Kakao buys startup Grip, fueling e-commerce push
South Korea's Kakao Corp. has acquired a live streaming e-commerce app Grip Co. to beef up its online shopping business, considered the weakest spot...
Hyundai Motor Korea unit to manage Asia-Pacific markets
Hyundai Motor Co. is gearing up to manage the Asia-Pacific markets, excluding China and India, from its home office. South Korea's top carmaker aims...
Korea’s November exports top $60 bn for first time to fresh high
South Korea’s exports in November exceeded $60 billion for the first time in terms of monthly shipments to an all-time high, although caution ...
Korea Post selects Ardian, Hamilton Lane for $100 mn co-investment
Korea Post’s savings arm has selected French private equity firm Ardian SA and US alternative investment manager Hamilton Lane Advisors LLC ...
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...
SK’s holding firm completes merger with materials arm
SK Inc., the investment and holding company of South Korea’s conglomerate SK Group, completed the merger with SK Materials Co. with aim to exp...
MBK in talks to buy S.Korea's top shoe fabric maker
MBK Partners is in exclusive talks to buy Dongjin Textile Co., a South Korean family-owned business that supplies footwear textiles to companies inc...
Korea's first game NFT exchange to open next month
Come next month, Korea will see its first online game-based non-fungible token exchange. Seoul-based video game developer WeMade Co., Ltd will ...
S.Korea to build solar power plants in Chile for $130 mn
South Korea is planning to build solar photovoltaic power plants in Chile, investing $130 million, in a move to help local companies expand their re...
SK Square to invest $75 mn in Korea crypto exchange
South Korea’s SK Square, an investment firm spun off from SK Telecom Co., will buy a stake in a local cryptocurrency exchange to expand its po...
Korea Post to select GPs for €200 mn real estate fund
Korea Post, South Korea's state-run postal service agency, said its savings arm will select two asset managers of an open-end commingled blind poo...
Koo Ja-eun takes helm of Korea’s cable, machinery conglomerate LS Group
Koo Ja-eun, chairman of South Korea’s LS Mtron Co., a machinery and components maker, will lead the country’s 14th-largest conglomerate ...
Korea homegrown app begins process for H1 2022 listing
One store Co., the South Korean homegrown app store developed by the country’s top online platform Naver Corp. and three telecom carriers, is ...
Korean oil refiners keen to change company names
Hyundai Oilbank Co. and S-Oil Corp. are discussing changing their names to join other South Korean oil refiners, which recently underwent corporate ...
SK On seeks $2.5 bn in new funding for battery plants
SK On Co., one of South Korea's top three rechargeable battery makers, plans to raise around 3 trillion won ($2.5 billion) in a pre-IPO share sale n...
Bank of Korea raises interest rates, signals further hikes
South Korea’s central bank increased its policy interest rate for the second time in three months and signaled further hikes to stem rising in...
Costa Rican president: His family K-drama fans, seeks joint production
Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Quesada has praised South Korean movies such as the Oscar-winning Parasite and drama series such as Squid Game...
Korea Zinc to double battery material output capacity
Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s top lead and zinc smelter, plans to double its production capacity of nickel sulfate, a key raw material for cath...
Korea’s Midas Asset buys logistics center in Italy for €200 mn
South Korea’s Midas Asset Management Co. has bought a logistics center leased to Amazon, the world’s top online shopping mall, in Italy ...
Korea’s Toss operator invests $5 mn in US startup fintech platform Republic
Viva Republica Inc., a leading South Korean fintech unicorn and operator of mobile financial super app Toss, is investing $5 million in Republic, a ...
HealthQuest picks Korea’s Lunit for first investment in Asia
HealthQuest Capital, a major US healthcare-focused venture growth fund, made its first investment in Asia along with other venture capitalists by pu...
Sustainable packaging firm SUPASO wins grant, office space via D.DAY event
D.CAMP, Korea’s non-profit foundation focused on helping young entrepreneurs, has joined forces with SK ecoplant Co., Ltd. to find promising...
Dunamu evolves from outlier to qualified investor in Woori
"It caused quite a commotion in our industry." This was the common response by cryptocurrency exchange insiders to the news that Dunamu Inc., an ope...
Korea's SK, LX, Daesang to invest $151 mn in eco-friendly plastics
South Korea’s conglomerates SK, LX and Daesang have joined hands on the eco-friendly plastics business, utilizing their respective strengths i...
US sees security risks from SK Hynix capex plan in China
The United States expected SK Hynix Inc.’s capital expenditures plan in China to pose a threat to national security, Washington’s top tr...
Samsung, Korea Post create $336 mn overseas alternative investment fund
South Korea's largest insurance company Samsung Life Insurance Co. and state-run postal savings and insurance agency Korea Post’s insurance ...
Music copyright trading platform Musicow revitalizes Korea’s startup scene
“Music becomes Cashcow” is the slogan for Korea’s hottest startup of the year, Musicow, Inc., and cash cow it has been. Indus...
Korea Inc. braces for rising costs, supply chain risks, volatile FX
Hopes for improving corporate earnings are rising as countries around the world are relaxing their anti-COVID-19 measures, but South Korean companie...
Lotte Chemical seeks to acquire Japanese specialty chemical firms
Lotte Chemical Corp. is seeking to acquire major stakes in a few specialty chemical companies in Japan as the South Korean company aims to expand it...
S.Korea leaves Asian crisis behind with Woori privatization
Two decades after the onset of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, the state-run Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) is finally set to privat...
