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Entertainment SM's UK K-pop group Dear Alice to debut with Gamma

South Korea's SM Entertainment Co. partnered with the US-based music label "Gamma." to globally debut its first British K-Pop boy group Dear Alice.A...

Beauty & Cosmetics Korean vegan makeup brand Dear Dahlia on the market

Dear Dahlia, a South Korean vegan makeup brand that operates around 300 stores across the globe, has been put on for sale for more than 100 billion ...

Tech, Media & Telecom Delivery Hero-backed Baemin to exit Vietnam on low returns

Baemin, the top food delivery platform in South Korea, will exit Vietnam on Dec. 8 after four years of operations there amid fierce market competiti...

Business & Politics Samsung, LG show Korean War hero tribute videos on Times Square

A tribute video to honor Korean and U.S. veterans of the Korean War started screening on billboards in New York’s Times Square on Thursday. Th...

Advertising & Marketing S.Korea's Innocean wins awards in 5 categories at AD Awards of the Year

Innocean, a global provider of marketing and communication services under the Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it had achieved the m...

Logistics Kakao Mobility to pursue joint development with 4 major delivery services

South Korea's transportation company Kakao Mobility on Monday said it concluded a "delivery service business agreement for joint development of the ...

Korean startups Fortune-telling app receives $4 mn in Altos Ventures-led Series A funding

Chunmyung and Company, the operator of its namesake fortune-telling app, announced on Tuesday it has secured Series A funding worth five billion w...

Beauty & Cosmetics K-beauty vegan rebel Dear Dahlia in Paris' Galeries Lafayette

South Korean cosmetics brand Dear Dahlia successfully opened a boutique in Europe’s largest department store in 2019 – just two years ...

Forbes taps MBK and Nexon founders as Asia's philanthropy heroes

Michael ByungJu Kim, the founder of South Korean investment firm MBK Partners, and Kim Jung-ju, founder of Nexon, the largest online gaming compan...

Mergers & Acquisitions Delivery Hero sells Yogiyo to GS Retail, Affinity-led group

Germany’s Delivery Hero SE has signed an agreement to sell South Korea’s second-largest food delivery platform Yogiyo to a consortium of...

Mergers & Acquisitions Delivery Hero gets 5 more months to sell Yogiyo until January

South Korea’s antitrust regulator said on Thursday it is extending the deadline for Germany’s Delivery Hero SE to sell food delivery pla...

Mergers & Acquisitions Delivery Hero seeks more time to sell Korea's Yogiyo

Delivery Hero SE has requested up to another six months to sell South Korea's No. 2 food delivery platform Yogiyo, the estimated value of which was ...

Mergers & Acquisitions Delivery Hero's Korean unit sale hits dead end

Delivery Hero SE on Thursday postponed the deadline again for the final bidding of South Korea's Yogiyo, amid market doubts over the country's No. 2...

Fintech SoftBank-backed Balance Hero raises $10 mn in debt funding from India

South Korean fintech startup Balance Hero has raised around $10 million in debt funding led by the India-based non-banking financial company (NBFC) ...

Mergers & Acquisitions Delivery Hero kicks off sale of S.Korea's No.2 delivery app Yogiyo

Germany-based online food delivery service Delivery Hero SE has kicked off the sale process of South Korea's second-largest food delivery app, Yogiy...

Mergers & Acquisitions Delivery Hero could face up to $1.4 bn in fines if it fails to sell Yogiyo

Food delivery giant Delivery Hero SE is facing some time pressure to sell South Korea’s No. 2 food delivery app Yogiyo, estimated at 2 trillio...

Mergers & Acquisitions Delivery Hero welcomes Baemin, seeks new home for Yogiyo

Germany-based online food delivery service Delivery Hero SE will sell off its prized South Korean business, Yogiyo, the country's second-largest...

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...

Venture capital Balance Hero banks on India's 1.3B with fintech

Expanding to India was a no-brainer decision for Lee Cheol-won."It took just five minutes to make the call," said Lee, CEO of Balance Hero, a financia...