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LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemical and battery maker, said on Tuesday it is investing 150 billion won ($134 million) in an incubator...

South Korea-based food tech company Sir.LOIN Inc. is seeking Series B funding in the range of 10 billion won as industry watchers project the startu...

Lee Do-yoon, a former chief investment officer of South Korea's Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA), has been named as CIO of the Yellow Umbrella M...

South-Korea based freelancer market platform Kmong Inc. has successfully attracted 31.2 billion won ($27.8 million) in its latest Series C funding, ...

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. and Mirae Asset Group have agreed to launch a 100 billion won ($90 million) joint venture-capital fund to he...

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is set to launch a 1 trillion won ($900 million) blind pool fund to invest in US logistics facilities, into which...

South Korea-based metaverse platform Anipen has raised 8.5 billion won ($7.6 million) from VC firms, including Partners Investment and Union Investm...

South Korea's government-owned Incheon International Airport Corp. has raised $300 million in its first global bond sale to ease financial difficult...

Franklin Templeton Investments' South Korean arm is in talks with a domestic asset management company to sell its retail operations, following Black...

South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO said on Monday it’s raising this year’s sales target by 17.5% after posting its highest q...

Korea Transportation Asset Management (KOTAM) has raised $185 million from five domestic institutional investors to commit to BlackRock's new renewa...

The aviation industry, one of the hardest-hit sectors by the global pandemic, is now whetting the appetite of South Korean private equity firms whic...

South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit $105 million to three global infrastructure funds this year, targeting a net i...

South Korea's Iljin Materials Co., which produces copper foils for rechargeable batteries and printed circuit boards (PCBs), has received 800 billio...

South Korea-based fintech firm Korea Credit Data (KCD) has raised around 40 billion won ($36 million) from Singapore-based private equity firm Pavil...

SK E&S Co. will hire a global investment bank to launch the process of raising 2 trillion-3 trillion won ($2 billion-$3 billion) in new capital ...

South Korea’s leading renewable energy company Hanwha Solutions Corp. plans to raise 1 billion Chinese yuan ($153 million) this month in green...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), other state-run savings funds and big companies are expected to pocket decent gains from their...

Kia Corp. has issued its first foreign currency ESG bonds worth $700 million to strengthen its investment in electric vehicles and other eco-friendl...

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

The Korean Teachers' Credit Union (KTCU) achieved its highest investment return in 11 years of 10% in 2020, led by substantial gains from domestic e...

BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, has sold its retail business in South Korea to a small domestic investment firm to concentr...

South Korean fintech startup Balance Hero has raised around $10 million in debt funding led by the India-based non-banking financial company (NBFC) ...

South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) intends to nearly double its average investment size to 100 billion won ($88 million) as ...

SK Inc., formerly known as SK Holdings Co., has vowed to raise its enterprise value to some 140 trillion won ($123 billion) by 2025 by focusing its ...

The combined balance of overseas real estate investment funds sold in South Korea saw a drop in their net asset value below the original value by 40...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) came under fire over its expected rule change aimed at raising the upper limit for domestic stock...

A growing number of South Koreans in their 20s are further increasing risk tolerance to stocks, crowding into over-the-counter (OTC) markets, in ant...

The Korea Venture Investment Corp. (KVIC), which manages funds of venture capital funding vehicles, will pick offshore VC funds to commit around 75 ...

South Korea’s SK Holdings Co. and China’s leading carmaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. have launched a $300 million joint fund...