Jollibee to buy chicken chain Norang Tongdak amid global K-food frenzy

Jollibee to buy chicken chain Norang Tongdak amid global K-food frenzy

Jollibee Foods Corp., a household name in Southeast Asia’s food market, has been named the preferred buyer of Norang Tongdak, a South Korean f...

CJ CheilJedang scraps sale of Brazilian unit CJ Selecta to Bunge

CJ CheilJedang scraps sale of Brazilian unit CJ Selecta to Bunge

CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food company, has cancelled the sale of a 66% stake in Brazilian soybean crusher CJ Selecta S.A. a...

Trump’s tariffs are hitting exports, early Korean data show

Trump’s tariffs are hitting exports, early Korean data show

The effects of President Trump’s new tariffs are starting to be felt across the world, preliminary South Korean trade data suggest, as Seoul p...

Deloitte Anjin to lead sale of Four Points by Sheraton Josun, Myeongdong

Deloitte Anjin to lead sale of Four Points by Sheraton Josun, Myeongdong

IGIS Asset Management Co., a leading South Korean real estate investment firm, has chosen Deloitte Anjin LLC as its lead manager to sell Four Points...

Korea, China, Japan resume FTA talks after 6-year hiatus

Korea, China, Japan resume FTA talks after 6-year hiatus

South Korea held an economic ministers’ meeting with China and Japan on Sunday to discuss cooperation, including resuming negotiations about a...

Celltrion to sell autoimmune drug Stelara biosimilar at Costco in US

Celltrion to sell autoimmune drug Stelara biosimilar at Costco in US

South Korea’s leading biosimilar drug developer Celltrion Inc. said on Monday it is set to sell Steqeyma, a biosimilar to autoimmune disease t...

Koramco REITS chosen preferred buyer of Crescendo Building in Seoul

Koramco REITS chosen preferred buyer of Crescendo Building in Seoul

Koramco REITs Management & Trust Co., a leading South Korean real estate firm, has been chosen as the preferred negotiator to buy the Crescendo ...

GIC to pick preferred bidder in $1.1 bn Seoul landmark building sale

GIC to pick preferred bidder in $1.1 bn Seoul landmark building sale

Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund, is set to select a preferred bidder for the sale of a lan...

Korea Zinc, Hanwha to co-work on Austrailian BESS project

Korea Zinc, Hanwha to co-work on Austrailian BESS project

Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s top lead and zinc smelter, said on Tuesday its Australian subsidiary Ark Energy selected Hanwha Corp. as the pref...

Korean logistics companies expand overseas businesses

Korean logistics companies expand overseas businesses

South Korea’s logistics companies such as local industry leader CJ Logistics Corp. are expanding their overseas operations to take advantage o...

Korea’s LIG Nex1 to export unmanned surface vessel

Korea’s LIG Nex1 to export unmanned surface vessel

GUMI, North Gyeongsang Province — South Korean defense maker LIG Nex1 Co. aims to export its unmanned surface vessel (USV) under development a...

Apparel maker Hansae sets sights on auto parts business as growth driver

Apparel maker Hansae sets sights on auto parts business as growth driver

HO CHI MINH CITY – South Korean apparel maker Hansae Yes24 Group has set its sights on the auto parts business as a new growth driver to diver...

Korail to join Manila railway maintenance project

Korail to join Manila railway maintenance project

South Korea's state-run railway company Korea Railroad Corporation (Korail) said on Monday that it participates in the operation and maintenance (O&...

KEPCO, Burns & McDonnell to cooperate on power grid projects

KEPCO,  Burns & McDonnell to cooperate on power grid projects

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the South Korean state-run utility company, said on Tuesday that it signed a cooperation agreement for the joint...

IMM consortium picked as preferred bidder for Ecorbit

IMM consortium picked as preferred bidder for Ecorbit

A consortium of IMM Private Equity and IMM Investment has moved a step closer to owning South Korea’s No. 1 landfill company Ecorbit Co. after...

Hanwha’s Kim Dong-seon to raise his stake in Galleria to 19.86%

Hanwha’s Kim Dong-seon to raise his stake in Galleria to 19.86%

Kim Dong-seon, vice president of South Korea’s Hanwha Galleria Corp. and the third son of Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-yeon, plans to buy a...

Hansae Yes24 moves closer to acquiring GM supplier Erae AMS

Hansae Yes24 moves closer to acquiring GM supplier Erae AMS

Hansae Yes24 Holdings Co., the holding company of South Korea’s leading apparel original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Hansae Co., has moved a ...

Fashion OEM Hansae bids for GM Korea supplier Erae AMS

Fashion OEM Hansae bids for GM Korea supplier Erae AMS

The holding company of Hansae Co., a leading global apparel original equipment manufacturer (OEM), is eyeing expansion into auto parts production by...

Woojin selected as preferred bidder for Inglewood light rail project

Woojin selected as preferred bidder for Inglewood light rail project

Woojin Industrial Systems Co., a South Korean railway vehicle manufacturer, said on Friday that it has been selected as the preferred bidder for the...

Qxpress investors to take over Qoo10 founder's control

Qxpress investors to take over Qoo10 founder's control

Financial investors of Qxpress Pte. are set to take over Singapore-based Qoo10 Pte. and its founder Ku Young Bae’s control amid financial turm...

Hanwha Ocean wins $332 mn ship order from S.Korean Navy

Hanwha Ocean wins $332 mn ship order from S.Korean Navy

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. announced on Thursday that it was selected as the preferred bidder for the second auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOE)...

Hyosung to sell its specialty gas unit for $943 mn to Korean PEs

Hyosung to sell its specialty gas unit for $943 mn to Korean PEs

South Korea’s Hyosung Group is poised to sell a 100% stake in its specialty and industrial gas unit to a consortium led by IMM Private Equity ...

Korea’s POBA to invest $109 mn in Koramco’s office REIT

Korea’s POBA to invest $109 mn in Koramco’s office REIT

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is set to commit 150 billion won ($108.5 million) in preferred stocks for offices in...

Korean IT firms prefer engineers with business capabilities

Korean IT firms prefer engineers with business capabilities

More South Korean information technology companies are seeking engineers with business capabilities as artificial intelligence is expected to take o...

Q Capital named K-drama maker Chorokbaem's preferred bidder

Q Capital named K-drama maker Chorokbaem's preferred bidder

Seoul-based private equity firm Q Capital Partners seeks to buy a 39.3% stake with management rights in South Korean drama series producer Chorokbae...

Hyundai to invest $923 million on self-driving JV Motional

Hyundai to invest $923 million on self-driving JV Motional

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, is set to spend nearly $1 billion on Motional, its loss-making self-driving joint ve...

Keppel REIT to sell Seoul-based prime office T Tower

Keppel REIT to sell Seoul-based prime office T Tower

Singapore’s Keppel REIT Management Ltd. is set to divest of its Seoul-based prime office building T Tower near Seoul Station.Real estate manag...

S.Korea, Thailand launch negotiations for EPA

S.Korea, Thailand launch negotiations for EPA

South Korean and Thai governments declared the launch of negotiations for the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on Thursday. South Korea’s ...

Hyundai E&C wins $132 mn biogas facility project

Hyundai E&C wins $132 mn biogas facility project

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) announced on Monday that it was selected as the preferred bidder for a private invest...

LG CNS to develop AI platform of S.Korean government

LG CNS to develop AI platform of S.Korean government

South Korea’s LG CNS Co., a cloud computing services arm of LG Corp., announced on Sunday that it plans to develop a government-wide hyperscal...

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