S.Korea names budget veteran as finance minister to prop up economy

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Sunday appointed Koo Yoon-cheol, former head of the budget office, as finance minister as the government is ...

Hyundai Motor-backed Motional names AI veteran Laura Major as CEO

Motional Inc., the autonomous driving joint venture backed by Hyundai Motor Group, has appointed Laura Major, an artificial intelligence and robotic...

Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics’ Spot embarks on public safety missions

Spot, a quadruped robot developed by Boston Dynamics Inc., will aid defense and safety agencies in Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia to assist in...

Sapien Semiconductors looks to overtake Novatek in MicroLED DDI chips

South Korea’s Sapien Semiconductors Inc. is a lesser-known startup outside of the chip industry. However, it is a little giant in the fabless ...

Mirae Asset taps Goldman veteran O’Connor as Global X ETFs CEO

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. said on Wednesday it has appointed Ryan O’Connor, a Goldman Sachs veteran, as chief exe...

SK supports memorial monument honoring Korean War figures

South Korea's SK Group announced on Thursday its support for the construction of a memorial monument honoring the late Colonel William E. Weber and ...

Corporate VC veterans pinpoint their best investments 

South Korean conglomerates in recent years have ramped up their investment in startups, yielding positive returns. Hyundai Motor Co. Vice Pre...

Humbling experience leads to VC success ⁠– LG Tech Ventures CEO

Kim Dong-su, CEO of Silicon Valley-based LG Technology Ventures said that the failures he experienced while working at a boutique investment firm ha...

Korea lawmakers confirm IMF veteran as new BOK chief

South Korea’s lawmakers gave the nod to the nomination of veteran International Monetary Fund official Rhee Chang-yong as the country’s ...

AI startup Return Zero transforms phone calls into texts

South Korea-based startup Return Zero is enhancing the quality of life for people through its voice recognition app, Vito, which provides phone call...

Korean startups raise record-high Series A funding in H1

South Korea's startup ecosystem has been booming with companies raising over 1 trillion won ($870 million) in the first half of this year -- an all-...

Veteran actress Youn Yuh-jung becomes first Korean to win acting Oscar

Actress Youn Yuh-jung has made history by becoming the first Korean actor to win an Oscar at the Academy Awards, held in Los Angeles Sunday night.&n...

GEPS picks insurance asset management veteran as CIO

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has picked Won-joo Seo, a former chief investment officer of PCA Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (currently, M...

Veteran Korean real estate investor sees growth in Seoul office building market

Low foreign ownership, swelling assets at South Korean institutional investors and small office space per worker all point to growth potential for...