Lotte India, Havmor to merge to raise $722.4 mn in sales

Lotte India, Havmor to merge to raise $722.4 mn in sales

South Korean confectionery giant Lotte Wellfood Co. will merge its Indian subsidiaries — Lotte India Co. and Havmor Ice Cream Pvt — to b...

NH to buy Donuimun D Tower for $650 mn

NH to buy Donuimun D Tower for $650 mn

South Korea’s NongHyup Financial Group Inc. (NH Financial) is poised to acquire landmark office building Donuimun D Tower for about 900 billio...

Dreamtech builds electronics, medical device factory in India

Dreamtech builds electronics, medical device factory in India

South Korean electronics components maker Dreamtech said on Monday that it built a new factory in India's Greater Noida.The company invested 85.1 bi...

Hanwha REIT to buy Hanwha Group office building for $584 mn

Hanwha REIT to buy Hanwha Group office building for $584 mn

Hanwha REIT Co., a real estate investment arm of South Korea’s No. 7 conglomerate Hanwha Group, said on Monday that it is poised to acquire th...

Sovereign wealth fund KIC shortlists three CEO candidates

Sovereign wealth fund KIC shortlists three CEO candidates

South Korean sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has shortlisted three candidates as the next chief executive officer, who will...

Seoul prime office deals at 10-year low on rate uncertainty

Seoul prime office deals at 10-year low on rate uncertainty

Prime office transactions in Seoul hit a 10-year low in the second quarter due to delayed fundraising amid uncertainties of the central bank’s...

Goldman Sachs taps ex-Morgan Stanley MD as Korea co-head

Goldman Sachs taps ex-Morgan Stanley MD as Korea co-head

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said on Monday that it has appointed Ahn Jae-hoon, former managing director at Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as country co-h...

Samsung likely to buy The Asset office tower for more than $724 mn

Samsung likely to buy The Asset office tower for more than $724 mn

Samsung Group is poised to acquire the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. headquarters building in Seoul for more than 1 trillion won ($724.4 m...

Hana Bank, SK Telecom to support AI startups

Hana Bank, SK Telecom to support AI startups

South Korea's Hana Bank and SK Telecom Co. held the final selection and inauguration ceremony for the second AI Startup Accelerator BootCamp at Spar...

Samsung Galaxy Z foldable's pre-sales soars 40% rise in India

Samsung Galaxy Z foldable's pre-sales soars 40% rise in India

Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest foldable phones showed strong sales potential in India, the world's most populous country, with pre-sales for the G...

Samsung Chairman Lee visits India for Ambani wedding

Samsung Chairman Lee visits India for Ambani wedding

Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee on Thursday visited India for the wedding of Anant Ambani — the youngest son of Asia’s riche...

Mirae Asset's India Billion Consumer ETF surpasses $150 mn in net assets

Mirae Asset's India Billion Consumer ETF surpasses $150 mn in net assets

South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments said on Thursday that the net assets of its TIGER India Billion Consumer ETF surpassed 200 billion wo...

Korea’s POBA to invest $109 mn in Koramco’s office REIT

Korea’s POBA to invest $109 mn in Koramco’s office REIT

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is set to commit 150 billion won ($108.5 million) in preferred stocks for offices in...

Humax, HeyCharge collaborate on EV charger

Humax, HeyCharge collaborate on EV charger

South Korea's mobility solutions company Humax Co. announced on Monday that it partnered with the Germany-based electric vehicle (EV) charging techn...

Hyundai Motor car sales hit record in India for 1st half

Hyundai Motor car sales hit record in India for 1st half

Hyundai Motor Co. delivered its record-high number of cars in India during the first six months of this year but lost share in the fiercely competit...

NPS-backed new prime office building in Seoul struggles with poor demand

NPS-backed new prime office building in Seoul struggles with poor demand

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is seeing little demand for a Seoul-based new prim...

DN Solutions to build plant, R&D center in India

DN Solutions to build plant, R&D center in India

DN Solutions, the world's third-largest and South Korea's top machine tool manufacturer, said on Tuesday that it will establish a new plant and rese...

LG Display introduces proprietary GenAI in office

LG Display introduces proprietary GenAI in office

LG Display Co., the world’s leading manufacturer of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, announced on Monday that it developed and intr...

Hyundai files for 1st overseas unit IPO in India: reports

Hyundai files for 1st overseas unit IPO in India: reports

Hyundai Motor Co.'s Indian unit filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Board of India on Saturday to raise up to $3 b...

NongHyup likely to join $654 mn bid for Seoul D Tower office building

NongHyup likely to join $654 mn bid for Seoul D Tower office building

South Korea’s NongHyup Financial Group Inc. (NH Financial) is likely to join the race for the purchase of Donuimun D Tower, a landmark office ...

Doosan Bobcat ramps up Chennai plant in India

Doosan Bobcat ramps up Chennai plant in India

Doosan Bobcat Inc., the construction and agricultural machine manufacturer of South Korea’s Doosan Group, announced on Wednesday that it compl...

IGIS fund defaults on loan linked to German office

IGIS fund defaults on loan linked to German office

A 370-billion-won ($270 million) real estate fund managed by IGIS Asset Management Co. faces a heavy loss from its investment in Trianon, a landmark...

WeWork closes major office in Seoul for restructuring

WeWork closes major office in Seoul for restructuring

Coworking space operator WeWork Inc. is slated to shut down a major office in Seoul, once one of the largest WeWork offices in Asia, in September ...

KOTRA opens K-Tech Camp in Paris

KOTRA opens K-Tech Camp in Paris

The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Thursday that it established the Paris K-Tech Camp in Paris, France on May 23.KOTRA...

Hyundai Motor India to file for IPO in June: reports

Hyundai Motor India to file for IPO in June: reports

Hyundai Motor Co. plans to file for an initial public offering of its wholly owned Indian subsidiary as early as June to raise up to $3 billion in w...

LG targets India’s edtech market with interactive whiteboards

LG targets India’s edtech market with interactive whiteboards

LG Electronics Inc. is acclerating its foray into India’s business-to-business (B2B) market, zooming in on the country’s rapidly-growing...

Korean construction machine makers set sights on India, Brazil, Mexico

Korean construction machine makers set sights on India, Brazil, Mexico

South Korea’s leading construction machine makers are actively advancing into emerging markets such as India, Brazil, Mexico and Saudi Arabia,...

KIC eyes direct lending with high return potential: CEO

KIC eyes direct lending with high return potential: CEO

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) seeks opportunities in direct lending for companies that are not cyclically sensitive and g...

NPS to spur buyout, VC in US tech sector: chairman

NPS to spur buyout, VC in US tech sector: chairman

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, will speed up its private equity (PE) investments ...

Doosan Robotics opens Europe office in Germany

Doosan Robotics opens Europe office in Germany

South Korea's Doosan Robotics Inc. announced on Monday that it opened the Doosan Robotics Europe office in Düsseldorf, Germany.The Doosan Robot...

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