hostile takeovers

The bull run in shares of SM Entertainment Co. may deal a heavy blow to Kakao Corp. ’s 1.25-trillion-won ($950 million) takeover bid for the K...

South Korea’s SK Chemicals has created a production system for chemically recycled raw materials and PET for about 130 billion won ($100.1 mil...

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s dominant mobile platform, will launch a takeover bid for SM Entertainment Co., according to people with knowledge o...

HYBE Co., the music label behind K-pop sensation BTS, is poised to acquire a controlling stake in its South Korean rival SM Entertainment Co. with m...

South Korea is set to require a takeover bidder for a listed company to buy stakes held by small shareholders at the same price to be paid to a majo...

South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. has completed a 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) deal to wholly acquire the industrial film business ...

The UK's top watchdog for market competition on Monday accepted corrective measures submitted by Korean Air Lines Co. on its proposed takeover of As...

Singapore-based Keppel Infrastructure completed the acquisition of South Korea’s leading waste management company EMK Co. for 760 billion won ...

Zigbang, a South Korean proptech startup that provides real estate search and transaction services, has completed the acquisition of Samsung SDS Co....

Woori Card Co. is set to start the installment finance business in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy as the credit card unit of Sout...

LS Electric announced Wednesday it has acquired Nokia’s power facility asset analysis platform. The power solutions arm of South Korea&rs...

Kakao Entertainment Corp. has hit a snag in its talks to buy a controlling stake in SM Entertainment Co., according to those familiar with the neg...

Ssangyong Motor Co. has finally found a new owner. South Korea’s bankruptcy court approved Ssangyong Motor Co. and electric carmaker Edison Mo...

Netmarble Corp. is in discussion with blockchain gaming and NFT platform ITAM Games for a merger and acquisition deal. The move signals Korea's larg...

Kang Young-kwon, chairman and chief executive of South Korea’s Edison Motors Co., was virtually unheard of in the country’s automobile i...

POSCO International Co. is seeking to acquire Australian coal seam gas producer Senex Energy Ltd., as the trading unit of South Korean steelmaker PO...

Lotte Shopping Co., South Korea’s top department store operator, is set to acquire Hanssem Co. with IMM Private Equity.IMM PE selected Lotte S...

“Just give us three weeks. We’ll offer a price by then.”This conversation took place in early March. A senior executive from retai...

SK Hynix Inc. is taking the first steps to take over South Korea-based Key Foundry, a move in line with recent remarks from Park Jung-ho, the SK Hyn...

South Korean chipmaker Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. announced on Mar. 27 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by China-ba...

Korean Air Lines Co. has kicked off its 3.3 trillion won ($3 billion) rights offering, the biggest amount ever by any South Korean company, to help ...

State-run Korea Development Bank (KDB), the main creditor of Asian Airlines Inc., has unveiled proposals to ease the financial burden for HDC Hyundai ...