Economic volatility offers opportunity for US alternative property investments: Kayne Anderson CEO

Economic volatility offers opportunity for US alternative property investments: Kayne Anderson CEO

Global economic uncertainty is providing an opportunity for investments in US alternative real estate, including outpatient medical office and senio...

Korea Zinc offers preferential terms to US with option to buy up to 34.5% in $7 bn smelter

Korea Zinc offers preferential terms to US with option to buy up to 34.5% in $7 bn smelter

Korea Zinc Inc. has agreed to grant the US government an option to acquire up to a 34.5% stake in a minerals smelter it plans to build in Tennessee,...

Seoul fires starting gun on $102 bn fund with demand already outpacing supply

Seoul fires starting gun on $102 bn fund with demand already outpacing supply

South Korea officially launched its 150 trillion won ($102 billion) sovereign-backed investment vehicle on Thursday, revealing that initial funding ...

Dongwon mulls renewed bid for HMM, 'the pinnacle dream' of its 90-yr-old founder

Dongwon mulls renewed bid for HMM, 'the pinnacle dream' of its 90-yr-old founder

Dongwon Group, South Korea’s top canned tuna maker, is weighing a renewed bid for HMM Co., according to local media reports on Friday, after l...

Korea’s ruling party pushes mandatory tender offers; critics warn moves may chill M&A market

Korea’s ruling party pushes mandatory tender offers; critics warn moves may chill M&A market

South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party (DP) is pushing ahead with plans to introduce a mandatory tender offer regime, setting up a fresh clash ...

SK Group sets early 2026 deadline to complete SK Siltron divestment

SK Group sets early 2026 deadline to complete SK Siltron divestment

SK Group is accelerating its efforts to divest SK Siltron Co., the world’s third-largest semiconductor wafer producer, targeting a deal closin...

Korean eyewear shops: Foreign tourists’ new pilgrimage as K-glasses catch on

Korean eyewear shops: Foreign tourists’ new pilgrimage as K-glasses catch on

When foreign travelers touch down in Seoul these days, many still make the well-trodden pilgrimages to Daiso, Korea’s largest discount store c...

US private credit market poised for steady growth: Apogem Capital

US private credit market poised for steady growth: Apogem Capital

The US private credit market is poised for continued growth as lending demand broadens from mid-market firms to smaller businesses, and institutiona...

Korean LPs seek to diversify private debt assets, prioritize liquidity over yields

Korean LPs seek to diversify private debt assets, prioritize liquidity over yields

South Korean major asset owners are seeking to diversify their senior direct lending-focused private credit portfolios into subordinated and distres...

Samsung’s Galaxy XR blends AI, immersion at half the price of Apple’s Vision Pro

Samsung’s Galaxy XR blends AI, immersion at half the price of Apple’s Vision Pro

Samsung Electronics Co. wants to make artificial intelligence wearable.Its new Galaxy XR headset, unveiled on Wednesday, is its boldest attempt yet ...

Korean haircare products emerge as K-beauty’s next frontier

Korean haircare products emerge as K-beauty’s next frontier

The allure of Korean beauty is extending into Korean haircare as style-savvy consumers begin treating their hair and scalp with the same care as the...

Sephora, Ulta snap up K-beauty exclusives before Olive Young’s US debut

Sephora, Ulta snap up K-beauty exclusives before Olive Young’s US debut

A K-beauty showdown is brewing in the world’s largest cosmetics market. Sephora and Ulta Beauty are racing to lock in exclusive deals with Sou...

BP joins race for S.Korea’s East Sea gas development after ‘Great Whale’ project declared botched

BP joins race for S.Korea’s East Sea gas development after ‘Great Whale’ project declared botched

BP plc., a British multinational oil and gas company, is bidding to develop deepwater gas reserves off South Korea, reviving hopes for the Asian cou...

S.Korea offers unlimited currency swap with US amid pressure over $350 bn fund

S.Korea offers unlimited currency swap with US amid pressure over $350 bn fund

South Korea has proposed an unlimited currency swap with the US to fulfill its pledge to form a $350 billion US investment fund, but the offer faile...

S.Korea rattled by detention of hundreds of workers at Hyundai-LG battery JV in sweeping US raid

S.Korea rattled by detention of hundreds of workers at Hyundai-LG battery JV in sweeping US raid

Several hundred workers at an electric vehicle battery joint venture between Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd., which is currently und...

LG Corp. retires $180 million worth of treasury shares, offers 1st interim dividend

LG Corp. retires $180 million worth of treasury shares, offers 1st interim dividend

LG Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group, said on Thursday that it will retire 3.03 million treasur...

HMM to buy back $1.5 bn shares, paving way for KDB’s fund recovery

HMM to buy back $1.5 bn shares, paving way for KDB’s fund recovery

HMM Co., South Korea’s largest shipping firm, will buy back and cancel 2.14 trillion won ($1.5 billion) worth of shares, paving the way for it...

Musicow sells out 1st US music equity offering backed by Kelly Clarkson hit

Musicow sells out 1st US music equity offering backed by Kelly Clarkson hit

Musicow Inc., a South Korean music copyright trading platform pioneer, has sold out its debut US music royalty-backed securities offering in less th...

ASK Singapore 2025 to offer rare insights into Korean investment landscape

ASK Singapore 2025 to offer rare insights into Korean investment landscape

South Korea’s leading private equity and venture capital firms will convene in Singapore on Oct. 27 for ASK Singapore 2025 (sg.kedask.com), wh...

Bundang Doosan Tower up for sale; Doosan Group holds right of first refusal

Bundang Doosan Tower up for sale; Doosan Group holds right of first refusal

Bundang Doosan Tower, a landmark office building in the Seoul metropolitan area, is up for sale as its owner, Koramco REITs Management & Trust C...

TaylorMade sale takes new turn as F&F hires Goldman for bid

TaylorMade sale takes new turn as F&F hires Goldman for bid

F&F Holdings Co., a South Korean fashion retailer and the largest strategic investor in TaylorMade, has entered a head-to-head showdown with Cen...

Korea Investment & Securities, UBP seek private banking partnership

Korea Investment & Securities, UBP seek private banking partnership

Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), a unit of Korea Investment Holdings Co., said on Thursday it has discussed a strategic partnership with...

Test case looms for Korea’s revised Commercial Act as VIP Asset challenges Lotte Rental’s rights issue to Affinity

Test case looms for Korea’s revised Commercial Act as VIP Asset challenges Lotte Rental’s rights issue to Affinity

Lotte Rental Co., South Korea’s No. 1 car rental and leasing company, is facing a backlash from a key minority shareholder over its planned ri...

Hyundai Motor’s high-stakes gambit in US: Cut vehicle prices as rivals hike theirs

Hyundai Motor’s high-stakes gambit in US: Cut vehicle prices as rivals hike theirs

As global automakers raise prices in the US market to respond to new Washington import tariffs, South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group is taking th...

South Korean airlines bank on China routes for profit recovery

South Korean airlines bank on China routes for profit recovery

South Korean airlines are ramping up international routes, particularly to China, Japan and Southeast Asian countries, in a bid to boost profitabili...

Korean waste management firm Koentec put on market for $730 mn

Korean waste management firm Koentec put on market for $730 mn

Korea Environment Technology Co. (Koentec) is up for sale in a deal that could fetch up to 1 trillion won ($730.4 million) with global private equit...

Hanwha acquires Indonesian bank, first foreign banking venture by Korean insurer

Hanwha acquires Indonesian bank, first foreign banking venture by Korean insurer

Hanwha Life Insurance Co. has become the first South Korean insurance firm to advance into the overseas banking sector by securing a controlling sta...

S.Korea’s CDMO giant Samsung Biologics to offer CRO services

S.Korea’s CDMO giant Samsung Biologics to offer CRO services

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, will enter the contract research organization (CRO) market by leveraging its va...

Baby Shark video creator files for Kosdaq IPO

Baby Shark video creator files for Kosdaq IPO

The Pinkfong Company Inc., the creator of the billion-view video Baby Shark, has launched the process of an initial public offering on South Korea&r...

Australian infrastructure offers compelling opportunity: QIC

Australian infrastructure offers compelling opportunity: QIC

Australia is uniquely positioned to offer a diversified and resilient exposure for infrastructure equity investment, supported by its solid economic...

Samsung, SK Hynix to beat TSMC in gross profit margin for memory business Korea’s Hanwha wins first US defense deal with Boeing for F-15 parts Coupang faces US class-action lawsuit over data breach in Korea Seoul to rewrite Kosdaq with tax breaks, listing reforms Carlyle buys KFC Korea for $135 mn, deepening its presence in KFC's Asian operations