pre-No Japan boycott

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...

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...

The commercial real estate market in Seoul saw the fastest rate of price growth among all the gateway cities in the world over the past 12 months, w...

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

Japanese video game giant Nintendo Co. posted an all-time high revenue in South Korea last year despite consumers boycotting Japanese products. The ...

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...

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. ...

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

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

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...

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 ¥...

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...

South Korea’s largest travel platform Yanolja is in negotiations with SoftBank Vision Fund for an investment up to 1 trillion won ($900 millio...

South Korea-based Ably Corporation, the operator of fashion platform Ably, is seeking to raise around 40 billion won ($35.3 million), attracting a p...

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

South Korea’s faster-than-expected economic growth in the first quarter is prompting analysts to raise their growth outlook for this year, wit...

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

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

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...

Hyundai Motor Co.'s latest all-electric vehicle is making headlines in Europe, with over 10,000 users signing up for the 3,000 units of the limited ...

A senior investment manager of the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) said on Thursday that the global economy may return to pre-pandemic levels lat...

South Korea’s e-commerce platform TMON Inc., majority-owned by KKR & Co. and Anchor Equity Partners, has completed its pre-IPO share sale ...

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

CJ Group has completed its pre-IPO placement for CJ Olive Young, the group’s health and beauty brand, with Glenwood Private Equity securin...

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...

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...