K-beauty boom makes S.Korea the fourth-largest cosmetics exporter

Cosmetics industry sees continued export growth for two straight decades K-beauty has emerged as a global trend, thanks to the development of innov...

HK inno.N plans 2021 IPO with $1.8 bn valuation

HK inno.N Corp. (inno.N), previously known as CJ Healthcare Co. and now a subsidiary of Kolmar Korea, has initiated the IPO process for listing with...

Anchor Equity eyes IPO of coffee chain A Twosome Place

A Twosome Place is poised to be South Korea's first listed coffee chain as its owner Anchor Equity Partners has kicked off the process of its initia...

Riding cargo boom, H-Line Shipping resumes IPO process

H-Line Shipping Co., South Korea's second-largest bulk transportation company, has resumed its initial public offering process after three years, as...

Korea bourse tries to halt unicorns following Coupang in US IPO

The Korea Exchange (KRX) will lower the bar for domestic startups' initial public offerings at home so that they will be dissuaded from joining the ...

SK IE Tech IPO draws record-high demand; brokerage servers down briefly

SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), the battery materials subsidiary of SK Innovation Co., has set a new record for initial public offering demand, briefl...

SK IE Technology’s IPO price set at top end; record demand at bookbuilding

The initial public offering price of South Korea’s SK IE Technology Co. has been set at the top end of the proposed band, reflecting a recor...

Fintech platform Kakao Pay applies for Kospi IPO

Kakao Pay Corp., a unit of South Korea's largest mobile messaging app Kakao Corp., submitted an application for its initial public offering with the...

VC firms queue up for IPOs as startup valuations soar

A slew of South Korean venture capital firms are knocking on the doors of the domestic stock market, with startup investments hitting the jackpot am...

Korea Credit Data raises over $35 mn from Pavilion, GS, KB Bank

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

Referral-based job portal Wantedlab applies for H2 IPO

Wantedlab Inc., South Korea's first referral-based recruiting platform, is aiming to list on the country's junior Kosdaq market in the second half o...

Entertainment shares to soar in Q2 following BTS, Blackpink comeback

South Korean entertainment labels are expected to see their earnings momentum back in full swing in the second quarter as popular K-pop groups such ...

Kakao Bank applies for preliminary review of 2021 IPO

Kakao Bank, South Korea's No.1 mobile banking app., has kicked off the process to go public by applying for a preliminary review of its stock market...

Banks keen to lend to Samsung heirs for inheritance tax

South Korean banks are queuing up to extend credit to Samsung Group's de-facto leader Jay Y. Lee and his family who are due to pay over 2 trillion w...

Korean content shares soar as platforms eye overseas expansion

Shares of Korean content providers are flying high as platform operators such as Kakao Entertainment Corp. are looking to expand overseas to bask in...

Hyundai Engineering seeks Q3 IPO; seen as precursor to group revamp

Hyundai Engineering Co., an unlisted construction affiliate of the Hyundai Motor Group, is seeking an initial public offering on the Korean bourse, ...

Samsung-backed semiconductor parts maker eyes IPO

MiCo Ceramics Ltd., a semiconductor equipment parts subsidiary of the industrial ceramics maker MiCo Co., is pushing forward with IPO preparations. ...

PUBG publisher applies for South Korean 2021 IPO

South Korea-based game developer Krafton Inc., touted as one of this year's hottest initial public offerings, has filed a preliminary listing applic...

LG Elec to fold mobile phone business in 26 yrs

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday its exit from the loss-making mobile phone business, which has accumulated operating losses of 5 trillion wo...

Korean casino game developer revives Nasdaq IPO plan

DoubleDown Interactive LLC, a South Korean social casino game publisher, has resumed its Nasdaq listing process, tapping the red-hot US IPO market w...

SK IE Technology’s IPO plan to get boost from ITC ruling

SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), set to make a trading debut on Korea’s main bourse in May, is expected to get a favorable review in assessing it...

Snowballing losses cloud Hyundai Heavy’s 2021 IPO plans

South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. saw its net losses snowball in 2020, clouding its initial public offering plans for this year....

Travel platform Yanolja eyes US IPO in dual listing

South Korea’s largest travel platform Yanolja has begun the internal process to list in both the US and South Korea, by which the company expe...

SK Bioscience debuts strong, up 160% from IPO price

SK Bioscience Co., a spin-off from the vaccine division of SK Chemicals, posted a strong debut on Kospi on Mar. 18, closing at 169,000 won a share, ...

Coupang's US listing: How to split $95.6 mn underwriting fees?

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Allen & Company and six other underwriters of Coupang Corp.'s US stock market listing last week are set to receive a co...

Krafton plans 5-for-1 share split ahead of over $880 million IPO

South Korean games developer Krafton Inc., 13.2% owned by Tencent Holdings’ investment arm, plans a five-for-one share split ahead of its plan...

Market Kurly faces bumpy road to 2021 US listing

South Korea's Kurly Inc., better known by its brand name Market Kurly, has recently terminated its contract with IPO manager Samsung Securities Co.,...

Growing fandom of BTS, other K-pop idols revives album market

In the South Korean music industry, the emergence of Soribada, the country’s first peer-to-peer file-sharing service, in 2000 heralded the beg...

Coupang rival Market Kurly also eyes US IPO in 2021

Following the successful IPO debut of South Korea’s e-commerce giant Coupang Corp., its smaller, premium local rival Market Kurly is also cons...

Spotify, Kakao settle licensing dispute; K-pop returns to platform

Spotify Technology S.A., the world's largest music streaming service, has reached a licensing agreement with Kakao Entertainment Corp., to make musi...