PE firm VIG Partners takes over Korean low-cost carrier Eastar

PE firm VIG Partners takes over Korean low-cost carrier Eastar

South Korean private equity firm VIG Partners has acquired a 100% stake in low-cost carrier (LCC) Eastar Jet Co., the asset manager said on Jan. 6. ...

Korean law firm creates startup investment association

Korean law firm creates startup investment association

The Law Office of Choi & Lee, a small-sized law firm, became Korea's first law firm to invest in startups. In one of the most difficult times wh...

Com2verse attracts investment of $9.4 million from strategic partners

Com2verse attracts investment of $9.4 million from strategic partners

Com2verse, Com2uS Corp.'s metaverse subsidiary said on Tuesday that it has secured a strategic investment of 4 billion won ($3.1 million) each from ...

Korean banks must increase total shareholder returns: Align Partners

Korean banks must increase total shareholder returns: Align Partners

South Korean private equity firm Align Partners Capital Management Inc. is set to lead shareholder activism against the country’s top financia...

SK Earthon teams up with British company Azuli in CO2 capture

SK Earthon teams up with British company Azuli in CO2 capture

SK Earthon has joined hands with Azuli, a British company that specializes in carbon capture and storage (CCS), to search for business opportunities...

Nursing caregiver matching startup Bosalpim succeeds in pre-series A funding

Nursing caregiver matching startup Bosalpim succeeds in pre-series A funding

South Korea's senior citizen care service startup Bosalpim said on Wednesday that it has raised an undisclosed amount of pre-series A funding from K...

Hanwha revs up to acquire STX Heavy Industries, following DSME purchase

Hanwha revs up to acquire STX Heavy Industries, following DSME purchase

Hanwha Corp. is revving up to acquire STX Heavy Industries, which provides parts and technical support for marine engines, shipbuilding equipment, a...

LG to develop smart home devices responsive to users’ sleep data

LG to develop smart home devices responsive to users’ sleep data

An air conditioner or a TV set equipped with a timer that automatically turns power on and off based on the user's preference has been around for ye...

Vietnam emerges as South Korea's No. 3 trading partner

Vietnam emerges as South Korea's No. 3 trading partner

Vietnam will finish this year as South Korea's No. 3 trading partner and the country with which the latter has the largest trade surplus, a study ha...

Naver D2SF makes investment in US sleep tech company PranaQ

Naver D2SF makes investment in US sleep tech company PranaQ

Naver Corp.'s startup nurturing organization D2SF has newly invested in PranaQ, a US sleep tech startup. This is the 100th investment since the comp...

KSOE joins race to buy marine engine maker STX Heavy Industries

KSOE joins race to buy marine engine maker STX Heavy Industries

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) has joined the race to acquire South Korean marine engine and equipment maker STX Heavy Ind...

S. Korea's GI Cell, Japanese partner to study cell therapy for blood cancer

S. Korea's GI Cell, Japanese partner to study cell therapy for blood cancer

South Korea's GI Cell, the cell therapy affiliate of GI Innovation, on Tuesday said it signed an agreement with Optieum Biotechnologies of Japan on ...

S.Korean biotech firm Noul signs MOU with disease center of Ghana

S.Korean biotech firm Noul signs MOU with disease center of Ghana

South Korea's Medical diagnostics company Noul Co., Ltd. said on Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ghana Infectious D...

Hyundai Transys holds consultations for partners to help them move overseas

Hyundai Transys holds consultations for partners to help them move overseas

South Korea's auto powertrain maker Hyundai Transys said on Monday that a total of 23 suppliers received its video consultation assistance for eight...

BGF EcoMaterials to partner with Hwaseung Material for composite materials

BGF EcoMaterials to partner with Hwaseung Material for composite materials

BGF EcoMaterials, a materials unit of the BGF Group, said on Friday that it has signed an agreement with Hwaseung Material, a fine chemical company,...

Home&Shopping partners with K-Market to explore opportunities in Vietnam

Home&Shopping partners with K-Market to explore opportunities in Vietnam

Home & Shopping, South Korea's home shopping channel specializing in products of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),  announced on Th...

Korean hospitality startup Jienem enters Vietnam with local partners

Korean hospitality startup Jienem enters Vietnam with local partners

Guesthouse accommodation service provider Jienem is revving up to enter the Vietnamese market.The South Korean startup announced Wednesday that it s...

Twelve Labs secures $12 mn for AI-powered video analysis platform

Twelve Labs secures $12 mn for AI-powered video analysis platform

Twelve Labs Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence-powered video search platform developer, closed its seed extension round with an additional...

Korean Air signs agreement with L3Harris for airborne control system

Korean Air signs agreement with L3Harris for airborne control system

Korean Air Lines Co. is collaborating with L3Harris International, an American aerospace contractor, to introduce the airborne control system for th...

Samsung, Naver agree to partner in developing next-gen AI semiconductor solutions

Samsung, Naver agree to partner in developing next-gen AI semiconductor solutions

Samsung Electronics Co. and Naver Corp. have agreed to cooperate in developing next-generation AI semiconductor solutions optimized for artificial i...

CJ partners with Emmyon to develop ingredients preventing muscle atrophy

CJ partners with Emmyon to develop ingredients preventing muscle atrophy

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a license contract with Emmyon, an American biotechnology start...

Kakao Pay seeks to acquire Loca Mobility up for sale by MBK Partners

Kakao Pay seeks to acquire Loca Mobility up for sale by MBK Partners

Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment and digital wallet service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., is seeking to acquire Loca Mobility Corp...

LG U+ and Korea Fanuc to devise smart factory solutions for SMEs

LG U+ and Korea Fanuc to devise smart factory solutions for SMEs

Korean telecom giant LG Uplus Corp. on Tuesday said it will develop a smart factory solution for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) jointly with th...

Market volatility creates opportunities for secondary buyers: Stafford

Market volatility creates opportunities for secondary buyers: Stafford

Equity and bond portfolios' shrinking assets are major challenges currently faced by global investors in terms of asset allocation. But the situatio...

Hanwha, DL Chemical to split up two-decade-old YNCC joint venture

Hanwha, DL Chemical to split up two-decade-old YNCC joint venture

Yeochun NCC Co., a leading South Korean petrochemical producer, will split up after its two owners – Hanwha Group and DL Group – have ag...

SK On, EcoPro, China’s GEM to build battery materials plant in Indonesia

SK On, EcoPro, China’s GEM to build battery materials plant in Indonesia

SK On Co., a South Korean electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, has joined forces with two energy materials companies to build a nickel intermediate ...

Carlyle promotes two Koreans to partner, MD

Carlyle promotes two Koreans to partner, MD

The Carlyle Group Inc. announced on Tuesday 32 new partners and 39 new managing directors, effective Jan. 1 of 2023, including two Koreans, Sean (So...

Kumho Petrochemical to recycle plastic waste with French partner

Kumho Petrochemical to recycle plastic waste with French partner

Kumho Petrochemical on Tuesday said it has concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with French engineering service provider Technip Energies...

Medical data platform operator JNPMEDI raises $10 mn in Series A funding

Medical data platform operator JNPMEDI raises $10 mn in Series A funding

Medical data platform operator JNPMEDI Inc. announced on Tuesday that it raised 14 billion won ($10.3 million) in a Series A round. Pavilion Ca...

FTX implosion disrupts interest issuance by GOPAX product

FTX implosion disrupts interest issuance by GOPAX product

The implosion of the Bahamas-based crypto exchange FTX is causing ripple effects around the world, and South Korea is no exception.Seoul-based cry...

S.Korean game developer Krafton acquires Japan’s ADK for $517 million S.Korea's stablecoin frenzy fuels stock rally despite regulatory uncertainty SK Hynix joins Samsung in 200 trillion won market cap club Samsung on hiring spree to bolster US foundry sales LS Electric poised to join Nvidia's supply chain via Vertiv deal