Ndream, Wisenut start trading on K-OTC

Ndream, Wisenut start trading on K-OTC

Shares of South Korea's two tech startups, Ndream and Wisenut, will start trading on Korea's over-the-counter market, or K-OTC, on Thursday, the Kor...

S.Korea's e-commerce platform Plugo secures $9 million in investment

S.Korea's e-commerce platform Plugo secures $9 million in investment

South Korea's Plugo, a comprehensive e-commerce platform based in Singapore, has attracted $9 million in Series A investment, the Silicon Valley, Ca...

Leading S.Korean trade body, 31 brokerages urge delay in financial investment tax

Leading S.Korean trade body, 31 brokerages urge delay in financial investment tax

South Korea's Korea Financial Investment Association and 31 domestic securities companies on Sunday released a joint statement urging a delay in the...

Dajia Insurance likely to put Korea's ABL Life up for sale again

Dajia Insurance likely to put Korea's ABL Life up for sale again

China’s Dajia Insurance Group Co. seeks to divest of a full stake in its South Korean subsidiary ABL Life Insurance Co. with an estimated valu...

KIC buys stake in US credit asset manager Golub Capital

KIC buys stake in US credit asset manager Golub Capital

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has made its first direct investment in an asset management firm, the South Korean sovereign wealth fund said on ...

Kyobo Life seeks to transition into financial holding company 

Kyobo Life seeks to transition into financial holding company 

South Korean life insurance behemoth Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is seeking to transition into a financial holding company to expand its business footh...

Private equity juggernauts bid for $758 million worth of KT Cloud shares

Private equity juggernauts bid for $758 million worth of KT Cloud shares

A number of private equity giants in South Korea and beyond are bidding for shares worth up to 1 trillion won ($758.2 million) in KT Cloud, a subsid...

SK On attracts $1 billion in investment

SK On attracts $1 billion in investment

SK On, the electric battery affiliate of Korea's petroleum, alternative energy and oil exploration corporation SK Innovation, has secured 1.3 trilli...

KDB reaches out to Hyundai, POSCO, CJ, LX on HMM stake sale

KDB reaches out to Hyundai, POSCO, CJ, LX on HMM stake sale

State-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) has contacted major conglomerates including Hyundai Motor Group about the sale of its stake in HMM Co., the c...

Medical data platform operator JNPMEDI raises $10 mn in Series A funding

Medical data platform operator JNPMEDI raises $10 mn in Series A funding

Medical data platform operator JNPMEDI Inc. announced on Tuesday that it raised 14 billion won ($10.3 million) in a Series A round. Pavilion Ca...

LG Chem to build $3.2 billion US cathode plant in Tennessee

LG Chem to build $3.2 billion US cathode plant in Tennessee

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, said on Tuesday it is building a $3.2 billion cathode plant in Tennessee, its first facto...

Lotte to replace construction unit CEO due to liquidity crisis

Lotte to replace construction unit CEO due to liquidity crisis

Lotte Group will replace the head of its construction unit, hit by a liquidity crisis stemming from project financing, to ease investor concerns ove...

BOK may increase rate by only 25 bps this week as won rebounds

BOK may increase rate by only 25 bps this week as won rebounds

South Korea’s central bank is likely to raise interest rates by only 25 basis points this week as its won currency may have bottomed out, easi...

Korean startup CEOs’ ethical scandals emerge as major risk factor

Korean startup CEOs’ ethical scandals emerge as major risk factor

Several South Korean startups have recently been hit hard by their CEOs’ unethical behavior and business-related misconduct, leading to a lo...

Korean firms at risk of credit rating downgrade on Legoland woes

Korean firms at risk of credit rating downgrade on Legoland woes

South Korean companies are at risk of credit rating downgrades as the fallout of a debt default by the domestic developer of a Legoland theme park r...

HMM’s shares undervalued despite $12.5 billion in cashable assets

HMM’s shares undervalued despite $12.5 billion in cashable assets

South Korea’s largest container line HMM Co. has seen its shares trapped in a boxed range for a protracted period despite its spectacular earn...

E-book platform Millie's Library drops IPO plan on tepid market interest

E-book platform Millie's Library drops IPO plan on tepid market interest

South Korean e-book platform Millie’s Library dropped its listing plan on Nov. 8 due to tepid demand from institutional investors, marking the...

Korea, Hyundai Motor request 3-year reprieve on US EV tax credit law

Korea, Hyundai Motor request 3-year reprieve on US EV tax credit law

The South Korean government and the country’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. have requested the US government give Korean carmakers a three-y...

SK IE Technology to embark on non-deal roadshow in Hog Kong, Singapore

SK IE Technology to embark on non-deal roadshow in Hog Kong, Singapore

SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), a unit of South Korea’s energy and battery maker SK Innovation Co., said on Friday it is embarking on a non-deal...

Public-private battery alliance launched to source critical minerals

Public-private battery alliance launched to source critical minerals

The South Korean government, in tandem with the private sector, launched a battery alliance on Tuesday in a bid to support the companies in sourcing...

EcoPro BM to build battery materials plant in Canada

EcoPro BM to build battery materials plant in Canada

EcoPro BM Co., South Korea’s leading battery material producer, is set to build a plant in Canada with a $704 million investment in a partners...

Korea's stock deposits dip to lowest point since July 2020

Korea's stock deposits dip to lowest point since July 2020

Monthly average deposits for stock investment in South Korea are poised to drop below 50 trillion won ($35.1 billion) for the first time since July ...

BOK to ease Legoland developer default-led credit crunch

BOK to ease Legoland developer default-led credit crunch

South Korea’s central bank joined rescue moves to improve liquidity in the local bond market and alleviate the fallout from a debt default by ...

Korea Post's insurance arm uses buyout, senior debt as core strategies

Korea Post's insurance arm uses buyout, senior debt as core strategies

Korea Post’s insurance bureau will maintain its core-satellite strategy in private equity and debt investments for both stable revenue streams...

KIC to focus on tech ventures, private debt, infrastructure

KIC to focus on tech ventures, private debt, infrastructure

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will continue to look for opportunities in private debt and venture capital investment with mid- to long-term gro...

Korea's $35 bn plan yet to ease Legoland default woes

Korea's $35 bn plan yet to ease Legoland default woes

South Korea’s $35 billion rescue plan provided a temporary painkiller to the domestic bond markets rattled by Legoland Korea developer’s...

LG Energy set to ink graphite deal with Australia’s Syrah Resources

LG Energy set to ink graphite deal with Australia’s Syrah Resources

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Thursday it has signed an initial agreement to explore graphite procurement from Australia&rsquo...

Samsung Asset says to pursue global, active, bond-type ETFs

Samsung Asset says to pursue global, active, bond-type ETFs

Samsung Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) manager, will focus on global, active and bond-type ETFs, as we...

S.Korea exempts foreign investors from treasury bond tax

S.Korea exempts foreign investors from treasury bond tax

South Korea on Oct. 17 started exempting foreign investors from two types of taxes on Korean treasury bonds and monetary stabilization bonds investm...

SK On in 10-year lithium deal with Australia’s Lake Resources

SK On in 10-year lithium deal with Australia’s Lake Resources

SK On Co., a leading South Korean battery maker, said on Wednesday it has signed a long-term contract to procure lithium, a key battery material, fr...

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