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South Korean institutional investors, including the National Pension Service, have committed around $400 million to KKR’s Asia real estate f...

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and financial services firms in South Korea have committed $130 million to KKR & Co.’s inau...

South Korean venture capital firm SV Investment Corp, together with China’s Shenzhen Capital Group, will raise $100 million in the Korean VC's...

South Korea’s platform giant Naver Corp., alongside Mirae Asset Daewoo Co., has been increasing investments into promising startups in Southeast...

Hong Kong-based Anchor Equity Partners has agreed to invest 250 billion won ($226 million) to buy new shares in South Korea’s KakaoBank, shortly...

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager operating integrated businesses across Credit, Privat...

Samsung Display Co., a leading South Korean display panel maker, has received a permit from the US to supply certain panels to Huawei Technologies Co....

South Korean pension funds and insurance companies will commit $200 million in aggregate to KKR’s first Asia infrastructure fund targeting to ra...

TPG will acquire a 2.7% stake in South Korea’s mobile banking app KakaoBank for 250 billion won ($222 million) ahead of an initial public offeri...

KakaoBank Corp., the mobile banking arm of South Korea’s online messaging app operator Kakao Corp., is planning an initial public offering next ...

KB Investment Co., the venture capital arm of South Korea’s KB Financial Group, is raising 100 billion won ($86 million) in a fund to invest in ...

Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd., South Korea’s second-biggest life insurer, has committed around $400 million to KKR & Co.’s new Asia b...

Paris-based Ardian is looking to increase private equity investments in Asia, setting its sight on technology, media, online service and healthcare se...

Baring Private Equity Asia is in the final stages of talks with a South Korean private equity firm to sell the country’s No. 4 parcel delivery c...

MBK Partners held the final close of its fifth buyout fund at $6.5 billion on May 20, which marked the third-biggest fundraising for an Asia-focused p...

KKR & Co. has sold a modern logistics facility it had developed in a South Korean port in a transaction estimated to be worth more than 200 billio...

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) plans to commit $250 million to five private debt funds focusing on mid-cap companies in North America...

The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and the Korea Teachers’ Pension will step up real estate and infrastructure investments in Asia and other eme...

The Teachers’ Pension and the Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) are turning to the Asian private equity market with focus on growth sectors such ...

Woori Private Equity Asset Management Co. Ltd. (Woori PE) plans to raise 300 billion won ($280 million) in a global private debt fund jointly with a H...

Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. and South Korea’s top internet portal Naver Corp. are looking to invest as much as 1 trillion won ($940 million) in Asia...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is looking to diversify its portfolio into emerging markets, in particular Asia, and will chase smaller-sized firms...

The planned sale of a South Korean parcel delivery firm by Baring Private Equity Asia to a strategic buyer has fallen through, after the last shortlis...