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December 16, 2019
JB Financial's banking arm to acquire Hanoi-based Morgan Stanley Gateway Securities

South Korea’s provincial banking group JB Financial Group said Dec. 16 that its commercial banking arm Kwangju Bank had signed a deal to acquire Vietnamese investment bank Morgan Stanley Gateway Se...
December 15, 2019
Gov‘t approves merger of LG Uplus-CJ Hello merger

The merger between South Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. and cable and budget phone operator CJ Hello Co. received final approval from the government on Dec. 15 in a development that could lead ...
December 13, 2019
German firm Delivery Hero to take over S. Korean food delivery unicorn Woowa Brothers

South Korean food delivery unicorn startup Woowa Brothers announced Dec. 13 that German food delivery giant Delivery Hero will acquire a majority stake in the company at a $4 billion valuation. Berl...
December 12, 2019
Deadline extended for Asiana Airlines stake transfer

The deadline for the stake transfer of South Korea’s second-largest air carrier, Asiana Airlines , has been extended to the fourth week of December, according to industry sources Dec. 12. The pref...
December 02, 2019
CJ CheilJedang disciplined by FTC for triangular merger in corporate restructuring

CJ CheilJedang on Nov. 20 was given a disciplinary order by the Fair Trade Commission for irregularities in its corporate restructuring, primarily for a merger that turned its key logistics arm CJ L...
November 29, 2019
Will S. Korea pursue sector-specific M&As in Europe, US to counter effects of trade row?

South Korea, Asia’s fourth-largest economy, is seeking to tap into sector-specific cross-border mergers and acquisitions to keep its export-oriented supply chain unscathed in the face of ongoing trad...
November 27, 2019
Hanwha Galleria to delist Kospi-listed department store arm

Hanwha Galleria is seeking to delist its department store subsidiary in a bid to tackle shrinking domestic consumption amid signs of a recession. The department store arm of South Korean conglomerat...
November 25, 2019
Hanwha Hotels & Resorts to sell food services operation to VIG Partners

Hanwha Hotels & Resorts said on Nov. 25 it would split off its food culture division and sell it to South Korea’s private equity firm VIG Partners in the deal that was roughly valued at some 100 bill...
November 22, 2019
Korean guardrail maker to set up JV in Ukraine for $1.4b infra project

Caris, a South Korean company that first made guardrails using synthetic plastic polymer PVC, said Nov. 22 that it plans to set up a joint venture with Ukrainian investors for infrastructure projects...
November 20, 2019
Hong Kong-based PEF PAG to acquire Grand Hyatt Seoul

Hong Kong-based private equity firm PAG will acquire Grand Hyatt Seoul, according to sources Nov. 20. The five-star hotel, which opened in 1978, is located in Yongsan District and has 615 rooms, wit...
November 19, 2019
Korea Investment Holdings to climb down to Kakao Bank minority shareholder

Seoul-based Korea Investment Holdings plans to transfer its stake in South Korea’s leading neobank, Kakao Bank, to its subsidiary Korea Investment Value Asset Management and internet giant Kakao ...
November 18, 2019
CJ CGV to raise $286m from MBK-Mirae consortium in Asian operation revamp

South Korea’s cinema chain CJ CGV said Nov. 18 its Hong Kong-based subsidiary has agreed to raise $286 million from a consortium of private equity firm MBK Partners and investment bank Mirae Asset ...
November 15, 2019
CJ denies rumors it plans to sell Olive Young for W500b

South Korea’s food-to-entertainment conglomerate CJ Corp . said Nov. 15 that it has no plans to sell its health and beauty subsidiary, CJ Olive Young, which runs a chain of drugstores. “We are not...
November 14, 2019
Crane maker Kanglim to buy underwear brand Namyeung Vivien’s majority stake for W53.8b

Kanglim , a Korean manufacturer of cranes and other material handling equipment, said Nov. 13 it would buy a controlling stake in women’s underwear maker Namyeung Vivien ’s for 53.8 billion won ($...
November 12, 2019
KEB Hana becomes 2nd-largest shareholder of BIDV

KEB Hana Bank said Nov. 11 that it has become the second-largest shareholder of Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam, the Southeast Asian country’s largest bank by assets. South Korea’s th...

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