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Seoul based-Glenwood Private Equity, founded in 2014, has been quietly building its presence in the South Korean M&A market, chasing assets deem...

South Korean SK Innovation Co. does not expect to list its battery subsidiary until at least 2025, the company’s chief executive said on Thurs...

South Korea's Kurly Inc. on Monday applied for a preliminary review of its initial public offering, the Korea Exchange said, as the operator of groc...

South Korean startup Yeolmae Company announced Monday it received 17 billion won ($14 million) worth of funds through its Series B round. With the l...

Naver Z Corp. invested in more than eight companies so far this year, according to people familiar with the deals. Naver Z is the operator of Asia...

South Korea’s POSCO Group is set to spend $4 billion for the capacity expansion of a new lithium hydroxide factory in Argentina and cathode ma...

“The first joint venture with the Seoul National University seal of approval” is how artificial intelligence startup SNUAI Lab Co. des...

Jobis & Villains, the operator of artificial intelligence-powered accounting platform 3.3, announced that it recently acquired video messenger s...

SK Ecoplant Co., South Korea's largest waste management company, said on Monday it has sent a request for proposal to major brokerage companies at h...

South Korean startup Twelve Labs announced Sunday it secured $5 million in a seed round from Index Ventures.On its website, the venture capital firm...

Goldman Sachs has divested of its stake worth 75 billion won ($62 million) in South Korea's cosmetics startup GP Club Co. without a profit due to de...

Scores of South Korean initial public offerings slated for the first half of this year have been delayed after the bourse operator carried out a lar...

South Korea’s first generation biotech firm Medipost Co. will sell a 30% stake to a private equity consortium, the company announced after W...

South Korea’s biotechnology startup Voronoi Inc. scrapped its plan to go public this month. The new drug developer announced Wednesday it...

South Korea’s robotics startup Bear Robotics Inc. announced Wednesday it raised $81 million in Series B funding from venture capital heavywe...

LIG Nex1 Co., South Korea’s major defense exporter, plans to set up a $80.5 million venture investment fund with Eugene Investment & Secur...

Innocean Worldwide Holdings Inc., a South Korean marketing company, will wholly own US media agency joint venture Canvas Worldwide LLC by acquiring ...

Heads of South Korea’s leading venture capital firms say domestic startups have entered a phase of overvaluation. The Korea Economic Dail...

Visual effects production startup VA Corporation announced Monday it received 100 billion won ($80.4 million) from private equity fund Paratus Inv...

South Korea’s venture capital firm Translink Investment and non-profit organization Banks Foundation for Young Entrepreneurs agreed to launch ...

South Korea’s AI education startup Riiid has made it onto Fast Company's annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Since 20...

Convenience stores are hotbeds for South Korean IT companies to test their artificial intelligence (AI) technology.That is because the establishment...

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) and the Korea Exchange (KRX) jointly announced a revision to their corporate governance report guidelines on...

South Korea won an exemption from the United States' expanded export restrictions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, the country’s trade ...

South Korea’s biotechnology startup Voronoi Inc. is in talks with global biomedical companies on drug designs as it aims to expand the busines...

Valuence Merger Corp. 1, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), led by South Korean fund managers, has debuted on the Nasdaq, targeting Asian...

The unexpected death of Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju stoked market speculation about a possible change in its ownership structure and top management, s...

Ridi Corp., often referred to as South Korea's Kindle, has received funding of 120 billion won ($100 million) from Singapore's GIC and three domesti...

South Korea’s central bank expects consumer inflation to hit an 11-year high this year as oil prices jumped above the $100 a barrel level for ...

South Korean institutional and retail investors sharply raised their risk appetite last year, gobbling up Nasdaq-listed technology stocks such as Te...