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NPS gobbles up Korea’s top 4 financial holding stocks
(Courtesy of News1 Korea) South Korea’s largest institutional investor, the National Pension Service (NPS), remains a strong backer of the…
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U.S. Considers Withdrawing Thousands of Troops From South Korea
U.S. Army soldiers participated in an exercise with South Korean troops in Yeoncheon recently. Photo: Kim Jae-Hwan/Zuma Press WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is…
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KKR sells 9.5% stake in HD Hyundai Marine, recoups $450 million
KKR, a global private equity firm Global private equity firm KKR & Co. Inc., formerly known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts…
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Korean pension funds, insurers seek customized investment vehicles
Ro Seunghwan (second from left), head of alternative investments at GEPS and Kim Hyun Wook (third from left), a senior…
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Carlyle CEO shares investment tips with Korean retail investors
Carlyle CEO Harvey M. Schwartz speaks during a private meeting with Korean retail investors in Seoul, South Korea on May…
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Morgan Stanley stalwart Cho bows out after over 10 years at the helm
The head of Morgan Stanley’s Seoul office is stepping down after overseeing a series of landmark deals over more than…
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POBA bullish on REITs, real estate debts and senior housing
Huh Jang, chief investment officer of the Public Officials Benefit Association, speaks at ASK 2025 on May 22 South Korea’s…
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Samsung Biologics to spin off biosimilar unit Samsung Bioepis
Samsung Biologics booth at the BIO International Convention 2024 in San Diego (Courtesy of Yonhap) Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s…
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Mirae Asset Global Investments’ AUM tops $288 bn as global push pays off
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. now manages more than 400 trillion won ($288 billion) in assets for the first time…
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Google partners with Samsung, Gentle Monster for new smart glasses
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gives a keynote speech at the tech giant’s IO developer conference held at its headquarters in…
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KIC bets on Asian real estate; eyes residential, data centers
Park Il Young, chief executive of KIC, speaks at ASK 2025 The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is zeroing in on…
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NPS boosts allocations to direct lending, secondaries
Kim Tae-hyun, chairman of the National Pension Service, speaks at the ASK 2025 The National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s…
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Bill Clinton in Seoul to meet with MBK’s ByungJu Kim, business leaders
MBK Partners founder and Chairman Michael ByungJu Kim Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder, partner and chairman of Seoul-based private equity firm…
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Samsung gears up for foray into space infrastructure industry
South Korea-US joint space telescope SPHEREx successfully launched in March 2025 (Courtesy of NASA) Samsung Group is stepping up efforts…
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Hamilton Lane invests in IMM infrastructure fund in secondary deal
(Courtesy of Getty Images) Global private market investor Hamilton Lane Inc. has acquired a stake in Seoul-based alternative investment firm…
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Seoul’s prime office transactions rise 6% in Q1 despite weak sentiment
Savills Korea’s Q1 2025 Seoul Prime Office Report Despite mounting economic headwinds and heightened investor caution, the prime office market…
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S.Korea’s crypto market doubles to $77.5 bn as 20% of population trades
(Courtesy of Getty Images) South Korea’s cryptocurrency market surged to nearly 108 trillion won ($77.5 billion) in the second half…
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KIC discusses post-US tariff infrastructure strategy with pension funds
KIC manages $189.4 billion in assets as of the end of 2023 The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) on Tuesday discussed…
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LG Electronics poised to extend OLED TV market lead into 2025
LG OLED TV (Courtesy of LG Electronics) LG Electronics Inc. is on track to retain its lead in the organic…
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S.Korea’s Lunit installs breast cancer AI diagnostic tools at 200 US hospitals
AI-based chest X-ray software developed by Lunit Lunit Inc., a South Korean AI-powered cancer diagnostics company, said on Monday that…
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Shinhan Securities acquires stake in Vietnam’s top trading platform FireAnt
Shinhan Securities’ headquarters in Seoul Shinhan Securities Co., a leading South Korean brokerage house, has acquired a strategic equity stake…
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Bird flu in Brazil hikes wholesale chicken prices in Korea
Kyochon’s signature sweet and spicy fried chicken served in a basket South Korea has suspended chicken imports from Brazil following…
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Vietnam, gateway for SK Group’s global renewable energy push
The TPD offshore wind farm in Tien Giang Province, Vietnam (Courtesy of SK Innovation E&S) TIEN GIANG, VIETNAM – Off…
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Hanwha Philly Shipyard to localize LNG builds, expand capacity
Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Courtesy of Hanwha Group) Hanwha Group will significantly increase production capacity at its US shipyard…
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Bid heats up for IGIS-owned co-living building in Seoul
Creator Town Seogyo (Courtesy of Local Stitch) An auction for a co-living building, owned by South Korea’s top real estate…
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LS moves closer to Hanjin KAL’s white knight role vs Hoban
Hanjin KAL headquarters Hanjin KAL Corp., the largest shareholder of Korean Air Lines Co., is strengthening its alliance with LS…
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S.Korea’s Naver to launch Silicon Valley venture arm in aggressive AI push
Naver founder Lee Hae-jin Naver Corp., South Korea’s top internet portal operator, plans to set up a dedicated venture capital…
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UK chip testing device maker TeraView seeks Kosdaq debut
TeraView’s headquarters in Cambridge, UK (Screentop captured from TeraView website) TeraView Ltd., a UK semiconductor inspection device maker, is aiming…
