Hanmi Pharmaceutical control
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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 ($16...
May 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Centroid to divest control of TaylorMade as exit strategy, drops IPO plan
Centroid Investment Partners, a South Korean private equity firm, has confirmed plans to divest its controlling stake in US sports equipment manufac...
May 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hanjin KAL roars on hints of renewed control dispute with Hoban
Shares of Hanjin KAL Corp., the holding firm of South Korean flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co., extended their rally Wednesday after surging by the ...
May 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea’s pharmaceutical exports set to top $10 bn, led by ‘K-M7’ champions
South Korea’s pharmaceutical exports are on course to surpass $10 billion this year, underscoring the country’s growing clout in the glo...
May 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Zinc faces multiple legal, regulatory challenges in fight against MBK
Korea Zinc Inc. Chairman Choi Yun-birm appears to have kept his grip on the world’s largest zinc smelter after successfully fending off an MBK...
Apr 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
STIC Investments draws activist interest, including Align Partners
STIC Investments Inc., South Korea’s only listed private equity firm, has become the latest target of shareholder activism as Seoul-based Alig...
Mar 31, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Kakao founder Kim to resign as control tower chair
Kakao Corp. founder Kim Beom-soo, also known as Brian Kim, will step down as chairman of the South Korean tech giant’s top decision-making bod...
Mar 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK's fight for Korea Zinc control drags on after court ruling
The battle for control of Korea Zinc Inc. between an MBK Partners-led alliance and the zinc smelter’s Chairman Choi Yun-birm is evolving into ...
Mar 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s top property asset manager IGIS Asset’s controlling stake up for sale
South Korea’s top real estate asset management firm IGIS Asset Management Co. plans to sell a controlling stake owned by the heirs of the comp...
Feb 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Sono Hospitality becomes new owner of Korean budget carrier T’way Air
South Korea’s top resort operator Sono Hospitality Group has emerged as the new owner of budget carrier T’way Air Co. by acquiring ...
Feb 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Bain Capital acquires control of Mohegan's Korean resort
Private equity firm Bain Capital has acquired control of Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort on Yeongjong Island, the largest integrated resort in ...
Feb 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Hanmi Semiconductor to retire $90 mn treasury shares in May
Hanmi Semiconductor Co. on Thursday announced a plan to retire 130.0 billion won ($90 million) worth of treasury shares in May, marking its largest-...
Feb 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
LG Electronics secures control of Bear Robotics
LG Electronics Inc. has secured control of Bear Robotics Inc., a service robot developer, by raising its stake to 51% from 21% as it aims to expand ...
Jan 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Sono Hospitality heralds proxy fight to control T’way Air
Sono Hospitality Group, South Korea’s top resort operator, has vowed to more actively horn in on the business of T'way Air Co., portending a p...
Jan 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Korea seeks tighter control over digital coins, mulls mandatory disclosures
South Korea plans to tighten its controls over cryptocurrency trade in the country by mandating information disclosures for listed virtual assets an...
Jan 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Zinc chair reported to prosecutors over rights issue
South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has reported Korea Zinc Inc.'s Chairman Choi Yun-birm and its board of directors to prosecut...
Jan 08, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Hanmi Semiconductor to build new TC Bonder plant in Incheon
Hanmi Semiconductor Co., South Korea’s leading chip packaging equipment manufacturer, held a ground-breaking ceremony for its seventh plant of...
Jan 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korean drugmakers control more than half of European biosimilar market
South Korea’s two leading drugmakers, Celltrion Inc. and Samsung Bioepis Co., have achieved a significant milestone in the European biosimilar...
Jan 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems to export K11's tactical control to Egypt
Hanwha Systems Co., a leading South Korean defense company, said on Monday it will export fire tactical control systems of K11 Fire Direction Center...
Dec 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Hanmi Pharm’s chair poised to win management feud with her son
Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group Chairman Song Young-sook is poised to claim victory in a year-long dispute with her eldest son Lim Jong-yoon to take cont...
Dec 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hahn & Co. to buy controlling stake in SK’s specialty gas unit for $1.9 bn
South Korea’s private equity firm Hahn & Co. is set to acquire a controlling stake in the world’s top specialty gas producer SK Spec...
Dec 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Asiana Airlines joins Korean Air as subsidiary
Asiana Airlines Inc., one of South Korea’s only two full-service carriers, has passed into history after 36 years of operation to be placed un...
Dec 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Opposition-controlled Korean Parliament passes slashed $470 bn budget
South Korea's opposition-controlled National Assembly on Tuesday passed a government budget bill for 2025, slashed from the government's proposal am...
Dec 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung C&T, Hitachi Energy to team up for HVDC projects
South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. said Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Sweden's Hitachi Energy to cooperate for high-vol...
Dec 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hanmi breaks ground pharmaceuticals complex in Beijing
South Korea's Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. said on Friday that Beijing Hanmi Pharm, its subsidiary in China, held the groundbreaking ceremony for a proj...
Dec 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Hong Kong-based PEF Affinity Equity to acquire control of Lotte Rental
Affinity Equity Partners, a Hong Kong-based investment firm, will acquire a controlling stake in South Korea’s No. 1 car rental and leasing co...
Dec 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Latvian President Rinkēvičs seeks closer ties with S.Korea in bio, defense
Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs, who is on a four-day working trip to South Korea, said on Friday he hopes for deeper cooperation between the two...
Nov 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Samsung reshuffles top brass; Co-CEO to control memory business
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 1 memory chipmaker, reshuffled its leadership on Wednesday in a sweeping move as it faces an uph...
Nov 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
La Defense might have a say over Hanmi Pharm's family feud
La Defense Partners is expected to exercise a casting vote over the ongoing management dispute at Hanmi Science Co. after the Seoul-based private eq...
Nov 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy sails autonomous demonstration vessel
The South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on Thursday the launch ceremony for Samsung Heavy Industries' autonomous demonstra...
Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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