stake swap

KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, will likely get support from in-house shareholders in a battle against activist funds...

HYBE Co. is tightening the reins in its fight against Kakao Corp. for control of SM Entertainment Co. by raising up to 1 trillion won ($768.6 millio...

BARCELONA -- South Korea’s plant and machinery powerhouse Doosan Group is seeking its future growth engines from the semiconductor and robot s...

IMM Private Equity will buy additional shares in South Korea’s Hanssem Co. for 100 billion won ($77 million) in a tender offer to inject fresh...

Seoul-based activist fund Tcha Partners Asset Management Co. on Monday demanded that South Korea’s Namyang Dairy Products Co. buy back half of...

EQT Partners AB, the world’s third-largest private equity firm, is poised to buy a controlling stake in South Korean security service provider...

South Korea’s leading secondary battery equipment player Daebo Magnetic Co. is set to sell its owner family’s controlling stake of about...

South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group expects its high-stakes solar energy business to pay off amid industry forec...

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, said on Friday it is acquiring a 6% stake in Piedmont Lithium Inc., a US mining company, ...

South Korea's Hanwha Group will acquire ship engine maker HSD Engine in a move to shore up its shipbuilding unit following the conglomerate's takeov...

South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments is poised to become the second-largest shareholder of Iljin Materials Co., a Kosdaq-listed battery...

Korea Corporate Governance Improvement Fund (KCGI), one of the country’s most aggressive shareholder activists, plans to sell its stake in Oss...

HYBE Co., the music label behind K-pop sensation BTS, is poised to acquire a controlling stake in its South Korean rival SM Entertainment Co. with m...

Binance, the leading cryptocurrency exchange globally, has acquired a majority stake in South Korea's Gopax by purchasing CEO Lee Joon-haeng's 41.2%...

South Korea is set to allow offshore investors to directly trade the won and extend the operating hours of the local currency market from July next ...

The Bank of Korea (BOK) and the Australian Central Bank have agreed to extend the valid date of the current Australian dollar/won currency swap cont...

Celltrion Inc. has secured an additional stake in the UK's antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) developer Iksuda Therapeutics.According to Celltrion on Wed...

Naver Corp. has made a massive additional investment in Wallapop, Spain's online market for used items and Europe's equivalent to Korea's Danggeun M...

A consortium led by Korea Corporate Governance Improvement Fund (KCGI), a local activist fund, said on Jan. 9 it signed a share purchase agreement l...

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 move to privatize container shipping line HMM Co. to recover taxpayer money is gaining traction as government officials start lo...

Young Poong Precision Corp., an industrial pump and chemical plant valve maker under South Korea's Young Poong Group, is aggressively increasing con...

M2N( DK D&I Co. ), the parent company of pharmaceutical firm Sillajen Inc., announced on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement to sell its maj...

Hanwha Corp. is revving up to acquire STX Heavy Industries, which provides parts and technical support for marine engines, shipbuilding equipment, a...

Hyundai Home Shopping Network Corp., a TV shopping channel operator owned by South Korea's Hyundai Department Store Group, said on Dec. 26 it will s...

South Korea’s general equipment manufacturer SFA Engineering Corp. is poised to acquire CIS Corp., a renewable battery production equipment ma...

Dong-A ST said on Friday that it would acquire American drug company NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals as a subsidiary.NeuroBo, located in Boston, is a Nasdaq...

South Korea is set to require a takeover bidder for a listed company to buy stakes held by small shareholders at the same price to be paid to a majo...

Private equity giant KKR & Co. is slated to buy a 100% stake in Busan City Gas Co., wholly owned by South Korean energy company SK E&S Co., ...

South Korea's Truston Asset Management has changed the purpose of its stock investment in the chemical and textile company Taekwang Industrial Co. f...