HJ S&C wins $200 mn Philippines new port construction project order

HJ Shipbuilding & Construction Co. (HJ S&C) said on Thursday its construction division secured a 280 billion won ($200 million) contract to ...

Woori Financial, Natixis to manage global private equity fund

South Korea's Woori Bank and Woori PE Asset Management announced on Thursday that they have signed a "strategic business agreement for creating a ...

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...

SK Ecoplant, Korea South-East Power tap UAE as green energy base

SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management firm under SK Group, is accelerating a plan to set up a major green en...

POSCO starts building industrial gas facilities in Pohang

South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO started to construct an industrial gas production facility with a capacity of 250,000 tons at its seconda...

Naver Smart Store's 100 mn won club reaches 45,000 members

Around 45,000 sellers on South Korea's Naver Smart Store as of June raked in annual sales of 100 million won ($72,250) or more, or 7.9% of the overa...

AriBio applies for Phase 3 clinical trials in China for oral dementia drug

South Korean clinical-stage biotech company AriBio Co. on Thursday said it applied for Phase 3 clinical trials on the anti-Alzheimer's candidate t...

S.Korean karaoke machine leader TJ Media enjoys post-pandemic boom

South Koreans’ love for singing is no secret, and with the lifting of social-distancing rules in the post-pandemic era their suppressed desire...

S.Korean gov't unveils $424 mn strategy to boost software, AI industries

South Korean government has announced plans to invest about 563 billion won ($424 million) in bolstering the domestic software and artificial intell...

CJ undertakes educational programs for ethnic minorities in Vietnam

South Korea's CJ Group announced on Wednesday that it will undertake a "Second Girls Education Project" for the Vietnamese ethnic minority.The proje...

Samsung's laptop Galaxy Book 3 sees 250% sales growth from predecessor's

Samsung Electronics Co.’s premium laptop PC series Galaxy Book 3 is a global hit since its release last monthIts reception has grown so high t...

DeepBrain AI joins CB Insights' Global 250 Generative AI Startups list

DeepBrain AI, a South Korean AI startup, said on Friday it made the list of "Global 250 Generative AI Startups" by CB Insights, a New York-based mar...

SK to build $480 mn recycling plant in France with partners

SK Geo Centric Co. is set to build a 450 million euro ($479.6 million) plastic recycling plant in France with the country’s utility company SU...

SK E&S builds world's largest production base for blue hydrogen

South Korea's SK E&S has accelerated a blue hydrogen project in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, in what will be the world's largest comple...

South Korea’s biggest startup event ComeUp 2022 kicks off in Seoul 

South Korea’s largest startup event ComeUp kicked off on Wednesday at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP). The annual event, which celebrat...

SK Group invests $250 mn in Bill Gates’ nuclear reactor firm TerraPower

South Korea’s SK Group said on Monday it invested $250 million in TerraPower, a US venture founded by billionaire Bill Gates. The holdi...

Hyundai Motor Group to launch $80 mn startup fund

Hyundai Motor Group and the group’s social contribution foundation will create a domestic startup fund to invest a total of 100 billion won ($...

Shinsegae acquires Napa Valley winery Shafer Vineyards for $250 million

South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Inc. has acquired US winery Shafer Vineyards for $250 million to consolidate its leadership in the domest...

Lotte agrees with Indonesia to resume $3.9 bn petchem project

South Korea’s Lotte Group agreed with the Indonesian government to resume a $3.9 billion petrochemical project in the Southeast Asian country,...

Partners Group attracts Korea Post and local insurers to PE funds

Some major South Korean institutional investors have committed to Switzerland-headquartered global asset manager Partners Group's Secondary 2020 Fun...

CVC, Goldman among shortlisted investors in TVing

CVC Capital and Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area (PIA) are among the shortlisted investors in South Korea's over-the-top (OTT) streaming serv...

Orchestra PE buys Korean pizza brand Banolim

Orchestra Private Equity set up Orchestra Private Equity IV (OPE IV) to invest $32 million in Korea’s pizza chain operator Banolim Food Co. an...

Yanolja likely to buy $250 mn stake in Interpark spin-off

South Korea's top travel and accommodation platform Yanolja Inc., backed by SoftBank, was on Thursday named as the preferred buyer of a majority sta...

SKC to raise corporate value to $25 bn with battery materials

South Korea’s SKC Co. plans to expand its electric vehicle battery materials business in a move to fivefold its corporate value to 30 trillion...

US auto startup set to buy 51% of Ssangyong Motor for $250 mn

HAAH Automotive Holdings Inc., a US automobile distributor, is planning to inject $250 million into South Korea's Ssangyong Motor Co. to take a 51% ...

Baring PE Asia poised to sell Korean parcel delivery firm for $250 mn

Baring Private Equity Asia is in the final stages of talks with a South Korean private equity firm to sell the country’s No. 4 parcel delivery c...

TPG buys Korean health supplement company for about $250 mn

Private equity firm TPG has acquired a small-sized South Korean dietary supplement manufacturer for around $250 million, in its first Korean buyout de...

Korea Investment acquires US student housing for $250 mn

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired five US student housing for $250 million, in the first direct investment by a South Korean fir...

[RFP] POBA to commit $250 mn to US, Asia-focused private debt funds

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) plans to commit $250 million to five private debt funds focusing on mid-cap companies in North America...

Keppel Group unit set to net $250 mn from value-add deals in Seoul

Alpha Investment Partners, part of Singapore-based Keppel Capital, is set to secure over $250 million from selling two Seoul office buildings for arou...