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Affinity Equity Partners has chosen Goldman Sachs as its adviser for the planned sale of its entire stakes in Burger King’s operations in Kore...

Foreigners sold a net 25.9 trillion won ($21.8 billion) worth of South Korean stocks on the main Kospi from Jan. 1 to Dec. 23 of this year, marking ...

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) awarded a $3.6 billion contract to a consortium led by Kore...

Dunamu Inc., the operator of Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, has announced that its accumulated third-quarter net profit came i...

US-listed chipmaker Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. and Chinese private equity firm Wise Road Capital terminated their $1.4 billion buyout agreement...

Mortgage loan growth at banks in South Korea slowed to near a four-year low in November, on the back of tightened lending rules and an interest rate...

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. announced on Nov. 15 that its operating profit and net profit for the first three quarters came in at 312.4 bil...

“It was not like an M&A negotiation but rather an audition by Lee Soo-man,” said a source at a company that is looking to buy a stak...

A consortium led by electric bus maker Edison Motors Co. has been named the preferred buyer of South Korea’s troubled sport utility vehicle ma...

South Korean Simone Acc. Collection Ltd., the world’s No. 1 handbag maker, plans to spend 30-40% of net profit for dividends after a listing n...

KKR & Co. has secured the exclusive negotiating rights to buy SK E&S Co.'s new preferred shares worth 2.4 trillion won ($2 billion), which t...

South Korea's telecom giant KT Corp., mid-sized builder Hoban Construction Co. and about 10 private equity firms have submitted letters of intent to...

South Korean companies are emerging as big buyers in the global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) markets. They are actively looking for future gro...

The millennials have become the largest spenders on luxury goods at department stores in South Korea. According to joint research by The Korea Econo...

LX Hausys Ltd., South Korea's leading building materials maker, on Monday announced a plan to join Seoul-based IMM Private Equity in acquiring a con...

Korea Post has netted slightly over 1 trillion won ($861 million) from the block sale of its shares in South Korea's largest internet-only lender Ka...

Namyang Dairy Products Co.'s top shareholder and Chairman Hong Won-sik on Wednesday notified Hahn & Co. of the termination of the 310.7 billion ...

South Korea-based startup Real Packing is on a mission to build a trust-based society via its fact-checking video system.Launched in 2016, Real Pack...

South Korea's top 10 conglomerates are rushing to foster eco-friendly businesses models with their investments into environment, social and governan...

The sale of Citibank Korea’s consumer banking business has hit a stumbling block as the South Korean unit of Citigroup Inc. postponed its boar...

The son of a South Korean manufacturing company's owner, with a Ph.D degree in engineering, has refused to take over his father's business and inste...

Hoban Group, started as a small residential rental company in Gwangju in 1989, has now emerged as a major player in South Korea's M&A market, in...

South Korean private equity (PE) firm Hahn & Co.’s deal to acquire Namyang Dairy Products is at risk of collapse as the owner and his fami...

South Korea's Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has ventured into the real estate secondaries market, committing $150 million to Brookfiel...

YouTube is quickly growing in South Korea’s music market, the world’s sixth-largest. The number of YouTube Music’s monthly active ...

The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) is seeking to sell 2.6 trillion won ($2.3 billion) in perpetual convertible bonds issued by HMM Co., th...

South Korea's Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has recently picked GCM Grosvenor, a US alternative investor, as its new separate account ...

South Korea's SK Innovation Co. is tapping private equity firms to sell up to a 49% stake in SK Global Chemical Co. after the chemical raw materials...

The sale of Citibank Korea’s consumer banking business is gaining traction as potential bidders have started due diligence of the bank, with e...

SK Group has pledged to achieve carbon neutrality prior to 2050, the year set by the United Nations (UN) to reach net-zero carbon emissions globally...