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South Korean non-performing loan (NPL) managers are increasing fundraising through corporate debt issuance given an outbreak of bad loans amid highe...

South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group’s building unit, suffering amid difficulties in the local real estate project financing sector, is s...

Hanwha Galleria Corp., a South Korean department store operator, signed a memorandum of understanding early this month to buy a domestic non-alcohol...

Kolon Global Corp., the leading South Korean wind farm developer, signed the country’s first private wind power supply deal with local compani...

South Korean brokerage firms are scurrying to raise more than 1.7 trillion won ($1.24 billion) in private equity funds to bet on soured property loa...

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) announced on Thursday that it will provide $1 billion in project financing for the Amiral petrochemical f...

South Korean institutional investors favor private credit as interest rates are expected to remain higher for longer, said speakers at the chief inv...

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) seeks opportunities in direct lending for companies that are not cyclically sensitive and g...

Young rich Koreans have emerged as big players in South Korea’s asset management market, expanding into M&As and commercial real estate, a...

As the Federal Reserve signaled delays in rate cuts after meeting earlier this month, more investors have adopted for a wait-and-see attitude. Those...

South Korea's Alteogen Inc., Enchem Co., and HD Hyundai Electric Co. will be added to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Korea Index.MS...

South Korea's financing and finance leasing firm M Capital Co. is facing a growing risk of liquidity crunch as its attempts to refinance maturing de...

South Korea’s household lending growth hit a five-month high in April as mortgage loans increased amid signs of a recovery in the property mar...

MedInTech Inc., South Korea's medical smart endoscopes startup, announced on Monday that it attracted a series B investment of 20 billion won ($14.6...

South Korea’s Taeyoung Group, which is undergoing a debt workout of its construction unit, is considering selling a four-star hotel and releva...

CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s largest beauty store chain, will set up a subsidiary in Japan in the first half of this year to mark its f...

South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc. and banking conglomerate Shinhan Financial Group have invested a combined US$20 million in Australian g...

South Korea will launch the country’s first alternative stock exchange Nextrade Co. in the first half of next year to enable stock trading for...

South Korean asset manager DSC Investment has formed the country’s largest-ever fund for venture capital secondaries to explore opportunities ...

The United Arab Emirates is set to invest a maximum of $1 billion in South Korean startups via a joint venture, as a part of its mid- to long-term p...

K-pop sensation Blackpink’s label YG Entertainment Inc. is slated to sell 60% of its drama production subsidiary Studioplex later this year, t...

Samsung Life Science Fund, managed by Samsung Group’s venture investment arm, has invested in US biotechnology firm Latus Bio Inc. during the ...

The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund, is introducing a new simplified asset allocation guideline under whi...

Creditors to Taeyoung Engineering & Construction Co. (Taeyoung E&C) gave the go-ahead to a debt workout program for the cash-strapped South ...

South Korean financial services companies and construction firms are exposed to a combined 200 trillion won ($145 billion) worth of potential risks ...

South Korea’s largest bank Kookmin Bank said on Tuesday it has issued $600 million worth of global senior secured bonds. The debts were oversu...

South Korea's integrated IT solution consulting company Etech System attracted an investment of 180 billion won ($130 million) from private equity f...

Shinsegae Group could face a legal battle against two private equity firms that are demanding it buy back their combined 1 trillion won ($727 millio...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will select domestic general partners (GPs) to manage about 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) worth...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, lost 1.66 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in domestic stock ...