Ju-min Park
Stories by Ju-min Park
Kakao Mobility seeks to broker peace with taxi drivers protesting car-sharing service
The transportation unit of Kakao Corp also said it has decided to halt trials of the car-sharing service.
South Korea’s food giant CJ buys US firm Schwan’s for $1.84b
Schwan's, owner of brands such as Red Baron, Freschetta, MaMa Rosa's and Tony's pizza, has an annual revenue of $3 billion.
South Korea’s Lotte to start afresh with revised $44b five-year investment plan
The group had previously pledged $35.20 billion through 2021 after Chairman Shin Dong-bin apologized for a corruption probe involving his family.
Chasing new growth drivers, Samsung to invest $22b in AI, 5G, biopharma
The conglomerate is expanding into new segments as its core semiconductor and smartphone businesses show signs of weakness.
S Korea’s LG Chem, China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt to set up battery material JVs
LG Chem said it would raise a total of 239.4 billion won ($224.8 million) by 2020.
L’Oreal emerges as preferred bidder for S.Korean cosmetics firm Nanda
The deal would make L'Oreal the latest foreign investor to bet on continued demand for Korean beauty products in Asian markets such as China, backed b
Armed with $1b, S Korean messaging app Kakao targets content, platform M&As
Kakao could spend more than 70 percent of the money raised from GDRs on M&A and acquire companies this year and in early 2019.
Singapore Medical Group buys stake in Australian fertility clinic
SMG and South Korea's CHA Healthcare have together bought a majority stake in Australia's fourth-largest fertility clinic operator, City Fertility Cen
