M&A
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Hero, Woowa $4 bn merger faces hiccup due to KFTC
The proposed merger between Germany-based Delivery Hero SE and South Korea's Woowa Brothers Corp. has hit a roadblock due to the Korea Fair Trade Co...
Nov 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air to buy rival Asiana in $1.6 bn deal to emerge as world’s 7th airline
Korean Air Lines Co. will spend 1.8 trillion won ($1.6 billion) to own a majority stake in beleaguered local rival Asiana Airlines Inc., in a deal t...
Nov 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air bid to acquire Asiana faces challenges, activist opposition
The owner of Korean Air Lines Co.’s reported bid to acquire local rival Asiana Airlines Inc. faces several hurdles, including painful job cuts, ...
Nov 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean Air, Asiana may merge MRO businesses after spin-off
South Korea’s two largest airliners, Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc., may combine their airplane repair and maintenance businesses...
Nov 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Parent of Korean Air seeks to buy rival Asiana Airlines
Hanjin Group, which owns South Korea’s flag-carrier Korean Air Lines Co., is seeking to buy local rival Asiana Airlines Inc., signaling a mega d...
Nov 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor hires Goldman as adviser for Boston Dynamics acquisition
Hyundai Motor Co. has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as its adviser in its attempt to acquire Boston Dynamics Inc., signaling the seriousness of the S...
Nov 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
GS Retail, Home Shopping merge to become retail giant
South Korean conglomerate GS Holdings has decided to merge two of its retail units — the country's No. 1 convenience store chain operator and a ...
Nov 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor may buy Boston Dynamics to bolster robotics business
Hyundai Motor Co. may acquire Boston Dynamics Inc., a US-based robotics company, from Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. in a deal worth as much as $1...
Nov 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai seeks cut in $1.9 bn Daewoo Shipbuilding deal price
Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. is seeking to cut the 2.1 trillion won ($1.9 billion) acquisition price for a majority stake in South Korean riv...
Nov 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Korea's most-repurchased mask maker up for sale
Wellkeeps Co., a South Korean mask manufacturer, has issued an information memorandum to potential buyers including financial investors and strategic ...
Nov 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's largest job portal JobKorea up for sale
South Korea-based private equity firm H&Q has begun the sale process for JobKorea, the country's largest job portal estimated to be worth up to $7...
Nov 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samyang joins bid to acquire US-based chemical maker Emerald Kalama
Samyang Holdings Corporation, a South Korean manufacturer of food and chemical products, has joined the bid to acquire US-based Emerald Kalama Chemica...
Nov 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Virtual reality
Korean VR startup acquired by Fortnite creator
Hyprsense, a facial motion capture software developer, has been acquired by Epic Games, the creator of international blockbuster game Fortnite, accord...
Oct 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Doosan Infracore
GS E&C challenges Hyundai Heavy in Doosan deal
GS Engineering & Construction Co. (GS E&C) has joined the bidding for a stake in Doosan Infracore Co. after the bid submission deadline, a mov...
Oct 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leveraged buyout
Korean M&A industry may reconsider leveraged buyouts
South Korea’s M&A market may reconsider leveraged buyouts due to the Supreme Court’s remanding of the case involving Sun Jong-koo, the...
Oct 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix to buy Intel’s NAND business in $9 bn cash deal
SK Hynix Inc. has signed a 10.3 trillion won ($9 billion) all-cash deal to buy Intel Corp.’s NAND memory chip business that will propel the Sout...
Oct 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Coffee Bean Korea seeks 100% stake sell-off
South Korea’s popular coffee house Coffee Bean Korea Co. is seeking to sell a 100% stake in the company held by Chief Executive Officer Park San...
Oct 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
KKR buys $386 mn stake in Korean sewage disposal firm
KKR & Co. has purchased a combined 440.8 billion won ($386 million) worth of shares in TSK Corp., a leading South Korean sewage and wastewater tre...
Oct 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity exit
IMM PE seeks to exit Korean power cable maker
IMM Private Equity has put a majority stake in South Korea’s Taihan Electric Wire Co. up for sale to exit its investment of close to $300 mill...
Oct 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile games
Korean mobile game developer buys out German rival
South Korean mobile game developer Com2uS Corp. has acquired a German gaming rival in its first cross-over buyout, in a move to bolster its sports gam...
Oct 12, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
CJ Logistics, NPS eye sell-off of Chinese logistics unit
South Korea’s leading logistics firm CJ Logistics Corp. and the National Pension Service have reached out to logistics companies and global priv...
Oct 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
CJ Logistics, NPS eyeing to sell Chinese logistics unit
South Korea’s leading logistics firm CJ Logistics Corp. and the National Pension Service have reached out to logistics companies and global priv...
Oct 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Hyundai Heavy, and five other Korean groups shortlisted for Doosan Infracore deal
Doosan Group has shortlisted six bidders, including Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co., and four local private equity groups, to acquire a controll...
Oct 07, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Hyundai Heavy, MBK among prelim bidders of Doosan Infracore
Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co., the world’s biggest shipbuilder and South Korea-based MBK Partners have submitted non-binding bids for a ...
Sep 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Lotte Group to invest $258 mn in Doosan Solus to boost footing in EV market
Lotte Group will commit 300 billion won ($257.5 million) to Doosan Solus Co., a battery copper foil and OLED materials maker acquired by SkyLake Inves...
Sep 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Restructuring
Kumho Asiana Group eyes sale of affiliate golf course and resort
Kumho Asiana Group, the parent company of cash-strapped Asiana Airlines Inc., plans to put up affiliate Kumho Resort for sale as part of self-rescue m...
Sep 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s car-sharing platform becomes 12th unicorn following $42.5 mn injection
South Korea’s leading car-sharing platform Socar Inc. has become the country's 12th unicorn valued at around 1.1 trillion won after re...
Sep 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Bakery franchise Tous Les Jours draws Affirma Capital, chemical group as bidders
Bakery franchise Tous Les Jours, a division of CJ Foodville Corp., has drawn four preliminary bidders for its sale, including Singapore-based Affirma ...
Sep 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
IMM PE to sell Hollys Coffee to Korean chemical-to-steel group
Seoul-based IMM Private Equity is in the final stages of talks to sell South Korea’s Hollys Coffee to the country’s chemical- to steel-foc...
Sep 09, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Doosan Group
Doosan Heavy seeks new buyer for construction arm after deal falls through
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. has begun fresh talks with potential buyers for construction affiliate Doosan Engineering & Constru...
Sep 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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