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Corporate investment
Korea Zinc exchanges treasury shares with LG Chem, Hanwha Corp.
Korea Zinc Co. will exchange part of its treasury shares with those of LG Chem Ltd. and Hanwha Corp. in a move seen to strengthen the secondary batt...
Nov 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Doosan Fuel Cell expands exports with China deal
South Korea's Doosan Fuel Cell on Monday said it has signed an export contract worth 346.9 billion won($255 million) to supply large-scale versions ...
Nov 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Saudi prince’s Seoul trip brings $30 billion in business deals
Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia, flew into Seoul on Thursday and clinched $30 billion in bilateral deals wi...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Taihan Cable wins $24 million deal to build power grid in California
Taihan Cable & Solution Co., a South Korean electric wire maker, said on Wednesday it has won a $24 million deal to build a power grid in the US...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
S.Korea's Iljin Group halts sale of its display maker
South Korea’s Iljin Display Co. has suspended procedures of selling its 43.19% stake with management rights, the junior bourse Kosdaq-listed d...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
US extends antitrust review of Korean Air-Asiana merger
The US competition authority extended its review of the proposed merger between South Korea’s two largest airlines to check if the deal hurts ...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
UK regulator flags concerns over Korean Air-Asiana merger
The British antitrust watchdog raised concerns over the impact on competition of the proposed merger between South Korea’s two largest carrier...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus, Hyundai Motor Group in connected car service deal
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, will supply exclusive wireless communications services to Hyundai Motor Group for ...
Nov 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Sale of Korean dental scanner maker Medit fails
The sale of South Korea's dental scanner manufacturer Medit will undergo a reset as the preferred bidder, a consortium led by GS Holdings and the US...
Nov 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis signs $796 million shipping deal with global automaker
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, said on Friday it has clinched a 1.05 trillion won ($796 million)...
Nov 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean PE firms struggle with fundraising on illiquidity
South Korean private equity (PE) firms are having trouble fundraising as institutional investors' capital for new investment is drying up amid inter...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Doosan Enerbility signs $1.2 billion deal to build nuclear plant in Egypt
South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. said on Thursday it has clinched a 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) deal to become a co...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, China’s CICC in initial deal for commercial vehicle business
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. said on Tuesday it has partnered with China International Capital Corp. (CICC), China’s largest investme...
Nov 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha E&C to expand offshore wind power business
South Korea's Hanwha Engineering and Construction (E&C) on Tuesday concluded a business agreement on joint development of offshore wind power in...
Nov 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Biologics in CDO deal talks with global pharma firm
FRANKFURT – Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, is in talks to develop medicines for a global pharmaceutical ...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korean lunar orbiter sends 'Dynamite' BTS video to Earth
South Korea's unmanned space vehicle Danuri has sent texts and images from space to Earth, the Ministry of Science and ICT announced Monday. Da...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On to buy battery material lithium hydroxide from Chile's SQM
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric battery maker, said on Sunday it signed a deal on Nov. 4 to purchase lithium hydroxide, a key ba...
Nov 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
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...
Nov 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
TPG to sell off Korean luxury tile firm Nox's parent for $421 mn
US alternative investment manager TPG Inc. is poised to sell a 65% stake in South Korea’s Moleem Corp., the parent of global leading luxury vi...
Nov 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Oilbank extends US fuel export deal with Sunoco
Hyundai Oilbank Co. extended a deal with US independent fuel distributor Sunoco LP to export petroleum products to Hawaii as the South Korean refine...
Nov 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Select Korean companies seek to raise cash reserves
Several corporations have recently sold stocks and real estate apparently to boost liquidity and repay maturing debts amid the "three high" era of h...
Nov 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korea prepares to launch $7.6 bn stock market stabilization fund
South Korea last week completed the process needed to launch a stock market stabilization fund of 10.76 trillion won ($7.6 billion). The timing for ...
Nov 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
POSCO International, Netherlands’ Hardt sign deal on hyperloop project
POSCO International Corp., the general trading arm of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Tuesday it is entering the hyperl...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s KHNP inks nuclear power plant deal with Poland
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) signed an initial agreement for a nuclear power plant in Poland, paving the way to win an expected $30 bill...
Oct 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
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 ...
Oct 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea’s Peak Bio makes Nasdaq debut via SPAC deal with Ignyte
Peak Bio Co., a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, is debuting on the Nasdaq through a merger with US blank cheque company Ignyte Acquisition C...
Oct 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's Mirae Asset to invest $200 mn in Musk’s Twitter deal
Mirae Asset Financial Group is set to chip in some $200 million toward Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc. in acquisiti...
Oct 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea's Samsung Biologics signs $296 mn CMO deal with GSK
South Korea’s Samsung Biologics Co. has signed a $296.1 million deal to supply biopharmaceutical products to UK-based multinational pharma gia...
Oct 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s KHNP likely to sign nuclear power plant deal with Poland
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) is expected to sign an initial agreement to build a nuclear power plant in Poland, separate from a three-wa...
Oct 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea eyes $20 bn in weapons exports as Hanwha inks $6 bn Polish deal
South Korea has moved a step closer to achieving a record 28 trillion won ($20 billion) in weapons exports this year, with Hanwha Defense Co. clinch...
Oct 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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