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Hydrogen economy
Samsung, Lotte, POSCO to build hydrogen plant in Malaysia
Samsung Engineering Co., Lotte Chemical Corp., and POSCO signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (S...
Jan 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai Engineering CEO: To spend $1.3 bn on green projects with IPO
Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, plans to spend as much as 1.5 trill...
Jan 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S. Korean economy grows 4% in 2021
. South Korea's economy is estimated to have grown 4 percent last year, the highest growth rate in 11 years, as consumption and exports bounced back...
Jan 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyosung goes greener with $836 million green hydrogen project
Hyosung Group is stepping up efforts to turn into an eco-friendly business, announcing huge investment plans on hydrogen and renewable energy projec...
Jan 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
IGIS, Shinhan post 70% return a year from Amazon warehouse sale
A Korean consortium led by IGIS Asset Management Co. and Shinhan Global Investment Banking (GIB) has signed a contract with a US asset manager to se...
Jan 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fraud scandals
Kakao names new CEO to salvage reputation hurt by stock options scandal
Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top mobile messenger KakaoTalk, on Thursday announced a new chief executive nominee as the company ...
Jan 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Joint ventures
Doosan to build Saudi Arabia's largest steel casting plant
Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co., South Korea's power plant components supplier, signed a preliminary agreement on Wednesday to build Sa...
Jan 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to offer auto finance in France to boost Europe vehicle sales
Hyundai Capital Services Inc., a financial services subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, and CGI Finance, a unit of Societe Generale Group, have launc...
Jan 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Hyundai Engineering’s new business keywords: Hydrogen, mini reactors
Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, is reorganizing its business struct...
Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
BOK restores interest rates to pre-pandemic level
South Korea’s central bank on Friday raised interest rates back to a pre-pandemic level, signaling further hikes to curb rising inflationary p...
Jan 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korean investors inject $1.2 bn in Australian PPP
Korean investors have injected around A$1.7 billion ($1.2 billion) with a 32-year maturity through senior loans for A$11.1 billion ($8 billion) in t...
Jan 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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REITs
Korean REITs total assets surpass $58 bn in 2021
The combined total assets of real estate investment trusts (REITs) in Korea surpassed 70 trillion won ($58.4 billion) as of the end-2021, 20 years a...
Jan 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Lotte agrees with Indonesia to resume $3.9 bn petchem project
South Korea’s Lotte Group agreed with the Indonesian government to resume a $3.9 billion petrochemical project in the Southeast Asian country,...
Jan 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won touches 18-month low as Fed may raise rates sooner
South Korea’s won currency hit a 1-1/2-year low as the US Federal Reserve signaled the central bank may raise interest rates sooner than expec...
Jan 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Korea to join Egypt’s 1st nuclear power plant project
South Korea is set to participate in Egypt’s first nuclear power plant project built by Russia as a state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power ...
Jan 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
IGIS acquires US multifamily property for $262 mn
IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest real estate asset manager, has purchased a multifamily asset in Alexandria, Virginia, throu...
Dec 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
KEPCO to develop subsea transmission for ADNOC
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) awarded a $3.6 billion contract to a consortium led by Kore...
Dec 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
IGIS pre-purchases Amazon, FedEx warehouses
IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest real estate asset manager, has made a forward funding deal of three logistics centers under...
Dec 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Engineering to make hydrogen from plastic waste
Hyundai Engineering Co., a construction unit of South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group, is spending 400 billion won ($336 million) to build a plant to pr...
Dec 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
DL Chem raises $1.8 bn for US leveraged buyout
DL Chemical Co. became the first South Korean company to acquire a US-listed company in a leveraged buyout. The Korean petrochemical company said on...
Dec 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Samsung, Hyundai race for $4 bn Indonesia petchem project
South Korean builders Samsung Engineering and Hyundai Engineering Co. are in a tight race to win a $4 billion petrochemical project in Indonesia.Sam...
Dec 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Will LG Energy’s IPO overcharge?
The world’s second-largest electric-vehicle battery maker, LG Chem-owned LG Energy, is hoping a separate listing will give the ...
Dec 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea to report first-ever population drop in 2021
South Korea's total population in 2021 is set to decline for the first time since the country began collecting census data, hit by a sharp fall in b...
Dec 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
Korea sets up smart farm in UAE, envisions more projects in Middle East
South Korea is building a smart farm in the Middle East desert with technology enabling the growth of various crops while minimizing water consumpti...
Dec 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Moody's sees low risk of burst in S.Korean property bubble
South Korea's real estate prices have risen at a rapid pace over the past two years, but that would not indicate an increased risk of loan defaults ...
Dec 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Oilbank to make building, paper materials with carbon
South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. is set to produce eco-friendly materials for construction and paper with by-products of refining as it seek...
Dec 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
KTB Asset invests $51 mn in Norwegian shipowner Knutsen
South Korea’s KTB Asset Management Co. and Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. have jointly invested 60 billion won ($50.7 mililion) in s...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai wins $1.7 bn natural gas field project order from Aramco
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering Co. and Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C), both carmaker giant Hyundai Motor Gr...
Nov 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
STIC invests $843 mn in Korean copper foil maker Iljin
South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments Inc. said on Nov. 30 it will invest 1.1 trillion won ($843.1 million) to expand Korean elecfoil ...
Nov 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea to build solar power plants in Chile for $130 mn
South Korea is planning to build solar photovoltaic power plants in Chile, investing $130 million, in a move to help local companies expand their re...
Nov 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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