MBK Partners Michael ByungJu Kim

Many companies, big and small, sell or buy affiliated units to raise funds or narrow their focus during economic downturns, and to fund expansion or...

MBK Partners, the largest private equity firm in North Asia, will acquire a controlling stake in FICT Ltd., a semiconductor printed circuit board (P...

South Korea’s major law firms saw rapid growth in revenue last year as the economic slowdown sparked business overhauls at top conglomerates, ...

South Korean venture capital firm Partners Investment said on Thursday it will raise up to 215.5 billion won ($150 million) in a biotech fund jointl...

South Korean beauty and cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. said on Wednesday that its derma cosmetic brand Aestura will enter the American market wi...

Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder, partner and chairman of Northeast Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd., and Kyungin David Lee, UBS Gl...

A senior Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) official on Thursday denied a report that the regulatory body has referred MBK Partners and Young Poong...

The battle over Korea Zinc Inc.'s management control between Korea Zinc Chairman Choi Yun-birm and the Young Poong Corp.-MBK Partners alliance has b...

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has reported Korea Zinc Inc.'s Chairman Choi Yun-birm and its board of directors to prosecut...

South Korean bakery brand Paris Baguette, operated by SPC Group, said on Wednesday it partnered with Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspu...

The battle over Korea Zinc Inc.'s management control between Korea Zinc Chairman Choi Yun-birm and the Young Poong Corp.-MBK Partners alliance has n...

Lim Hyoung-seok, former Vice President of KKR Korea, left the private equity giant’s Seoul office and established his private equity fund (PEF...

KL & Partners, a South Korean private equity firm, has agreed to buy Kosdaq-listed cosmetics company Manyo Factory Co., which has been building ...

Premier Partners and Praxis Capital are on track to raise 1 trillion won ($680 million) in their respective funds after the two South Korean private...

South Korean tech giant Naver Corp. said on Tuesday it has partnered with WeChat Pay to offer a Naver Pay mobile pay and digital wallet service usin...

South Korea’s mergers and acquisitions market shrank further in 2024, with leading business groups seeking to unload non-core assets to bolste...

A consortium of MBK Partners and Young Poong Corp. has raised its stake in Korea Zinc Inc. to 46.7% of voting shares, drawing the group closer to ma...

Hanwha Aerospace Co., a leading South Korean defense company, said on Monday it has hired Michael Coulter, a former senior executive at US-based Ita...

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has launched an investigation into social media accounts pretending to be Hyundai Motor Group advisor Sung Kim,...

China’s Mingyang Smart Energy, one of the top five global wind turbine suppliers, is gearing up for its advance into South Korea’s wind ...

South Korean solar cell company OCI Holdings Co. said on Tuesday it has signed a deal with US power supplier CPS Energy to jointly build a 120-megaw...

Smilegate, the South Korean developer of the world’s top first-person shooter game Crossfire, said on Tuesday it invested in the US-based medi...

Lotte Card Co. is expected to be up for grabs in the first half of next year amid a second sale attempt by its largest shareholder MBK Partners, a N...

Blackstone, Carlyle Group and MBK Partners have joined the race to purchase the bio business of CJ CheilJedang Corp., the world’s largest prod...

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. said on Friday it signed a strategic partnership with the UK-based global defense industry giant Babcock Internationa...

When OneAsia Partners, a Seoul-based private equity fund operator, revised part of its PEF Havana I’s articles of association on Feb. 14, 2023...

South Korea's generative AI startup DeepBrain AI said on Thursday it partnered with Japan-based Nippon Electric Company (NEC) to introduce AI anch...

South Korea's SM Entertainment Co. partnered with the US-based music label "Gamma." to globally debut its first British K-Pop boy group Dear Alice.A...

SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared to rebuff the prospect of reviving his nuclear diplomacy with President-elect Do...

Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s top lead and zinc smelter, said on Tuesday its Australian subsidiary Ark Energy selected Hanwha Corp. as the pref...