Affinity picks Goldman as adviser for Burger King Korea, Japan sales

Affinity picks Goldman as adviser for Burger King Korea, Japan sales

Affinity Equity Partners has chosen Goldman Sachs as its adviser for the planned sale of its entire stakes in Burger King’s operations in Kore...

South Korea moves to join CPTPP free trade pact as China fears ease

South Korea moves to join CPTPP free trade pact as China fears ease

South Korea has officially declared its plan to join a mega Trans-Pacific free trade deal, called the CPTPP, following China’s application to ...

End of No-Japanese boycott? Uniqlo Korea turns to black

End of No-Japanese boycott? Uniqlo Korea turns to black

Japanese companies operating in South Korea are making a comeback after being hit hard by a campaign that began in mid-2019 to boycott Japanese prod...

Japan's Aeon proceeds with plan to sell Ministop Korea

Japan's Aeon proceeds with plan to sell Ministop Korea

Japan's Aeon Co. has received preliminary bids for its wholly-owned subsidiary of Ministop Korea, which is estimated at around 200 billion won ($170...

MBK sells Japan golf club to SoftBank's Fortress for $3.5 bn

MBK sells Japan golf club to SoftBank's Fortress for $3.5 bn

MBK Partners has sold Japan's largest golf course operator Accordia Next Golf to SoftBank's Fortress Investment Group for 400 billion yen ($3.5 bill...

Hyundai mulls reentry into Japan with EVs, FCEVs

Hyundai mulls reentry into Japan with EVs, FCEVs

Hyundai Motor Co. is considering a return to Japan with electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles after South Korea’s top carmaker r...

[ASK 2021] Japan - What Does the Current Investing Environment Look Like?

[ASK 2021] Japan - What Does the Current Investing Environment Look Like?

Japan: What Does the Current Investing Environment Look Like? Summary of Japan Real Estate  “Work-from-Home” Tre...

LG Chem to set up separator JV in Hungary with Toray of Japan

LG Chem to set up separator JV in Hungary with Toray of Japan

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top chemical maker, has agreed to set up a joint venture with Japan’s Toray Industries Inc. for the producti...

Naver launches Japan-focused e-commerce platform

Naver launches Japan-focused e-commerce platform

South Korea's top online portal Naver Corp. launched its e-commerce platform dedicated to Japan last month, taking its first step toward a global on...

Korean OTT platform TVing to go abroad with Naver's LINE

Korean OTT platform TVing to go abroad with Naver's LINE

South Korea's over-the-top (OTT) streaming platform TVing Co. will make its inroads into Japan and Taiwan next year and into the US in 2023, tapping...

SoftBank-backed Riiid acquires Langoo, eyes Japan's edtech market

SoftBank-backed Riiid acquires Langoo, eyes Japan's edtech market

South Korea-based artificial intelligence startup Riiid is looking to boost its presence in Japan following the acquisition of its Japan-based distr...

Japan's Murata redefines customers in game-changing era

Japan's Murata redefines customers in game-changing era

KYOTO, Japan - Murata Manufacturing Co., the world's No. 1 producer of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) and other electronic components, will e...

China, Japan, Korea race for wafer capacity expansion

China, Japan, Korea race for wafer capacity expansion

China, Japan and South Korea are racing for expanding wafer production as surging chip demand and increase in semiconductor makers’ capacity t...

Naver bets on SoftBank's e-book company to reclaim lead in Japan

Naver bets on SoftBank's e-book company to reclaim lead in Japan

South Korea’s major portal operator Naver Corp. is looking to firm up its partnership with SoftBank Group Corp. and increase its presence in J...

Cookie Run developer enjoys 1126% year-to-date growth in stock price

Cookie Run developer enjoys 1126% year-to-date growth in stock price

Devsisters Corporation, the developer of the globally popular mobile game Cookie Run, has become a “ten bagger” stock with its price ris...

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles off its East Coast

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles off its East Coast

SEOUL—North Korea launched two ballistic missiles off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, in Pyongyang&rs...

Streaming platform Mahocast eyes listing on Japan's Mothers market

Streaming platform Mahocast eyes listing on Japan's Mothers market

TOKYO -- Japan-based concert streaming platform Mahocast, dubbed as the Netflix for concerts in Japan, is gaining attention as a venue for both musi...

Burger King's Korea, Japan operations up for sale

Burger King's Korea, Japan operations up for sale

Affinity Equity Partners is putting Burger King's operations in South Korea and Japan up for sale, after the US hamburger franchise overtook its big...

NPIXEL emerges as fastest Korean game company to become unicorn

NPIXEL emerges as fastest Korean game company to become unicorn

South Korea-based game developer NPIXEL Co. has become the country’s fastest game company to join the unicorn club after raising 100 billion w...

Sumitomo Chemical to build $90 million photoresist plant in S.Korea

Sumitomo Chemical to build $90 million photoresist plant in S.Korea

Japan’s major chemical company Sumitomo Chemical Co. will invest more than 10 billion yen ($91 million) in South Korea to manufacture photores...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics to benefit as COVID-19 slams competitors

Samsung Electro-Mechanics to benefit as COVID-19 slams competitors

Samsung Electro-Mechanics is expected to benefit as the COVID-19 has hit its competitors in the global multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) market.T...

Naver to enter healthcare business in Korea with investment in ezCaretech

Naver to enter healthcare business in Korea with investment in ezCaretech

South Korea’s online platform giant Naver Corp. is set to enter the big data-based healthcare industry by investing in ezCaretech Co., a domes...

Japan’s Aeon plans to sell off struggling Ministop Korea

Japan’s Aeon plans to sell off struggling Ministop Korea

South Korea’s fifth-largest convenience store chain Ministop Korea Co. is up for sale by its owner, the Aeon Group of Japan. Ministop Korea is...

Naver Financial, SoftBank invest $25 mn in blockchain startup TBCASoft

Naver Financial, SoftBank invest $25 mn in blockchain startup TBCASoft

South Korea-based Naver Financial, the fintech arm of online giant Naver Corp., has invested $20 million in a Series B funding round for the US-base...

MBK seeks to exit Japan's top golf course operator

MBK seeks to exit Japan's top golf course operator

MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity firm, is seeking to exit Japan's largest golf course operator Accordia Next Golf to capitalize on ...

LG Chem to form separator JV with Japan’s Toray

LG Chem to form separator JV with Japan’s Toray

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top chemical maker, and Japan’s Toray Industries Inc. will set up a joint venture (JV) for separators, cor...

NH Financial to buy $20 mn stake in Japan's solar farm

NH Financial to buy $20 mn stake in Japan's solar farm

South Korea's NongHyup Financial Group, or NH Financial Group, has acquired a stake in a solar power plant in Japan from Korea Electric Power Corp. ...

Morai's virtual testing solution reduces testing period for self-driving cars

Morai's virtual testing solution reduces testing period for self-driving cars

A self-driving car needs to pass all sorts of tests before setting off for the open road. It needs to experience different types of roads, terrain f...

Coupang changes leadership roles to expand global business

Coupang changes leadership roles to expand global business

Coupang Corp. has executed changes in leadership roles to focus more on overseas ventures. The company has entered Japan and Singapore this year. So...

Samsung loses ground in foundry market as TSMC ties in with Japanese firms

Samsung loses ground in foundry market as TSMC ties in with Japanese firms

Samsung Electronics Co., which is losing share of the global foundry market, has come under increased pressure from its bigger rival Taiwan Semicond...

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