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Corporate strategy SK Group seeks to sell SK Signet as part of sweeping portfolio realignment

South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group is seeking to divest SK Signet Inc., four years after acquiring the EV charger manufacturin...

Woori Financial wins approval for Tongyang, ABL Life acquisition

Woori Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest financial services provider, has received conditional approval from the country&rsquo...

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...

Mergers & Acquisitions Doosan enters race to acquire SK Siltron in strategic semiconductor push

South Korea’s Doosan Group has entered the bidding war for SK Siltron Co., the world’s third-largest manufacturer of semiconductor wafer...

Asset management Strong momentum in non-US markets, digital real estate: Principal AM CEO

It is time to shift focus toward non-US markets after years of stellar performance of US assets driven by the robust world’s No. 1 economy, sa...

Energy OCI to build $265 mn solar cell plant in Texas, expects $80 mn tax credit

South Korean solar cell company OCI Holdings Co. said on Thursday it will build a solar cell manufacturing plant in Texas through its US subsidiary ...

Mergers & Acquisitions Meritz drops bid for troubled MG Non-Life Insurance; Liquidation looms

Meritz Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s second-most valuable financial holding firm, has dropped its bid to acquire financial distressed MG...

Energy SK Innovation E&S to secure 10 mn tons of LNG to compete with BP, Shell

SK Innovation E&S (SKI E&S), the natural gas business unit of South Korea’s SK Innovation Co., is set to begin an LNG trading business...

Steel Hyundai Steel sells over 1 mn tons of auto steel to non-captive customers

Hyundai Steel Co., South Korea’s second-largest steelmaker, sold more than 1 million tons of automotive steel sheets to overseas automakers ot...

Automobiles Hyundai Mobis to boost US production to cope with Trump

LAS VEGAS -- Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s fifth-largest auto parts maker, plans to beef up its US production to cope with President-elect Do...

Bio & Pharma SK Bioscience, Sanofi to develop next-gen pneumococcal vaccines

South Korea's SK Bioscience Co. said on Friday it signed an expanded agreement with Sanofi to co-develop next-generation pneumococcal conjugate vacc...

Food & Beverage Fried chicken chain bhc to enter Indonesia in 2025

South Korea’s fried chicken brand bhc Group said on Tuesday it signed a master license agreement with Indonesia's Nachindo Group to enter the ...

Automobiles Hyundai, BAIC to inject $1.1 bn in China joint venture  

Hyundai Motor Co. and its Chinese partner Beijing Motor Corp. (BAIC) will jointly invest $1.1 billion in their joint venture, which produces and sel...

Leadership & Management Hyundai’s José Muñoz sees new Trump policy, China's rise as opportunity

LOS ANGELES – José Muñoz, freshly tapped as the next chief executive of Hyundai Motor Co., says the current market uncertainty s...

Batteries LG Chem signs deal to secure 100,000 tons of lithium from ExxonMobil

South Korea’s top chemicals maker LG Chem Ltd. said on Thursday it has signed an initial agreement to secure a key battery material from US mu...

Corporate strategy Hyundai Mobis aims to expand non-captive sales to 40% as it goes global

South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. on Tuesday said it aims to boost non-Hyundai Motor Group affiliate sales to 40% of its to...

Corporate bonds Korea Inc. rushes to booming local corporate bond market

South Korean companies are rushing to raise money in the local corporate bond market, which is unusually buoyant at year's end amid expectations of ...

Aerospace & Defense Hyundai Rotem to supply ground weapons to Peru

South Korea's Hyundai Rotem Co. said on Monday it signed an agreement with the Peruvian Army to supply K2 main battle tanks, armored vehicles, and o...

Aerospace & Defense Korea’s HD Hyundai, Hanwha fail to win $7.3 bn Australian navy deal

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Hanwha Ocean Co. failed to win a $7.3 billion deal to build frigates for the Australian Navy, industry sources a...

Korean food S.Korea's BBQ enters world's most populous market, India

Genesis BBQ Group, the operator of a popular South Korean fried chicken brand, is expanding its market to South Asia by entering India, the world&rs...

Aerospace & Defense LIG Nex1, UK’s Babcock sign MOU to develop global MRO market

LIG Nex1 Co., a leading defense systems developer in South Korea, announced on Wednesday that it had signed a comprehensive memorandum of understand...

Corporate bonds S&P upgrades SK Innovation credit rating to BBB-

Global credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) announced on Friday that it upgraded SK Innovation Co.'s long-term credit rating from a ...

Chemical Industry LG Chem strengthens automotive adhesives biz

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd., the world’s fourth-largest chemical manufacturer, said on Wednesday it will expand into the automotive adhesives m...

Banking & Finance Mirae Asset's retirement pension reserves rise by $2.9 bn in 2024

South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday that its defined contribution (DC) retirement pension and individual retirement pension (IR...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD Hyundai to build int'l standards for carbon emissions

South Korea's HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co. said on Wednesday that it signed a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Agreement with HD Hyundai Samho and the ...

Insurance DB Insurance outshines domestic rivals in global business

DB Insurance Co. raked in the biggest profits from overseas operations among South Korean insurance companies in the first half of this year, leadin...

Batteries LG Energy aims to more than double sales to $50 billion by 2028

LG Energy Solution Ltd. has vowed to more than double its sales in five years to 67 trillion won ($50 billion) by diversifying its battery products ...

Chemical Industry Lotte Fine Chemical, Colorcon sign $740 mn distribution agreement

Lotte Fine Chemical Co., a subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp., said on Monday that it signed a global distribution agreement with the ...

Batteries Solus signs incentive agreement with Quebec

Solus Advanced Materials, a South Korean copper foil supplier, said on Friday that its overseas subsidiary Volta Energy Solutions Canada signed an i...

Energy SK Enmove, SQM ink supply deal for refrigerant material iodine

SK Enmove Co. a lubricant-producing arm of SK Innovation Co., said on Thursday that it has signed a preliminary agreement to buy iodine from Socieda...