return of foreign capital
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Upcoming IPOs
Korea’s sole foreign clinic operator CHA Healthcare to go public in 2025
CHA Healthcare Co. operating nearly 90 hospitals and infertility treatment centers across the world, is set to pave the way for South Koreans' inves...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte Chairman to return to beverage unit's boardroom
Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is slated to return as an inside director of Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co., the group’s subsidiary and one of...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE wins 2nd battle against Kakao over SM Entertainment
A South Korean court on Friday ruled in favor of SM Entertainment Co. Founder and former Chief Producer Lee Soo-man to block the company from sellin...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion ex-Chairman Seo set to return to management; group stocks rally
South Korea’s biosimilar giant Celltrion Group’s founder and Honorary Chairman Seo Jung-jin is readying to return to management just two...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea's NPS likely to log 8.2% loss for 2022, record-low return
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is expected to post a negative return of 8.2% for 2022, according to its preliminary report on Th...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea's GEPS logs 10.2% return on alternative assets in 2022
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) had a 4.4% loss on investment last year, seeing its assets under management (AUM) dr...
Mar 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
dConstruct Robotics becomes 2nd foreign startup to win at D.Day
South Korea’s decade-old startup pitch competition D.Day has picked Singapore-based mobile robotics application developer dConstruct Robotics ...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Bangladesh: Hyundai’s next target for partially assembled Tucson SUV
Bangladesh has long been a tough market for South Korean automakers to break into, given the decades-old dominance of Japanese carmakers such as Toy...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Stock inflows to Korea slow on weak currency, valuation
A weaker South Korean currency and worries about valuation have deterred foreign investors’ appetite for local shares, casting expectations of...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Lexus, Volvo: Koreans' top picks among foreign brands in after-sales service
Lexus, the premium brand of Japanese carmaker Toyota Corp., offers the best after-sales service among imported cars in South Korea, followed by Swed...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Brazil approves Celltrion Pharm’s syringe facility
Celltrion Pharm Inc., a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, said on Monday it received certification from Brazil’s health regulator for it...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Lotte Hotel forms new mileage partnership with Singapore Airlines
On Wednesday, Lotte Hotels & Resorts announced its new mileage partnership with Singapore Airlines, marking the hotel group's first international ...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
Korean sovereign wealth fund KIC logs record loss in 2022
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) posted the largest annual loss last year since its inception in 2005, according to its 20...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Hyundai Capital wins IAAI Award for pioneering AI application
Hyundai Capital, the financial services arm of the Hyundai Motor Group, was honored with the Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Awar...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Korean builders to ramp up overseas business in 2023
Major South Korean construction firms are set to expand their overseas business while reducing domestic projects this year to boost profitability. T...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korea doubles undocumented overseas remittance limit to $100,000
South Korea as early as June will double its annual limit on overseas remittance without evidential documents from $50,000 to $100,000.The Ministry ...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Seoul to run $3.9 billion fund for startups over 4 years
The local government of South Korea’s capital city Seoul this year will launch its own vision fund, dubbed the Seoul Vision 2030 Fund, to inve...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Financial returns to top in Korea with record NP in 2022
Shinhan Financial Group Co. reported a record-high net profit of 4.6 trillion won ($3.6 billion) last year, snatching back the crown of South Korea&...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea returns to current account surplus in Dec but faces export slump
South Korea’s current account balance returned to the black in December from the previous month mainly thanks to gains in dividend payments bu...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Low-cost carriers in S.Korea returning to profitability
South Korea's low-cost carriers (LCC) Jeju Air Co. and Jin Air in the fourth quarter last year each earned operating profit for the first time since...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korea to allow offshore investors to directly trade won
South Korea is set to allow offshore investors to directly trade the won and extend the operating hours of the local currency market from July next ...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Galleria Dept. Store's sales from foreigners increase 500% for past 6 months
South Korea's department store group Galleria Department Store said on Tuesday that for the past six months (between August last year and January th...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won falls on firm US jobs data, new BOJ head report
The South Korean won currency skidded to a four-week low on Monday as stronger-than-expected US employment data renewed expectations that the Federa...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
S.Korean institutional investors inject more capital in MMFs
South Korean institutional investors, such as pension funds, mutual aids and corporates, are rushing to money market funds (MMFs) for short-term pro...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS lags global peers in 2013-2022 investment returns
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, has underperformed its global peers over the past decade in te...
Feb 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
Foreigners net sell S.Korean bonds for first time in four years
Foreign investors dumped South Korean bonds in Janaury, becoming net sellers of the securities for the first time in four years as they booked pro...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS underperforms global peers by returns for Q1-Q3 2022
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, ranked 10th out of the global 42 state-owned investors by rate...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea's venture capital investment falls 12% last year amid downturn
South Korea's venture capital investment last year fell more than 10% from a year ago due to the economic downturn caused by a series of global rate...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Foreign airlines fill hole left by Korean carriers
Foreign carriers such as Delta Air Lines and Vietnam’s VietJet Air are rapidly increasing flights to and from South Korea, filling the hole le...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Duty Free wins bid to operate Melborune Airport duty-free shop
Lotte Duty Free, an affiliate of the Lotte Group, won a bid for an Australian airport duty-free shop business, accelerating its move to bolster over...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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