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IPOs
Aramco-backed Hyundai Oilbank drops IPO on market downturn
Hyundai Oilbank Co., a South Korean refiner backed by Saudi Aramco, withdrew its plan for an initial public offering as local stock markets tumbled,...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startup CEOs suffer depression, anxiety: survey
About one-third of South Korean startups' chief executives are more prone to stress and depression than general adults, with funding constraints and...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Fashion platform Brandi eyes unicorn status with $51 mn funding round
South Korean fashion e-commerce platform Brandi Inc. has embarked on a 67 billion won ($51 million) funding round, hoping for around 800 billion w...
Jul 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Award-winning Hyundai IONIQ 5 EV to land in Japan as MK Taxi
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Wednesday it is supplying its all-electric IONIQ 5 crossover to Japan’s taxi servi...
Jul 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
South Korean firms roll out AI chatbots that tug at the heartstrings
If you are using artificial intelligence-powered chatbot services in South Korea, you may soon be receiving messages like this: “Would you lik...
Jul 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Naver's Kream buys stake in Malaysian resale platform
Kream, the resale platform of South Korea’s online portal Naver Corp., has agreed to buy a stake in Malaysia’s biggest sneaker resale co...
Jul 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai’s Supernal showcases flying electric car at UK air show
Supernal LLC, the urban air mobility affiliate of South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co., has unveiled the cabin concept of its flying ...
Jul 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
KB Asset aims for first IPO of Korea's homegrown infrastructure fund
South Korea’s KB Asset Management Co. is set to list its Balhae Infrastructure Fund (Balhae) on the country’s main bourse Kospi in the s...
Jul 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Bioepis sees greater market for Byooviz eye disease biosimilar
NEW YORK – Samsung Bioepis Co., a biopharmaceutical unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung, is one step ahead of its rivals in t...
Jul 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK Telecom to take lead in UAM biz with telco know-how
BUSAN -- South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. aims to dominate the urban air mobility market based on its expertise and know-how in...
Jul 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affirma’s bolt-on M&A strategy shines in S.Korea
Affirma Capital is a small player in South Korea’s private equity market, but its successful bolt-on strategy helps the mid-cap-focused invest...
Jul 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai, Kia to launch Level 3 self-driving Genesis G90, EV9 in 2023
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group will launch its most-advanced Level 3 autonomous cars next year, starting with Hyundai Motor Co.'s flagship ...
Jul 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
KB to raise $150 mn India, SE Asia-focused VC fund
KB Investment Co., a venture capital arm of KB Financial Group, is seeking to raise more than 200 billion won ($150 million) in its second global fu...
Jul 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
South Korea’s alternative meat startups get VCs salivating
In South Korea, the list of early stage startups that garnered more than 5 billion won ($3.8 million) in the last 12 months looks slightly different...
Jul 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On, Ford launch battery JV for N.America EV market
South Korea’s battery maker SK On Co. and US automaker Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday officially launched a joint venture for the North American ...
Jul 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Orion enters China’s vaccine market with tuberculosis plant in Jining
Orion Holdings Corp., one of South Korea’s largest confectionery companies, said on Wednesday it will build a vaccine plant in China by 2024 t...
Jul 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
CJ’s TVing, KT’s Seezn set for merger to challenge OTT leader Netflix
South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co.'s over-the-top streaming platform TVing is set to merge with its local rival Seezn, run by tel...
Jul 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Samsung Elec. showcases virtual playground on Roblox
Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled a virtual playground within Roblox, the world’s top metaverse game platform with 54 million users a day, as t...
Jul 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Commercial real estate market in Seoul shrinks in H1 2022
The commercial real estate market in Seoul slowed this year, according to a report by South Korean online property platform RSquare. The sum of the ...
Jul 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
The case for improved Seoul-Tokyo relations
Unlike the West or China, which showed vastly different reactions, most South Koreans had a more complicated initial response to the news of forme...
Jul 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG to accelerate foray into WebOS TV platform market
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc., the world’s second-largest TV manufacturer, is aiming for a tenfold increase in the number of TV vend...
Jul 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korea, game developers in tug of war over P2E genre
A battle over play-to-earn (P2E) games in South Korea between the government and the industry has yet to show any signs of abating as the authority ...
Jul 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean PE firms' 2021 funds bet on parts makers, dividend stock
IMM Investment Co. and STIC Investments Co., the two most active South Korean private equity firms in 2021 fundraising, made bets on a dividend-focu...
Jul 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Hansol Paper joins Series A funding for RIU worth $1.5 mn
Hansol Paper Co. announced Thursday that it participated as a strategic investor in a Series A funding worth 2 billion won ($1.5 million) for South ...
Jul 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Blockchain game developer Planetarium Labs raises $32 mn
Planetarium Labs raised $32 million in a Series A funding round, led by Animoca Brands, and joined by Samsung Next, WeMade, and Krust Universe.The s...
Jul 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korean retirement funds, mutual aids struggle with profitability
Some major retirement funds in South Korea are raising interest rates on their members’ savings accounts in line with global central banks&rsq...
Jul 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Korea hydrogen council launches $382 mn fund
The Korea H2 Business Summit, a business council established by South Korea’s leading conglomerates to invest in the hydrogen industry, launch...
Jul 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
LG Innotek to invest $1.1 bn to ramp up substrate, camera module output
South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. said on Wednesday it will invest 1.4 trillion won ($1.1 billion) in expanding facilities for semiconductor substr...
Jul 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
CJ CheilJedang to rev up Korean food sales in Europe
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is set to accelerate the expansion of its Korean food business in Europe. It aims to increase annual fo...
Jul 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO sees battery materials sales double by 2030
South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. expects sales of its rechargeable battery materials to more than double to 41 trillion won ($31 billion) by ...
Jul 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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