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Mergers & Acquisitions
KT&G seeks $200 mn acquisition of Nordic nicotine pouch maker
KT&G Corp. is in talks to acquire a leading nicotine pouch company in Northern Europe for about 300 billion won, or $200 million, investment banking sources said on Monday. The move comes as South Korea’s dominant tobacco and ginseng prod
Jun 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hanjin KAL, LS expand defense business alliance to counter Hoban Group
South Korea’s Hanjin Group and LS Group are tightening their alliance further against Hoban Group, which is raising its stake in Hanjin.Korean ...
May 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
DB Group eyes Hanyang Securities amid KCGI deal uncertainty
DB Group, which owns DB Securities Co. and DB Insurance Co., is considering acquiring Hanyang Securities Co., as a deal by South Korean private equit...
May 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kakao Pay in talks to acquire SSG.COM’s SSG Pay and Gmarket’s Smile Pay
Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment and digital wallet service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., is in advanced negotiations to acquire tw...
May 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Securities acquires stake in Vietnam’s top trading platform FireAnt
Shinhan Securities Co., a leading South Korean brokerage house, has acquired a strategic equity stake in FireAnt, Vietnam’s largest retail trad...
May 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Bain Capital sells 6% stake in Korea’s Classys via block deal for $163 million
Bain Capital LP has offloaded a 6% stake in South Korean medical aesthetics company Classys Inc. through a block trade, raising 228 billion won ($163...
May 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LS moves closer to role as Hanjin KAL’s white knight vs Hoban
Hanjin KAL Corp., the largest shareholder of Korean Air Lines Co., is strengthening its alliance with LS Group, the parent of LS Cable & System I...
May 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Hanwha acquires Ourhome for $622 million in push to revive food business
South Korea’s Hanwha Group has completed the acquisition of the country’s No. 2 food service and catering company Ourhome Ltd. for 869.5 ...
May 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 manufacturing...
May 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
Korean firms rush to issue bonds ahead of presidential election
South Korean companies are flocking to the corporate bond market ahead of the country’s presidential election early next month, seeking to lock...
May 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung bets on data center HVAC with $1.7 bn FläktGroup acquisition
Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday announced the acquisition of FläktGroup, a German manufacturer of heating, ventilation and air conditioning...
May 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK’s Lotte Card sale gains momentum amid Homeplus fallout
North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners’ second attempt to exit Lotte Card Co., South Korea’s fifth-largest car issuer, is ga...
May 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Mubadala, Goldman Sachs to invest $700 mn in Kakao Mobility
United Arab Emirates’ sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co. and Goldman Sachs are set to invest a combined $700 million in Kakao Mobili...
May 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Korea Securities Finance eyes its 1st foreign bond sale in 2026
Korea Securities Finance Corp. (KSFC) is preparing to issue its first foreign currency-denominated bonds in 2026 to provide low-cost funding to domes...
May 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea’s top cinema chains seek merger to counter box office slump
South Korea’s two leading multiplex operators Lotte Culture Works Co. and Contentree JoongAng Corp. have tentatively agreed to merge in a bid t...
May 08, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Soon for sale: Altos Ventures-backed Cafe Knotted operator
Silicon Valley-based Altos Ventures-backed Good Food For Good (GFFG), operator of South Korea’s popular dessert cafe, Cafe Knotted, will likely...
May 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Harman acquires Masimo’s audio arm in Samsung’s car audio push
Harman International Industries Inc., wholly owned by Samsung Electronics Co., has acquired Masimo Corp.’s audio business for $350 million, a d...
May 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korea’s Sono to sell Air Premia stake to focus on another LCC
South Korea's top resort operator Sono Hospitality Group has decided to sell its entire stake in low-cost carrier (LCC) Air Premia Inc. at a profit o...
May 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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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’...
May 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
CJ CheilJedang scraps $3.5 bn green bio sale, shifts gears to expansion
CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food and beverage company, said on Wednesday it has scrapped a planned sale of its green bio busine...
Apr 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Kookmin Bank raises $700 mn in forex bonds amid strong demand
Kookmin Bank, a unit of KB Financial Group, raised $700 million in foreign exchange bonds on Tuesday, signaling a recovery in investor sentiment towa...
Apr 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
CJ CheilJedang scraps sale of Brazilian unit CJ Selecta to Bunge
CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food company, has cancelled the sale of a 66% stake in Brazilian soybean crusher CJ Selecta S.A. af...
Apr 29, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LG Chem to sell water filter business to Glenwood PE for $692 million
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. has agreed to sell its water filter business – the world’s second-largest producer of reverse osmosis me...
Apr 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 Saving...
Apr 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
StockX in merger talks with Naver’s online reseller Kream
StockX, the world’s most popular online resale marketplace, is in talks to merge with Kream, a resale unicorn under South Korea’s tech gi...
Apr 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
DB Insurance becomes Daol Investment’s No.2 shareholder
DB Insurance Co., a leading South Korean non-life insurance company, has become Daol Investment & Securities Co.'s second-largest shareholder aft...
Apr 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LG Chem’s medical skincare business sale draws tepid bid
South Korean chemical giant LG Chem Ltd.'s offer for sale of its cosmetics filler business, tagged with an asking price of more than 500 billion won ...
Apr 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 wafers...
Apr 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Naver mulls acquiring about a 10% stake in Kurly
Naver Corp. is considering taking over a stake in Kurly Inc. to become the largest shareholder in the South Korean dawn delivery service market pione...
Apr 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Colliers to lead $689 million sale of IGIS Asset-owned Signature Tower
Colliers Korea, a unit of global real estate asset management group Colliers, has been chosen as the adviser for the sale of Signature Tower in centr...
Apr 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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