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Korean food CJ CheilJedang to open $72 million dumpling plant in Japan

South Korea’s largest food company, CJ CheilJedang Corp., is shifting into high gear in its global expansion with a 100 billion won ($72 milli...

Bio & Pharma Celltrion unveils cancer medicine to expand new drug pipelines

South Korea’s leading biosimilar drug developer Celltrion Inc. on Sunday unveiled an anticancer medicine to expand new pipelines and accelerat...

Business & Politics Seoul mulls joint review of Alaska LNG project with Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam

South Korea has proposed forming a consortium with Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam to jointly assess the feasibility of investing in the $45 billion Alask...

Mergers & Acquisitions Kyobo Life poised to buy Japan’s SBI Group-owned savings bank

Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is in the final stages of negotiation with Japanese financial group SBI Holdings Inc. to buy about a 50% stake in SBI Savin...

Banking & Finance Shinhan to lead financing for battery storage project in Japan

Shinhan Financial Group will lead 4.9 billion yen ($35 million) in financing for a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) construction pro...

Bio & Pharma Celltrion expands footprint in Latin America with flagship oncology drugs

South Korea’s biopharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. has solidified its presence in South America after winning supply contracts for its flags...

Batteries LG Energy Solution clinches multibillion-dollar ESS deals in Japan, Europe

LG Energy Solution Ltd. has secured a string of billion-dollar energy storage system (ESS) deals in Japan and Europe, outmaneuvering Chinese rivals ...

Shipping & Shipbuilding S.Korean shipbuilders rally as Trump hints at buying foreign ships

South Korean shipbuilding stocks soared on Friday on news that US President Donald Trump indicated that the world’s No. 1 economy may purchase...

Bio & Pharma Celltrion wins Australian approval for eye, bone disease biosimilars

Celltrion Inc. said Wednesday it has received regulatory approval from Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for three biosimilar...

Economy China says it is aiming to coordinate tariff response with Japan, South Korea

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K-pop K-pop exports boom as end of Chinese K-wave ban looms large

Exports of Korean popular music, or K-pop, have seen a significant surge in recent months, driven by increasing demand from China and Japan, accordi...

Business & Politics Korea, China, Japan resume FTA talks after 6-year hiatus

South Korea held an economic ministers’ meeting with China and Japan on Sunday to discuss cooperation, including resuming negotiations about a...

Bio & Pharma Celltrion to sell autoimmune drug Stelara biosimilar at Costco in US

South Korea’s leading biosimilar drug developer Celltrion Inc. said on Monday it is set to sell Steqeyma, a biosimilar to autoimmune disease t...

Steel POSCO to sell entire stake in Nippon Steel, ending equity ties

POSCO Holdings Inc. has decided to sell its entire stake in Nippon Steel Corp., according to industry sources on Wednesday, marking the end of their...

Sovereign bonds S.Korea courts active funds for $140 bn treasury issuance

South Korea’s finance ministry will hold its largest-ever investor relations (IR) event for global institutional investors at the end of this ...

Shareholder value Celltrion to cancel $140 mn in treasury shares, stock up

South Korea’s leading biosimilar drug developer Celltrion Inc. announced on Friday a plan to cancel $140 million worth of treasury shares to i...

Logistics LX Pantos acquires logistics center near Atlanta for $120 mn

LX Pantos Co., a logistics arm of LX International Corp., announced on Tuesday it has acquired a logistics center near Atlanta in Dalton, Georgia fo...

Bio & Pharma Samsung, Celltrion lead biosimilar market in Europe, US

Samsung Bioepis Co. and Celltrion Inc. are outpacing long-established global drug manufacturers such as Amgen Inc. and Sandoz in the antibody biosim...

Bio & Pharma Celltrion wins EU approval for autoimmune disease treatment Avtozma

Celltrion Inc.’s Avtozma, a biosimilar to Roche’s autoimmune disease treatment Actemra, has won approval from the European Commission, f...

Steel Korea to probe Chinese, Japanese steel imports over anti-dumping claims

South Korea is set to launch an anti-dumping investigation into hot-rolled steel imports from China and Japan, according to government and industry ...

Real estate PAG raises $4 bn for opportunistic Asia real estate fund

PAG, an Asia Pacific-focused alternative investment firm, on Friday announced the final close of its 10th opportunistic real estate fund at $4 billi...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD Hyundai, Hanwha to tap into $242 billion US Navy warship market

South Korea’s two warship builders – HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Hanwha Ocean Co., – are set to ride tailwinds in their bi...

Mergers & Acquisitions MBK-led consortium to take over Japan’s FICT for $656 mn

MBK Partners, the largest private equity firm in North Asia, will acquire a controlling stake in FICT Ltd., a semiconductor printed circuit board (P...

Bio & Pharma Celltrion’s Vegzelma: Most-prescribed cancer treatment in Europe

South Korea’s leading biosimilar drug developer Celltrion Inc.'s Vegzelma, a cancer drug referencing global biopharma Roche’s Avastin, h...

Shipping & Shipbuilding LX Pantos enters US intermodal logistics market with Japan’s ONE

LX Pantos Co., South Korea’s largest logistics company under LX International Corp., has advanced into the US intermodal logistics market join...

Retail Coupang Eats starts food delivery service in Japan

Coupang Eats, a food delivery app operated by South Korea's No. 1 e-commerce platform Coupang Inc., launched its first overseas service in Japan.Acc...

Webtoons Piccoma tops consumer spending ranking in Japan

Kakao Piccoma, a Japanese digital comics app subsidiary of South Korean mobile giant Kakao Corp., topped the consumer spending ranking in the Japane...

Webtoons Naver Webtoon invests in Japan's Number Nine

South Korea's Naver Webtoon said on Thursday that its Japanese service operator Line Digital Frontier invested in Number Nine, a webtoon studio in J...

IPOs Celltrion seeks large-scale M&A in Q4, eyes 2027 Nasdaq debut

SAN FRANCISCO – South Korea’s leading biosimilar drug developer Celltrion Inc. seeks to acquire a domestic health food maker as early as...

Mergers & Acquisitions KL & Partners buys cosmetics brand Manyo Factory for $130 mn

KL & Partners, a South Korean private equity firm, has agreed to buy Kosdaq-listed cosmetics company Manyo Factory Co., which has been building ...