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...

Dongwon Industries to delist wholly owned Dongwon F&B

Dongwon Industries Co., the holding company of South Korea’s seafood-to-logistics Dongwon Group, will delist its canned tuna-manufacturing sub...

South Korea to tighten delisting rules to remove ailing firms

South Korea will sharply raise the threshold for listed companies to remain trading on the domestic stock market to facilitate the delisting of fina...

S.Korean firms’ rights issues poised for 12-year low

The lackluster South Korean stock market and softening Korean currency have discouraged local companies from raising money at home and pushed some t...

Korea’s E-Mart to delist troubled building unit for restructuring

South Korea’s largest supermarket chain E-Mart Inc. said on Monday it is set to delist its troubled construction subsidiary from the main loca...

Doosan Robotics to delist, wholly own cash-cow Doosan Bobcat

Doosan Enerbility Co., a leading South Korean power plant engineering company, is handing over its entire 46% stake in machinery affiliate Doosan Bo...

France's Archimed seeks to delist aesthetic laser maker Jeisys

French private equity firm Archimed SAS, managing around €7 billion ($7.5 billion) in assets as of end-May, plans to secure a controlling stake...

Affinity extends tender offer for food container maker Lock&Lock

Hong Kong-based Affinity Equity Partners is set to extend its tender offer for South Korean food container maker Lock&Lock Co. shares, as the pr...

MBK to delist Korean e-commerce Connectwave after tender offer

MBK Partners, one of the largest Asian private equity firms, is set to delist South Korea’s leading e-commerce operator Connectwave Co. from t...

Speculative bets heat up on to-be-delisted preferred stocks

Preferred stocks of five South Korean companies, including Samsung Heavy Industries Co. and SK Networks Co., have been on a roller coaster ahead of ...

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...

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...

Korea cryptocurrency WEMIX to be delisted on court ruling

WEMIX, a South Korean cryptocurrency issued by WeMade Co., will be delisted on Thursday after a court ruled in favor of four local crypto exchanges’ d...

Upbit's decision to delist WEMIX ridiculous, WeMade CEO says

South Korea’s five major cryptocurrency exchanges said on Nov. 24 they will delist WEMIX, Kosdaq-listed game developer WeMade Co.’s cryp...

Hyundai Heavy likely to be added to MSCI Korea index

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest shipbuilder, is the strongest candidate to be included in the MSCI Korea Index next week as part o...

Scandal-hit SillaJen faces higher delisting risk

South Korea's SillaJen Inc., once the largest stock on Kosdaq by market value, faces a higher risk of being kicked out of the country's junior stock...