overseas expansion

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, has adjusted its five-year asset allocation plan to enh...

Hanwha Group, South Korea’s chemical-to-financial conglomerate, is set to invest 37.6 trillion won ($29.8 billion) in future growth sectors su...

“We had the overseas market in mind from the get-go,” global fabric sale platform SwatchOn’s CEO Lee Woo-seok told The Korea Econo...

Teachers’ Pension (TP) of South Korea will increase exposure to its overseas alternative assets, its Chief Investment Officer Lee Kyu-hong sai...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will continue to expand alternative investments while strengthening its asset management skills by increasing d...

SK On Co., an electric vehicle battery maker of SK Innovation Co., is bolstering its M&A team by hiring M&A experts from a leading law firm ...

The Korea Economic Daily will host ASK 2022, or Alternative Investment Summit Korea 2022, at the Conrad Seoul hotel on May 18. More than 800 alterna...

South Korea’s leading patient monitoring device maker Mediana Co. is targeting the pet medical industry while seeking an artificial intelligen...

South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co. and online platform giant Naver Corp. are launching a drama production studio in Japan to tap into ...

South Korea’s investment firm SK Square Co. announced on Thursday that it has chosen Harvey Hakjin Bae, a former alternative investment expert...

South Korea's Lotte Duty Free Co. is slated to open a downtown store in Sydney on May 5, after Australia reopened its international borders to forei...

South Korea’s top three general trading companies, LX International Corp., POSCO International Corp. and Samsung C&T Corp. achieved record...

The growing demand for color-coated steel is fueling competition among South Korean manufacturers of specialty steel products, raising concerns abou...

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, plans to spend more on global capacity expansion than init...

Kyungdong Navien Co. revealed on Sunday that overseas sales account for more than 60% of its total sales on the back of strong exports to the United...

Kakao Games Corp., a game publishing unit of Korea’s web service giant Kakao Corp., has invested $15 million in US game studio Playable Worlds...

LG Household & Health Care Ltd. has acquired a controlling stake in The Crème Shop Inc. as it seeks to expand its presence in the US beau...

Mirae Asset Venture Investment Co. is forecast to rake in more than 400 billion won ($325 million) for its investment in Moloco Inc. Mirae As...

POSCO Chemical Co., South Korean steelmaker POSCO Group’s chemical and battery material unit, said on April 8 that it will issue green bonds w...

Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, struggled to agree with its unionized workers on more overseas plants although the company des...

South Korea’s retail investors poured 22.9 trillion won ($18.8 billion) into purchasing overseas stocks last year, according to the country's ...

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol will scrap the outgoing government’s plan to sell off its stakes in loss-making overseas mines, including the Am...

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s top mobile messenger app operator, has acquired a controlling stake in Sakura Exchange BitCoin (SEBC), a Japanese c...

China’s leading battery makers are actively advancing into overseas markets with plans to build manufacturing factories close to their clients...

SK Bioscience Co., the biopharmaceutical unit of South Korea’s SK Group, is seeking multi-billion-dollar mergers and acquisitions to expand it...

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. of South Korea and IMM Investment Global, the Hong Kong-based affiliate of Korean equity firm IMM Investme...

South Korean LG Corp.'s artificial intelligence research institute set up its first overseas base in Michigan to expand its global AI research ...

Hyundai Motor Co. is introducing a multiple vehicle assembly system at its main plant in South Korea to better respond to rising market demand for d...

South Korea’s major retailer Hyundai Department Store Group is set to buy Zinus Inc., a maker of best-selling mattresses in North America for ...

  Most new asset management firms in South Korea end up lagging the competition due to their smaller sizes. They suffer from operating losses ...