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Proxy advisory firm International Shareholder Services (ISS) has expressed its support for all of Kumho Petrochemical Co.'s proposals up for vote ...

South Korean startups raising funds from overseas venture capital firms nearly doubled in the first two months of this year from a year ago, heighte...

Palliser Capital, a London-based hedge fund, said on Sunday it will vote in favor of other activist shareholders’ proposals for Samsung C&...

South Korea’s NH Investment & Securities Co. said on Wednesday it has launched a 200 billion won ($150 million) real estate fund for insti...

Samsung Group is targeting the gene therapy business through investments in US biotechnology companies as the leading South Korean conglomerate is s...

Caring Co., a South Korean startup offering senior care services, succeeded in raising 40 billion won ($30 million) in a series B funding round, e...

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Friday it will invest $1.1 billion in Brazil to reinvigorate the South American country&...

South Korea's LG Innotek announced on Friday that it held the 2024 Win-win Growth Partnership Day on the previous day.LG Innotek signed the 2024 Fai...

Global fund manager Partners Group Holding AG, one of the largest listed private equity firms in Europe headquartered in Switzerland managing $147 b...

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. said on Wednesday it has appointed Ryan O’Connor, a Goldman Sachs veteran, as chief exe...

South Korea’s large business groups are in emergency mode to brace for proxy fights with activist funds at annual general meetings (AGMs) next...

India equity funds registered in South Korea have doubled their investors' wealth over the past five years, luring high-net-worth individuals lookin...

SK On Co., a South Korean electric vehicle battery maker, is seeking to raise up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) to step up facility investments, b...

South Korean companies and households flocked to investment funds and short-term deposits in December last year, pulling out of money market funds a...

South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), a retirement savings fund for military personnel, will create an 80 billion won ($60 mil...

Park Chul-whan, the nephew of Kumho Petrochemical Co.'s former Chairman Park Chan-koo, has launched a proxy fight jointly with an activist fund, fue...

Five activist funds have joined hands to wage a proxy battle with Samsung C&T Corp., demanding additional share buybacks and dividend increases....

South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. announced on Thursday that it will supply three treatments, including its blood cancer drug Truxima (rituximab) t...

NextEnergy Capital, a leading global fund manager specializing in ground-mounted solar energy, will boost its investments in renewables around the w...

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest rechargeable battery maker, drew a record 5.61 trillion won ($4.2 billion) in bids for a S...

Doosan Investment, the corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of South Korea's Doosan Group, has formed a 100 billion won ($75 million) fund, focusin...

Apollo Asset Management, Warburg Pincus and Lexington Partners are South Korean institutional investors’ most preferred private equity firm...

Aptiv PLC, a US autonomous driving technology company, has decided to reduce a significant portion of its stake in Motional, a self-driving tec...

South Korean limited partners will tap private debt as their most preferred asset class in 2024 to secure stable income amid geopolitical conflicts an...

Digital infrastructure, such as data centers, towers and smart meters, will be the hottest infrastructure asset this year for South Korean limited par...

South Korean fabless artificial intelligence chip startup Rebellions Inc.’s plan to co-develop the next-generation AI chip with the world&rsqu...

South Korea's Fashion Group Hyungji reported on Tuesday a preliminary 30 billion won ($22.5 million) in earnings for 2023, a staggering 145% jump fr...

South Korean construction companies are penetrating deeper into Central and South America, where high demand for infrastructure facilities is now se...

Kakao Corp. is set to replace executives of SM Entertainment Co., who ousted its founder Lee Soo-man when the South Korean mobile giant acquired the...

South Korea’s energy-to-telecom conglomerate SK Group has decided to reintroduce Saturday gatherings of its subsidiaries' chief executives aft...