SK Hynix aims to lock in all 2026 HBM orders by mid-2025

SK Hynix aims to lock in all 2026 HBM orders by mid-2025

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s largest supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), aims to lock in orders for its entire 2026 HBM output by the end o...

Zero-sum fears arise in S.Korean airlines’ game of chicken

Zero-sum fears arise in S.Korean airlines’ game of chicken

South Korea’s air carriers are fiercely vying for lucrative or untapped routes in a game of chicken to shore up their falling profit, raising ...

Korean firms rush to sell bonds with yields at over 2-yr low

Korean firms rush to sell bonds with yields at over 2-yr low

South Korea’s corporate bond markets are having an unusually busy summer as companies are rushing to sell debts to lock in lower interest cost...

Affinity fails in Lock&Lock tender offer; eyes equity swap

Affinity fails in Lock&Lock tender offer; eyes equity swap

Hong Kong-based Affinity Equity Partners is planning for an equity swap between its new entity and South Korean food container maker Lock&Lock...

Affinity extends tender offer for food container maker Lock&Lock

Affinity extends tender offer for food container maker Lock&Lock

Hong Kong-based Affinity Equity Partners is set to extend its tender offer for South Korean food container maker Lock&Lock Co. shares, as the pr...

Overhang concerns loom over HD Hyundai Marine IPO shares

Overhang concerns loom over HD Hyundai Marine IPO shares

Concerns are growing that South Korea’s main stock bourse could be inundated with a huge number of HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co. shares next ...

Affinity eyes full control of food container maker Lock&Lock

Affinity eyes full control of food container maker Lock&Lock

Affinity Equity Partners, which holds a 69.64% stake in South Korean food container manufacturer Lock&Lock Co., is slated to buy most of the com...

Zigbang completes Samsung SDS home IoT takeover

Zigbang completes Samsung SDS home IoT takeover

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

Temasek VC unit CEO sees recent downturn as investment opportunity

Temasek VC unit CEO sees recent downturn as investment opportunity

Vertex Venture Holdings, a venture capital unit of Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings, expects the recent global downturn to offer investment...

Kyobo Life resumes IPO push amid protracted dispute with investors

Kyobo Life resumes IPO push amid protracted dispute with investors

Kyobo Life Insurance Co., South Korea’s third-largest life insurer, is resuming its push for an initial public offering amid a protracted lega...

Krafton locks up two-thirds of IPO shares amid price concerns

Krafton locks up two-thirds of IPO shares amid price concerns

Krafton Inc. has locked up more than 80% of its IPO shares allocated to institutional investors, in a move to prevent mass selling of its shares imm...

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