OpenAI sets up entity in Korea with most paid ChatGPT users outside US

OpenAI sets up entity in Korea with most paid ChatGPT users outside US

OpenAI Inc., the creator of generative AI ChatGPT, has established a legal entity in South Korea, which has the largest number of paying ChatGPT sub...

Bill Clinton in Seoul to meet with MBK's ByungJu Kim, business leaders

Bill Clinton in Seoul to meet with MBK's ByungJu Kim, business leaders

Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder, partner and chairman of Seoul-based private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd., is set to meet with former US President ...

Hanwha Ocean shares sink after KDB's sale of 4.2% stake

Hanwha Ocean shares sink after KDB's sale of 4.2% stake

Investors rushed to dump Hanwha Ocean Co. shares early Tuesday after its second-largest shareholder, Korea Development Bank, cashed in on a 4.2% sta...

VIG taps KDB financing to buy 40% stake in Kakao Mobility

VIG taps KDB financing to buy 40% stake in Kakao Mobility

South Korea’s private equity firm VIG Partners’ buyout of minority stakes in Kakao Mobility Corp., the nation’s most popular taxi-...

OpenAI, KDB to collaborate to enhance S.Korean AI ecosystem

OpenAI, KDB to collaborate to enhance S.Korean AI ecosystem

The US-based OpenAI and Korea Development Bank (KDB) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to support the development of South Kor...

Woori Bank to arrange $3.7 bn for Qatar desalination, power plant

Woori Bank to arrange $3.7 bn for Qatar desalination, power plant

South Korea's Woori Bank said on Tuesday it will arrange the Qatar Ras Abu Fontas desalination and power plant project, estimated to cost $3.7 billi...

Tata Daewoo rebrands itself as Tata Daewoo Mobility

Tata Daewoo rebrands itself as Tata Daewoo Mobility

South Korea's Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company is rebranding itself as "Tata Daewoo Mobility" to mark its 30th anniversary.Tata Daewoo held on...

Daewoo E&C wins Turkmen mineral fertilizer plant project

Daewoo E&C wins Turkmen mineral fertilizer plant project

South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) said on Monday that it was selected as the winning bidder for a Mineral Fer...

Daewoo E&C reorganizes its nuclear-related division

Daewoo E&C reorganizes its nuclear-related division

South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) has expanded and reorganized its nuclear-related division following its sel...

Daewoo E&C, CSCEC to collaborate on overseas projects

Daewoo E&C, CSCEC to collaborate on overseas projects

South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) said on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) the prev...

South Korea to develop gas-cooled reactor with POSCO, SK, Daewoo

South Korea to develop gas-cooled reactor with POSCO, SK, Daewoo

South Korea has embarked on a 44.5 billion won ($32.3 million) project to jointly develop an advanced gas-cooled nuclear reactor with related domest...

Eugene PE, KDB PE to acquire Boryung Biopharma for $231 million

Eugene PE, KDB PE to acquire Boryung Biopharma for $231 million

A consortium of Eugene Private Equity and Korea Development Bank Private Equity will acquire 80% of South Korean vaccine maker Boryung Biopharma Co....

Samsung seeks $3.6 billion in loans from KDB for chip investment

Samsung seeks $3.6 billion in loans from KDB for chip investment

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. seeks to borrow as much as 5 trillion won ($3.6 billion) from the state-run Korea Development Bank t...

SK asks KDB for further funding before drastic restructuring

SK asks KDB for further funding before drastic restructuring

SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest business group in terms of total assets, has asked the country’s state-run Korea Development Bank...

Korea's KDB widens gap in VC fundraising in H1; NPS to fund in July

Korea's KDB widens gap in VC fundraising in H1; NPS to fund in July

The capital commitments of state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) have widened the gap for South Korean venture capital firms in fundraising over ...

Tata Daewoo wins order for 130 Maxen trucks in Colombia

Tata Daewoo wins order for 130 Maxen trucks in Colombia

South Korea's Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company announced on Tuesday that signed a contract to sell 130 units of its large truck Maxen to Colom...

Tata Daewoo to build plant for producing trucks in Saudi Arabia

Tata Daewoo to build plant for producing trucks in Saudi Arabia

South Korea's Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company announced on Monday that it will build a production plant in Saudi Arabia.Tata Daewoo signed a ...

KDB halts KDB Life sale process to take full control

KDB halts KDB Life sale process to take full control

The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) has suspended the protracted sale process of KDB Life Insurance Co. to take full control of the insurer b...

Korea eyes $1.5 bn injection in KDB to boost chip, battery sectors

Korea eyes $1.5 bn injection in KDB to boost chip, battery sectors

South Korea may inject some 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) into Korea Development Bank (KDB) by the end of this month to support the state-run bank's...

Daewoo E&C, Kuwaiti banks sign $250 mn loan agreement

Daewoo E&C, Kuwaiti banks sign $250 mn loan agreement

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. has signed an agreement to take on a $250 million loan from three Kuwaiti banks, Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (A...

Tata Daewoo resumes truck exports to Algeria

Tata Daewoo resumes truck exports to Algeria

South Korea's Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company announced on Tuesday that it resumed truck exports to Algeria under the Daewoo brand. Tata...

Daewoo E&C teams up with Chinese company on wind power generation

Daewoo E&C teams up with Chinese company on wind power generation

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. announced on Thursday that it has signed a business agreement with China Communications Construction Compa...

Daewoo E&C completes India's longest sea bridge

Daewoo E&C completes India's longest sea bridge

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) announced on January 23, 2024, that it has completed the construction of the Mumbai Trans...

Harim, KDB in dispute over $5 bn HMM deal conditions

Harim, KDB in dispute over $5 bn HMM deal conditions

Talks to sell South Korea’s No. 1 ocean carrier HMM Co. to Harim Group, a leading poultry processor, have made little progress amid disputes o...

Korean corporate debt sale hits snag amid Taeyoung woes

Korean corporate debt sale hits snag amid Taeyoung woes

The South Korean corporate bond market is taking a direct hit from growing credit crunch concerns in the country’s construction sector trigger...

Tata Daewoo triumphs in global market with 40% export surge

Tata Daewoo triumphs in global market with 40% export surge

South Korea's Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company (TDCV) achieved remarkable success last year by exporting 40% of its total sales, despite the g...

Korea's KDB establishes innovation fund for auto parts companies

Korea's KDB establishes innovation fund for auto parts companies

The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) announced on Friday that it has established the KDB-Quantum Mobility Value Chain Open Innovation Fund wor...

Daewoo E&C opens theme park Ice Jungle in Phu Quoc

Daewoo E&C opens theme park Ice Jungle in Phu Quoc

South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) opened the digital theme park Ice Jungle in its ongoing luxury residential ...

Ocean carrier HMM's share price gains put KDB in hot seat

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 ...

Korean Daewoo E&C seeks biz amid Indonesia’s new capital plan

Korean Daewoo E&C seeks biz amid Indonesia’s new capital plan

South Korean Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. is seeking business opportunities alongside Indonesia’s plan to relocate its capital as...

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