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Economy
Korea faces risk from record $114 bn in inventory assets
South Korea’s major listed companies held record inventory assets as they piled up raw materials to deal with the global supply chain disrupti...
Jul 06, 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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Healthcare
Precision to supply to Antech for US vet diagnostics market entry
A number of veterinary diagnostics companies are struggling to differentiate themselves in the global market. According to Grand View Research Inc.,...
Jul 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Unison Capital puts Korea dental scanner maker up for sale
Unison Capital Inc., a middle-market focused private equity firm, put the world’s third-largest 3D dental scanner maker on the market. The dea...
Jul 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Motor scraps LNG plant construction plan
Hyundai Motor Co. has scrapped a plan to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled plant to power its main production lines in South Korea due to a...
Jul 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Danble taps into overlooked market of men's fashion for older millennials
Danble, operated by Tailor Town, is an online fashion platform serving the often-overlooked market of men’s fashion for those in their 30s and...
Jul 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec.-SM Ent. tie up to challenge Apple Fitness+
LG Electronics Inc. and SM Entertainment Co., South Korea’s giants in the home appliances and entertainment sectors, joined hands in the home ...
Jul 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s Socar gets pushback for high valuation ahead of IPO
South Korea’s mobility unicorn Socar Inc. faces controversy over its valuation after the car-sharing startup set the price guidance for its in...
Jun 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
LG eyes clean tech supremacy with $1.5 bn spending on green projects
South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG is setting its sights on clean energy technology as it steps up efforts to transform into an eco-...
Jun 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience wins marketing license for Korea's first COVID-19 vaccine
South Korea’s SK Bioscience Co., a biopharmaceutical unit of SK Group, has won marketing authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine from the Minis...
Jun 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Mobility platform Socar targets $1.2 bn value for Aug IPO
South Korea’s car-sharing platform Socar Inc. has estimated its corporate value at up to 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) for an initial public...
Jun 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea Woori Card to start installment finance biz in Indonesia
Woori Card Co. is set to start the installment finance business in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy as the credit card unit of Sout...
Jun 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
1 in 4 biotech firms struggles with decreasing cash reserves
South Korea’s biotechnology firms – public and private alike – are facing increasingly negative financial conditions. T...
Jun 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korea stocks see dead cat bounce; outlook remains gloomy
South Korea’s shares on Friday rebounded after tumbling in the previous two straight sessions, outperforming their peers in Asia, but few expe...
Jun 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI inks $6.6 bn deal for 60% of elecfoil needs
Samsung SDI Co., South Korea’s major battery maker, inked a $6.6 billion contract to secure 60% of its needs for elecfoil, an ingredient for c...
Jun 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Shinsegae to build metaverse presence with Hancom
South Korea’s retail powerhouse Shinsegae Inc. will kickstart its efforts to build a metaverse presence, while seeking to buy a stake in its d...
Jun 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Petrochem firms to fuel plants with self-supplied power
South Korea’s petrochemical companies will build power plants for the first time in their history to meet their rising energy needs on a stabl...
Jun 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea to reboot nuclear power sector with orders, aid
South Korea plans to rebuild the nuclear power plant industry hard hit by the previous government’s nuclear energy phasing-out policy by placi...
Jun 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
LG, Kakao Mobility to roll out autonomous delivery robot service
LG Electronics Inc. and Kakao Mobility Corp. have agreed to form a future mobility technology partnership with an aim to jointly launch an autonomou...
Jun 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to boost chip substrate investment after Apple order
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. will expand its manufacturing facilities for high-performance package substrates in both South Korea and Vietnam, afte...
Jun 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Lotte seeks to sell Pakistan arm for over 10 times return
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has decided to put its entire stake in Pakistan-based LCPL up for sale, which may sell for up to 210 billio...
Jun 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Korea’s adult audio platform eyes Japan for global biz
South Korea’s adult audio content platform for women raised money to make inroads into Japan as a start of its global business.Sensual Moment ...
Jun 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
KT, Hanmi-invested therapeutics maker Digital Pharm launched
Digital Pharm, jointly invested in by KT Corp. and Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co., held an official inauguration ceremony last week, the company announced...
Jun 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK Gas to sell Istanbul tunnel stake to Qatari fund for $111 mn
SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier, is poised to sell its stake in an operator of the Eurasia Tunnel in...
Jun 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lotte plans to expand bio capacity in Korea and US
Lotte Group is preparing to kickstart its biopharmaceutical business as a contract development and manufacturing company (CDMO) by building a new pl...
Jun 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display to raise $1 billion to ramp up OLED module line in Vietnam
LG Display Co., a major South Korean display panel maker, said on Wednesday it is raising $1 billion in new funding from global banks to expand its ...
Jun 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Doosan adds chip post-processing to list of growth drivers
Doosan Group has added semiconductor post-processing services to its core businesses and plans to invest 1 trillion won ($774 million) in its microc...
Jun 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Bioepis’ SB12 shows same clinical effects as Alexion’s Soliris
Samsung Bioepis Co., a biopharmaceutical unit of Samsung Group, said its SB12, a proposed biosimilar to Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s rare bl...
Jun 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
South Korean tech juggernauts turn their characters into NFTs
South Korea’s tech behemoths are turning the companies’ characters into non-fungible tokens (NFTs) with the aim of creating an intellect...
Jun 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Hanwha to announce plans to enhance shareholder value in H2
South Korea’s Hanwha Corp. discussed on June 10 its ESG activities in the first half of this year and is set to announce plans for enhancing s...
Jun 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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