Korean startups opt for Konex, loans for survival during IPO winter

South Korea's anemic initial public offering market has forced the country’s startups to become more creative in raising funds as they shift t...

Fifty Fifty label seeks investment from Silicon Valley

The South Korean label behind K-pop rookie sensation Fifty Fifty is looking to Silicon Valley for investment as the four-girl band, already with a l...

NPS vows to raise alternative investment ratio, cut bond purchases

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest public pension fund, plans to raise the ratio of its alternative...

SK Networks eyes partnership with US-based Bow Capital

SK Networks Co., a South Korean trading company, is seeking to form a partnership with Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Bow Capital to dive...

Korea’s NPS likely to post 6.4% return for Q1 2023

National Pension Service (NPS) in South Korea achieved a 6.4% return on investment during the first quarter of this year, recovering some 73% of the...

Hanwha Aerospace invests in US secondary battery startup

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. on Tuesday said it invested in Forge Nano, an American startup with precision nano-coating technology that exte...

POSCO Future M-GM JV to receive investment from Canadian gov’t

POSCO Future M Co., a unit of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., revealed on Monday that Ultium CAM, its joint venture with General Motor...

Moody’s cuts credit view on KEPCO to lowest investment grade

Moody’s on Friday cut its view on KEPCO’s credit to the lowest investment grade, a move that could lead the rating agency to downgrade t...

HanAll, Daewoong to develop Parkinson's treatment with US partner

South Korea's HanAll Biopharma Co. and Daewoong Pharmaceutical on Thursday said they concluded a contract with NurrOn Pharmaceuticals of the US on...

GoodGang Labs attracts $2 mn from Kakao Investment

South Korea's GoodGang Labs, a startup focused on developing a 3D avatar-based communication platform, announced on Thursday that it has secured an ...

Samsung Electronics' smart factory project targets SMEs

Sales of Cookia, a small maker of tofu snacks in South Korea based in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, have jumped eight-fold in six years from 300 mil...

CJ dreams to build new kingdom in US with massive investment

CJ Group, a major South Korean conglomerate with a wide range of businesses spanning everything from food to bio, livestock feed, logistics, enterta...

SK On wins $909 mn from BlackRock, QIA, MBK consortium

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, has confirmed it will receive a 1.2 trillion won ($908.7 million) investment for a minorit...

S.Korea’s direct investment abroad hits record high in Q1 2023

South Korea’s net international investment position (NIIP) increased in the first quarter on the country’s record-high direct investment...

ASM to invest $100 mn to expand R&D facilities in S.Korea

The Netherlands-based semiconductor equipment maker ASM will invest $100 million (132 billion won) to boost its R&D and production capacities in...

Find opportunities amid macro uncertainty in 2023: M&G

Markets today are in the midst of a shift as interest rate hikes are nearing their end and economic growth is challenged. Other changes in demogra...

Music copyright trading platform Musicow attracts $46 mn from STIC

Musicow Inc. has garnered an additional 60 billion won ($45.8 million) from Seoul-based venture capital and private equity firm STIC Investments Inc...

Korean biodiesel firm Dansuk sets sights on battery recycling business

KUNSAN, North Jeolla Province – Dansuk Industrial Co., a South Korean fine chemical company, has for decades produced polyvinyl chloride (PVC)...

CrystalGenomics to sell largest 20% stake to Invites Healthcare for $44 mn

CrystalGenomics Inc., South Korea’s first-generation biopharma venture company, will sell new shares worth 58 billion won ($44 million) in a b...

Korea's two ride hailing apps to merge in H1, become top operator

South Korea’s ride hailing apps TADA and i.M are set to complete their merger as early as the first half of this year, aiming to become the co...

Hyosung Chemical makes emergency investment in crisis-hit Vietnamese subsidiary

Hyosung Chemical announced on Monday that it will invest $120 million in its Vietnamese subsidiary, Hyosung Vina Chemicals Co.Hyosung Vina Chemicals...

UAE to find $2 bn investment opportunities in S.Korea

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is reviewing $2 billion worth of investment project in South Korea, such energy and information communications techno...

UAE state funds gear up for $30 bn S.Korean investment

Senior officials of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and other major sovereign funds of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) met with executives ...

Korea's SK E&S plans $14 bn joint investment in hydrogen biz

South Korea’s SK E&S Co. is poised to spend 18.5 trillion won ($13.9 billion) with partners by 2025 to set up a hydrogen industry value ch...

LS Group's US affiliate SPSX to raise $150 mn in pre-IPO

LS Group’s US cable affiliate Superior Essex (SPSX) plans to raise $150 million (200 billion won) via a South Korean private equity fund (PEF)...

Sartorius to build $600 mn Korea facilities, open to more investment

Sartorius AG, a global pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment supplier, plans to spend $600 million on its first facilities in South Korea, about s...

Nexen Tire invests $1.3 bn to build US factory

South Korea's Nexen Tire Corp. plans to invest $1.3 billion (1.73 trillion won) to build its first-ever factory in the United States. Starting fro...

Secondaries, debt attractive for portfolio stability: Korean CIOs

South Korean institutional investors find secondaries and private debt attractive amid the darkening economic outlook, chief investment officers (CI...

S.Korea, Canada to bolster key minerals supply partnership

South Korea and Canada will make close cooperation to strengthen their supply chains of critical minerals such as uranium and nickel, key materials ...

Korean institutions eye investment in OpenAI at $40 bn valuation

OpenAI, the world’s most well-known artificial intelligence lab, is tapping South Korean institutional investors for investment at an estimate...