Krafton's booth at G-STAR 2024 in November 2024 (Courtesy of Krafton) Krafton Inc., a major South Korean game publisher, has acquired Japan's leading advertising and animation group ADK for 75 billion yen ($517 million), as it accelerates its push to become a cross-media content powerhouse span
Goodai Global's booth at the K Expo France in Paris in October, 2024 (Courtesy of News1 Korea) Goodai Global Inc. is seeking to acquire South Korea’s first-generation independent cosmetics brand Skinfood for about 150 billion won ($108 million), as the K-beauty startup accelerates i
Samsung SDI's EV battery mockup on display during 2025 Interbattery on March 3, 2025 (Courtesy of News1 Korea) Samsung SDI Co. will issue new shares worth 2 trillion won ($1.4 billion), its first rights offering in two decades, to fund bold facility and R&D investments to stay ahead o
LG CNS Kospi debut celebration ceremony at the KRX on Feb. 5, 2025 (Courtesy of KRX) Companies in South Korea are expected to refrain from seeking initial public offerings for a while after the country’s much-anticipated new blockbuster listing LG CNS Co. got off to a weak start las
(Courtesy of Getty Images) UBS Group AG remained on the top of the South Korean merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory market as of the end of the third quarter after adding the sale of Ecorbit Co. valued at 2.1 trillion won ($1.6 billion) to its list of deal arrangements. KB Securitie