Samsung Electro-Mechanics to benefit as COVID-19 slams competitors

Samsung Electro-Mechanics to benefit as COVID-19 slams competitors

Samsung Electro-Mechanics is expected to benefit as the COVID-19 has hit its competitors in the global multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) market.T...

Naver to enter healthcare business in Korea with investment in ezCaretech

Naver to enter healthcare business in Korea with investment in ezCaretech

South Korea’s online platform giant Naver Corp. is set to enter the big data-based healthcare industry by investing in ezCaretech Co., a domes...

Japan’s Aeon plans to sell off struggling Ministop Korea

Japan’s Aeon plans to sell off struggling Ministop Korea

South Korea’s fifth-largest convenience store chain Ministop Korea Co. is up for sale by its owner, the Aeon Group of Japan. Ministop Korea is...

Naver Financial, SoftBank invest $25 mn in blockchain startup TBCASoft

Naver Financial, SoftBank invest $25 mn in blockchain startup TBCASoft

South Korea-based Naver Financial, the fintech arm of online giant Naver Corp., has invested $20 million in a Series B funding round for the US-base...

MBK seeks to exit Japan's top golf course operator

MBK seeks to exit Japan's top golf course operator

MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity firm, is seeking to exit Japan's largest golf course operator Accordia Next Golf to capitalize on ...

LG Chem to form separator JV with Japan’s Toray

LG Chem to form separator JV with Japan’s Toray

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top chemical maker, and Japan’s Toray Industries Inc. will set up a joint venture (JV) for separators, cor...

NH Financial to buy $20 mn stake in Japan's solar farm

NH Financial to buy $20 mn stake in Japan's solar farm

South Korea's NongHyup Financial Group, or NH Financial Group, has acquired a stake in a solar power plant in Japan from Korea Electric Power Corp. ...

Morai's virtual testing solution reduces testing period for self-driving cars

Morai's virtual testing solution reduces testing period for self-driving cars

A self-driving car needs to pass all sorts of tests before setting off for the open road. It needs to experience different types of roads, terrain f...

Coupang changes leadership roles to expand global business

Coupang changes leadership roles to expand global business

Coupang Corp. has executed changes in leadership roles to focus more on overseas ventures. The company has entered Japan and Singapore this year. So...

Samsung loses ground in foundry market as TSMC ties in with Japanese firms

Samsung loses ground in foundry market as TSMC ties in with Japanese firms

Samsung Electronics Co., which is losing share of the global foundry market, has come under increased pressure from its bigger rival Taiwan Semicond...

Vision Fund loss slashes Masayoshi Son’s 2020 salary by 52%

Vision Fund loss slashes Masayoshi Son’s 2020 salary by 52%

SoftBank Group founder and CEO Masayoshi Son’s salary more than halved last year, according to the group’s regulatory filing on May 28.T...

Hana buys Osaka logistics center for about $140 mn

Hana buys Osaka logistics center for about $140 mn

South Korea's Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. has beat 16 Japanese bidders to acquire a logistics center in the port of Osaka, Japan for ¥...

Long-term transformation in public markets: ValueAct

Long-term transformation in public markets: ValueAct

On May 12th ValueAct Partner, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer G. Mason Morfit appeared at the ASK Global Conference 2021 hosted by The Korea Econo...

Kakao Japan secures over $500 mn from Anchor Equity; valuation tops $7 bn

Kakao Japan secures over $500 mn from Anchor Equity; valuation tops $7 bn

Kakao Corp.’s Japanese unit is set to secure 600 billion won ($530 million) from South Korea-based private equity firm Anchor Equity Partners....

Dholic Commerce seeks unicorn status as trendsetter in Japan

Dholic Commerce seeks unicorn status as trendsetter in Japan

South Korea-based Dholic Commerce is an online retail platform that sells Korean fashion items and cosmetics to the Japanese market. The startup is ...

Kakao Japan seeks $446 million from Anchor Equity

Kakao Japan seeks $446 million from Anchor Equity

Kakao Corp.’s Japanese unit, which operates Japan’s largest webtoon platform Piccoma, is in talks to attract as much as 500 billion won ...

Nexon invests $874 mn in Hasbro, Japan’s game giants

Nexon invests $874 mn in Hasbro, Japan’s game giants

South Korea’s Nexon Co. has disclosed investments in the global entertainment sector made last year, totaling $874 million or 58% of the amoun...

Online fashion platform Musinsa raises $115 mn from VC firms

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...

SK Lubricants draws Japan's refiner Enoes, three PEFs

SK Lubricants draws Japan's refiner Enoes, three PEFs

Japan's biggest refiner Enoes Corp. is one of the four final bidders for a minority stake in South Korea's SK Lubricants Co., wholly owned by SK Inn...

Korean REIT backed by Amazon’s Japan warehouse eyes $280 mn IPO

Korean REIT backed by Amazon’s Japan warehouse eyes $280 mn IPO

A South Korean real estate investment trust (REIT) backed by Amazon’s largest logistics center in Japan and an office complex in Seoul is plan...

Japan’s JSR reaches out to Lotte, LG for sale of synthetic rubber business

Japan’s JSR reaches out to Lotte, LG for sale of synthetic rubber business

Japan’s JSR Corp. is reaching out to Korean chemical companies to dispose of its synthetic rubber business and focus instead on semiconductor ...

Korea set to overtake Japan as No. 5 exporter by 2026

Korea set to overtake Japan as No. 5 exporter by 2026

South Korea is set to overtake Japan and become the world’s No. 5 export powerhouse by 2026 on grounds that the country will maintain its cu...

Fashion platforms Musinsa, Zigzag hit jackpot thanks to Gen Zers and millennials

Fashion platforms Musinsa, Zigzag hit jackpot thanks to Gen Zers and millennials

South Korea’s online fashion apps are booming thanks to their ability to attract Gen Zers and millennials. This year, the top five players&r...

Naver confident third time’s a charm in Japan's search engine market

Naver confident third time’s a charm in Japan's search engine market

South Korea’s portal giant Naver Corp. is hoping third time’s a charm as it gears up to re-enter the Japanese search engine market after...

S.Korea, Japan ink first free trade deal via 15-country trade bloc

S.Korea, Japan ink first free trade deal via 15-country trade bloc

South Korea joined the world’s biggest free trade regime on Nov. 15 by signing a mulilateral FTA pact that covers 15 countries in the Asia-Pacif...

Chipmaker Kioxia to raise 85.3 bn yen in Japan IPO; SK Hynix to retain stake

Chipmaker Kioxia to raise 85.3 bn yen in Japan IPO; SK Hynix to retain stake

Global memory-chip maker Kioxia Holdings Corp., held by US private equity firm Bain Capital, is expected to raise 85.3 billion yen (953.6 billion won)...

Line-Yahoo Japan JV christened A Holdings; Naver founder Lee picked as chair

Line-Yahoo Japan JV christened A Holdings; Naver founder Lee picked as chair

A joint venture between Japan’s top messaging app provider Line Corp. and internet portal Yahoo Japan Corp. has been christened A Holdings and L...

[Interview] Manga platform Piccoma ready to take over Japan's comics market

[Interview] Manga platform Piccoma ready to take over Japan's comics market

Manga platform Piccoma is gearing up to take over Japan’s massive digital comics market as the company continues to see prominent growth in its ...

Korean REIT backed by Amazon’s Japan warehouse seeks Seoul IPO

A South Korean brokerage firm with a 50.1% stake in Amazon’s largest distribution center in Japan is seeking to list a real estate investment tr...

NH Investment, Nuveen jointly buy Amazon warehouse in Japan

NH Investment, Nuveen jointly buy Amazon warehouse in Japan

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has taken a 50.1% stake in an Amazon distribution center in Japan for around 150 billion won ($130 million) in...

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