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Mergers & Acquisitions JPMorgan, Jefferies picked to manage TaylorMade Golf sale

Centroid Investment Partners, a Seoul-based private equity firm, has selected JPMorgan and Jefferies as lead managers for the sale of TaylorMade Gol...

Fashion Korean indie fashion brands spread wings to Japan, China

Matin Kim, a rising designer brand in South Korea, will open its first offline store in Japan in the first half of next year, joining other Korean i...

Real estate Japan golf courses, Korean investors’ new target assets

South Korean investors are eyeing Japan’s golf resorts to buy amid the weak yen, rising demand for golf courses in Japan, and relatively low p...

Fashion Korea's golf apparel market shrinks as golf boom fizzles

The heyday of South Korea’s golf apparel market seems to be over with the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Millennials and Generation Z, who had ...

Private debt Golf equipment maker Taylormade to refinance $222 mn of debt

One of the South Korean owners of Taylormade Golf Co., a leading global golf equipment maker, is set to refinance its 300 billion won ($221.7 millio...

Robotics LG Elec to supply robot CLOi to SE Asian golf courses

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday that it signed a contract with the domestic golf service platform Smartscore to supply i...

Business & Politics Kolon set to host Aramco Team Series golf event in Korea

South Korea’s Kolon Group said on Thursday it has signed a non-binding agreement with Golf Saudi, a unit of Saudi Golf Federation, to jointly ...

Electronics Samsung releases Galaxy Watch6 Classic PXG edition

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will begin limited-time offers of the "Galaxy Watch6 Classic PXG edition," in collaboration wi...

Sports S.Korea's golf industry market exceeds $15 bn in value: report

The value of South Korea's golf industry market last year exceeded 20 trillion won ($15 billion).A report by the Daejeon-based Yuwon Golf Foundation...

Electronics LG Electronics’ projectors sweep world’s No. 3 golf market

Screen golf centers have become another gold mine for LG Electronics Inc. thanks to Koreans’ unwavering golf enthusiasm, which has made the wo...

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...

Mergers & Acquisitions MBK Partners puts Korea’s largest golf course operator on market

North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners has put Golfzon County Co., the biggest golf course operator in South Korea, on sale at an estim...

Travel & Leisure Designer of 2018 Winter Olympic cauldron returns with solo golf cart

Personal space has become more important since the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, and one South Korean-led industrial design company has develop...

Robotics KT launches two new AI serving robots

South Korea's KT Corp., said on Tuesday that it has unveiled two new AI service robots with upgraded features for enhanced driving stability and w...

Artificial intelligence SK Telecom, Golfzon develop AI golf platform

An artificial intelligence platform in South Korea has produced a golfing coach that analyzes and diagnoses problems in swing posture and recommends...

Retail WRC-approved longest-distance golf ball ATTOMAX on sale in Korea

ATTOMAX golf balls approved by the World Record Committee (WRC) as the longest-flying golf balls in the world finally hit the South Korean market on...

Electronics LG Elec targets indoor golf market with its ProBeam projector

LG Electronics Inc. is targeting the overseas indoor golf market with its premium commercial projector LG ProBeam.The company said on Thursday that ...

Entertainment Golfzon takes part in PGA Merchandise Show in Florida

South Korea's indoor golf simulator maker Golfzon Co. said Wednesday that it would participate in the 2023 PGA Merchandise Show to be held in Orland...

Korean Innovators at CES 2023 Golfzon to showcase portable golf simulator at CES 2023

Golfzon Co., a global indoor golf equipment maker, will participate in CES 2023 in Las Vegas to showcase its "Wave Play" product line, which targets...

Travel & Leisure S.Korea's golf course market doubles in value over 10 years

The value of South Korea's market golf course market now equals 98.5% of Japan's.The Korea Leisure Industry Institute (KLII) on Thursday released a ...

Travel & Leisure MZers drive Korea's indoor golf facility pandemic boom

Indoor golf facilities’ revenue in South Korea has skyrocketed amid the pandemic, thanks to millennials and Generation Zers' soaring consumpti...

Culture & Trends Golf apparel goes trendy and upmarket in Korea on rise of young golfers

As the popularity of golf grows in South Korea, particularly among young people, golf clothes are becoming increasingly more expensive and fashionab...

Culture & Trends Golf simulation centers' revenue soars 48% on-year

Even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, sectors serving golf enthusiasts have thrived in South Korea.Financial services company BC Card analyzed the sales ...

Mergers & Acquisitions Voice Caddie, Daol PE acquire US golf grip brand SuperStroke

Voice Caddie, a South Korean maker of golf course rangefinders and related golf products, and Daol Private Equity are jointly acquiring SuperStroke,...

Mergers & Acquisitions Korean golf course price likely to set new record per hole

The price of a public golf course in South Korea has surged 35% in one and a half years to set the highest per-hole selling price for a Korean golf ...

Automobiles SUV, minivan sales reach 52% of car market in Q1

Sales of leisure vehicles in South Korea, primarily sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and minivans, exceeded half of domestic finished car sales in the ...

Mergers & Acquisitions Korean PE firm in exclusive talks to buy golf grip brand SuperStroke

South Korea's Daol Private Equity, formerly known as KTB Private Equity, is in exclusive talks to buy the entirety of SuperStroke, a US golf grips m...

Korean startups Zuckerberg-backed family office bets on Korean golf platform

ICONIQ Capital, a US family office backed by Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has invested 50 billion won ($42 million) in Smartscore, a South ...

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...

IPOs S.Korea's top golf course operator aims for 2022 IPO

South Korea's Golfzon County Co. has begun the process to apply for an initial public offering next year, which analysts said would value the countr...