Korean waste management firm Koentec put on market for $730 mn
Korea Environment Technology Co. (Koentec) is up for sale in a deal that could fetch up to 1 trillion won ($730.4 million) with global private equit...
South Korea’s forex reserves dip to nearly 5-year low in February
South Korea’s foreign exchange reserves diminished to the lowest level in nearly five years last month, largely due to the expanded forex swap...
SK Telecom to secure stake in IonQ, forges quantum partnership
South Korea’s largest telecom company SK Telecom Co. will acquire about a 3% stake in IonQ Inc., the world’s first publicly traded quant...
NPS initiates strategic currency hedging to unleash up to $48.2 billion
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, is set to beg...
South Korea to ease foreign exchange regulations, expand FX swap line
South Korea’s foreign authorities said on Friday they will ease foreign exchange regulations to allow more dollars into the domestic financial...
Doosan to resume Bobcat, Robotics merger with new ratio
South Korea’s plant and machinery powerhouse Doosan Group will resume the merger of Doosan Bobcat Inc. and Doosan Robotics Inc. using a new me...
Korea mulls tripling NPS' advance dollar funding limit
South Korea is considering tripling the maximum amount of dollars the National Pension Service (NPS) can buy from the domestic foreign exchange mark...
Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis to buy e-commerce 11Street
South Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis Corp. is poised to acquire the country’s leading e-commerce operator 11Street Co. to ramp up its ...
Korea FX authorities, NPS raise currency swap limit to $50 bn
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, said on Friday it has agreed with foreign exchange...
Hyundai, LG Energy to jointly develop EV battery swapping service
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. will join forces with the world’s leading battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. to launch electric vehic...
Affinity fails in Lock&Lock tender offer; eyes equity swap
Hong Kong-based Affinity Equity Partners is planning for an equity swap between its new entity and South Korean food container maker Lock&Lock...
S.Korea-Malaysia central banks renew currency swap agreement
Central banks of South Korea and Malaysia renewed a bilateral local currency swap arrangement for an additional three years, the Bank of Korea (BOK)...
Jeju Air, MBK Partners in talks to buy Asiana’s cargo unit
South Korea’s top budget carrier Jeju Air Co. is in talks with North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners to acquire Asiana Airlines ...
Samsung faces dubious suit every 5 days from US patent trolls
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is battling an increasing number of patent infringement litigation cases from US patent trolls, the ...
LG Energy accelerates EV battery swapping services
Kooroo, the first in-house venture of the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., said on Tuesday it is...
S.Korea, Japan seal 3-year $10 bn currency swap deal
South Korea and Japan on Friday revived their bilateral currency swap line to boost their dollar liquidity amid improved diplomatic relations.The tw...
SK gives up e-commerce platform management
SK Group, South Korea's No. 2 conglomerate, gave up its online retail platform 11Street Co. as financial investors are now able to sell off their st...
SK Square pauses talks with Qoo10 over 11Street deal
SK Square Co., an investment arm of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has suspended negotiations with Singapore-headquartered e-comme...
Kumho Petrochem, POSCO look to carbon nanotube JV, share swap
South Korea’s Kumho Petrochemical Co. and POSCO International Corp. are considering launching a joint venture to produce carbon nanotubes (CNT...
S.Korea, Japan to resume bilateral currency swap for dollars
South Korea and Japan are set to revive their bilateral currency swap line to bolster their dollar liquidity this week after an eight-year suspensio...
Nexon's oldie but goodie MapleStory beats Diablo 4 in Korea
Gaming Giant Nexon Co.’s 20-year-old title MapleStory knocked down US Blizzard Entertainment’s global-hit Diablo 4 in South Korea, helpi...
S.Korea to discuss bilateral currency swap with Japan
South Korea plans to discuss with Japan the re-establishment of their bilateral currency swap line, said its finance minister on Thursday, as the di...
Celltrion’s Remsima SC praised in Europe as preferred biosimilar
MILAN – South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. is known in Europe for its biosimilar products such as autoimmune disease treat...
BC Card, KTO to promote mobile payment for foreign tourists
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) has announced a new partnership with BC Card and the Korea Easy Payment Foundation to introduce a mobile paymen...
Hyundai Mobis test-drives 'crab walking car' on public roads
South Korea's Hyundai Mobis has verified through test-drives of a demonstration vehicle on public roads the real-life use of the company's e-corner ...
KOGAS, JERA of Japan agree to jointly purchase LNG
South Korea's state-run Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) has joined hands with JERA, a Japan-based global liquefied natural gas (LNG) corporation, in the wak...
CJ OliveNetworks launches API marketplace platform API Plex
CJ OliveNetworks, an ICT subsidiary of South Korea's CJ Group, said on Tuesday that it has launched an application programming interface (API) marke...
S.Korea-Indonesia central banks renew currency swap agreement
Central banks of South Korea and Indonesia renewed a bilateral local currency swap arrangement to keep supporting trade and financial cooperation fo...
Inflation casts shadow over S.Korea NPS' hedging strategies
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), with 920.4 trillion won ($694.6 billion) in assets as of November 2022, faces growing concerns o...
BC Card shows one-stop payment int'l network at MWC 2023
BC Card, the only credit card company from South Korea taking part in this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, is displaying at ...
