Deals
Beauty & Cosmetics
Shinsegae buys low-cost cosmetics brand Amuse from Naver Snow
South Korea's Shinsegae International Inc. announced on Friday that it will acquire 100% of Amuse Corp., a cosmetics brand, for 71.3 billion won ($52.6 million) to expand its cosmetics business beyond luxury products and boost its global presence.Am
Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Activist fund KCGI to buy Hanyang Securities for $180 mn
South Korean private equity firm KCGI Co. is expected to acquire local brokerage house Hanyang Securities Co. for 244.9 billion won ($179.8 million),...
Aug 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Doosan Robotics, Bobcat ordered to clarify merger deal
South Korean regulators have ordered Doosan Robotics Inc. to amend the securities prospectus it submitted last week for its merger with Doosan Bobcat...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Solutions to raise $1.5 bn amid mounting losses
Hanwha Solutions Corp., the flagship unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group, is poised to raise as much as $1.5 b...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hanyang Securities stake draws bids without sale manager
Hanyang Securities Co. has received preliminary bids from four to five South Korean companies or consortia for its 11.3% stake after its controlling ...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Doosan Robotics to merge with Doosan Bobcat by early 2025
Doosan Robotics Inc. will complete a merger with Doosan Bobcat Inc. by early next year, a move aimed at prodding Bobcat to take an active role in exp...
Jul 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MG Non-Life Insurance deal falls through with no bidders
The sale of South Korean mid-sized insurer MG Non-Life Insurance Co. has been canceled as the financially distressed insurer failed to attract any bi...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Brokerage firm Hanyang Securities' 11.3% stake up for sale
South Korea’s Hanyang University Foundation has decided to sell 11.3% of common shares and all the preferred stocks it holds in brokerage arm H...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea’s Woori Bank raises $550 mn in AT1 hybrid bond
South Korean major bank Woori Bank said on Thursday that it raised $550 million by issuing additional tier 1 (AT1) hybrid bonds on July 17 with call ...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung buys UK deep tech startup to boost AI business
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top mobile phone maker, will acquire Oxford Semantic Technologies, a British deep tech startup, to enhance...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Kakao Games to raise $203 mn in bonds convertible to Krafton shares
Kakao Games Corp., a game publishing unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., is set to issue an estimated 280 billion won ($203.2 million) worth...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK Innovation to be Asia’s top energy company through merger
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest energy company, is set to become the industry leader in Asia through a merger with an affiliate while ...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK Ecoplant to merge tech unit for group restructuring
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company, is set to merge a profit-making technology subsidiary of the p...
Jul 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea approves HD KSOE-STX Heavy merger with conditions
South Korea’s antitrust body has given a conditional nod to leading domestic shipyard HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co.'s (H...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hanyang Securities up for sale; in talks with KCGI, Woori
Hanyang Securities Co., a small South Korean brokerage firm, has been put on the market as its parent Hanyang University Foundation scrambles to keep...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor speeds up hydrogen bus charging business in Korea
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. is set to become the largest shareholder of a local hydrogen-powered-vehicle charging station operator to boost...
Jul 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Samsung Securities’ IB head to quit amid talent outflow
Lee Jae-hyun, who has led one of Samsung Securities Co.'s investment banking divisions for two years, has recently expressed his intention to quit, s...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Hyosung to sell its specialty gas unit for $943 mn to Korean PEs
South Korea’s Hyosung Group is poised to sell a 100% stake in its specialty and industrial gas unit to a consortium led by IMM Private Equity I...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Doosan Robotics to delist, wholly own cash-cow Doosan Bobcat
Doosan Enerbility Co., a leading South Korean power plant engineering company, is handing over its entire 46% stake in machinery affiliate Doosan Bob...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
GM Korea supplier Erae cs eyes revival by unit sales
A controlling stake in Erae AMS Co., formerly Delphi Automotive Systems’ South Korean affiliate, is on sale with eight potential bidders eyeing...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis to buy e-commerce 11Street
South Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis Corp. is poised to acquire the country’s leading e-commerce operator 11Street Co. to ramp up its b...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LG Electronics acquires Athom to facilitate AI smart home push
South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. said on Wednesday it has acquired Athom B.V., a Netherlands-based home automation compan...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Jollibee to acquire Korea’s Compose Coffee in $340 mn deal
Jollibee Foods Corp., the Philippines’ largest fast-food chain, is set to take over a majority stake in Compose Coffee Co., South Korea’s...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Korea’s top resort operator Sono buys T'way stake for $76 mn
South Korea’s top resort operator Sono International Co. has bought a stake in T'way Air Co., a local low-cost carrier (LCC), for 105.6 billion...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
South Korean brokerages woo super-rich to make them even richer
South Korea’s baby boomers, the demographic cohort born between 1955 and 1963, have largely built their wealth through hard work, savings and t...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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League table
UBS tops Korea’s M&A advisor list on Asiana, Affinity deals
UBS Group AG topped the South Korean mergers and acquisitions (M&A) league table in the second quarter as the global investment bank worked on ma...
Jul 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Eugene PE, KDB PE to acquire Boryung Biopharma for $231 million
A consortium of Eugene Private Equity and Korea Development Bank Private Equity will acquire 80% of South Korean vaccine maker Boryung Biopharma Co. ...
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Woori to buy Dajia’s insurers in Korea for up to $2.2 bn
Woori Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest financial services holding company, is set to acquire China’s Dajia Insurance Gr...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean PE funds shrink in 2023 for first time in 7 years
South Korean private equity investments declined last year for the first time since 2016 due to interest rate hikes, high inflation and the Korean wo...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On to sell $360 mn in perpetual bonds amid tough EV market
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, plans to sell 500 billion won ($359.6 million) in its first perpetual bond...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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