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Seoul-based IMM Private Equity has fully exited its 300 billion won ($265 million) investment in the country's No. 2 electric wire manufacturer by s...

South Korean chipmaker Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. announced on Mar. 27 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by China-ba...

The National Pension Service has made an investment in BC Partners by acquiring a stake in the UK private equity firm through a Blackstone fund, acc...

Affinity Equity Partners, a global private equity firm, is set to acquire the entire stake of South Korea’s top recruitment portal JobKorea &n...

South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate SK Group is eyeing a joint venture with a global petrochemical firm as part of the group’s stra...

South Korea’s internet-only bank, K bank, is seeking to raise up to 600 billion won ($540 million) through a rights offering, attracting glo...

Medivate Partners, South Korea’s life science-focused private equity firm, is set to secure more than 2.5 times its investment of around 60 bi...

South Korea-based IMM Private Equity is set to announce shortlisted candidates for the sale of Taihan Electric Wire Co. next week. The deal has dr...

SEEK, Australia’s largest job site, has been in discussions with private equity firms to put in a binding bid in a consortium for South Korea&...

A British urban air mobility project, in which South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. is a technology partner, has been chosen as the winner of the U...

Competition is heating up among domestic and foreign private equity firms hoping to invest in T Map Mobility Co., a mobility spin-off of South Korea...

South Korea-based private equity firm Ace Equity Partners has acquired Achronix Semiconductor Corp., a US-based fabless company, through a special p...

Lim Il-soon, chief executive of South Korean retailer HomePlus, is stepping down after leading the MBK Partners-owned discount store chain for about...

Korea Investment Corporation has appointed new heads of alternative investment strategy and private equity in a senior management reshuffle carried ...

South Korea-based IMM Private Equity has raised 2 trillion won ($1.8 billion) for its largest flagship fund, RoseGold IV, at its final close, accord...

CJ Group has selected Glenwood Private Equity as the buyer of a minority stake in South Korea’s No. 1 health and beauty store CJ Olive Young...

South Korea-based Orchestra Private Equity has placed Majesty Golf Co., a premium golf equipment maker and distributor, on the market. Industry wa...

South Korea-based SK Innovation Co. has entered into a joint venture with Chinese battery maker EVE Energy Co. to set up a third battery plant in Ch...

South Korea's JKL Partners has closed a 750 billion won ($687 million) private equity fund, backed by the National Pension Service, Korea Developmen...

This is the first in our bi-weekly Deal briefs series, covering the latest M&A deals and key events in South Korea’s capital markets. We w...

Secondary private equity deals were picked as the preferred global PE investment of South Korea’s top asset owners, followed by co-investments a...

South Korea’s National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (NACF), or NongHyup Bank, is willing to expand its co-investment partnership with Kor...

The Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund, a $12 billion savings arm for South Korea’s small business owners, will diversify its fixed income-heavy po...

South Korea’s largest internet portal Naver Corp. and logistics and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group have signed a 600 billion won ($531 mill...

South Korea’s LG Display Co. and US-based StudioLAB have entered a three-year partnership that will combine the local display maker's innovative...

IMM Private Equity has put a majority stake in South Korea’s Taihan Electric Wire Co. up for sale to exit its investment of close to $300 mill...

POSCO, South Korea’s largest steel producer, will collaborate with US-based oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. to develop liquefied natural gas (LNG) t...

Seoul-based IMM Private Equity is in the final stages of talks to sell South Korea’s Hollys Coffee to the country’s chemical- to steel-foc...

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) has pushed up overseas private equity investments by 90% to 1.9 trillion won ($1.6 billion) over the pa...

Korea-based IGIS Asset Management has announced plans to drop its renovation project of an 11-story apartment, an unwilling decision triggered by...