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1 week ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Shinhye Kang |Sohee Kim
Tencent Holdings Ltd. is snapping up a nearly 10% stake in SM Entertainment Co. Ltd valued at about $180 million, marking a rare Chinese investment into a South Korean company in recent years. Tencent will buy the stake from BTS-agency Hybe Co Ltd., which is selling its remaining 2.2 million shares in SM Entertainment at 110,000 won each, a 15.3% discount to Tuesday’s close, according to a regulatory filing.
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1 week ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Shinhye Kang |Sohee Kim
Tencent Holdings Ltd. is snapping up a nearly 10% stake in SM Entertainment Co. Ltd valued at about $180 million, marking a rare Chinese investment into a South Korean company in recent years. Tencent will buy the stake from BTS-agency Hybe Co Ltd., which is selling its remaining 2.2 million shares in SM Entertainment at 110,000 won each, a 15.3% discount to Tuesday’s close, according to a regulatory filing.
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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | Shinhye Kang |Sohee Kim
K-pop group Aespa(Bloomberg) -- A Tencent Holdings Ltd. subsidiary is snapping up a nearly 10% stake in SM Entertainment Co. Ltd. valued at about $180 million, marking a rare Chinese investment into a South Korean company in recent years.
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2 weeks ago | 
spokesman.com | Shinhye Kang
The US denied a media report that Washington is reviewing a proposal to withdraw some of its forces stationed in South Korea. The US remains firmly committed to the defense of South Korea, and “we look forward to working with the incoming government officials to maintain and strengthen our iron clad alliance,” Chief Pentagon Spokesperson Sean Parnell, said in a statement. South Korea will elect a new president on June 3.
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2 weeks ago | 
detroitnews.com | Shinhye Kang
WORLDShinhye KangBloombergView Comments The US denied a media report that Washington is reviewing a proposal to withdraw some of its forces stationed in South Korea. The US remains firmly committed to the defense of South Korea, and “we look forward to working with the incoming government officials to maintain and strengthen our iron clad alliance,” Chief Pentagon Spokesperson Sean Parnell, said in a statement. South Korea will elect a new president on June 3.
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2 weeks ago | 
thederrick.com | Shinhye Kang |Soo-hyang Choi
South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung saw his lead in the election campaign narrow sharply in the latest opinion poll released Friday as the conservative ruling party’s Kim Moon-soo made up ground after their first TV debate. The opposition Democratic Party nominee Lee had the backing of about 45% in a Gallup Korea poll conducted between May 20-22, a drop of 6 percentage points compared with the previous week.
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2 weeks ago | 
military.com | Shinhye Kang
South Korea said there have been no discussions with the U.S. over a possible pullback of American troops stationed in the country, after a media report said Washington is reviewing a proposal to withdraw some of its forces. The proposal could result in the removal of about 4,500 American troops based in South Korea, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter, a move that could further stir security concerns in the divided Korean peninsula.
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2 weeks ago | 
kdhnews.com | Shinhye Kang |Soo-hyang Choi
South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung saw his lead in the election campaign narrow sharply in the latest opinion poll released Friday as the conservative ruling party's Kim Moon-soo made up ground after their first TV debate. The opposition Democratic Party nominee Lee had the backing of about 45% in a Gallup Korea poll conducted between May 20-22, a drop of 6 percentage points compared with the previous week.
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2 weeks ago | 
miamiherald.com | Shinhye Kang |Soo-hyang Choi
South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung saw his lead in the election campaign narrow sharply in the latest opinion poll released Friday as the conservative ruling party's Kim Moon-soo made up ground after their first TV debate. The opposition Democratic Party nominee Lee had the backing of about 45% in a Gallup Korea poll conducted between May 20-22, a drop of 6 percentage points compared with the previous week.
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2 weeks ago | 
leadertelegram.com | Shinhye Kang |Soo-hyang Choi
South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung saw his lead in the election campaign narrow sharply in the latest opinion poll released Friday as the conservative ruling party’s Kim Moon-soo made up ground after their first TV debate. The opposition Democratic Party nominee Lee had the backing of about 45% in a Gallup Korea poll conducted between May 20-22, a drop of 6 percentage points compared with the previous week.
