MBK Partners buyout

South Korea's surgical and medical instruments maker Osteonic Co. on Thursday announced the start of exports of its Kinex sports medicine products t...

Demand for artificial intelligence microprocessors is set to grow astronomically as electronics and cars are becoming smarter, said DeepX chief, add...

South Korea’s two tech giants – Samsung Electronics Co. and Naver Corp. – have agreed to jointly develop a generative artificial i...

ZKW Group of Germany, an automotive lighting and headlight affiliate of LG Electronics Inc., on Thursday said it signed a memorandum of understandin...

The three-month saga over the control of the K-pop pioneer SM Entertainment Co. early this year was a painful lesson about activist funds: Don&rsquo...

A South Korean private equity firm leading shareholder activism against SM Entertainment Co. is mired in controversy as it has surfaced that it sold...

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) is set to inject 100 billion won ($74.7 million) to make its first investments in gl...

Companies entering South Korea's KakaoTalk Store can conduct "labang," a term combining the Korean words for "live" and "broadcasting," any time the...

SK Inc., SK Innovation Co. are partnering with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and TerraPower,  a US small modular reactor (SMR) des...

South Korea's KT Corp. on Tuesday said it developed a small cell gateway with partner and tech startup Eluon.The small cell gateway is a system that...

South Korea's HMM Co. and Lotte Fine Chemical Co. have formed a partnership to transport and supply next-generation environmentally friendly fuel, a...

Healthcare continued to be the preferred sector for South Korean institutional investors this year as it was last year, a survey found. Meanwhile, the...

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, is slated to attract 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) from a consortium of US private equit...

Private equity firm MBK Partners is set to acquire Pierre Marcolini, a Belgian chocolate brand called "Hermes of Chocolate."MBK bought the South Kor...

Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder and partner at private equity firm MBK Partners, has topped the ranking of the 50 richest South Koreans by net worth...

ASICLAND Co. is the only South Korean semiconductor design house for the world’s largest foundry TSMC Co., which manufactures chips for about ...

South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments Inc. is set to hire Lee Hyukjin, a senior partner of global management consulting firm Bain & ...

South Korean companies LG Chem Ltd. and CJ Logistics have signed an memorandum of understanding on Thursday to establish a recycling ecosystem for p...

South Korean IT services company SK C&C announced on Wednesday a partnership with American venture capital firm Storm Ventures to discover and c...

Private equity giant MBK Partners focused on defending its portfolio last year, especially Chinese companies during the lockdown, while being active...

Korea Corporate Governance Improvement Fund (KCGI) is eyeing a controlling stake in DB HiTek Co. as the activist fund became the second-largest shar...

South Korea’s JB Financial Group Co. won a proxy battle against local activist fund Align Partners Capital Management on dividends and nominat...

South Korean gaming company NCSOFT Corp. said on Thursday that its popular PC online multiplayer role-playing game (MMORPG) Aion Classic will soon b...

LINE Corp. and Mizuho Financial Group’s plan to introduce an internet-only bank in Japan has fallen through about five years after they unveil...

South Korean company LX Hausys, specializing in building materials and interior products, has signed a strategic partnership agreement for aluminium...

South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. on Wednesday said that it has entered a business agreement with Aents Inc., a company specializing in carbon accountin...

Global proxy advisory giant Glass, Lewis & Co. has voted for three out of the four proposals made by Seoul-based Tcha Partners Asset Management ...

South Korea's logistics company Hyundai Glovis Co. on Monday said it signed a memorandum of understanding on the clean hydrogen and ammonia business...

South Korean carmakers Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have partnered with DeepX, a domestic startup that specializes in designing AI semiconductors...

CJ Freshway, a South Korean food distributor and food service company, announced on Friday that it has partnered with S&D Company, the operator ...