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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea’s only shipyard under creditor protection to be sold this year
A sale of Daehan Shipbuilding Co., South Korea’s only shipbuilder under creditor protection, is to be completed within this year through a sta...
Jul 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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The Deep Dive
Korea redefines dining experience with meal kits and delivery food
A good old-fashioned, home-cooked meal is becoming a thing of the past in Korean households, with a wide range of home meal replacements (HMRs) an...
Jul 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food stories from a chef
Food Delivery in Korea 101
With the recent spike in daily new Covid-19 cases, it’s a good time to review the great delivery options that are available in Korea. Delivery...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
California to deploy 30 Hyundai hydrogen trucks for public projects
Hyundai Motor Co.’s XCIENT hydrogen fuel cell trucks will be running the roads of California as part of two publicly funded projects to improv...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Hero gets 5 more months to sell Yogiyo until January
South Korea’s antitrust regulator said on Thursday it is extending the deadline for Germany’s Delivery Hero SE to sell food delivery pla...
Jul 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Affinity, GS Retail likely to acquire Korean delivery platform Yogiyo
A consortium led by global investment firm Affinity Equity Partners is the most likely candidate to acquire South Korea’s second-largest food ...
Jul 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Hero seeks more time to sell Korea's Yogiyo
Delivery Hero SE has requested up to another six months to sell South Korea's No. 2 food delivery platform Yogiyo, the estimated value of which was ...
Jul 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Woowa Brothers launches last-mile indoor food delivery robot in Seoul
Woowa Brothers Corp., South Korea’s top food delivery app operator, has launched a last-mile indoor robot food delivery service, as people inc...
Jul 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Baring PEA exits from Korean delivery firm in eight years
Baring Private Equity Asia has finally cashed out of South Korea's No. 5 parcel delivery company with a double-digit return, in eight years since it...
Jul 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
PEF-owned Korean firms jumping off IPO bandwagon
South Korea's initial public offering market is gaining fresh momentum from high-profile listings such as mobile banking app KakaoBank and game deve...
Jul 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Grocery delivery platform Oasis valuation tops $650 mn; eyes US expansion
South Korea-based grocery delivery platform Oasis Corp., referred to as Oasis Market, has attracted 50 billion won ($44 million) from global private...
Jul 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy Industries charters drillship to Italy’s Saipem
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries Co. has signed a contract to lease a newbuild drillship to Italian oilfield services company Saipem S.p...
Jun 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Hero's Korean unit sale hits dead end
Delivery Hero SE on Thursday postponed the deadline again for the final bidding of South Korea's Yogiyo, amid market doubts over the country's No. 2...
Jun 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Delivery service provider Barogo wraps up $72 mn Series C round
Logistics IT platform service Barogo has successfully wrapped up an 80 billion won ($72 million) Series C round, far above the company's initial tar...
Jun 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Medicine
JW Pharm exports new antibiotic substance to US
JW Pharmaceutical Co. has become the first South Korean drug maker to develop the generic version of a next-generation antibiotic substance, the med...
Jun 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Survival of the richest: Coupang corners Baemin
South Korea's e-commerce giant Coupang Corp. is ready to take over the food delivery market via aggressive investments -- a move that is pressuring ...
May 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Baring PEA revives IPO plan for delivery firm Logen
Baring Private Equity Asia is joining a group of private equity firms that have just resumed the stalled process for initial public offerings of the...
May 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery app Yogiyo bidders narrowed to Shinsegae, PEFs
Germany's Delivery Hero SE has narrowed down the list of bidders for South Korea’s second-largest food delivery platform Yogiyo to Shinsegae I...
May 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Delivery app Yogiyo draws bids from retailers, PEFs
South Korea’s second-largest food delivery app Yogiyo has drawn about 10 preliminary bidders, including retailer Shinsegae and private equity ...
May 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Riding cargo boom, H-Line Shipping resumes IPO process
H-Line Shipping Co., South Korea's second-largest bulk transportation company, has resumed its initial public offering process after three years, as...
May 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Korea’s Busan port congestion worsening with boxes stacked, ships delayed
At the Hyundai Pusan New Port Terminal (HPNT), one of the largest terminals in South Korea’s southeastern port city of Busan, 12 quay cranes a...
May 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Sale of Korea’s No.2 delivery app Yogiyo kicks off with May 4 prelim bid
The sale of South Korea’s second-largest food delivery app Yogiyo has kicked off with the sell-side issuing an information memorandum to poten...
Apr 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Revenue club
Korea’s top delivery app operator Woowa joins 1 trillion won sales club
Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, commonly known as Baemin, has joined the 1 trillion w...
Mar 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
KTB Network wins jackpot from Korean delivery app sale
KTB Network Co., a South Korean venture capital firm, has pocketed a double-digit return, or 62.5 billion won ($55 million) from the sale of its sta...
Mar 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Hyundai, Woowa Brothers tie up to develop last-mile delivery robot
Hyundai Motor Group and Woowa Brothers Corp., the country’s top food delivery app operator, have agreed to jointly develop delivery robots cap...
Mar 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Hero kicks off sale of S.Korea's No.2 delivery app Yogiyo
Germany-based online food delivery service Delivery Hero SE has kicked off the sale process of South Korea's second-largest food delivery app, Yogiy...
Mar 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Wealth donations
Founder of Korea’s top delivery app Baemin to donate over half his wealth
Kim Bong-jin, founder of South Korea’s top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, or Baemin in short, has committed to donating more than half of hi...
Feb 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KDB mulls sale of HMM to POSCO
South Korea's state-run bank is considering selling HMM Co., the country's largest container line, to steelmaker POSCO as the shipping industry expe...
Jan 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
HMM, SM Line to deploy container ships to support Korean exporters
South Korea’s leading shipping companies have decided to deploy at least five container carriers on major sea routes to provide support for lo...
Jan 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Hero could face up to $1.4 bn in fines if it fails to sell Yogiyo
Food delivery giant Delivery Hero SE is facing some time pressure to sell South Korea’s No. 2 food delivery app Yogiyo, estimated at 2 trillio...
Jan 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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