All about Korea
More than 10 years and a host of bank turnarounds and corporate restructurings ago, South Korea was Asia’s most active private equity market. According to AVCJ Research, $3.1 billion was deployed in the country in 2000, comfortably ahead of second-placed Japan.
Korea has yet to reclaim top spot and its chances of doing so appear slim, given the size and evolution of neighboring economies. First Japan rose to prominence in the early 2000s and by the middle of...
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