US private equity firm Blackstone Inc. is pursuing the acquisition of Juno Hair, South Korea’s largest premium hair salon chain, in a deal that values Juno Hair Group at 800 billion won ($590 million) ...

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. has invested around 150 billion won ($110 million) in Perplexity AI Inc., an AI-driven search engine developer, at a valuation of $20 billion, according to people ...

NEW YORK – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has secured a commitment from BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, to help turn the country into a regional hub for artificial ...

Global private equity firm TPG has struck one of this year’s standout mid-cap deals in South Korea, selling Samhwa Co., a cosmetics packaging specialist, to leading buyout firm KKR for 800 billion won ...

POSCO Group, South Korea’s largest steel and energy raw materials producer, has embarked on the process to acquire a controlling stake, worth around 7 trillion won ($5 billion), in HMM Co., the ...

When South Korean President Lee Jae Myung stepped into the West Wing of the White House on Monday, he hardly expected a signature pen to steal the spotlight from a summit designed to reset ties with ...

Samsung Electronics Co. has recently notified major clients of an increase in DRAM prices by 15-30% for the fourth quarter, alongside a 5-10% hike in NAND flash prices, according to semiconductor ...

DL Chemical Co., South Korea's leading petrochemical company, has embarked on a process to sell Cariflex Pte about five years after acquiring the Singapore-based latex and synthetic rubber maker, in a ...

POSCO Holdings Inc. has teamed up with Australia’s Anson Resources Ltd. to build a direct lithium extraction (DLE) demonstration plant in the US, a move expected to help the South Korean ...

South Korea needs to prepare for its benchmark interest rates to fall to levels so low that the central bank would have limited room t ...

Five years after its release, BTS’ Dynamite continues to dazzle, now crossing the 2 billion-view mark on YouTube — the group’s first music video ever to do so. The music video for Dynamite, the band’s ...

HYBE and US label Geffen Records will launch their second global girl group in 2026, following their first joint act, KATSEYE. The Korean entertainment powerhouse said Friday that the four-member act ...