Global private equity firms line up for laundry chain Cleantotopia, now up for grabs

Global private equity firms line up for laundry chain Cleantotopia, now up for grabs

JKL Partners, a South Korean private equity firm, is set to finalize a shortlist of bidders this month for Cleantopia, the country’s largest l...

Blackstone in talks to acquire Korea’s top salon chain Juno Hair in $590 mn deal

Blackstone in talks to acquire Korea’s top salon chain Juno Hair in $590 mn deal

US private equity firm Blackstone Inc. is pursuing the acquisition of Juno Hair, South Korea’s largest premium hair salon chain, in a deal tha...

HD Hyundai, Palantir chiefs discuss AI shipyard, defense technology

HD Hyundai, Palantir chiefs discuss AI shipyard, defense technology

Chung Kisun, executive vice chairman of the world’s largest shipbuilder HD Hyundai Co., has met with Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies I...

AI to drive Mirae Asset's next-phase growth: chairman

AI to drive Mirae Asset's next-phase growth: chairman

Mirae Asset Group is a pioneer in South Korea’s mutual fund industry. It launched the country’s first equity mutual fund in the wake of ...

LG Group’s AI academy to foster young talent bears fruit

LG Group’s AI academy to foster young talent bears fruit

On April 6, at LG Inwhawon, called LG Academy in English, in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, 99 college students and twenty-somethings were wrestling wit...

Two S.Koreans selected as members of CAE

Two S.Koreans selected as members of CAE

Kinam Kim, President of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK) and Sang Yup Lee, Vice President of NAEK were selected as foreign memb...

KT expands healthcare business in Vietnam

KT expands healthcare business in Vietnam

South Korea’s telecom service provider KT Corp. has recently organized a collaborative seminar on digital health alongside Hanoi Medical Unive...

LIG Nex1, S.Korea's Air Force Academy sign future defense tech deal

LIG Nex1, S.Korea's Air Force Academy sign future defense tech deal

LIG Nex1 Co. and Republic of (South) Korea Air Force Academy have agreed on close cooperation in joint research on defense technology and personnel ...

Korea Semiconductor Academy launched to nurture field workers

Korea Semiconductor Academy launched to nurture field workers

The Korea Semiconductor Academy was established Thursday with former SK Hynix CEO Seok-hee Lee at its helm.The launch ceremony was held at the Korea...

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