SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom companies will invest 4 trillion won (US$3.4 billion) in the first half of 2020 as part of their efforts to cope with the fallout from the novel coronavirus outbreak, sources said Thursday. The country’s three mobile operators — SK Telecom, KT Corp., and LG Uplus — [...]
GHENT, Belgium, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Biotalys NV, a rapidly growing and transformative food and crop protection company developing a new generation of protein-based biocontrols, today announces the second closing of its Series C financing round with €10 million, bringing the total amount of capital raised through its Series C to €45 million. The second [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean institutions’ investment in overseas securities surged sharply from a year earlier in 2019, largely due to a rise in their purchase of overseas bonds, central bank data showed Monday. The combined value of foreign stocks and bonds held by South Korean institutions came to US$326.3 billion as [...]
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – cPacket Networks, a leading provider of network-aware application and security assurance solutions, announced it has completed a $15 million round of funding by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. The investment will be used to accelerate cPacket’s focus on product innovation and deployment of its broad range of high-performance network [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Lubricants Co., an affiliate of refiner SK Innovation Co., said Sunday it has made a stake investment in a Vietnamese lubricants company for an expansion into Asian markets. SK Lubricants signed a deal to acquire a 49 percent stake in Mekong, Vietnam’s biggest lubricants company, on Friday to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s leading refiner, will boost investment in its electric vehicle (EV) battery and materials business, a top executive has said. SK Innovation CEO and President Kim Jun made the comments in an interview with the company’s in-house news channel that was provided to employees Wednesday [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean biosimilar manufacturer Celltrion Inc. said Tuesday it will spend 600 billion won (US$520 million) on its new plant in China over the next five years. The planned plant, with a production capacity of 120,000 liters of biopharmaceutical products, will be located in the central city of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker by sales, said Tuesday it will invest 29 trillion won (US$25 billion) in electric vehicles and business diversification by 2025. Kia Motors made the announcement as it aims to transform itself into a leading electric vehicle manufacturer while reducing the ratio of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s biggest auto parts maker, will secure 9 trillion won (US$7.8 billion) in the next three years for investment in future vehicle technologies, a company executive has said. In a group interview with South Korean reporters on the sidelines of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) [...]
NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Radiaction (“Radiaction” or the “Company”) and InnovaHealth Partners, LP (“InnovaHealth”) jointly announce today that InnovaHealth has made a growth equity investment in Radiaction and acquired a majority interest in the Company. Jonathan Yifat, Chief Executive Officer of Radiaction, said, “Today’s announcement represents the next stage for our Company. [...]