Korean Air to buy rival Asiana in $1.6 bn deal to emerge as world’s 7th airline

Korean Air to buy rival Asiana in $1.6 bn deal to emerge as world’s 7th airline

Korean Air Lines Co. will spend 1.8 trillion won ($1.6 billion) to own a majority stake in beleaguered local rival Asiana Airlines Inc., in a deal t...

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...

Foreign investors shift from growth stocks to net buy $3.5 bn in cyclicals

Foreign investors shift from growth stocks to net buy $3.5 bn in cyclicals

South Korea's stock market is seeing a shift in buying trends from foreign investors who are increasingly beefing up investments in cyclical stocks wh...

Parent of Korean Air seeks to buy rival Asiana Airlines

Parent of Korean Air seeks to buy rival Asiana Airlines

Hanjin Group, which owns South Korea’s flag-carrier Korean Air Lines Co., is seeking to buy local rival Asiana Airlines Inc., signaling a mega d...

Hyundai Motor may buy Boston Dynamics to bolster robotics business

Hyundai Motor may buy Boston Dynamics to bolster robotics business

Hyundai Motor Co. may acquire Boston Dynamics Inc., a US-based robotics company, from Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. in a deal worth as much as $1...

SK Hynix to buy Intel’s NAND business in $9 bn cash deal

SK Hynix to buy Intel’s NAND business in $9 bn cash deal

SK Hynix Inc. has signed a 10.3 trillion won ($9 billion) all-cash deal to buy Intel Corp.’s NAND memory chip business that will propel the Sout...

KKR buys $386 mn stake in Korean sewage disposal firm

KKR buys $386 mn stake in Korean sewage disposal firm

KKR & Co. has purchased a combined 440.8 billion won ($386 million) worth of shares in TSK Corp., a leading South Korean sewage and wastewater tre...

Korean mobile game developer buys out German rival

Korean mobile game developer buys out German rival

South Korean mobile game developer Com2uS Corp. has acquired a German gaming rival in its first cross-over buyout, in a move to bolster its sports gam...

Korea Investment near $120 mn deal to buy student housing in Texas

Korea Investment near $120 mn deal to buy student housing in Texas

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. is close to acquiring a new student housing building near the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) for...

Korean chipmakers rewrite China business strategy amid US trade ban

Korean chipmakers rewrite China business strategy amid US trade ban

South Korean chipmakers and display manufacturers will lose a major client in China when US trade sanctions targeting the technology giant Huawei Tech...

BOK to buy $4.2 bn in state bonds by year-end to stabilize debt market

BOK to buy $4.2 bn in state bonds by year-end to stabilize debt market

The Bank of Korea will buy state bonds worth 5 trillion won ($4.2 billion) directly from the market by the end of this year to stabilize the local deb...

Socius-Well to Sea consortium to buy Doosan Corporation Mottrol for $381 mn

Socius-Well to Sea consortium to buy Doosan Corporation Mottrol for $381 mn

Doosan Group is selling its hydraulic components manufacturing arm to a consortium of two local private equity investment firms -- Socius Advisors and...

KB Securities buys Amazon’s Edinburgh logistics center for $86.5 mn: report

KB Securities buys Amazon’s Edinburgh logistics center for $86.5 mn: report

KB Securities Co. has reportedly acquired Amazon’s logistics center in Edinburgh, Scotland, for 102.5 billion won ($86.5 million), which the onl...

Foreigners’ Jan-May Korea apartment purchases top $1 bn on buying spree

Foreigners’ Jan-May Korea apartment purchases top $1 bn on buying spree

Foreign investors have stepped up apartment purchases in South Korea in recent years, adding fuel to the already heated residential property market wh...

KKR tipped to buy Korean waste treatment firms for $713 mn

KKR tipped to buy Korean waste treatment firms for $713 mn

KKR & Co. has been named as preferred buyer of two South Korean companies providing industrial and medical waste treatment services in a deal wort...

KKR consortium buys Seoul office tower from NPS

KKR consortium buys Seoul office tower from NPS

A consortium of KKR & Co. and two South Korean companies have closed the acquisition of a Seoul office tower from the National Pension Service (NP...

NH Investment, KB Asset buy Dallas building for $370 mn

NH Investment, KB Asset buy Dallas building for $370 mn

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and KB Asset Management Co. Ltd. have acquired an office building in Dallas for $370 million, which represente...

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...

Hana Fin, Hotel Lotte buy Seattle hotel for $175 mn

Hana Fin, Hotel Lotte buy Seattle hotel for $175 mn

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Hotel Lotte Co. Ltd. have acquired the hotel portion of a 44-story building in downtown Seattle for $175 millio...

TPG buys Korean health supplement company for about $250 mn

TPG buys Korean health supplement company for about $250 mn

Private equity firm TPG has acquired a small-sized South Korean dietary supplement manufacturer for around $250 million, in its first Korean buyout de...

Meritz Sec buys Brussels building for $1.6 bn; plans REIT IPO

Meritz Sec buys Brussels building for $1.6 bn; plans REIT IPO

Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has acquired Brussels’ largest building for 1.4 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in the single biggest property deal in B...

IMM Investment buys stake in Texas Express Pipeline in $1 bn co-investment

IMM Investment buys stake in Texas Express Pipeline in $1 bn co-investment

South Korea’s IMM Investment Corp. has agreed to buy a 35% stake in Texas Express Pipeline, a joint venture for natural gas liquids transportati...

Mirae Asset Daewoo buys three Boeing 777 planes for $450 mn

Mirae Asset Daewoo buys three Boeing 777 planes for $450 mn

Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. has sealed a $450 million financing deal to buy three Boeing 777-300ER aircraft leased by China Airlines, as the South Kor...

Macquarie buys $800 mn stake in LG Group’s IT firm

Macquarie buys $800 mn stake in LG Group’s IT firm

Macquarie’s South Korean unit signed a definitive agreement on Dec. 6 to buy a non-controlling stake in LG CNS Co. Ltd., an IT services arm of L...

Hana Fin buys Germany’s office complex from Blackstone for $1.1 bn

Hana Fin buys Germany’s office complex from Blackstone for $1.1 bn

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. closed on the 1.3 trillion won ($1.1 billion) purchase of Germany’s largest office complex in Frankfurt from ...

Hana Fin-led JV buys 4 US student housing properties for $325 mn

Hana Fin-led JV buys 4 US student housing properties for $325 mn

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Chicago-based Scion Group have acquired a portfolio of four newly-developed student housing facilities for $325...

Macquarie tipped to buy Korea’s top industrial gas producer for $2.2 bn

Macquarie tipped to buy Korea’s top industrial gas producer for $2.2 bn

Macquarie Group has approached MBK Partners to acquire Daesung Industrial Gases Co. Ltd. and offered around 2.5 trillion won ($2.2 billion) for full o...

Samsung Sec buys Amazon logistics center in Czech for $160 mn: report

Samsung Sec buys Amazon logistics center in Czech for $160 mn: report

Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. has bought Amazon’s only logistics center in Czech Republic for 186 billion won ($160 million), in its fourth acquis...

Meritz Securities buys 24 aircraft for $686 mn from US lessor

Meritz Securities buys 24 aircraft for $686 mn from US lessor

Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has recently closed the acquisition of 24 aircraft for $686 million from Aviation Capital Group Corp. (ACG), in its third i...

Korea Investment, Samsung SRA to buy Manhattan building for $500 mn

Korea Investment, Samsung SRA to buy Manhattan building for $500 mn

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. Ltd. have teamed up to buy an office tower in Manhattan from JPMorgan&...

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