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Korean food
Korean chicken chains accelerate overseas expansion
South Korean chicken chains are accelerating their overseas expansion, driven by a saturated domestic market and the growing popularity of the Korea...
Jan 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Fried chicken chain bhc enhances localized menus in SE Asia
South Korean fried chicken chain bhc Chicken on Monday announced the opening of its third outlet in Singapore.bhc operates 10 stores in Southeast As...
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Kyochon opens third store in Taiwan
South Korea's fried chicken chain Kyochon F&B announced on Thursday that it opened its third Kyochon Chicken store in Taiwan at the end of last ...
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
DN Solutions seeks IPO at $3 bn enterprise value on Korea’s main bourse
DN Solutions Co., formerly Doosan Machine Tools Co., is seeking an initial public offering on South Korea’s main bourse, aiming to make a Kosp...
Jan 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
IONIQ 5 named Car of the Year 2023 in Singapore
Hyundai Motor Co.'s electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) IONIQ 5 has been selected as the Car of the Year 2023 in Singapore by the nation’s la...
Jan 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Naver’s resale platform Kream joins Korean unicorns
Kream Corp., the resale platform of South Korean online portal giant Naver Corp., has emerged as the latest Korean unicorn with a valuation exceedin...
Dec 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean office, warehouse transactions plunge in Q1-Q3
The South Korean commercial real estate market saw its transaction value during the first three quarters of this year reach 10.9 trillion won ($8.4 ...
Dec 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor reveals facelift of G80 sedan
Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis released a facelift of its signature large sedan G80 on Tuesday. This car is the revamped third-generatio...
Dec 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Ocean carrier HMM's share price gains put KDB in hot seat
On Nov. 20, HMM Co., South Korea’s No. 1 ocean carrier, issued new 200 million shares after its two largest shareholders -- Korea Development ...
Dec 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Peter Thiel-backed D&D Pharmatech gets preliminary nod for IPO
South Korean clinical-stage biotech D&D Pharmatech Inc. has won approval from the Korea Exchange’s preliminary review for listing on the j...
Dec 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
OCI signs $1 billion polysilicon supply deal with US solar firm CubicPV
OCI Holdings Co., a leading South Korean chemical and green energy company, said on Tuesday it has clinched a $1 billion deal to supply polysilicon ...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Fried chicken chain bhc to enter Thailand in 2024
South Korea’s No. 2 fried chicken brand bhc Group announced on Thursday that it signed a master franchise agreement with Thailand’s Me...
Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korea’s top dollar store chain Daiso buys out Japanese shareholder
South Korea’s AsungHMP Co. has bought a 34.2% stake in Asungdaiso Corp., which operates the country’s top dollar store chain Daiso, from...
Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilders shrug off concerns over lower new ship prices
South Korean shipbuilders shrugged off concerns of an industry peak-out boosted by the first fall of new vessel prices in 45 weeks and lower used sh...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Supply chain
South Korea to launch $7.6 bn supply chain fund, make urea locally
South Korea plans to set up a supply chain stabilization fund of up to 10 trillion won ($7.6 billion) to effectively cope with sudden supply disrupt...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia’s car exports to top 2 mn units for 1st time in 7 years
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s two largest automakers, are set to export more than 2 million cars in 2023 for the first time i...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Palliser Capital urges Samsung C&T reform for $25 bn value-up
London-based hedge fund Palliser Capital said on Wednesday that Samsung C&T Corp. is 63% intrinsically undervalued and could increase its value ...
Dec 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilders slide to 2nd place after China in November orders
South Korean shipbuilders slid to second place in new shipbuilding orders last month, yielding the top spot back to their Chinese rivals.According t...
Dec 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
IMM PE's value creation leads to $840 mn deal with BlackRock
When BlackRock bought a 30% stake in South Korean gas supplier AirFirst Co. for 1.1 trillion won ($842 million) from Seoul-based IMM Private Equit...
Dec 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS logs 8.7% return in Q1-Q3 on stock boom, strong dollar
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea posted an 8.66% investment return from January to September of this year with assets under management ...
Nov 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korea puts brakes on Chanel, Hermes, Nike resale bans
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has put the brakes on what it calls unfair business practices whereby Chanel, Hermes and Nike ban customers f...
Nov 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Supreme Court affirms Affinity, GIC's exit value on Kyobo Life
South Korea’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the ruling that would allow the Affinity Equity Partners-led consortium, including Singapore&r...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Supply chain
POSCO Int'l, NongHyup to team up for feed supply chain
South Korea's POSCO International Corp. announced on Tuesday that it will collaborate with the largest domestic feed company NongHyup Feed to stabil...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
EcoPro Materials' Kospi debut draws investors for short-term gains
Shares in EcoPro Materials Co., South Korean battery materials maker EcoPro Group’s unit that went public on Nov. 17, are skyrocketing as reta...
Nov 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S. Korea’s CU surpasses 500 global stores
South Korean convenience store chain CU announced on Thursday that it surpassed 500 global stores, achieving an annual footfall of 100 million overs...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte Hotels & Resorts ups ante in kimchi business
South Korea’s largest hotel group Lotte Hotels & Resorts is pinning high hopes on kimchi as a new revenue source amid intensifying competi...
Nov 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea Inc.’s dividend repatriation soars on new tax breaks
Major companies in South Korea, such as affiliates of Samsung, LG and Hyundai Motor Group, are bringing larger amounts of capital back home from abr...
Nov 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
S.Korea's FNS Value to enter Malaysian fintech market
South Korea's FNS Value announced on Thursday a collaboration agreement with the Malaysian big data technology company Big Dataworks. The two compan...
Nov 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus buys pet Airbnb-style startup to boost pet care services
LG Uplus Corp. has acquired a domestic dog space rental startup Along as the South Korean mobile carrier is zooming in on pet care services as its n...
Nov 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SK-backed social impact startups see higher corporate values
South Korean social impact startups backed by the country’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group enjoyed higher corporate values with two of t...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 2 Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans
- 3 LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess
- 4 South Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties
- 5 Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet