Korea Inc. to face refunding risks with record corporate bond maturities
South Korean companies are expected to face refunding risks thanks to record corporate bond maturities in the first half of 2025, as fundraising con...
Korea Inc. rushes to booming local corporate bond market
South Korean companies are rushing to raise money in the local corporate bond market, which is unusually buoyant at year's end amid expectations of ...
Shinsegae Group splits E-Mart, department store with executive reshuffles
South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group on Wednesday carried out one of its most drastic executive reshuffles, officially splitting the gro...
MBK’s Korea Zinc takeover attempt to spur search for white knights
North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd.’s attempt to take control of Korea Zinc Inc. and the country’s plan to require ...
SK Innovation to be Asia’s top energy company through merger
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest energy company, is set to become the industry leader in Asia through a merger with an affiliate while...
SK Inc. in talks to sell Pharmteco’s US CDMO plant to Novo Nordisk
SK Inc., the holding and investment company of SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, is negotiating to sell a major asset of it...
SK Ecoplant seeks to absorb SK Materials' industrial gas units
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company, is seeking to absorb the profit-making subsidiaries of SK Mat...
Southeast Asia, Korea Inc’s new IT outsourcing powerhouse
PHNOM PENH – South Korean technology companies grappling with prolonged software developer shortages are actively broadening their search for ...
Korea Inc.’s AI executives double with LG Group leading the pack
The number of executive-level artificial intelligence (AI) specialists at South Korea’s 30 largest conglomerates has more than doubled in the ...
Korea Inc. nearly triples dividend payments in decade
Cash dividend payments by companies listed on the Korea Exchange, the country's main bourse, have nearly tripled in a decade. They have returned a l...
Korea Inc. ups dividend payouts despite falling net income
South Korean companies listed on the main bourse Kospi raised their dividend payouts between 2021 and 2023 despite falling net income in the same pe...
Korean banks flock to Poland, Korean Inc.’s new manufacturing hub
South Korean banks are in a race to advance into Poland to support Korean companies rushing to build factories in the new offshore manufacturing hub...
SK Chair Chey calls on cousin for help in group management
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has called on his cousin to help in the management of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate as it faces the challeng...
Korea Inc.’s dividend repatriation soars on new tax breaks
Major companies in South Korea, such as affiliates of Samsung, LG and Hyundai Motor Group, are bringing larger amounts of capital back home from abr...
Korea Inc.’s record short-term borrowing raises specter of debt overhang
South Korea’s short-term corporate loan growth is picking up at a fast pace, stirring concern among some analysts who see parallels to the 200...
Korea Inc. to focus more on India, Vietnam as biz partners
South Korean companies are set to concentrate more on business with emerging markets including India and Vietnam than Asian major countries such as ...
SK Pharmteco to raise $500 mn in pre-IPO, aims for 2025 listing
SK Pharmteco Co., South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), is set to raise $500 millio...
SK, KHNP partner with TerraPower for SMR development
SK Inc., SK Innovation Co. are partnering with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and TerraPower, a US small modular reactor (SMR) des...
KCGI’s ascent to intensify family feud over DB control; DB stocks rally
A sibling feud over management control of DB Group is expected to intensify following the ascent of South Korean activist fund Korea Corporate Gover...
Samsung SDS acquires Korea’s No. 1 procurement SCM company
Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit of South Korea's Samsung Group, has acquired a 33.39% stake in Emro Inc., Korea's top suppl...
SK Inc. eyes significant growth in bio business from 2024
SAN FRANCISCO – SK Inc., the investment and holding company of South Korea’s SK Group, expects significant growth in its biopharma...
S.Korea Inc. ramps up cash reserves amid economic woes
South Korean companies are rushing to raise cash from the beginning of the new year amid growing concerns over a global economic downturn and market...
SK Inc. gets highest AAA grade in MSCI's ESG rating
SK Inc., SK Group's investment arm, won the highest AAA ratings from both Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and the Dow Jones Sustainabili...
Hyundai becomes younger with 1 in 3 new executives in their 40s
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, which owns Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., has carried out a year-end mid-tier executive reshuffle marked ...
SK Inc. bulks up green investments to achieve net zero by 2035
SK Inc., the investment arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, is taking preemptive steps to expand its eco-friendly busin...
Korea's SK Inc. revs up power semiconductor value chains via M&As
SK Inc., the investment arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, is ramping up its value chain of third-generation semicondu...
Korean firms at risk of credit rating downgrade on Legoland woes
South Korean companies are at risk of credit rating downgrades as the fallout of a debt default by the domestic developer of a Legoland theme park r...
Korea Inc. accumulates cash as economic downturn deepens
South Korean companies, led by the country’s most valuable firm Samsung Electronics Co., have rushed to accumulate cash as interest rates kept...
Foreign PE firms on hunt for Korea Inc. with strong dollar
Foreign private equity firms have taken advantage of the strong dollar to dominate corporate acquisition deals in South Korea, adding to expectation...
Firm dollar deters Korea Inc.’s overseas acquisition deals
The firm dollar is causing South Korean companies to postpone or cancel their plans to buy overseas firms for future growth as the US currency&rsquo...
