M&A
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KKR to buy 100% stake in SK E&S' Busan City Gas for $561 mn
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., ...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Glenwood to sue Baring PEA over buyout deal cancellation
South Korea’s Glenwood Private Equity is set to take legal action against Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Partner over the cancellation ...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean PE firm Hahn & Co to sell used-car platform K Car
South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. is set to sell a majority stake in local used-car trading platform K Car Co. as its initial public o...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE joins race to buy marine engine maker STX Heavy Industries
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) has joined the race to acquire South Korean marine engine and equipment maker STX Heavy Ind...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Baring PEA breaks $1 bn PI Advanced Materials buyout deal
Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia has broken a deal to buy a majority stake in the world’s largest polyimide film manufacturer PI Adv...
Dec 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Macquarie bids for transportation card operator Loca Mobility
Macquarie Asset Management participated in a bid on Dec. 6 to acquire Loca Mobility Corp., Lotte Card Co.’s subsidiary and the second-largest ...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LG Uplus poised to acquire homegrown OTT platform Watcha
South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. is slated to acquire homegrown over-the-top (OTT) platform Watcha Inc., investment b...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hahn & Co. completes SKC's industrial film unit takeover for $1.2 bn
South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. has completed a 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) deal to wholly acquire the industrial film business ...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kakao Pay seeks to acquire Loca Mobility up for sale by MBK Partners
Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment and digital wallet service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., is seeking to acquire Loca Mobility Corp...
Dec 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK to buy Medit at lower price than Carlyle-GS bid
MBK Partners, a leading Asian private equity firm, is set to buy Medit Corp. at a lower price than a bid from the US PE giant The Carlyle Group-led ...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's KDB to sell off its life insurer for fifth time
South Korea’s state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) is poised to accelerate the selling off of its affiliate KDB Life Insurance Co. next week...
Nov 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KDB reaches out to Hyundai, POSCO, CJ, LX on HMM stake sale
State-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) has contacted major conglomerates including Hyundai Motor Group about the sale of its stake in HMM Co., the c...
Nov 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Eugene Group, Stonebridge Capital mull logistics firm Mesh acquisition
South Korean conglomerate Eugene Group, one of the largest construction materials suppliers in the country, is planning to acquire local logistics c...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
S.Korea's Iljin Group halts sale of its display maker
South Korea’s Iljin Display Co. has suspended procedures of selling its 43.19% stake with management rights, the junior bourse Kosdaq-listed d...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
US extends antitrust review of Korean Air-Asiana merger
The US competition authority extended its review of the proposed merger between South Korea’s two largest airlines to check if the deal hurts ...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
UK regulator flags concerns over Korean Air-Asiana merger
The British antitrust watchdog raised concerns over the impact on competition of the proposed merger between South Korea’s two largest carrier...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
TPG to sell off Korean luxury tile firm Nox's parent for $421 mn
US alternative investment manager TPG Inc. is poised to sell a 65% stake in South Korea’s Moleem Corp., the parent of global leading luxury vi...
Nov 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
EQT Partners to invest $1.4 bn in Korea's No. 2 physical security firm
Sweden’s EQT Partners AB is set to acquire a 36.87% stake in South Korean security services provider SK Shieldus Co. from a consortium led by ...
Nov 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Foreign PE firms on hunt for Korea Inc. with strong dollar
Foreign private equity firms have taken advantage of the strong dollar to dominate corporate acquisition deals in South Korea, adding to expectation...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's Meritz Group likely to sell off its asset management arm
South Korea’s Meritz Financial Group Inc. is poised to sell off its subsidiary Meritz Asset Management Co., The Korea Economic Daily understoo...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Carlyle, GS Group to buy Korean dental scanner maker
US private equity giant The Carlyle Group and South Korean energy-to-retail conglomerate GS Group will acquire Medit Corp., the world’s third-...
Oct 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's Mirae Asset to invest $200 mn in Musk’s Twitter deal
Mirae Asset Financial Group is set to chip in some $200 million toward Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc. in acquisiti...
Oct 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea’s FTC to toughen reviews on platform sector M&As
South Korea’s antitrust body is set to strengthen reviews on acquisitions for different businesses in the platform industry to resolve the pro...
Oct 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Keppel completes Korean waste treatment firm takeover for $530 mn
Singapore-based Keppel Infrastructure completed the acquisition of South Korea’s leading waste management company EMK Co. for 760 billion won ...
Oct 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Carlyle, KKR again compete for Korean dental scanner maker
US private equity giants The Carlyle Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) are again competing to acquire the world’s third-larges...
Oct 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's LG Chem buys Nasdaq-listed biotech firm AVEO for $566 mn
South Korea’s chemicals giant LG Chem Ltd. announced on Oct. 18 that it will acquire AVEO Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Nasdaq-listed US biotech fir...
Oct 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Firm dollar deters Korea Inc.’s overseas acquisition deals
The firm dollar is causing South Korean companies to postpone or cancel their plans to buy overseas firms for future growth as the US currency&rsquo...
Oct 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LS Cable to become No.2 shareholder in KT Submarine
South Korea’s LS Group will become the No. 2 shareholder in KT Submarine Co. after buying the undersea cable construction company’s new ...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
US sanctions on Russia may hinder Korean Medit sale
US private equity giants The Carlyle Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) may have to give up on their acquisition plans of Medit Corp....
Oct 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Naver to buy Poshmark at $1.6 bn to boost US e-commerce biz
Naver Corp. is set to take over US Poshmark Inc. for some $1.6 billion to make inroads into the e-commerce sector in North America as South Korea&rs...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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