Deals

SK E&S Co. will hire a global investment bank to launch the process of raising 2 trillion-3 trillion won ($2 billion-$3 billion) in new capital ...

Citigroup Inc.'s plan to exit from South Korea's retail banking market may invigorate the country's M&A market, with small-sized, non-banking fi...

South Korea’s leading renewable energy company Hanwha Solutions Corp. plans to raise 1 billion Chinese yuan ($153 million) this month in green...

Kakao Bank, South Korea's No.1 mobile banking app., has kicked off the process to go public by applying for a preliminary review of its stock market...

Naver Corp. and Kakao Corp., South Korea's two online giants, are competing to acquire Munpia Inc., their smaller domestic rival in the web novel ma...

South Korea’s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. will split into two separate entities. SK Telecom said on Apr. 14 that it will create a ne...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), other state-run savings funds and big companies are expected to pocket decent gains from their...

Hyundai Engineering Co., an unlisted construction affiliate of the Hyundai Motor Group, is seeking an initial public offering on the Korean bourse, ...

Doosan Co., the holding company of South Korea's Doosan Group, is in contact with several private equity firms to sell its in-house electronic mater...

Kia Corp. has issued its first foreign currency ESG bonds worth $700 million to strengthen its investment in electric vehicles and other eco-friendl...

South Korea-based private equity firm Skylake Equity Partners is seeking to sell a 100% stake in Outback Steakhouse Korea, as the PE firm and sale m...

Hanwha Solutions Corp., a South Korean petrochemical and renewable energy company, plans to raise 2 billion yuan ($300 million) in a green bond issu...

MiCo Ceramics Ltd., a semiconductor equipment parts subsidiary of the industrial ceramics maker MiCo Co., is pushing forward with IPO preparations. ...

South Korea-based game developer Krafton Inc., touted as one of this year's hottest initial public offerings, has filed a preliminary listing applic...

Kakao Entertainment Corp. is working to make a trading debut on the domestic bourse in the latter part of this year or in 2022 at the latest. And th...

The Korea Deposit Insurance Corp. (KDIC) has reduced its stake in Woori Financial Group to 15.25% by selling 149.2 billion won ($134 million) worth ...

South Korea’s lesser-known private equity firm Centroid Investment Partners is among the shortlisted candidates for US sports equipment manufa...

Kakao Corp., South Korea's top mobile messaging app operator, is set to acquire a majority stake in Zigzag, a domestic online fashion platform targe...

South Korea’s Hankook Tire & Technology Co. plans to divest of its 19.5% stake in Hanon Systems Corp., an auto parts maker, in a move that...

Seoul-based IMM Private Equity has come into the spotlight with a series of lucrative exits in South Korea, including the 265 billion won ($237 mill...

South Korea’s leading color cosmetics manufacturer C&C International Co. will be listed on Kosdaq in May, with expected market capitalizat...

South Korea’s online platform giant Naver Corp. has invested $150 million in Elang Mahkota Teknologi (Emtek), Indonesia’s largest techno...

The sale of South Korea’s second-largest food delivery app Yogiyo has kicked off with the sell-side issuing an information memorandum to poten...

The recent merger deal between two global entertainment powerhouses, HYBE Co. of South Korea and Ithaca Holdings of the US, will create a mega music...

Kakao Corp.’s Japanese unit, which operates Japan’s largest webtoon platform Piccoma, is in talks to attract as much as 500 billion won ...

South Korea’s SK Group has acquired 16.3% of Vincommerce, Vietnam’s top retail business operator, for $410 million as part of a move to ...

HYBE Co. and Ithaca Holdings, the two entertainment powerhouses that recently joined hands to create the mega music label that will house BTS, Arian...

South Korea’s SK Group is expected to pocket at least a tenfold return from its investment in electric vehicle battery startup SES as the batt...

South Korea's mobile giant Kakao Corp. is in negotiations to buy the management rights of US-based mobile fiction startup Radish Fiction for around ...