Korean firms increase share in domestic office market

The International Finance Center in Seoul (IFC Seoul) drew interest from only six bidders at the end of last year, and Singapore-based ARA Korea was...
The International Finance Center in Seoul (IFC Seoul) drew interest from only six bidders at the end of last year, and Singapore-based ARA Korea was...
South Korea’s SAMG Entertainment Co., a media production firm well known for animation Mini Force, is aiming for listing on the secondary bour...
South Korea’s Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS) said on Thursday it has completed the listing of PT Cilacap Samudera Fishing Industr...
SK Gas Co., a South Korean major liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) provider, and Korean chemicals firm Lotte Chemical Corp. are slated to set up a joint...
South Korea’s Kakao Mobility Corp. will begin providing drivers for door-to-door auto transport from as early as mid-June, according to tech i...
Medipost Co., a South Korean biotechnology company, has acquired a 39.6% stake in OmniaBio Inc., a Canada-based cell and gene therapy contract devel...
Hyundai Motor Group and the group’s social contribution foundation will create a domestic startup fund to invest a total of 100 billion won ($...
NongHyup Bank, a major arm of South Korea's National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, got the nod from India last week to open its first branch ...
UK’s satellite company OneWeb plans to provide services for airlines and ships in South Korea where its geographic conditions kept the existin...
Two leading South Korean materials companies PI Advanced Materials Co. and NexFlex Co. have drawn final bids mainly from foreign rivals and private ...
Kakao Entertainment Corp., a unit of South Korea’s mobile platform giant Kakao Corp., is struggling to raise money as surging inflation and ri...
Venture capital firms at home and abroad are tightening their belts, following growing concerns over inflation and continued interest hikes by maj...
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), the South Korean sovereign wealth fund, and private equity firm White Whale Group (WWG) are slated to jointly in...
KKR & Co. on Wednesday announced the final close of its first Asia credit fund at $1.1 billion, the largest such fund focused on Asia.The privat...
SK Group, South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate, created 18.4 trillion won ($14.5 billion) in social value in 2021, up 60% from the year pr...
Hanmi Semiconductor Co., a South Korean chip equipment manufacturer, has been chosen as one of the world’s top 10 chip fabrication machine mak...
Kim Dong-su, CEO of Silicon Valley-based LG Technology Ventures said that the failures he experienced while working at a boutique investment firm ha...
Winia Electronics Co., a medium-sized South Korean consumer electronics company, is the top microwave brand in Mexico. It is a little-known fact tha...
South Korea’s big companies are rapidly embracing environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards by launching a dedicated ESG team to me...
South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. has dipped its toes into the rapidly growing digital healthcare market by investing in Cala Health, a US-bas...
“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...
MBK Partners has added South Korea's top home decor company Modern House to the list of assets it plans to exit this year, as domestic retail giants...
In recent years, the content creation industry in South Korea has been a key investment sector for local investment banks. Some major content produc...
KB Asset Management Co., the investment arm of KB Financial Group in South Korea, said on Friday it has completed a 100% acquisition of North Galaxy...
South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co. and online platform giant Naver Corp. are launching a drama production studio in Japan to tap into ...
POSCO Group, which owns South Korea’s largest steelmaker, plans to invest 25 trillion won ($20 billion) to secure a stable supply of key raw m...
CJ Group, one of South Korea’s largest family run conglomerates, or chaebol, is venturing into the fandom platform business with a 22.4 billio...
One Store Co., South Korea's homegrown app store, will venture into Taiwan and Southeast Asia within the year, aiming to crack Google and Apple's du...
Singapore-based private equity firm Affirma Capital has founded an affiliate for private credit management and tapped Kim Seong-mok, a former execut...
South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and its spin-off SK Square Co. have together invested 50 billion won ($40 million) into a loca...