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Pre-IPOs
Samsung SDI supplier Jaewon seeks about $280 mn in pre-IPO
South Korean mid-sized petrochemical company Jaewon Industrial Co. is looking to attract pre-IPO investment, according to investment banking sources...
Oct 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's LG Chem buys Nasdaq-listed biotech firm AVEO for $566 mn
South Korea’s chemicals giant LG Chem Ltd. announced on Oct. 18 that it will acquire AVEO Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Nasdaq-listed US biotech fir...
Oct 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Chemical may clinch megadeal to supply cathode to Ford Motor
POSCO Chemical Co., a unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., is looking to forge a long-term contract to supply cathode, a key...
Oct 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Medipost to expand CDMO business with 10 new clean rooms in Korea
Medipost Co, a South Korean biotechnology company, is expanding its cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO)...
Oct 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea's Lotte Chem seeks more M&As for battery materials, CEO says
South Korea’s petrochemical firm Lotte Chemical Corp., which signed a 2.7 trillion won ($1.9 billion) deal to acquire the world’s fourth...
Oct 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Moderna to stay ahead in mRNA technology: CSO Melissa Moore
CAMBRIDGE, MA – The COVID-19 coronavirus disease has been a curse for many people and companies around the world over the past couple of years...
Oct 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
US DOE officials in Seoul to meet with Hyundai Motor, battery makers
US Department of Energy officials are in South Korea to discuss details of its electric vehicle and battery tax credit law with Korean government of...
Oct 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Firm dollar deters Korea Inc.’s overseas acquisition deals
The firm dollar is causing South Korean companies to postpone or cancel their plans to buy overseas firms for future growth as the US currency&rsquo...
Oct 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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RFPs
Korean Presbyterian pension to tap GPs for alternative assets, equity
Pension Foundation of Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK Pension), a South Korean retirement plan for pastors and churches, is poised to hire several...
Oct 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korean firms struggle to dispatch workers overseas
Some South Korean conglomerates are struggling to recruit workers for dispatch to overseas branches as more workers are avoiding expatriate assignme...
Oct 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SillaJen shares jump as exchange maintains listing, allows resumed trade
Shares in South Korea’s scandal-hit biotechnological company SillaJen Inc. soared on Thursday after the local exchange decided to maintain the...
Oct 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Edtech Onuii breaking barriers to private tutoring one tablet at a time
In an interview with The Korea Economic Daily, CEO of Onuii Go Yejin said she used to love contemplating a lot of random things since her elementary...
Oct 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Siltron, UK's IQE to produce high-efficiency wafers for Asian market
South Korean silicon wafer maker SK Siltron Co. has teamed up with UK-based wafer products supplier IQE plc to produce gallium nitride (GaN) epitaxi...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Japan, Spain firms join forces with Woojin for Korean bullet train bid
A Japanese company and a Spanish firm have joined hands with a South Korean company for a local bullet train supply deal as the country is expected ...
Oct 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Hahn & Co. to sell off Korea's major biofuel maker SK Eco Prime
South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Company is set to put a 100% stake in biofuel manufacturer SK Eco Prime on sale, with Goldman Sachs as a...
Oct 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
IGIS names fixed income expert Jang as head of equity, debt
IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest real estate investment firm managing $46.5 billion in assets as of end-2021, said on Tuesday ...
Oct 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
K-pop giant SM up against Align Partner's shareholder activism
South Korea’s Align Partners Capital Management is intensifying its shareholder activism against K-pop music label giant SM Entertainment Co.,...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korea's SK Siltron to invest $597 mn in silicon wafer production
South Korea’s SK Siltron Co. will invest 855 billion won ($597.4 million) to expand its 300-millimeter (12-inch) silicon wafer manufacturing f...
Sep 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On inks lithium deal with Australian firm for US tax credit
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, has signed a deal with an Australian lithium producer. Securing the core ...
Sep 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea ramen packet maker inks $1 bn battery material deal
A South Korean instant noodle packet maker has secured a $1 billion deal to supply battery materials to a joint venture between General Motors Co. a...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Higher costs, weaker won put Korean firms’ investments on hold
Rising borrowing costs coupled with the weakening local currency are forcing an increasing number of South Korean companies to withdraw or halt thei...
Sep 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Korea's DL Chem shrugs off slow petrochemical market in Q3
DL Chemical Co., the petrochemical arm of South Korean conglomerate DL Group, is forecast to post robust third-quarter results despite sluggish sa...
Sep 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Gaonchips rally on market talk of Samsung's investment in ARM
Shares in South Korea’s semiconductor chip design house Gaonchips Co. extended their rally for a second day on Friday on growing market talk t...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy in cobalt, lithium deals with three Canadian suppliers
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Friday it has signed battery materials supply deals with three Canadian minerals companies &ndas...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung’s Lee, SoftBank’s Son to discuss partnership on ARM
Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee will meet with Japan’s SoftBank Group Chairman Masayoshi Son next month to discuss a deal reg...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean warehouse project financing on brink of debt crisis
Warehouse development projects in South Korea, which boomed amid COVID-19, are facing challenges such as suspension of construction projects and ban...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea defense firms showcase new weapons for record exports
South Korean defense makers showcased next-generation products with artificial intelligence, robot and stealth functions for the future battlefiel...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Heavy to adopt Palantir's big data platform
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Group said on Wednesday that it has signed a contract with Palantir Technologies Inc., a US data analyt...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C wins $158 mn order for port facility construction in Kuwait
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. announced Tuesday it won a 220 billion won ($157 million) deal from Kuwait to add sev...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Only 3 Korean energy companies make it on 2022 Fortune Global 500 list
SK Inc., KEPCO Co. and GS Caltex Corp. are the only South Korean firms among the 77 energy companies listed on the 2022 Fortune Global 500, based on...
Sep 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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