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...

Hyundai, Kia US sales up 32% in Nov; eco-friendly cars jump

Hyundai, Kia US sales up 32% in Nov; eco-friendly cars jump

South Kora’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group enjoyed strong demand in the US last month as the improving automotive chip supply situation bo...

CJ CheilJedang sells 3 million units of vegan food just 10 months after launch

CJ CheilJedang  sells 3 million units of vegan food just 10 months after launch

The plant-based food brand PlantTable of Korean food and biotech giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. has seen three million units in cumulative sales since i...

Seoul reclaims spot as Japanese tourists' top destination after 11 yrs: HIS

Seoul reclaims spot as Japanese tourists' top destination after 11 yrs: HIS

Seoul has become the top destination for Japanese tourists for the first time since 2011, according to Japan’s leading travel agency HIS Gro...

Kia sells 15 million units in Korea over past 60 years

Kia sells 15 million units in Korea over past 60 years

Kia Corp. has sold its 15 million units on the domestic market since releasing its first vehicle six decades ago in 1962.The company on Monday said ...

LG HelloVision, S-1 to jointly enter home security market

LG HelloVision, S-1 to jointly enter home security market

South Korea's cable TV provider LG HelloVision and security company S-1 Corp.  announced they will jointly develop a home-based platform using ...

Korea's KDB to sell off its life insurer for fifth time

Korea's KDB to sell off its life insurer for fifth time

South Korea’s state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) is poised to accelerate the selling off of its affiliate KDB Life Insurance Co. next week...

CJ CheilJedang serves up K-food for Qatar World Cup fans

CJ CheilJedang serves up K-food for Qatar World Cup fans

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Tuesday it is operating a Korean food section within the Qatar World Cup’s fan zone, mana...

Daol Investment seeks to sell Thai subsidiary, eyes $75 mn in proceeds

Daol Investment seeks to sell Thai subsidiary, eyes $75 mn in proceeds

South Korea’s Daol Investment & Securities Co. plans to sell a controlling stake in its Thai subsidiary, Daol Thailand PCL, as part of its...

KOGAS to sell $745 mn in hybrid securities despite jittery

KOGAS to sell $745 mn in hybrid securities despite jittery

The state-run Korea Gas Corp. is set to raise some 1 trillion won ($745 million) by issuing hybrid securities to lower its debt ratio although the d...

BTS Jin's solo debut album sells over 1 mn copies in 16 days

BTS Jin's solo debut album sells over 1 mn copies in 16 days

"The Astronaut," the first solo album of K-pop megaband BTS member Jin, has sold over 1 million copies in the 16 days since its launch.Released on O...

Hyundai, China’s CICC in initial deal for commercial vehicle business

Hyundai, China’s CICC in initial deal for commercial vehicle business

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. said on Tuesday it has partnered with China International Capital Corp. (CICC), China’s largest investme...

TPG to sell off Korean luxury tile firm Nox's parent for $421 mn

TPG to sell off Korean luxury tile firm Nox's parent for $421 mn

US alternative investment manager TPG Inc. is poised to sell a 65% stake in South Korea’s Moleem Corp., the parent of global leading luxury vi...

Korea's Meritz Group likely to sell off its asset management arm

Korea's Meritz Group likely to sell off its asset management arm

South Korea’s Meritz Financial Group Inc. is poised to sell off its subsidiary Meritz Asset Management Co., The Korea Economic Daily understoo...

NPS considers new investment in global real estate

NPS considers new investment in global real estate

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is open to new investments in overseas real estate, the pension fund’s American real estate...

NPS emerges as savior of Korea’s ailing won currency

NPS emerges as savior of Korea’s ailing won currency

The South Korean state-run National Pension Service (NPS) has been spotted selling dollars for won, supporting the ailing local unit, as the world&r...

Hyundai’s NEXO crossover tops world’s hydrogen vehicle market

Hyundai’s NEXO crossover tops world’s hydrogen vehicle market

Hyundai Motor Co.'s NEXO crossover has become the world’s best-selling hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) in the first eight months of...

Hahn & Co. to sell off Korea's major biofuel maker SK Eco Prime

Hahn & Co. to sell off Korea's major biofuel maker SK Eco Prime

South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Company is set to put a 100% stake in biofuel manufacturer SK Eco Prime on sale, with Goldman Sachs as a...

SoftBank’s Son expected to meet Samsung's Lee for Arm M&A discussion

SoftBank’s Son expected to meet Samsung's Lee for Arm M&A discussion

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...

Tiger Alternative, Ocean West sell 7 warehouses in US for $1 bn

Tiger Alternative, Ocean West sell 7 warehouses in US for $1 bn

A consortium led by South Korea’s Tiger Alternative Investors Co. and Los Angeles-based real estate firm Ocean West Capital Partners sold seve...

Short selling piles up on Kospi’s top three stocks

Short selling piles up on Kospi’s top three stocks

South Korea’s three largest companies by market cap -- Samsung Electronics Co, LG Energy Solution Co. and SK Hynix Inc. -- were heavily short ...

Korea's SK Siltron to invest $597 mn in silicon wafer production

Korea's SK Siltron to invest $597 mn in silicon wafer production

South Korea’s SK Siltron Co. will invest 855 billion won ($597.4 million) to expand its 300-millimeter (12-inch) silicon wafer manufacturing f...

Kospi hits two-year low; regulators mull short-selling ban

Kospi hits two-year low; regulators mull short-selling ban

South Korea's stock market tumbled to its lowest level in more than two years on Wednesday, as fears of a slowing global economy and rising inflatio...

Diageo revokes agreement for sale of Windsor to South Korean consortium

Diageo revokes agreement for sale of Windsor to South Korean consortium

London-based global alcoholic beverage company Diageo plc announced Tuesday it plans to revoke the domestic management rights of the Windsor whisky ...

Korea's Kospi plunges to year's record low close on foreign selling

Korea's Kospi plunges to year's record low close on foreign selling

South Korea’s main bourse Kospi dropped 1.81% to finish at 2,290.00 on Sept. 23, hitting a new low closing for the year amid growing woes over...

Lotte Card seeks to sell transportation card subsidiary

Lotte Card seeks to sell transportation card subsidiary

South Korea’s credit card company Lotte Card Co. is slated to sell its subsidiary Loca Mobility Corp., the second-largest public transportatio...

Korea FX authorities, NPS agree on currency swap; won flat

Korea FX authorities, NPS agree on currency swap; won flat

South Korea’s foreign exchange authorities and the state-run National Pension Service (NPS) agreed to open a currency swap line for the first ...

KAI signs $3 bn fighter jet export contract with Poland

KAI signs $3 bn fighter jet export contract with Poland

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s military aircraft manufacturer, has inked a formal deal worth $3 billion to export light ...

IMM seeks to sell off low-cost cosmetics brand Missha

IMM seeks to sell off low-cost cosmetics brand Missha

IMM Private Equity is trying to sell off the management rights of Able C&C, the parent of Korea’s first-generation low-priced cosmetics br...

Hanjin KAL loses one-third of value as management issues fade

Hanjin KAL loses one-third of value as management issues fade

Shares in South Korea’s Hanjin KAL Co. have wiped out one-third of its value in the past two weeks after one of its major shareholders, once a...

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