overseas direct purchases

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...

Samsung Group said on Tuesday it will invest a combined 240 trillion won ($206 billion) investment over the next three years in its core businesses in...

SM Lab, a South Korean battery material startup, has developed a cathode with 98% nickel content, the highest density ever for rechargeable batterie...

Overseas cryptocurrency exchanges are ending their Korean services, including language support as well as trading and payments in Korean won, as Sou...

Alpharium Tower, a landmark office tower in Pangyo Techno Valley near Seoul, will be put on the market later this year, which is expected to fetch t...

Naver Corp., South Korea’s top online portal, is set to acquire 20% of Cafe24, a Seoul-based global e-commerce solutions provider, to expand i...

POSCO and Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., the two key members of Korea’s ambitious green ammonia alliance formed last week, wi...

Domestic office buildings and logistics centers dominated South Korean institutions' property transactions in the first half of this year, with fier...

South Korea-based 3D animation company SAMG Entertainment Co. is enjoying great success in China and Latin America thanks to its animation series' p...

Young South Koreans are drowning in debt.Korean youths in their 20s and 30s are reeling under growing personal debt as they aggressively take out pe...

South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has awarded a combined $105 million mandates to Goldman Sachs, Macquarie and Paris-based A...

Samsung Life Insurance Co. has drawn attention from South Korean pension and savings funds with its $90 million purchase last month of a stake in Sa...

Fubon Life Insurance Co., a unit of Taiwan’s Fubon Financial Holding Co., has raised its stake in a Korean joint venture with Hyundai Motor Gr...

In South Korea, just like any other major economies, the stock market has been a mine of gold even for small investors, who enjoyed hefty gains from...

South Korea's Samsung Asset Management Co. has participated in a $12.4 billion acquisition of a 49% stake in Aramco Oil Pipelines Co., a unit of Sau...

Shinsegae Group has inched closer to a deal to acquire eBay Korea that would see the South Korean retail giant emerge as an e-ecommerce behemoth wit...

South Korea-based fan platform DearU Co. has filed a preliminary application to the Korea Exchange with plans for a trading debut on the country&rsq...

South Korean life insurers have made an environmental, social and governance (ESG)-themed investment in The Carlyle Group's €2 billion ($2.4 bi...

HYBE Co., the global entertainment powerhouse behind BTS, has successfully closed its previously announced rights offering to raise 445.5 billion wo...

LG Electronics Inc. is expanding its overseas production facilities as the South Korean home appliance giant is shifting gears toward new growth dri...

India is becoming an attractive destination for South Korean startups that are eyeing overseas expansion, given the country's vast population and di...

Shares of Korean content providers are flying high as platform operators such as Kakao Entertainment Corp. are looking to expand overseas to bask in...

South Korea’s e-commerce giant Coupang Corp. is moving forward with its global expansion plans by entering the Singapore market. The New York ...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) came under fire over its expected rule change aimed at raising the upper limit for domestic stock...

The National Pension Service (NPS) signed new contracts worth around 23 trillion won ($20.1 billion) abroad in alternative investments last year, de...

KKR & Co. signed a definitive agreement on Tuesday to buy a stake in Hyundai Global Service Co. from Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. for 6...

Samsung Electronics Co. has launched a Big Data Center in a move to improve the use of big data in the development, marketing and sales of smartphon...

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. signed a definitive agreement on Friday to buy a controlling stake in Doosan Infracore Co....

Last August, online portal Naver Corp. entered into exclusive talks with Toronto-based Wattpad Corp. to buy a stake in the world’s largest web...

Hyundai Motor Co. has signed a contract to build its first overseas hydrogen fuel cell systems plant in China as the South Korean company aims to en...