Baby Shark creator Pinkfong emerges as S.Korea's 13th unicorn

SmartStudy, a South Korean edtech firm behind global YouTube hits Pinkfong and Baby Shark Dance, has become the country’s 13th unicorn startup...

Stock, bond issues in S.Korea set for a record year in 2021

South Korean companies, having raised 30 trillion won ($27 billion) in both equity and bond issues in the first quarter of this year, are on course ...

Morgan Stanley tops Korea's Q1 M&A league table

Morgan Stanley reclaimed its top position in South Korea's M&A advisor league table in the first quarter of this year for the first time in two ...

Korea’s top delivery app operator Woowa joins 1 trillion won sales club

Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, commonly known as Baemin, has joined the 1 trillion w...

How South Korea can prevent a self-defeating green recovery

The rules of economic growth have changed. From the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have emerged with renewed sense of purpose, activ...

SK E&S to invest $1.4 bn in Australia LNG project

SK E&S Co. will invest $1.4 billion in a gas field development project offshore northern Australia that had been postponed due to the global pan...

South Korea's secondary battery exports reach all-time highs for 5 years in a row

Despite worsening economic conditions due to the COVID-19 crisis, South Korea’s secondary battery business saw a rise in its key indicators, inc...

U-One R2M: S.Korea’s pioneer of rubber-to-metal adhesive

An engine mount is the part of a vehicle that holds the engine in place while at the same time reducing engine vibration. So-called “anti-vibr...

IMM PE exits S.Korea's No.2 electric wire manufacturer

Seoul-based IMM Private Equity has fully exited its 300 billion won ($265 million) investment in the country's No. 2 electric wire manufacturer by s...

Inflation fears spread in S.Korea amid wage hikes

Inflation figures have entered a rising trend in South Korea amid ongoing competition across industries for higher wages. The country’s expect...

Hellman & Friedman set to gather $500 mn from Korea

San Francisco-based private equity firm Hellman & Friedman (H&F) is expected to gather $500 million from South Korea's three key investors -...

SK Tel, Shinsegae, Lotte, MBK make the cut in eBay Korea deal

Four out of the five preliminary bidders for eBay Korea, including SK Telecom Co. and MBK Partners, have made the cut in the deal estimated at aroun...

Daedong makes S.Korea’s first self-driving tractor

South Korea’s top tractor and farm machinery maker Daedong Industrial Co. has achieved the country’s first mass-production of self-drivi...

Korea's global real estate fund investors brace for losses

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...

MBK girds for eBay Korea deal as competition heats up

MBK Partners is the only financial bidder for eBay Korea, the wholly-owned unit of the US online retailer, which has drawn top Korean retailers, the...

Lotte buys S.Korea’s top secondhand e-commerce platform

South Korea’s retail giant Lotte is expanding its presence in the e-commerce sector with the acquisition of Joonggonara, the country’s l...

Shinsegae mulls 100% stake in Starbucks Korea

South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae is reviewing ways to double its stake in Starbucks Korea from 50% to 100%, according to an industry sourc...

Global law firms in Korea hunt for talent amid growing outbound M&As

Leading international law firms with offices in South Korea are gearing up for growing legal service demand from local companies in their push for m...

Korea VC FoF seeks offshore VC funds to commit $66 mn

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

BofA replaces Korea IB head, country manager

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA) has named managing director Cho Chanhee as its South Korean investment banking head to replace Park SeungGu who...

The BTS of social media: The next Facebook will come from South Korea

South Korea is hitting its stride as an innovator, but it’s an overnight success story over 20 years in the making. Coupang’s $60B IPO t...

Online fashion platform Musinsa raises $115 mn from VC firms

South Korea’s top online fashion retailer Musinsa has raised another 130 billion won ($115 million) from Sequoia Capital and IMM Investment, g...

eBay Korea draws SK Tel, Shinsegae and MBK

The sale of eBay Korea Inc., the country's third-largest online shopping platform, has attracted preliminary bids from leading Korean companies incl...

Delivery Hero kicks off sale of S.Korea's No.2 delivery app Yogiyo

Germany-based online food delivery service Delivery Hero SE has kicked off the sale process of South Korea's second-largest food delivery app, Yogiy...

Retail trading surge continues in S.Korea with 40 mn active accounts

The daily schedule of this 26-year-old South Korean university student, identified by his surname Ahn, is not too different from that of a typical...

S.Korea’s top flexible PCB maker wins big in 5G and EVs

BH Co. is South Korea’s leading manufacturer of flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), an essential component of smartphones, from camera to O...

Korea’s Minari, other Asian content sweep Hollywood

In the US and European film markets, where movies directed by Westerners or non-Asian filmmakers have long dominated the industry, Asians are finall...

eBay Korea set to fuel rivalry between retail, online giants

The planned sale of eBay Inc.’s South Korean operations is gathering steam ahead of Coupang Corp.'s US stock market listing this week, with th...

Korean Air raises $2.9 bn in largest-ever share issue by Korean firm

Korean Air Lines Co. has raised 3.32 trillion won ($2.9 billion) from a new share sale as planned in the the largest-ever rights offering by a domes...

Korea Ratings forays into online due diligence for alternatives

South Korea’s leading credit rating and business valuation services provider, Korea Ratings, has stepped into the online due diligence service...