North Asia-focused MBK

NongHyup Bank, a major arm of South Korea's National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, got the nod from India last week to open its first branch ...

VA Corp. (VAC), a South Korean visual effects production startup, is building Asia’s largest virtual studio complex equipped with super-large ...

South Korea’s POSCO Group will invest 53 trillion won ($42 billion) by 2026 primarily in its steel, rechargeable battery materials and hydroge...

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate, is set to pour $34 billion into the battery, automotive electronics and other future grow...

TOKYO — North Korea fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile early Wednesday that flew only briefly before landing in the sea east o...

Major institutional investors in South Korea have a largely positive outlook on infrastructure amid the macroeconomic risks, such as inflation and...

South Korea’s top online fashion platform Musinsa withdrew a plan to acquire a local rival that focuses on Japanese shoppers.The move indicate...

KKR & Co. on Wednesday announced the final close of its first Asia credit fund at $1.1 billion, the largest such fund focused on Asia.The privat...

Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire maker, said on Wednesday it has opened Asia’s largest proving ground to test t...

Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) of South Korea will keep its conservative stance in both private equity and private debt investment, whi...

South Korea’s major farm machinery maker is set to invest $20 million in manufacturing facilities in the US state of Georgia, to expand its bu...

Kim Hyun-soo, a former real estate investment head of South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), has been named Asia head of Allianz Real Estate,...

ULSAN, South Korea -- S-Oil Corp., Saudi Aramco’s refining unit in South Korea, has shut some of its production facilities in a move that will...

South Korea’s top waste management company SK Ecoplant Co. is set to expand its business in Southeast Asia with an $80 million investment in M...

South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis Co. set up a logistics joint venture in Thailand to expand its business in Southeast Asia.The logistics unit of S...

The Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (KFCC), a South Korean community bank managing 70 trillion won ($55.1 billion) in assets, is ...

MBK Partners has added South Korea's top home decor company Modern House to the list of assets it plans to exit this year, as domestic retail giants...

NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s leading game developer, surprised investors with stronger-than-expected profit in the first quarter as Lineage W, ...

One Store Co., South Korea's homegrown app store, will venture into Taiwan and Southeast Asia within the year, aiming to crack Google and Apple's du...

Singapore-based private equity firm Affirma Capital has founded an affiliate for private credit management and tapped Kim Seong-mok, a former execut...

MBK Partners has put one of the large store buildings of South Korea's supermarket chain Homeplus up for sale as part of an ongoing effort to improv...

South Korea’s Shinsegae L&B Co. is set to resume its distilled spirit soju business as early as the end of May, aiming for exports to some...

LG Display Co., a major South Korean display panel maker, plans to drastically cut production of its liquid crystal display panels for TVs, as it fa...

Samsung Asset Management Co. is slated to list a blockchain exchange-traded fund on the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) in the first half of this year, th...

Kakao Entertainment Co. will launch a webtoon platform in Indonesia, the most populous country in Southeast Asia, to expand the business in the regi...

Kyungdong Navien Co. revealed on Sunday that overseas sales account for more than 60% of its total sales on the back of strong exports to the United...

Golfzon County Co. is gearing up for an initial public offering, which will offer MBK Partners a chance to exit from its investment in South Korea&r...

Cosmax Inc., a major South Korean original design manufacturer (ODM) for L'Oréal and other global cosmetics giants, is strengthening its ma...

LG Electronics Inc. is consolidating its lead over Whirlpool Corp. as the world’s top home appliances maker, with $1 billion more in sales rev...

Global pension funds are expanding their influence as key shareholders of major companies in South Korea. Some of the world’s largest pensio...