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Samsung Electronics Co. set up a task force team dedicated to increasing its shareholder value last month, according to industry sources on Oct. 4. ...

South Korea’s Align Partners Capital Management is intensifying its shareholder activism against K-pop music label giant SM Entertainment Co.,...

SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son, who also goes by the Korean name Son Jeong-ui, arrived in South Korea on Saturday. When asked about the purp...

Netflix original South Korean drama "Squid Game" has been selected as one of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time by US music and pop culture magaz...

Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee will meet with Japan’s SoftBank Group Chairman Masayoshi Son next month to discuss a deal reg...

South Korea’s first internet-only lender K Bank on Tuesday received preliminary approval from the Korea Exchange to go public on the country&r...

South Korea’s startup minister Lee Young vowed to support the country’s startup ecosystem on Sunday, during her tour to the United State...

SM Entertainment Co. announced Thursday it is considering terminating the production contract with Like Planning, wholly owned by its founder Lee So...

A South Korean court issued an arrest warrant to Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, a cryptocurrency ecosystem that imploded earlier this year. ...

SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate after Samsung, will funnel 67 trillion won ($48 billion), or about 40% of its 2022-2026 do...

As South Korea is serious about hosting the World Expo 2030, the country’s top business leaders will be given new roles: Leading the governmen...

Back in August 2000, a fraternity of domestic business magnates’ children and startup entrepreneurs named V-Society was founded. The frat...

Tikehau Capital, a Paris-headquartered global alternative asset management group, is working hard to expand growth and its operating capacity in Asi...

The South Korean government is facing a backlash from the startup and venture capital sectors after slashing next year’s fund of funds budget....

Iljin Materials Co.’s sale process has reached a deadlock as its Chief Executive Heo Jae-Myeong is holding to its price to sell a controlling ...

Gourmet food delivery platform Kurly and Golfzon County have won preliminary approval for their initial public offerings set for this year.The Korea...

SK On Co. has turned to domestic private equity firms to raise up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) after talks with four big global funds have dried...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) said on Wednesday it has promoted Lee Hoon, its former head of investment strategy and innovation division, to th...

Samsung Group, South Korea’s largest conglomerate, is expected to accelerate the restructuring of its corporate governance to help Vice Chairm...

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone and memory chipmaker, will soon join The Climate Group’s RE100 Initiative as the...

Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Group’s de facto leader, on Friday had his right to work restored, paving the way for big moves for South Korea’s ...

The late Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee was an avid arts collector.Though the business magnate did not mention names, it was easy to guess who h...

The sudden resignation of The Carlyle Group Inc. Chief Executive Kewsong Lee has not just surprised the global investment community but raised quest...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is set to appoint Lee Hoon, the senior managing director and head of the investment strategy & innovation d...

DigitalBridge Group Inc., a US digital infrastructure investment firm, announced on July 19 it has appointed South Korean Tae E. Ahn as managing d...

Geekble, operator of the YouTube science channel of the same name, has raised 5 billion won ($3.8 million) in bridge investment, the company said on...

A US private equity firm Bain Capital and South Korea’s major petrochemical manufacturer Lotte Chemical Corp. were among the shortlisted candi...

The Korea H2 Business Summit, a business council established by South Korea’s leading conglomerates to invest in the hydrogen industry, launch...

Unison Capital Inc., a middle-market focused private equity firm, put the world’s third-largest 3D dental scanner maker on the market. The dea...

The much-touted sale of a controlling stake in Iljin Materials Co., a leading South Korean battery materials maker, is flagging as big spenders are ...