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Leadership & Management Hanwha gears up for 3rd-generation leadership with chairman’s stake gift

South Korea’s chemical-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn will hand over half of his holdings in the conglomerate&rs...

Upcoming IPOs Hanwha Energy begins IPO process, key to 3rd-generation shift

Hanwha Energy Corp., wholly owned by Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn’s three sons, has embarked on the process of going public – a ...

Bio & Pharma Osstem Implant to boost digital dentistry business

South Korea's Osstem Implant Co., the world’s fourth-largest dental implant maker, will enhance its software system of digital dentistry. ...

Mergers & Acquisitions Osstem to buy Brazil’s No. 3 dental implant maker Implacil

South Korea’s Osstem Implant Co., the world’s fourth-largest dental implant maker, is slated to acquire Brazilian peer Implacil De Borto...

Shareholder activism Samsung C&T defeats activist funds in proxy battle

Activist funds arm in arm to demand higher dividends from Samsung C&T Corp. got defeated in a proxy fight against the de facto holding firm of S...

Corporate governance NPS to veto adding Hyosung chair, vice chair to board

The National Pension Service (NPS) will veto the appointment of the chairman and vice chairman of Hyosung Corp. as inside board members of the de fa...

Bio & Pharma Icure wins $2.85 mn lidocaine cataplasm order from Guatemala

South Korea's Icure Pharmaceutical Incorporation announced on Tuesday that it signed a supply contract for the specialized local anesthetic lidoca...

Bio & Pharma KAIST discovers diabetes treatment using light

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Wednesday that they have discovered a method to treat diabetes by insert...

Bio & Pharma S.Korea's CGBio gets FDA approval for spinal implant

CGBio, a South Korean bio-regenerative medical company, announced on Monday that its "Advanced LumFix spinal fixation system," an implant and surgic...

Private equity MBK-UCK consortium offers 2nd tender to delist Osstem Implant

The MBK Partners-Unison Capital Korea (UCK) consortium said on Wednesday it will conduct a second tender offer for shares in Osstem Implant Co., a f...

Korean stock market Samsung C&T to cancel $2.3 bn worth of treasury shares, stocks up

Samsung C&T Corp.’s share price zoomed on Thursday on news that the company will cancel its entire treasury stock holdings worth about 2.9...

Shareholder activism Activist fund KCGI to sell Osstem stake to UCK, MBK Partners

Korea Corporate Governance Improvement Fund (KCGI), one of the country’s most aggressive shareholder activists, plans to sell its stake in Oss...

Mergers & Acquisitions MBK, Unison to expand Osstem Implant's target reach beyond China

South Korean private equity firm Unison Capital Korea is set to focus on boosting the corporate value of Osstem Implant Co., once the PE manager and...

Mergers & Acquisitions MBK, Unison agree on tender offer for Korea’s Osstem Implant

MBK Partners, a leading Asian private equity firm, and Unison Capital Korea agreed on a tender offer to acquire management rights of Osstem Implant ...

Bio & Pharma Osstem Implant to supply 490,000 sets to Chinese government

Osstem Implant Co. said on Wednesday that it has won more than 490,000 sets of implants in a bid for dental implants put up by the Chinese governmen...

Airlines UK grants de facto approval of Korean Air's Asiana takeover

The UK's top watchdog for market competition on Monday accepted corrective measures submitted by Korean Air Lines Co. on its proposed takeover of As...

Leadership & Management Jay Y. Lee inaugurated as chairman of Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co.'s leader Jay Y. Lee was promoted as the company's chairman on Oct. 27.Samsung Electronics' board of directors approved the a...

Mergers & Acquisitions Carlyle, GS team up to buy Korean dental scanner maker

The Carlyle Group, a US private equity giant, has joined hands with South Korean energy-to-retail conglomerate GS Group to buy Medit Corp., the worl...

Korean chipmakers Samsung holds emergency CEO meeting on technology, risk

Chief executives of Samsung Group’s technology units, led by Samsung Electronics Co., held an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss new techn...

Korean chipmakers Samsung Elec. executes surprise chip executive reshuffle

Samsung Electronics Co. undertook an unexpected personnel reshuffle on Thursday, involving 20 employees, to hold them accountable for a lower-than-e...

Business & Politics Yoon, Biden highlight 'economic security alliance' following Samsung tour

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and visiting US President Joe Biden emphasized the two countries' iron-clad commitment to economic security all...

Mergers & Acquisitions Barbarians at the gate: fraud-hit Osstem wooed by bankers

South Korea's Osstem Implant Co., battered by the country's largest-ever embezzlement scandal for a listed company, is now being courted by investme...

Fraud scandals Lazard seeks to sell off fraud-hit Osstem Implant

Lazard Asset Management has tapped multiple professional investors in South Korea to sell off its shares in Osstem Implant Co, worth $165 million, t...

Fraud scandals Investors prepare loss claim for Osstem's fraud case

Minority investors are preparing to file a class-action lawsuit against Osstem Implant Co., which on Monday revealed itself the victim of the larges...

Fraud scandals Korean dental implant maker hit by $160 mn embezzlement

Trading in shares of South Korea's top dental implant manufacturer Osstem Implant Co. was suspended on the Kosdaq market on Monday, after the compan...