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South Korea's Anda Asset Management Co. said on Tuesday it applied for an injunction Jan. 9 to view and copy the shareholders’ list of KT&...

South Korean private equity firm VIG Partners has acquired a 100% stake in low-cost carrier (LCC) Eastar Jet Co., the asset manager said on Jan. 6. ...

South Korea's KB Asset Management Co. is set to sell two three-star hotel buildings in Myeong-dong, one of the most popular spots for foreign touris...

Applied Materials Inc., a global leading equipment and software supplier to semiconductor makers, has invested 51 billion won ($40.2 million) in Abs...

South Korea's top refiner SK Innovation Co. said on Dec. 21 it will invest 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in its electric battery maker unit SK On Co...

South Korea's property-rental platform Stayfolio announced on Wednesday that it has won 10 billion won ($7.7 million) worth of additional investment...

South Korea’s top online flea market Danggeun Market and other platforms are growing more popular for property deals as home sellers look for ...

South Korea's pharmaceutical firm HLB Therapeutics Co. said on Monday that it has signed an agreement with the Korea Disease Control and Prevention ...

The war in Ukraine continues to stoke ongoing uncertainty in Europe, with the impact on energy supplies and prices likely to be felt more intensely ...

SK PUCore, SKC's polyurethane subsidiary, was officially recognized for the fire retardancy of its polyurethane insulation material.The company said...

South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group and leading telecommunication carrier KT Corp. have joined hands to develop the digital ecosystem i...

South Korea's major retailer Shinsegae International said on Monday that it would acquire the exclusive domestic sales rights of Laura Mercier, a Fr...

South Korea's fashion retail giant Shinsegae International on Monday said it has acquired the domestic rights to sell the Italian haircare brand Dav...

South Korean lifestyle hospitality startup Good Food For Good (GFFG) announced Monday that it raised 30 billion won ($23.2 million) in Series A roun...

Gaming giant Nexon Co. is set to acquire a 50% stake in the Autoway Tower, an office building in Seoul's Gangnam business district, from the Korean ...

On Feb. 22, 2019, a man calling himself Matthew Chao knocked on the door of the North Korean embassy in Madrid, with a gift for the embassy’s ...

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. is poised to decide to raise more than 1 trillion won ($745.4 million) of capital at its board meeting this...

South Korea's fifth-richest man Kwon Hyuk-bin and his wife Lee Hwa-jin appear to be headed for divorce, according to industry insiders on Monday.&nb...

South Korea’s education behemoth Kyowon Co. said it will unveil an animated film featuring its own characters, in a move to kickstart its inte...

Lotte Group is set to inject a total of $651 million through its chemical units to save a construction affiliate from the fallout of a debt default ...

US alternative investment manager TPG Inc. is poised to sell a 65% stake in South Korea’s Moleem Corp., the parent of global leading luxury vi...

Bank KB Bukopin, South Korean bank KB Bank's Indonesian subsidiary, is set to raise capital by issuing 8.44 trillion rupiah ($550.6 million) in new ...

A South Korean court judged that Bitcoin, the world’s leading virtual currency, is not money and therefore the cryptocurrency is not subject t...

South Korea’s intellectual property office has rejected patent applications that claimed an artificial intelligence system as their inventor, ...

Delta Air Lines Inc., a friendly shareholder of Hanjin KAL Co., has bought an additional 1.7% stake in the company, which operates Korea’s lar...

LX Pantos, an LX Group affiliate, has acquired a 3.86% stake in Hanjin KAL Corp., the holding company of Hanjin Group.The LX Group is considered a k...

The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea committed 204.4 trillion won ($156.7 billion) to alternative investment as of end-2021, up 32.7% f...

Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to launch a credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lendi...

Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to start the credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lend...

A consortium led by South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co. and US private equity giant KKR & Co. is set to acquire Shinhan Investment Cor...