Bain Capital puts beauty device maker Classys on market

Bain Capital has embarked on the process to sell a majority stake in Classys Inc., a South Korean medical aesthetic device maker. The deal is estima...

Handsome's luxury skincare brand Oera lures Chinese tourists

South Korean clothing manufacturer and retailer Handsome Corp., a Hyundai Department Store Co. unit, is enjoying growing popularity among Chinese vi...

S.Korea's Handsome opens global flagship store System Paris

South Korean fashion company Handsome Corp. announced on Wednesday that it will open its first global flagship store System and System Homme Paris i...

S.Korea’s fashion brand Handsome expands overseas portfolio

South Korean fashion company Handsome Corp. is accelerating expansion of its portfolio for licensing foreign brands.The company on Monday said it co...

S.Korea’s best-selling premium fashion brand Time to go global

Handsome Corp., a fashion house of South Korea’s major retailer Hyundai Department Store Group, will launch The Time, an upmarket collection...

S.Korea’s Handsome releases brand book with Assouline

South Korean fashion company Handsome Corp., a division of Hyundai Department Store Group, said on Thursday that it has partnered with Assouline, on...

Gabriela Hearst, Veronica Beard, Toteme to launch in Korea

US designer brands Gabriela Hearst and Veronica Beard, as well as Swedish premium Toteme are set to open exclusive stores in South Korea to allure f...

HD Hyundai’s machinery units post profits despite slump in China

HD Hyundai Co., the holding company of South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, saw its two construction equipment affiliates post strong...

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...

South Korean millennials pay premium for authentic luxury items 

South Korea’s traditional retail heavyweights are the unexpected winners of the recent counterfeit controversy in the high-end fashion industr...

Golfzon County IPO poised to be another MBK success story

Golfzon County Co. is gearing up for an initial public offering, which will offer MBK Partners a chance to exit from its investment in South Korea&r...

Naver, Mirae Asset ramp up investment in India’s promising startups

South Korea’s top online platform operator Naver Corp. and brokerage giant Mirae Asset Securities Co. are aggressively investing in promi...

[Q&A] KTCU sees handsome returns from equities, M&A funding

The following is the full transcript of The Korea Economic Daily's interview with Korean Teachers’ Credit Union’s (KTCU) Chief Investment ...