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South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp. has emerged as one of Hanjin KAL Co.'s key friendly shareholders, throwing its clout behind Chai...

SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, has made an equity investment in Morph Interactive Co., a local three-dimensional graphics c...

South Korea's top online fashion platform Musinsa is in the last stages of talks to acquire a domestic rival that caters primarily to Japanese shopp...

South Korea’s telecommunication stocks are getting a boost from foreign investors’ net purchases. Telecom shares, which are relatively...

Seoul-based private equity firm Hahn & Co. has acquired a South Korean meal kit provider for 75 billion won ($61 million), a deal expected to bo...

South Korea's SK Hynix Inc. is considering forming a consortium with other strategic investors to buy Arm Ltd., a British semiconductor design compa...

South Korea’s online game developers are intensifying their efforts to build and incorporate their own payment systems to wipe out hefty commi...

Kakao Entertainment Corp., a unit of South Korea's top mobile messenger app, is in the final stages of talks to buy a controlling stake in SM Entert...

South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. has raised a total of 1 trillion won ($830 million) from four domestic private equity firms, including 390 billion won...

South Korea’s central bank is caught in a dilemma as it needs to raise interest rates to curb rising inflationary pressure in Asia’s fou...

South Korea's Lotte Group has agreed to acquire a 100% stake in Ministop Korea for 313.4 billion won ($263 million), the country's fifth-largest con...

ICONIQ Capital, a US family office backed by Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has invested 50 billion won ($42 million) in Smartscore, a South ...

IGIS Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest real estate asset manager, has made a forward funding deal of three logistics centers under...

Nexen Tire Corp., Korea’s third-largest tire maker, has made an undisclosed amount of equity investment in ANRA Technologies, a US urban air m...

South Korea’s BNK Asset Management Co. acquired UBS Financial Services tower in New Jersey for $219 million from US real estate developer Hart...

CJ ENM Co., the producer of the Oscar-winning "Parasite", was the only South Korean company among a few entertainment powerhouses and investment fir...

The operator of Terarosa, known as the Blue Bottle Coffee of South Korea, has received around 70 billion won ($60 million) in funding from Unison Ca...

Namyang Dairy Products Co.'s top shareholder and Chairman Hong Won-sik will be barred from exercising his shareholder rights at the company's genera...

South Korea's JR Global REIT Co. will acquire a 49.9% stake in an office building in New York for 385.5 billion won ($323 million) by the end of thi...

When DL Chemical Co. announced its $2.5 billion acquisition of US chemical manufacturer Kraton Corp. on Monday, it left many people bewildered.The a...

DL Chemical Co., South Korea's leading petrochemical company, has acquired Texas-based specialty chemical manufacturer Kraton Corp. for $2.5 billion...

Amazon Global Store posted a stellar first-week performance in South Korea. The service, launched at the end of August on SK Telecom Co.’s onl...

Singapore’s GIC, Canada's Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan (OTPP) and private equity firms, including Affinity Equity Partners, may need to endu...

South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis Co. has inked a deal with global commodities trader Trafigura to transport gas and ammonia as part of its longer-...

South Korea's energy-to-construction conglomerate GS Group was not considered a serious bidder when it entered the race for a 46.9% stake in the cou...

Alpharium Tower, a landmark office tower in Pangyo Techno Valley near Seoul, will be put on the market later this year, which is expected to fetch t...

Naver Corp., South Korea’s top online portal, is set to acquire 20% of Cafe24, a Seoul-based global e-commerce solutions provider, to expand i...

Young South Koreans are drowning in debt.Korean youths in their 20s and 30s are reeling under growing personal debt as they aggressively take out pe...

Samsung Life Insurance Co. has drawn attention from South Korean pension and savings funds with its $90 million purchase last month of a stake in Sa...

Fubon Life Insurance Co., a unit of Taiwan’s Fubon Financial Holding Co., has raised its stake in a Korean joint venture with Hyundai Motor Gr...