Mergers & Acquisitions
Soon for sale: Altos Ventures-backed Cafe Knotted operator
Silicon Valley-based Altos Ventures-backed Good Food For Good (GFFG), operator of South Korea&rsquo...
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Mergers & AcquisitionsKorea’s top cinema chains seek merger to counter box office slump
South Korea’s two leading multiplex operators Lotte Culture Works Co. and Contentree JoongAng Corp. have tentatively agreed to merge in a bid to counter a prolonged slowdown in domestic box offices, hit by the pandemic and the rise of over-the
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South Korea’s two leading multiplex operators Lotte Culture Works Co. and Contentree JoongAng Corp. have tentatively agreed to merge in a bid to counter a prolonged slowdown in domestic box offices, hit by the pandemic and the rise of over-the
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Harman acquires Masimo’s audio arm in Samsung’s car audio pushHarman International Industries Inc., wholly owned by Samsung Electronics Co., has acquired Masimo ...May 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korea’s Sono to sell Air Premia stake to focus on another LCCSouth Korea's top resort operator Sono Hospitality Group has decided to sell its entire stake in lo...May 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Woori Financial wins approval for Tongyang, ABL Life acquisitionWoori Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest financial services provider, has rec...May 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
CJ CheilJedang scraps $3.5 bn green bio sale, shifts gears to expansionCJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food and beverage company, said on Wednesday it h...Apr 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Kookmin Bank raises $700 mn in forex bonds amid strong demandKookmin Bank, a unit of KB Financial Group, raised $700 million in foreign exchange bonds on Tuesda...Apr 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
CJ CheilJedang scraps sale of Brazilian unit CJ Selecta to BungeCJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food company, has cancelled the sale of a 66% sta...Apr 29, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LG Chem to sell water filter business to Glenwood PE for $692 millionSouth Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. has agreed to sell its water filter business – the world&rsq...Apr 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kyobo Life poised to buy Japan’s SBI Group-owned savings bankKyobo Life Insurance Co. is in the final stages of negotiation with Japanese financial group SBI Ho...Apr 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
StockX in merger talks with Naver’s online reseller KreamStockX, the world’s most popular online resale marketplace, is in talks to merge with Kream, ...Apr 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
DB Insurance becomes Daol Investment’s No.2 shareholderDB Insurance Co., a leading South Korean non-life insurance company, has become Daol Investment &am...Apr 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LG Chem’s medical skincare business sale draws tepid bidSouth Korean chemical giant LG Chem Ltd.'s offer for sale of its cosmetics filler business, tagged ...Apr 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Doosan enters race to acquire SK Siltron in strategic semiconductor pushSouth Korea’s Doosan Group has entered the bidding war for SK Siltron Co., the world’s ...Apr 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Naver mulls acquiring about a 10% stake in KurlyNaver Corp. is considering taking over a stake in Kurly Inc. to become the largest shareholder in t...Apr 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Colliers to lead $689 million sale of IGIS Asset-owned Signature TowerColliers Korea, a unit of global real estate asset management group Colliers, has been chosen as th...Apr 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS taps Samjong KPMG, Cushman & Wakefiel, NAI for sale of AP TowerIGIS Asset Management Co., a leading South Korean real estate investment firm, has chosen a consort...Apr 11, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Group in talks with Hahn & Co. to sell SK SiltronSK Inc., the holding company of SK Group, is in talks with Hahn & Co., a South Korean buyout fi...Apr 08, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
IMM consortium owns 100% of Hyundai LNG Shipping; Stake sale eyedA consortium of IMM Private Equity Inc. and IMM Investment Corp. has secured full ownership of Hyun...Apr 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KFC’s Korean operations up for saleOrchestra Private Equity has begun the process of divesting the South Korean operations of fast-foo...Apr 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Aekyung Industrial up for sale as group struggles to ease liquidity crunchSouth Korea’s Aekyung Group has put its flagship subsidiary, Aekyung Industrial Co., up for s...Apr 01, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hahn & Co. acquires SK Specialty for $1.8 billionHahn & Co., South Korea’s largest private equity firm, has finalized the acquisition of S...Apr 01, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Krafton buys India’s Nautilus Mobile, fueling IP race in Korean game sceneKrafton Inc., one of South Korea’s top four market-cap gaming firms, has taken over Indian ga...Mar 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
SoftBank-backed Yanolja raises stake in Modetour as No. 2 shareholderSouth Korea’s top travel and accommodation booking platform operator Yanolja Co. has increase...Mar 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK Special Situations relinquishes Korean investment advisory licenseMBK Partners Special Situations (MBKP SS), which operates the Seoul-based private equity firm&rsquo...Mar 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Daol PE buys Youngil Glass to ride Korean cosmetics boomDaol Private Equity has acquired Youngil Glass Industry Co., a South Korean manufacturer of glass c...Mar 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
JPMorgan, Jefferies picked to manage TaylorMade Golf saleCentroid Investment Partners, a Seoul-based private equity firm, has selected JPMorgan and Jefferie...Mar 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Red flags raised even before Homeplus crisis: Sales fall, credit ratings cutEven before South Korea’s second-largest hypermarket chain Homeplus Co. was put under court r...Mar 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Winia cancels acquisition deal with Seoul Private EquityWinia Co., a South Korean home appliance manufacturer under court-led restructuring, has terminated...Mar 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rights offerings
Samsung SDI to raise $1.4 bn in rights offering for facility expansionSamsung SDI Co. will issue new shares worth 2 trillion won ($1.4 billion), its first rights offerin...Mar 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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