Affinity Equity set to close $1.1 bn purchase of Lotte Rental
Affinity Equity Partners said on Friday that it will sign a definitive agreement on March 11 with Lotte Group to acquire a 56.2% stake in South Kore...
Chong Kun Dang to build new plant for foray into biologics market
Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp. is discussing building a research center and a plant in Siheung, about 30 kilometers southwest of Seoul, with th...
CHA Biotech seeks to resume healthcare unit IPO after affiliates’ merger
CHA Biotech Co., South Korea’s leading stem cell therapeutics developer, plans to resume an initial public offering of CHA Healthcare Co., a m...
Meritz leaps to No. 2 financial holding firm in South Korea
Meritz Financial Group Inc., once a medium-sized financial service firm in South Korea, has become the second-most valuable publicly traded financia...
KIC explores Europe middle-market private equity opportunities
The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) on Monday explored investment opportunities in Europe’s middle-market private equity sector with other ...
Korean court rules in favor of Samsung Bioepis over Regeneron’s Eylea
A South Korean court on Friday ruled in favor of Samsung Bioepis Co. in a patent dispute against Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., a US pharmaceutical...
S.Korea’s corporate bond market cools amid poor earnings
Investors’ appetite for corporate debts sold by South Korea’s petrochemical, retail and battery companies has waned this month amid grim...
Meritz cheers record profit in 2024, boasts top 3 market cap
Meritz Financial Group Inc. has reported its best-ever net profit for last year thanks to handsome gains from investments by its insurance and secur...
LG Innotek ventures into automotive AP module market
LG Innotek Co., a major South Korean electronics parts developer, has forayed into the automotive application processor (AP) module market, poised f...
S.Korea’s default risk dips below pre-martial law levels
South Korea’s financial market has stabilized with a sharp fall in the country’s default risk and some recovery of its currency value ag...
LG companies flock to debt, equity markets to raise $2.8 billion
Companies under South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group scrambled to sell shares and bonds to raise 4 trillion won ($2.8 billion) e...
Foreigners return to Korean debt market; Korea on course to join WGBI
Foreigners scooped up South Korean government bonds in January despite the country’s ongoing political upheavals, betting big on the country&r...
HD Hyundai, Hanwha to tap into $242 billion US Navy warship market
South Korea’s two warship builders – HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Hanwha Ocean Co., – are set to ride tailwinds in their bi...
South Korean IPO market headed into winter after pitiful LG CNS debut
Companies in South Korea are expected to refrain from seeking initial public offerings for a while after the country’s much-anticipated new bl...
Middle East: New land of opportunity for Korean medical devices
South Korea is making inroads into the Middle East's medical device market dominated by the US and Europe, aiming to leverage the region’s str...
HD Hyundai in talks to buy back Korean ship parts maker
HD Hyundai Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, is in talks with a private equity firm to buy back a South Korean ship parts manufactu...
LX Pantos enters US intermodal logistics market with Japan’s ONE
LX Pantos Co., South Korea’s largest logistics company under LX International Corp., has advanced into the US intermodal logistics market join...
Hyundai, Kia enjoy record January US sales on eco-friendly cars
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. saw their US sales in January rise to record highs thanks to the gro...
Korean exports snap 15 months of gains in Jan despite higher chip sales
South Korea’s exports dropped in January on-year for the first time in 16 months due to more holiday days in the month, although overseas sale...
Korean B2B fintech firm Dozn plans Kosdaq IPO for $202.5 mn market cap
South Korea’s business-to-business fintech service provider Dozn is planning an initial public offering on the Kosdaq in February for an estim...
CPPIB to enter South Korean rental housing market
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), one of the world’s top 10 global pension fund managers, is joining other foreign asset manag...
Samsung to focus on HBM, other high-end chips after weak Q4 earnings
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, on Friday vowed to cut its production of legacy chips and increase sales of pre...
Amorepacific's Aestura to enter US market with Sephora
South Korean beauty and cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. said on Wednesday that its derma cosmetic brand Aestura will enter the American market wi...
SK Hynix sharply narrows gap with Samsung’s market cap
SK Hynix Inc. has significantly raised its value by bolstering its presence in the artificial intelligence memory market, threatening Samsung Electr...
South Korea to tighten delisting rules to remove ailing firms
South Korea will sharply raise the threshold for listed companies to remain trading on the domestic stock market to facilitate the delisting of fina...
Allsale, K-beauty's leading ambassador to the US
Allsale Corporation, a South Korean startup operating an influencer marketing platform, is in talks with investors to further support Korean cosmeti...
Blackstone zooms in on hotels, warehouses in Korea
The global real estate market is poised for a recovery, led by industrial warehouses, residential facilities and data centers benefiting from declin...
Coupang, Naver in dead heat for South Korea’s e-commerce market lead
Coupang Inc. and Naver Corp., South Korea's top two e-commerce players, are expected to further narrow the gap in their race for the market lead thi...
Samsung Heavy wins $264 mn order for LNGC
South Korea’s shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries said on Monday it won 379.6 billion won ($264 million) for one unit of liquefied natural ...
Hanwha Aerospace nears $276 million K9 howitzer deal with Vietnam
South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. is close to signing a 400 billion won ($276 million) deal to export as many as 30 units of the K9 Thunder s...
