KakaoBank’s $2.3 bn IPO set to alter Korea’s banking landscape

KakaoBank Corp., the mobile banking unit of online messaging app giant Kakao Corp., is looking to raise as much as 2.55 trillion won ($2.26 billion)...

Taiwan’s Fubon Life raises stake in Korean unit via $405 mn rights offer

Fubon Life Insurance Co., a unit of Taiwan’s Fubon Financial Holding Co., has raised its stake in a Korean joint venture with Hyundai Motor Gr...

Fried chicken chain bids for Outback Steakhouse Korea

South Korea's No. 2 fried chicken brand BHC Group has submitted a binding offer for the domestic operations of Outback Steakhouse, an Australian-the...

Hanwha to buy $900 mn Hanwha General shares from Samsung

Two Hanwha Group units have decided to buy the remaining stake in their affiliate Hanwha General Chemical Co. for 1 trillion won ($880 million) from...

Carlyle, Bain Capital, Valeo, Mahle enter prelim bids for Hanon Systems

The preliminary bidding to acquire South Korea’s auto parts supplier Hanon Systems Corp. has drawn overseas-based bidders only, with the stron...

LX Group’s Pantos to enter e-commerce market with fulfillment service

Pantos Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s newly established LX Group, is entering the global e-commerce market by launching a worldwide ...

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore wins $1 bn order to build 10 vessels

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) has won a 1.1 trillion won ($1 billion) deal to build 10 vessels, bringing its total ship c...

SK Group mulls investing $100 mn in Vietnam's Pharmacity

SK Group is in the final stages of negotiations to invest $100 million in Vietnam's largest pharmacy chain, Pharmacity, as part of the South Korean ...

Kolon Industries to lead Kolon Group's remarkable comeback in 2021

Kolon Group is making a remarkable comeback this year to challenge its longtime rival Hyosung Group in future-growth segments including hydrogen. Ac...

Hyundai NEXO, Toyota Mirai to compete in fuel cell cars as Honda exits

Japan’s Honda Motor Co. has announced it is exiting the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle market, leaving Toyota Motor Corp. and South Korea’s ...

Naver's Line makes remote working the new norm; who will be next?

South Korea-based Line Plus Corp. is set to become the country's first large business group to allow employees to work from home permanently. T...

Tencent-backed Krafton's mega IPO seen as overvalued

South Korea-based game publisher Krafton Inc.'s highly-anticipated initial public offering is raising concerns that it may be overvalued. The compan...

SKT to spin off; 5-for-1 stock split in November

South Korea’s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. is moving forward with its spin-off plan announced in April. SK Telecom held a board meeti...

Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid outscores Toyota Highlander: Auto Bild ratings

Hyundai Motor Co.’s Santa Fe hybrid has earned higher ratings than Toyota Motor Corp.’s Highlander, one of its strongest rivals, in an e...

Vision Fund loss slashes Masayoshi Son’s 2020 salary by 52%

SoftBank Group founder and CEO Masayoshi Son’s salary more than halved last year, according to the group’s regulatory filing on May 28.T...

POSCO, Orsted form offshore wind and hydrogen partnership

South Korea’s steelmaker POSCO has taken another big step in accelerating the industry’s shift toward renewable energy. POSCO said on Ma...

Shinsegae Group unveils Josun Palace, its first super-luxury hotel

South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group is strengthening its luxury hotel business with the grand opening of Josun Palace in the Gangnam ne...

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore wins $308 million order to build 6 vessels

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) has won a 348 billion won ($308 million) deal to build six vessels, bringing its total sh...

Long-term Treasurys still viable option: The D. E. Shaw Group

US Treasury bonds with longer maturities remain effective hedging instruments against inflation in the current low rate environment, according to Th...

LG Group to invest $106 mn in advanced AI tech development

South Korea’s LG Group will spend about 120 billion won ($106 million) over the next three years to establish a massive high-performance compu...

Hanwha Group secures $4.4 bn from KDB to finance ESG business

South Korea’s Hanwha Group has clinched a 5 trillion won ($4.4 billion) commitment from the state-run Korea Development Bank over the next fiv...

Doosan Group pushes painful restructuring, bears fruit in Q1

Established in 1896 as a small fabric store in downtown Seoul, Doosan Corp. is the oldest surviving company in South Korea. Throughout the 20th cent...

Hong Ra-hee: Chief architect of Samsung Group’s art initiative

Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-chul was known to be one of the most avid collectors of Korean antiques. Among his vast collection of priceless cult...

Hyosung Group’s year-to-date valuation almost doubles

Hyosung Group, founded in 1966, is a textile and chemicals conglomerate that currently stands as the 26th-largest business group in South Korea. Unt...

SK Group’s holding firm aims to become Korea’s Berkshire Hathaway

Jang Dong-hyun, chief executive of SK Inc., formerly known as SK Holdings Co. made a rare public remark during a March shareholder meeting, saying t...

Hyundai Motor Group forms TaaS division to be led by 42dot CEO

Hyundai Motor Group has created a new Transportation-as-a-Service (TaaS) division that will oversee the mobility businesses of Hyundai Motor Co. and...

Hyundai Engineering seeks Q3 IPO; seen as precursor to group revamp

Hyundai Engineering Co., an unlisted construction affiliate of the Hyundai Motor Group, is seeking an initial public offering on the Korean bourse, ...

Iyuno-SDI Group raises $160 mn follow-on investment from SoftBank

Iyuno-SDI Group, a South Korean content localization firm, has received $160 million in funding from SoftBank Vision Fund 2, a follow-on investment ...

Naver invests $150 million in Indonesia’s No.1 media group Emtek

South Korea’s online platform giant Naver Corp. has invested $150 million in Elang Mahkota Teknologi (Emtek), Indonesia’s largest techno...

SK Group acquires 16.3% of Vietnam’s top retailer for $410 million

South Korea’s SK Group has acquired 16.3% of Vincommerce, Vietnam’s top retail business operator, for $410 million as part of a move to ...