minority shareholders rights

The two sons of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s founding family, who were approved as board members of the holding firm Hanmi Science Co. at its ...

South Korea and Japan are the two most important markets for buyouts in Asia, and China is still a significant private market with potential for mid...

Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s proposed merger with OCI Holdings Co. has collapsed after two sons of the group’s founding family, who oppo...

The merger of South Korea’s pharmaceutical holding firm Hanmi Science Co. and chemicals giant OCI Holdings Co. is likely to gain momentum as N...

The world’s largest music company Universal Music Group (UMG) has struck an exclusive deal to distribute music from HYBE Co., the South Korean...

The number of South Korean firms targeted by activist funds has risen by nearly nine times over the past five years, the largest increase among majo...

SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company, said on Friday it has agreed with BCG Energy (BCGE), a wholly...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is slated to vote in favor of the KT&G Corp. b...

South Korea and Kazakhstan have agreed to expand air transport rights during the South Korea and Kazakhstan aviation talks held in Almaty, Kazakhsta...

While the economic impact of US singer Taylor Swift is so powerful that pundits coined words like “the Taylor Swift economy,” no less st...

Activist funds arm in arm to demand higher dividends from Samsung C&T Corp. got defeated in a proxy fight against the de facto holding firm of S...

Global leading proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) has recommended that stakeholders of South Korean tobacco maker KT&G ...

South Korea’s KT&G Corp., the world’s leading tobacco maker, is facing challenges in its chief executive appointment as the firm&rsq...

Key shareholders of South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co., one of the largest real estate firms in Asia, have decided to halt the process of...

South Korean brokerage house NH Investment & Securities Co. has shortlisted three candidates for its next chief executive as the current CEO Jeo...

LG Display Co., the world’s leading manufacturer of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, said on Monday it will raise 1.29 trillion won...

Palliser Capital, a London-based hedge fund, said on Sunday it will vote in favor of other activist shareholders’ proposals for Samsung C&...

South Korea’s large business groups are in emergency mode to brace for proxy fights with activist funds at annual general meetings (AGMs) next...

South Korea’s Hanwha Group announced on Wednesday that it will extend the restricted stock unit (RSU) to its all affiliates. Next year, RSU ...

South Korea's leading poultry processor Harim Co. has walked away from a $5 billion deal to buy HMM Co., South Korea’s No. 1 ocean carrier, re...

South Korea's Lotte Department Store announced on Thursday that is has secured the exclusive franchise and distribution rights for Bacha Coffee, M...

South Korean shipping and logistics company Hyundai Glovis Co. announced on Monday that it has signed a share subscription agreement (SSA) related t...

South Korea’s electrics components-to-energy conglomerate LS Group is set to start the securities business as it secured regulatory approval t...

South Korea will scrap a plan to impose taxes on capital gains from financial products for all shareholders and further lower securities transaction...

As the annual general shareholders’ meeting season is approaching fast, publicly traded companies in South Korea are readying for a swath of p...

STX Corp., a South Korean general trading company, has secured lithium, a key material for secondary batteries, and obtained a stake in a lithium mi...

H&Q Korea Partners and Hong Kong-based Aeneas Private Equity have put South Korea’s e-commerce platform 11Street Co. up for sale to recoup...

LG Display Co., the world’s leading manufacturer of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, will raise 650 billion won ($494 million) by t...

Kurly Inc., South Korea’s dawn delivery pioneer of fresh produce, appears to be getting its delayed initial public offering back on track...

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. announced on Thursday that it has signed a contract with Dong-A ST to transfer the rights to commercialize t...