Deals

Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, acquired Kataman Metals LLC, a US-based scrap metal trading company, at $55 million...

South Korea's Shinhan Securities announced on Friday that it participated as the lead underwriter in the merger and acquisition deal of Trench Group,...

Private equity firm Hahn & Co. on Friday won shareholder approval to replace Namyang Dairy Products Co.'s board of directors with Hahn's executiv...

Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s proposed merger with OCI Holdings Co. has collapsed after two sons of the group’s founding family, who oppos...

The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) has suspended the protracted sale process of KDB Life Insurance Co. to take full control of the insurer be...

Southeast Asia-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Pte. has signed an agreement to acquire South Korean department store chain AK Plaza’s online sh...

IMM Private Equity Inc., a Seoul-based private equity firm, is selling its controlling stake in Hanatour Service Inc., South Korea’s top travel...

SK Networks Co. is preparing to put SK Rent-a-Car Co. on the market in a deal worth an estimated 600 billion won ($448 million) as part of efforts to...

Samsung Electronics Co. has joined the race to buy Johnson Controls International’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) assets wor...

MBK Partners, the North Asia-focused private equity firm, has refinanced all of its 1.3 trillion won ($1 billion) loans on Homeplus with a new one fr...

South Korea’s top proxy advisory firm has recommended that shareholders of Hanmi Science Co. vote in favor of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’...

South Korea’s leading craft beer maker Jeju Beer Co. has sold a controlling stake owned by its founder and family to a small domestic car maint...

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. has signed an agreement to take on a $250 million loan from three Kuwaiti banks, Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (AB...

South Korea's leading software company Tmax Group is set to draw at least 750 billion won ($572.3 million) and a maximum of 1 trillion won from Seoul...

Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder and partner of Northeast Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd., has been chosen as the most influential ...

EQT Private Capital Asia sold 415.5 billion won ($311.9 million) worth of shares in South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group Co. in a block deal o...

Lotte Chemical Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 petrochemicals company, has embarked on the process of selling its Malaysian unit Lotte Chemical Tita...

LG Display Co., the world’s leading manufacturer of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, said on Monday it will raise 1.29 trillion won ...

IMM Private Equity has sold 180.5 billion won ($135 million) worth of shares in South Korea’s Woori Financial Group in a block deal, reaping 42...

The proposed merger of South Korea’s two largest carriers, Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc., is intensifying competition among loc...

South Korea’s mid-sized brokerage firms are increasingly embracing bond sales as several large firms sold their bonds in January amid investors...

SK On Co., a South Korean electric vehicle battery maker, is seeking to raise up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) to step up facility investments, bu...

South Korean unicorns, or private companies worth $1 billion or more, are increasingly refraining from taking over smaller startups for business expa...

Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s aim to merge with chemicals giant OCI Group is hitting some roadblocks amid a prolonged feud between the family ow...

Southeast Asia-focused e-commerce platform Qoo10 Pte. has agreed to acquire Wish, a US online marketplace, for $173 million from Nasdaq-listed Contex...

South Korean companies are gearing up for listings targeting billions of dollars in market capitalization as the local initial public offering (IPO) ...

After the planned $5 billion sale of HMM Co., South Korea’s largest container shipper, to poultry processor Harim Co. fell through this week, t...

SK Earthon Co., the resources development subsidiary of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., sold a stake in Peru LNG Co. LLC fo...

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest rechargeable battery maker, drew a record 5.61 trillion won ($4.2 billion) in bids for a So...