Posco Future M ships 1st cathodes made with domestic precursors to Ultium Cells

Posco Future M ships 1st cathodes made with domestic precursors to Ultium Cells

POSCO Future M Co., South Korea’s leading battery materials maker, has begun shipping cathode materials entirely produced with domestically so...

Celltrion in talks to buy Eli Lilly plant in US for $504 million

Celltrion in talks to buy Eli Lilly plant in US for $504 million

Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s biosimilar-developing leader, is in talks with Eli Lilly and Company to buy the American multinational pharmaceu...

Air Liquide in exclusive talks for South Korea’s DIG Airgas for over $3.3bn

Air Liquide in exclusive talks for South Korea’s DIG Airgas for over $3.3bn

Air Liquide SA, a French multinational industrial gas and services company, is eyeing a return to South Korea after its exit a decade ago, as it is ...

Trump’s chip tariff threat stirs jitters; impact on Samsung, SK Hynix limited given MFN status

Trump’s chip tariff threat stirs jitters; impact on Samsung, SK Hynix limited given MFN status

NEW YORK – A revived threat from US President Donald Trump to impose a 100% tariff on imported semiconductors has reignited concerns in South ...

Musicow sells out 1st US music equity offering backed by Kelly Clarkson hit

Musicow sells out 1st US music equity offering backed by Kelly Clarkson hit

Musicow Inc., a South Korean music copyright trading platform pioneer, has sold out its debut US music royalty-backed securities offering in less th...

Global investment banks raise S.Korea’s growth forecasts as trade tensions with US ease

Global investment banks raise S.Korea’s growth forecasts as trade tensions with US ease

Global investment banks are revising up their growth forecasts for South Korea, citing easing trade uncertainties and signs of a consumer-led recove...

Millennium Management to invest $252 mn in Korean stocks for first time

Millennium Management to invest $252 mn in Korean stocks for first time

Millennium Management LLC, a US major hedge fund, is set to invest about $252 million in South Korean stocks for the first time, local asset managem...

Lotte’s casino earnings soar as Chinese punters return to Jeju; other casino operators follow suit

Lotte’s casino earnings soar as Chinese punters return to Jeju; other casino operators follow suit

Lotte Tour Development Co. has posted its highest-ever quarterly operating profit, powered by a surge in Chinese tourists to South Korea’s top...

Korean Air to launch premium economy at lower prices than rivals

Korean Air to launch premium economy at lower prices than rivals

Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s top full-service carrier, on Tuesday unveiled a plan to introduce a premium economy class in September at ...

Woori Investment's IPO market entry set to intensify SME underwriting rivalry

Woori Investment's IPO market entry set to intensify SME underwriting rivalry

Woori Investment & Securities Co. has launched an initial public offering-dedicated unit within its corporate finance division in its foray into...

Korea’s homegrown OTT Watcha under court receivership as startup failures mount

Korea’s homegrown OTT Watcha under court receivership as startup failures mount

South Korea’s homegrown streaming platform Watcha Inc. has entered court receivership after a Seoul court approved a creditor-led filing for c...

ASK Singapore 2025 to offer rare insights into Korean investment landscape

ASK Singapore 2025 to offer rare insights into Korean investment landscape

South Korea’s leading private equity and venture capital firms will convene in Singapore on Oct. 27 for ASK Singapore 2025 (sg.kedask.com), wh...

Global private equity firms line up for laundry chain Cleantotopia, now up for grabs

Global private equity firms line up for laundry chain Cleantotopia, now up for grabs

JKL Partners, a South Korean private equity firm, is set to finalize a shortlist of bidders this month for Cleantopia, the country’s largest l...

K-pop takes over Britpop: KPop Demon Hunters tops UK Official Charts

K-pop takes over Britpop: KPop Demon Hunters tops UK Official Charts

KPop Demon Hunters, Netflix's most-watched original animated film of all time, continues its record-breaking streak. Its fictional girl group Huntri...

Fabless chip unicorn FuriosaAI raises $120 mn in new funding

Fabless chip unicorn FuriosaAI raises $120 mn in new funding

South Korea’s AI chip designer FuriosaAI Inc. said on Thursday it has raised 170 billion won ($120 million) in bridge funding from about 40 in...

AMCHAM, ECCK warn S.Korea’s labor bill hinders investment

AMCHAM, ECCK warn S.Korea’s labor bill hinders investment

Major foreign business associations in South Korea have warned that a proposed labor law revision in the country could increase legal exposure for m...

KPop Demon Hunters sets record as Netflix’s most-watched anime

KPop Demon Hunters sets record as Netflix’s most-watched anime

KPop Demon Hunters has become the most-watched original animated film of all time on Netflix, according to a Facebook post by the streaming platform...

Samsung Chairman Lee heads to US as chips become key trade leverage

Samsung Chairman Lee heads to US as chips become key trade leverage

Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong departed for the US on Tuesday, just days before the US-set  Aug. 1 deadline for a trade deal, si...

Korea Investment & Securities, Muzinich & Co. explore strategic partnership on global credit portfolio

Korea Investment & Securities, Muzinich & Co. explore strategic partnership on global credit portfolio

Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), the brokerage unit of Korea Investment Holding Co., is exploring a strategic partnership with US privat...

S.Korea to expand growth fund to $110 bn to nurture 'Korean Nvidia'

S.Korea to expand growth fund to $110 bn to nurture 'Korean Nvidia'

South Korea is considering creating a 150 trillion won ($110 billion) national fund to support high-tech industries as part of President Lee Jae-myu...

Bain Capital set to acquire HS Hyosung Advanced Materials' tire cord business

Bain Capital set to acquire HS Hyosung Advanced Materials' tire cord business

US private investment firm Bain Capital is poised to acquire HS Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp.'s tire steel cord business in a deal estimated...

Kayne Anderson Real Estate: Don't wait for clarity – the time to invest is now

Kayne Anderson Real Estate: Don't wait for clarity – the time to invest is now

Amid persistent economic uncertainty, rising development costs, and shifting US trade policies, Kayne Anderson Real Estate is showing high convictio...

IMM joins $600 mn fund for K-beauty unicorn Goodai Global in M&A drive

IMM joins $600 mn fund for K-beauty unicorn Goodai Global in M&A drive

IMM Private Equity and five other South Korean private equity firms are set to invest a total of 800 billion won ($600 million) in Goodai Global Inc...

President Lee meets with Samsung chief amid stalled US-Korea trade talks

President Lee meets with Samsung chief amid stalled US-Korea trade talks

South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung met with Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong on Thursday amid growing speculation that Seoul may leve...

Hyundai Hyms sale kicks off as J& Private Equity sends out teaser letters

Hyundai Hyms sale kicks off as J& Private Equity sends out teaser letters

Hyundai Hyms Co., a Kosdaq-listed ship block manufacturer, is officially on the auction block as its private equity owner, J& Private Equity (J&...

Hanwha Philly Shipyard wins 1st export-bound US LNG carrier order in 50 yrs

Hanwha Philly Shipyard wins 1st export-bound US LNG carrier order in 50 yrs

Hanwha Philly Shipyard has secured a 348 billion won ($250 million) order to build a liquified natural gas (LNG) carrier for Hanwha Shipping LLC, ma...

TPG’s sale of cosmetics packaging specialist Samhwa to KKR: A textbook turnaround story

TPG’s sale of cosmetics packaging specialist Samhwa to KKR: A textbook turnaround story

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 ...

Pebblestone, Pacific, Hanwha Asset, Hyundai Investments shortlisted for NPS’ $360 mn property fund mandate

Pebblestone, Pacific, Hanwha Asset, Hyundai Investments shortlisted for NPS’ $360 mn property fund mandate

The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, has shortlist...

K-content reign continues as Squid Game returns in force

K-content reign continues as Squid Game returns in force

Korean content swept across 93 countries on Netflix in the first half of this year, captivating global audiences with a wider range of genres from d...

S.Korea’s most prominent business leader returns with all charges cleared

S.Korea’s most prominent business leader returns with all charges cleared

After nearly a decade spent fighting allegations of corporate wrongdoing, Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong has been acquitted on all ch...

Hyundai overtakes Volkswagen as world’s No. 2 profitable carmaker Korea’s YNCC at default risk on owners’ conflict amid petrochemical slowdown China’s free-roaming tourists reshape South Korea’s visitor economy K-pop boys, K-beauty’s choice to accelerate global expansion Aussie developer The Living Company targets Korean residential market