supply chain sharing
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Future mobility
LG Elec signs 5G vehicle connectivity deal in Europe
LG Electronics Inc. has signed a deal on 5G vehicle connectivity with a European premium carmaker as the South Korean company is expanding its marke...
Feb 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia heavily exposed to Ukraine crisis; shares at 52-week lows
Shares of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. on Monday fell to their lowest levels in more than 52 weeks as investors engaged in panic selling on conce...
Feb 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy faces reality check as its stock turns a market laggard
South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. was touted as a market darling even before its Kospi debut last month, reflecting the investor fr...
Feb 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
K-pop shares rebound on return to offline concerts
Shares of major South Korean entertainment companies are on an upward trend this month. The rebound is thanks to eased COVID-19 restrictions leading...
Feb 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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War in Ukraine
Korean shipbuilders set for more orders on Ukraine crisis
South Korea’s shipbuilders are expected to get more orders on the escalating crisis in Ukraine as Europe is diversifying natural gas suppliers...
Feb 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S.Korea to ban execs' post-IPO share sale for certain period
South Korea will introduce an IPO lock-up period for company executives and their top shareholders to ban them from selling the company shares short...
Feb 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Korea petchem shares shine on China hopes, valuations
South Korean petrochemical companies’ stocks rose as investors bought them at a bargain on expectations for Chinese demand recovery despite ri...
Feb 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korean chipmakers to cut core solvent imports for EUV process
South Korean chipmakers are expected to reduce imports of a core solvent of the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process for semiconductor manufacturing as...
Feb 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea’s record liquidity growth raises inflation, asset prices
South Korea’s money supply increased at the fastest pace in history last year, exceeding liquidity growth in the eurozone, which accelerated i...
Feb 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Battery materials
Korea’s Solus supplies battery copper foil to Tesla
South Korea’s Solus Advanced Materials started supplying battery copper foil to Tesla Inc. in January, becoming the country’s first batt...
Feb 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea battery makers at risk from reliance on China materials
South Korea’s secondary battery makers face a risk from heavy reliance on Chinese raw materials, while the industry has sought measures to ens...
Feb 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
KTCU posts highest investment return since 2009
Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), a retirement fund for South Korean teachers and employees, earned an 11.3% return from investment last y...
Feb 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Steel supplies high-strength steel for Genesis G80 EV, G90
Hyundai Steel Co. is supplying its newly developed ultra-high-strength steel sheets for car bodies to Hyundai Motor Co. for its electric vehicles an...
Feb 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC buys $1.9 mn worth of shares in crypto platform Coinbase
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), managing $205 billion in assets as of the end-2021, has invested in US cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinba...
Feb 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
CJ ENM shelves content split-off plan; shares rise
South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co. has put its plan to split off its content business on the shelf in the face of growing opposition f...
Feb 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
KKR, Carlyle, TPG vying for $4 bn stake in SK's battery arm
KKR & Co., The Carlyle Group and TPG Inc. have handed in preliminary bids for shares in SK Group's battery unit SK On, which is seeking to raise...
Feb 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Industrial devices
Korea’s Point Mobile expands supply deal with Amazon to offline units
Point Mobile Co., South Korea’s top enterprise handheld devices maker, expanded a supply deal with Amazon.com Inc. to offline units of the wor...
Feb 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insider trading
EcoPro BM execs may step down on alleged insider trading
EcoPro BM Co., South Korea’s leading battery material producer, is considering resignations of its key executives, including the holding compa...
Feb 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Netmarble shares slide on report of CJ ENM's stake sale plan
Shares in South Korea's leading game developer Netmarble Corp. plunged 8.7% on Thursday to end at its lowest level in more than one and a half years...
Feb 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy: Will joining indices rescue stock from its plunge?
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s No. 2 battery maker, will gain quick entry to two MSCI indices in mid-February as well as join Ko...
Jan 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Kospi melts as Fed, LG Energy spur foreign selling
South Korean stocks lost ground with the main index entering a bear market on Thursday as foreign investors intensified their selling after the US F...
Jan 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung’s 2022: Year of war on uncertainty, shaky supply chain
Samsung Electronics Co.'s spectacular 2021 earnings report on Thursday was overshadowed by its murky business outlook, as the world’s top make...
Jan 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fraud scandals
Lazard seeks to sell off fraud-hit Osstem Implant
Lazard Asset Management has tapped multiple professional investors in South Korea to sell off its shares in Osstem Implant Co, worth $165 million, t...
Jan 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s biotech startup Voronoi to go public in March
South Korea’s biotechnology startup Voronoi Inc. plans an initial public offering in March to raise up to 130 billion won ($108.4 million).Vor...
Jan 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Korea’s GS E&C to export hydrogen plant modules to US
GS Engineering & Construction Co. will export hydrogen plant modules to the US, becoming the first South Korean builder for such overseas sales....
Jan 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Monthly trade infographics
Plastics drive Korea's highest-ever exports in 2021
Plastics rise as Korean SMEs’ main export Many Korean small and medium enterprises performed exceptionally amid the economic recovery in 2021...
Jan 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK's 5-year journey toward batteries, bio and chips
Back in January 2017, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won emphasized the need for “deep change," in his New Year message and presented the phrase a...
Jan 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Innotek shares rise despite mixed brokerage views
LG Innotek Co. stocks have been on a rising trend over the past three months and are trading at their highest-ever prices. However, there are mixed ...
Jan 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
One in 10 Koreans rushes for LG Energy shares ahead of $8.6 billion IPO
The world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. has set a new record for initial public offering demand, wit...
Jan 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
NTT DoCoMo sells $370 mn KT shares to Shinhan Bank
Japan's mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo has sold all its shares in KT Corp., worth 437.5 billion won ($370 million), to Shinhan Bank which formed a...
Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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