Michael ByungJu Kim won a key victory after a South Korean court rejected prosecutors’ request to detain the co-founder of buyout firm MBK Partners as part of a probe into its management of supermarket chain Homeplus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/14/buyout-billionaire-kim-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #michaelbyungjukim #southkorea #mbkpartners #corruption