Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Bank to add two new branches in India 2024
South Korea's Woori Bank plans to open two new branches in India in the first half of next year. The bank announced on Tuesday it has obtained ...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hanjin opens representative office in Mongolia
South Korea's Hanjin Transportation announced on Friday it has opened a representative office in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to expand its logistics hu...
Oct 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
Neo Chair cements No. 1 spot as office chair brand on Amazon
Neo Chair, almost unheard of in its home country South Korea, is the top-selling office chair brand on Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce platfo...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
SK Telecom introduces paid currency to metaverse ifland
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. has introduced an economic system to its metaverse service "ifland." With this, users can now purchase items with the c...
Oct 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Mirae Asset puts HI Investment headquarters on the market
South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is seeking to sell off HI Investment & Securities Co. headquarters, the value of which is...
Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Upstage to create interactive chatbot for virtual idols
South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage announced on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with M...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SW based on Hancom's tech released in Taiwan
South Korea's office suite software maker Hancom Inc. on Monday said it has released Kdan Office, the Taiwanese office software co-developed with gl...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Krafton, Naver eye Overdare as S.Korea's answer to Roblox
South Korea's game company Krafton Inc. and Naver Z, a metaverse unit of the country’s portal giant Naver Corp. on Thursday said they will u...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus to hold job fair in Los Angeles
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. on Thursday said it will hold the recruiting event LG Uplus US Fair at the hotel Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey near Los ...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mirae Asset No. 1 among overseas asset managers in India
MUMBAI – South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., managing 22 trillion won ($16.7 billion) in India, ranks No. 1 among overseas...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Netmarble, Hana Financial team up for metaverse service
South Korean game company Netmarble Corp. announced on Monday that it will partner with Hana Financial Group to develop new financial experiences an...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
SK Group commemorates chairman's 25th year since inauguration
SK Group, South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate, will commemorate the 25th anniversary of Chey Tae-won’s inauguration as chairman on Sept. 1....
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affinity's CJ Lee to become 3rd Korean executive to leave
Affinity Equity Partners’ founding member and Managing Partner Lee Chul-joo (CJ Lee) will resign from the Asia’s leading buyout manager,...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Samsung Electronics opens future tech office in DX Division
Samsung Electronics Co. has conducted an internal reshuffle by opening a future technologies office to discover “non-existent” technolog...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
K-pop powerhouse SM to launch US office with Kakao
K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment Co. and Kakao Entertainment will jointly launch an office in the US later this year to boost their global business...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s KFCC likely to see loss from London-based office investment
South Korea’s Vestas Investment Management Co. is slated to sell off a London-based office tower as the property value has plunged due to rate...
Jul 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK E&S opens representative office in Vietnam
South Korea's renewable energy company SK E&S is speeding up the expansion of its global eco-friendly power generation business by opening a rep...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
LG Uplus to open metaverse for Yonsei Univ. in September
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. on Wednesday announced the opening in September of Virtual Campus, a metaverse for Yonsei University, one of the nation...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI opens office in Polish Air Force base
South Korea's leading aerospace manufacturer Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced that it opened its sixth overseas base on Wednesday at the 2...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG AI Research launches patent screening AI
South Korea's think tank LG AI Research has teamed up with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) to develop the world's first patent screen...
Jul 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Tinder owner Match Group taps Sam Ahn as Asia's chief innovation officer
Match Group Inc., operating online dating and chat platforms like Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid in some 40 languages, has appointed its subsidiary Hyper...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
LG Uplus to enter fashion metaverse
South Korea‘s LG Uplus Corp. has launched a fashion metaverse business, starting this month the clothing store Meta Slap, a digital service fo...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Kakao Healthcare to build metaverse healthcare platform
Kakao Healthcare, a digital healthcare platform unit of South Korea's Kakao, announced on Wednesday that it has been selected as the final operato...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Startup Spatial looks to become YouTube in metaverse
Metaverse platform startup Spatial aims to grow into a company that allows users to enjoy interactive content together, as COVID-19 has increased th...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Samsung C&T wins order $585 mn construction project in Taiwan
The construction division of South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. on Monday said it landed an order for the Fubon Aozihdi Development Project from Ta...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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