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South Korean mid-sized petrochemical company Jaewon Industrial Co. is looking to attract pre-IPO investment, according to investment banking sources...

POSCO Chemical Co., a unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., is looking to forge a long-term contract to supply cathode, a key...

Global investors are eyeing infrastructure as the asset class is inflation-protected, providing strong downside protection in times of high volatili...

South Korea’s petrochemical firm Lotte Chemical Corp., which signed a 2.7 trillion won ($1.9 billion) deal to acquire the world’s fourth...

Korea Credit Data (KCD), a South Korean data solutions provider for small business owners, has become a Korean unicorn, or an unlisted company with ...

South Korea’s cloud service provider NHN Cloud Corp. is eyeing 1.1 trillion won ($776 million) corporate value via a new stock issuance, marki...

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it will significantly raise the use of locally produced neon, a ...

Samsung Electronics Co. set up a task force team dedicated to increasing its shareholder value last month, according to industry sources on Oct. 4. ...

South Korean cryptocurrency investors appear willing to take more risks than their global counterparts, balancing their portfolios between market le...

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Friday it has signed battery materials supply deals with three Canadian minerals companies &ndas...

Warehouse development projects in South Korea, which boomed amid COVID-19, are facing challenges such as suspension of construction projects and ban...

LG Uplus Corp., the third-largest mobile carrier in South Korea, is slated to increase its corporate value to 12 trillion won ($8.6 billion) by 2027...

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone and memory chipmaker, said on Thursday it is aiming to power its entire operations wit...

Samsung Group’s four heirs to the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee have seen their group company shareholdings shrink by a combined 11 trillion won (...

Shares in South Korea’s Hanjin KAL Co. have wiped out one-third of its value in the past two weeks after one of its major shareholders, once a...

Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading arm of Samsung Group, has joined forces for the clean hydrogen businesses with South Korean comp...

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea had an 8% negative return during the first half of 2022, its investment management arm announced on Au...

South Korea’s homegrown coffee chain Ediya Coffee is ready for re-entry into the global café market after the failure of its Chinese bu...

Private equity firms have snapped up South Korean assets over the past two years, driving their valuations near historic highs in the liquidity-driv...

Gourmands in North America will be able to enjoy South Korean fried chicken more conveniently as BB.Q Chicken, the country’s leading franchise...

POSCO International Corp., the trading unit of Korean steel giant POSCO, will merge with its unlisted affiliate POSCO Energy Co. to reinforce its en...

South Korea’s first mobility unicorn Socar Inc. has cut its IPO price by 18% to push ahead with its stock market debut, according to industry ...

South Korea’s Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC) said on Tuesday it recently hosted its second annual conference for large retail pharmacy chains in th...

South Korea’s major petrochemical company SK Geo Centric Co. is set to build an ethylene acrylic acid (EAA) plant in China with a local partne...

CJ Olive Young, South Korea’s top beauty store chain, has suspended its process to seek a stock market listing, becoming the latest major loca...

South Korea’s electric vehicle and battery makers are expected to benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the US bill designed to br...

South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Group is set to purchase autonomous driving startup 42dot, intensifying the automaker’s competi...

South Korea’s over-the-top (OTT) platform Watcha Inc. is in talks with some companies to sell off its shares, according to investment banking ...

MBK Partners, one of Asia's largest private equity firms, is in exclusive talks to acquire Korea’s top online education company MegastudyEdu C...

Lionheart Studio Corp., South Korea’s leading game developer behind the mobile game Odin, has begun the process to go public with its July 22 ...