Kakao inspects SM Entertainment’s management
Kakao Corp. has embarked on a special inspection of SM Entertainment Co.'s financial reporting for the first time since the South Korean internet gi...
Fractional investing to gain traction in Korea with green light from FSC
Come September, South Korean investors will be able to freely and safely buy and sell fractions of artwork and even live cows just as they do with t...
Hyundai Motor to take 1st crack at Korea’s used car market
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is entering the country’s used car market, whose entry by big companies has long been deni...
SK C&C to develop solution to prevent recycling fraud
SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, on Thursday said it is developing a system for t...
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 startup CEOs’ ethical scandals emerge as major risk factor
Several South Korean startups have recently been hit hard by their CEOs’ unethical behavior and business-related misconduct, leading to a lo...
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...
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...
EcoPro BM beats Kosdaq's top market cap Celltrion
EcoPro BM Co., a leading manufacturer of cathode material for secondary batteries, topped the market capitalization for Kosdaq-listed firms on Jan...
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...
Mirae Asset may lose $5 mn to email fraud on aircraft finance
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. is likely to lose $5 million related to its aircraft financing deal after its Hong Kong-based employee transferred the mon...
