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Pre-IPOs
Masayoshi Son-led SoftBank to invest $2 bn in Yanolja
Vision Fund, led by billionaire SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, has decided to invest around $2 billion in South Korea's largest travel platform Yan...
May 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics enjoys OLED TV boom with record Q1 shipments
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is enjoying the growing popularity of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs, posting a record shipment in ...
May 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG go all out to lure adult gamers to LED TVs
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s two largest TV makers, are striving to attract gamers to their large-size LED T...
May 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Narrower price gap to LCD underpins OLED TV market
A rapid increase in liquid crystal display (LCD) panel prices has sharply narrowed the price gap between LCD panels and organic light-emitting diode...
Apr 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor Group forms TaaS division to be led by 42dot CEO
Hyundai Motor Group has created a new Transportation-as-a-Service (TaaS) division that will oversee the mobility businesses of Hyundai Motor Co. and...
Apr 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korean LED maker moves up to 3rd place; CEO still growing hair
Seoul Semiconductor Co., whose founder and CEO has not cut his hair since 2018 to concentrate on patent lawsuits, has moved up one notch to third pl...
Apr 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display, Disney promote OLED TV through animated film
South Korea-based display panel maker LG Display Co. and Walt Disney have teamed up to highlight the benefits of OLED TV through Disney's latest ani...
Mar 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Ssangyong Motor gets extended grace period before court-led revamp
Ssangyong Motor Co. has received court approval to extend the two-month suspension of its debt obligations and find a new investor for the South Kor...
Feb 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Electronics enters TV content platform market with its webOS software
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is entering the TV content platform market by offering its web-based software to TV makers through a partner...
Feb 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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CES 2021
LG Display unveils brighter next-generation OLED TV panel, to add models
LG Display Co., a major South Korean display panel maker, has unveiled a next-generation OLED TV panel that enables brighter and more vivid picture ...
Jan 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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CES 2021
Samsung, LG vie for top spot as premium TV players at CES 2021
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., the world’s two largest TV makers, are showcasing a series of new models at the world’s...
Jan 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG takes over controlling stake in US TV data analysis firm Alphonso
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. has acquired a controlling stake in US-based TV data analysis startup Alphonso Inc. to strengthen its softwa...
Jan 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Ssangyong Motor gets 2-months' grace before court-led restructuring
Ssangyong Motor Co. has received court approval for a two-month suspension of its obligations to repay debt as the troubled automaker is seeking to ...
Dec 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korean firms' Q4 earnings seen to jump, led by exporters
Exporters, including Samsung Electronics Co., LG Chem Ltd. and Samsung SDI Co., are estimated to have led a sharp increase in listed South Korean ...
Dec 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanjin Heavy set for sale to Dongbu-led consortium
A South Korean consortium led by construction firm Dongbu Corp. has been picked as the preferred negotiator to buy a controlling stake in cash-strap...
Dec 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics unveils 110-inch premium MicroLED TV
Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a new 110-inch light-emitting diode (LED) TV as the South Korean tech giant aims to enhance its presence in the...
Dec 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics hits record-high global TV market share in Q3
Samsung Electronics Co.’s global TV market share rose to record levels in the third quarter in value terms, boosted by large-size organic ligh...
Nov 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Obituary
Samsung chairman, who led tech giant’s leapfrog to global brand, dies, aged 78
Lee Kun-hee, chairman of the world’s top smartphone and TV manufacturer Samsung Group, passed away on Oct. 25 at the age of 78, the South Kore...
Oct 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Roll-up TVs
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...
Oct 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Roll-up TVs
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...
Oct 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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LG Electronics
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...
Oct 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Foreign cloud service providers led by Amazon, MS play big in Korea
Global cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) are taking a greater share of South Korea’s serverless computing market, where ...
Sep 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset allocation
NPS logs positive H1 return led by fixed incomes, alternatives
The National Pension Service eked out a 0.5% return on financial investments in the first half of this year, supported by solid gains from fixed-incom...
Aug 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea’s EV battery trio, led by LG Chem, emerge as market’s top picks
South Korea’s three electric-vehicle battery makers have become the local market’s top picks as their combined market capitalization nearl...
Aug 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Hana Fin-led JV buys 4 US student housing properties for $325 mn
Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Chicago-based Scion Group have acquired a portfolio of four newly-developed student housing facilities for $325...
Nov 19, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Credit Suisse-led fund buys Korean logistics centers for $104 mn
A fund led by Credit Suisse Asset Management’s real estate investment arm has acquired two logistics centers in South Korea for 120 billion won ($104 ...
Jul 01, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hana Fin-led group poised to buy $185 mn Prague office complex
A consortium led by Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. Ltd. has been chosen as the preferred buyer for a thr...
Mar 13, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Affinity Equity-led group to exercise put option on $1.8 bn Kyobo Life shares
A consortium led by Affinity Equity Partners will push ahead with exercising their right to sell shares in South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Co. Ltd....
Dec 04, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Exclusive] Korea Investment-led fund buys two Boeing aircraft for $217 mn
Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired two Air France-leased Boeing aircraft for $217 million via a domestic fund which raised $125 m...
Nov 24, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Sec-led group to buy $760 mn stake in Dunkirk LNG terminal
A consortium of three South Korean brokerage companies led by Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. will pay around 850 billion won ($758 million) for a 39.24% ...
Jul 03, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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