Korean firms at risk of credit rating downgrade on Legoland woes

Korean firms at risk of credit rating downgrade on Legoland woes

South Korean companies are at risk of credit rating downgrades as the fallout of a debt default by the domestic developer of a Legoland theme park r...

Chipmaker Netsol unveils first STT-MRAM in South Korea

Chipmaker Netsol unveils first STT-MRAM in South Korea

South Korea’s fabless memory semiconductor design house Netsol announced on Friday that it developed the country’s first STT-MRAM, a nex...

Hyundai Glovis signs $796 million shipping deal with global automaker

Hyundai Glovis signs $796 million shipping deal with global automaker

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, said on Friday it has clinched a 1.05 trillion won ($796 million)...

Korean construction firms boost Saudi Arabia presence with megaprojects

Korean construction firms boost Saudi Arabia presence with megaprojects

RIYADH – South Korean firms are accelerating their efforts to win construction projects from Saudi Arabia as the Middle East’s largest e...

Korean PE firms struggle with fundraising on illiquidity

Korean PE firms struggle with fundraising on illiquidity

South Korean private equity (PE) firms are having trouble fundraising as institutional investors' capital for new investment is drying up amid inter...

Lotte Chemical posts deficit for second straight quarter

Lotte Chemical posts deficit for second straight quarter

Lotte Chemical on Tuesday announced that it suffered 423.9 billion won ($308 million) in operating loss on a consolidated basis in the third quarter...

Korea's SKT aims for $32 bn in corporate value via AI tech by 2026

Korea's SKT aims for $32 bn in corporate value via AI tech by 2026

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. is aiming to quadruple its corporate value, currently around 11 trillion won ($7.9 billion), b...

Falling Korea current account surplus heightens economic woes

Falling Korea current account surplus heightens economic woes

South Korea’s current account surplus has shrunk on falling exports, adding to concerns over a slowdown in Asia’s fourth-largest economy...

Samsung Biologics in CDO deal talks with global pharma firm

Samsung Biologics in CDO deal talks with global pharma firm

FRANKFURT – Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, is in talks to develop medicines for a global pharmaceutical ...

SK Nexilis bolsters ties with Polish, Korean cities for sustainable growth

SK Nexilis bolsters ties with Polish, Korean cities for sustainable growth

South Korean copper foil producer SK Nexilis Co. on Nov. 7 signed an MOU with the authorities of two cities — Jeongeup, Korea, and Stalowa Wol...

Korea Inc. accumulates cash as economic downturn deepens

Korea Inc. accumulates cash as economic downturn deepens

South Korean companies, led by the country’s most valuable firm Samsung Electronics Co., have rushed to accumulate cash as interest rates kept...

Doosan Enerbility to supply offshore wind substructures to Orsted

Doosan Enerbility to supply offshore wind substructures to Orsted

South Korea’s leading power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. said on Thursday that its Vietnamese subsidiary has signed an agreement to pro...

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...

KT&G taps top-tier law firm to defend itself against shareholder activism

KT&G taps top-tier law firm to defend itself against shareholder activism

KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, has appointed South Korea’s top-tier law firm Kim & Chang to take action ag...

Small Korean life insurer further rattles bond market

Small Korean life insurer further rattles bond market

A South Korean small insurer has made a rare decision not to buy back dollar perpetual bonds, in the first such case for the country’s issuers...

EQT Partners to invest $1.4 bn in Korea's No. 2 physical security firm

EQT Partners to invest $1.4 bn in Korea's No. 2 physical security firm

Sweden’s EQT Partners AB is set to acquire a 36.87% stake in South Korean security services provider SK Shieldus Co. from a consortium led by ...

Dongwon Industries reborn as holdings company after 53 years

Dongwon Industries reborn as holdings company after 53 years

Korea's seafood giant Dongwon Industries on Wednesday said its completed merger with Dongwon Enterprise has given their parent Dongwon Group a new h...

Foreign PE firms on hunt for Korea Inc. with strong dollar

Foreign PE firms on hunt for Korea Inc. with strong dollar

Foreign private equity firms have taken advantage of the strong dollar to dominate corporate acquisition deals in South Korea, adding to expectation...

Ex-LG Elec purchase head named Starkist CEO

Ex-LG Elec purchase head named Starkist CEO

Dongwon Group, a South Korean seafood and logistics conglomerate, announced on Monday that it has appointed Um Jae-woong, LG Electronics Inc.’...

Singapore PE firm proposes KT&G spin off ginseng biz

Singapore PE firm proposes KT&G spin off ginseng biz

A Singaporean private equity firm has proposed a number of measures to KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, including a sp...

CJ Group reshuffles CEOs with woman at helm of Olive Young

CJ Group reshuffles CEOs with woman at helm of Olive Young

South Korea’s CJ Group carried out a CEO and executive reshuffle on Oct. 24 around two months earlier than previous year-end promotions to imp...

Keppel completes Korean waste treatment firm takeover for $530 mn

Keppel completes Korean waste treatment firm takeover for $530 mn

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

POSCO Holdings' Q3 profit tumbles on steel mill shutdown

POSCO Holdings' Q3 profit tumbles on steel mill shutdown

POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of the world’s sixth-largest steel maker, missed market estimates for its quarterly profit as last mo...

Samsung SDI supplier Jaewon seeks about $280 mn in pre-IPO

Samsung SDI supplier Jaewon seeks about $280 mn in pre-IPO

South Korean mid-sized petrochemical company Jaewon Industrial Co. is looking to attract pre-IPO investment, according to investment banking sources...

Korea's LG Chem buys Nasdaq-listed biotech firm AVEO for $566 mn

Korea's LG Chem buys Nasdaq-listed biotech firm AVEO for $566 mn

South Korea’s chemicals giant LG Chem Ltd. announced on Oct. 18 that it will acquire AVEO Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Nasdaq-listed US biotech fir...

POSCO Chemical may clinch megadeal to supply cathode to Ford Motor

POSCO Chemical may clinch megadeal to supply cathode to Ford Motor

POSCO Chemical Co., a unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., is looking to forge a long-term contract to supply cathode, a key...

Medipost to expand CDMO business with 10 new clean rooms in Korea

Medipost to expand CDMO business with 10 new clean rooms in Korea

Medipost Co, a South Korean biotechnology company, is expanding its cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO)...

Korea's Lotte Chem seeks more M&As for battery materials, CEO says

Korea's Lotte Chem seeks more M&As for battery materials, CEO says

South Korea’s petrochemical firm Lotte Chemical Corp., which signed a 2.7 trillion won ($1.9 billion) deal to acquire the world’s fourth...

Moderna to stay ahead in mRNA technology: CSO Melissa Moore

Moderna to stay ahead in mRNA technology: CSO Melissa Moore

CAMBRIDGE, MA – The COVID-19 coronavirus disease has been a curse for many people and companies around the world over the past couple of years...

US DOE officials in Seoul to meet with Hyundai Motor, battery makers

US DOE officials in Seoul to meet with Hyundai Motor, battery makers

US Department of Energy officials are in South Korea to discuss details of its electric vehicle and battery tax credit law with Korean government of...

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