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Food & Beverage Paris Baguette partners with Tottenham Hotspur

South Korean bakery brand Paris Baguette, operated by SPC Group, said on Wednesday it partnered with Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspu...

Pension funds NPS to cut global stocks under GP management, up its direct control

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is set to slash its overseas stocks under global i...

Korean startups Korean AI startups yet to join global unicorn club

The number of artificial intelligence unicorns has been on the rise thanks to the AI boom, but none of these South Korean AI startups have yet to jo...

Tech, Media & Telecom Naver Smart Store's 100 mn won club reaches 45,000 members

Around 45,000 sellers on South Korea's Naver Smart Store as of June raked in annual sales of 100 million won ($72,250) or more, or 7.9% of the overa...

Regulations Go bolder with regulatory reform to foster unicorns in Korea: KERI

Regulatory reform is still slow in South Korea, obstructing innovation in technologies and industries, and the government must take bolder action to...

Automobiles Kumho Tire signs official sponsorship deal with AC Milan

South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. has signed a sponsorship agreement as the official tire partner with the prestigious Italian football club AC Milan.Kum...

Automobiles Hyundai Motor’s IONIQ 6 shows off 3rd-longest driving range in US  

The IONIQ 6, the first fully electric sedan by Hyundai Motor Co., has been named one of the top three distance champions in the US based on tests by...

Retail Korean golf club, apparel markets face decline in post-pandemic era

South Korea’s golf equipment and apparel markets enjoyed a boom during COVID-19. But they are facing a downturn this year amid the growing pop...

Business & Politics POSCO beats Lotte to join S.Korea’s top 5 conglomerates

Steel giant POSCO has joined the ranks of South Korea’s top five conglomerates for the first time, supported by strong earnings from its recha...

Business & Politics KCCI, Seoul Japan Club forms economic study group

South Korean and Japanese businesspeople form a study group to strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries.The Korea Chamber of Commer...

Bio & Pharma Korean biopharma, biotech companies scale up as sales balloon

South Korea’s biotech and biopharmaceutical companies are growing big with their sales rising above 1 trillion won ($796 million) last year on...

Logistics Korea's Traders Wholesale Club launches paid membership program

S.Korea's big-box store Traders Wholesale Club officially launched its paid membership program called Traders Club on Sunday.The store has secured...

Asset management Tikehau Capital Korea wins GP license to boost Asian operations

Tikehau Capital, a Paris-headquartered global alternative asset management group, is working hard to expand growth and its operating capacity in Asi...

Private equity Small S.Korean PE firms flex muscle during pandemic

Private equity firms registered in South Korea enjoyed a 20% jump in their accumulated commitments in 2021 as a whole, led by small and medium-sized...

Mergers & Acquisitions MBK sells Japan golf club to SoftBank's Fortress for $3.5 bn

MBK Partners has sold Japan's largest golf course operator Accordia Next Golf to SoftBank's Fortress Investment Group for 400 billion yen ($3.5 bill...

Private equity AIIB commits $60 mn to STIC Asia Infra Innovation Fund

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has committed $60 million to the STIC Asia Infrastructure Innovation Fund managed by South Korea&r...

Alderwood Capital [ASK 2021] The Case for Investing in the Asset Management Industry through GP Stakes

Founded in 2020 Alderwood is an investor in asset management GP stakes. The team behind Alderwood has invested together for 20 years, making it ...

Non-ferrous metals Korea Zinc emerges winner despite sharp decline in treatment fees

Just like many other manufacturers around the world, 2020 was a turbulent year for Korea Zinc Co., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter.T...

Korean startups AI edtech startup KidsLoop joins unicorn club

Artificial intelligence-based education is similar to self-driving cars, which select the optimal transportation routes for their drivers, according...

Korean startups AI startup Moloco raises near $150 million

Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence startup Moloco Inc. has raised around 173.4 billion won ($148.1 million) in a recent funding round led ...

Earnings Korea manufacturers’ trillion won club to nearly triple

The number of the trillion won club of South Korean manufacturing sector is set to nearly triple this year even as a resurgence in the COVID-19 is...

Korean startups Ad tech firm Moloco joins unicorn club via Series C round

Moloco Inc., a data-driven advertising solutions firm, has concluded its Series C funding round, rendering the company a newcomer to the unicorn clu...

Korean games Smilegate becomes 5th game firm to join trillion won club

Smilegate Entertainment Inc. has become the fifth South Korean game company to join the trillion won club, as it posted a revenue of 1.73 trillion w...

Revenue club Korea’s top delivery app operator Woowa joins 1 trillion won sales club

Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, commonly known as Baemin, has joined the 1 trillion w...

Mergers & Acquisitions Shinsegae buys baseball club in quest for retail-sports synergy

The vice-chairman of South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group, Chung Yong-jin, has a reputation of being an early adopter. He's known to be ...

ASK Summit 2020 Korean pension funds’ CIOs look to diversify GP pool

South Korean pension funds are seeking to diversify their pool of alternative asset managers to broaden real estate- and developed markets-focused por...

Korean Investors Transparency, GP commitment key in Korea LPs' manager selection

South Korea’s leading institutional investors, including the National Pension Service (NPS), rated general partners’ (GP) commitment and f...

Neuberger Berman [ASK2020] The Landscape for GP Minority Investments

Neuberger Berman, founded in 1939, is a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager. The firm manages a range of strategies includin...

Korean banks lend club loan for $115 mn aircraft debt finance

Three big South Korean lenders have lent a $85 million club loan to ALAFCO, a Kuwait-based aircraft leasing company, which recently raised $115 millio...

[ASK 2016 SUMMIT] KIC seeks club deals via GPs; to quicken response to deal proposal

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), the $96 billion sovereign wealth fund of South Korea, will continue to secure deals through specialized partners a...