S.Korea to scrap capital gains taxes on financial products
South Korea will scrap a plan to impose taxes on capital gains from financial products for all shareholders and further lower securities transaction...
Taeyoung’s fresh measures raise hope for debt workout
Taeyoung Group, South Korea’s midsize conglomerate controlling logistics, media and construction businesses, on Tuesday vowed to offer up its ...
Samsung eyes biotech investments via Flagship Pioneering
Samsung C&T Corp., Samsung Biologics Co. and Samsung Bioepis Co. will ramp up investments in US biotechnology startups in collaboration with Fla...
S.Korea launches official probe into HSCEI-tied ELS sale
South Korea’s financial authorities have opened an official probe into local banks and securities firms’ potential misselling of equity-...
Virtual humans debut on Korean Air’s in-flight video
Korean Air Lines Co. released on Thursday a new in-flight safety video featuring a virtual human dressed as a flight attendant. This is the first ti...
South Korea set to abolish financial investment gains tax: Yoon
South Korea plans to abolish capital gains taxes on financial investments to revitalize the lackluster domestic financial market and help individual...
Celltrion to sell portfolio of Takeda drugs to CBC Group
South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. will divest of a portfolio of Takeda Pharmaceutical's prescription medicines sold in Asia to CBC Group, a Singapo...
42dot to lead Hyundai Group's in-vehicle software R&D
Hyundai Motor Group’s self-driving technology arm 42dot Inc. will absorb the electronics, infotainment and autonomous driving technology divis...
BNP Paribas, HSBC fined $20.4 million in Korea for naked short-selling
South Korea’s financial regulator has slapped a combined 26.52 billion won ($20.4 million) in fines on BNP Paribas SA, its Korean brokerage un...
HD Hyundai aims to double number of female employees by 2030
HD Hyundai Co., the world’s largest shipbuilding group, will introduce a childcare leave system to make the male-dominated conglomerate an att...
Hyundai’s Supernal to unveil life-size UAM at CES 2024
Supernal LLC, the US-based urban air mobility (UAM) affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it will participate in CES 2024 ne...
Chip cycle hits rock bottom but uncertainty lingers: Chey
The global semiconductor market has hit "rock bottom" but uncertainties remain high amid growing protectionism and lingering concerns about China&rs...
Daedong wins $268 mn tractor order from Aral Group
South Korea’s No. 1 agricultural machinery maker Daedong Corp. announced on Tuesday that it signed a deal with Türkiye's Aral Group to ...
Elantra, Tucson selected among safest cars by IIHS
Hyundai Motor Co.'s passenger car Avante (name in the US: Elantra) and compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) Tucson earned the Top Safety Pick Plus ...
SK E&S to strengthen Korea's liquid hydrogen ecosystem
SK E&S Co., an energy unit of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, will cooperate with domestic firms to strengthen the country’s liquid hy...
Fried chicken chain bhc to enter Thailand in 2024
South Korea’s No. 2 fried chicken brand bhc Group announced on Thursday that it signed a master franchise agreement with Thailand’s Me...
Korea's NPS taps Jun Ahn as real estate investment head
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, appointed Jun Ahn (Ahn Jun-sang) as its real estate inv...
Booyoung Group donates 600 buses to Laos
South Korea’s Booyoung Group donated 600 buses to Laos. According to the group on Thursday, the Chairman of Booyoung Group Lee Joong-Keun, an...
Hyundai Motor Group to be named NACTOY 2024
Hyundai Motor Group confirmed its victory in the utility vehicle category of "North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle (NACTOY) of the Year 202...
S.Korea’s labor gains slow in November with fewer jobs for young people
South Korea’s nonfarm payroll growth slowed in November after the country with the world’s lowest fertility rate marked its 13th straigh...
Saudi Arabia partners with Korea's LS to spur non-petrochem sectors
South Korean conglomerate LS Group and the government of Saudi Arabia will jointly seek business opportunities in a number of non-petrochemical sect...
Mirae Asset acquires Indian brokerage firm Sharekhan for $360 million
South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group has acquired Sharekhan Ltd., India’s 10th-largest brokerage firm, to enh...
POSCO International foresees record-high profits for 2023
POSCO International Corp., a South Korean general trading and energy exploration company, is expected to post its highest-ever profits this year tha...
Lotte Group’s 3rd-generation son comes to the fore
Shin Yoo-yeol, the eldest son of Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-Bin, was promoted to lead the group’s new division to be launched within its h...
Hanwha to re-enter biopharma market, targeting biomaterials
South Korea’s Hanwha Group will re-enter the biopharmaceutical market to become the country’s sole producer of tris buffers, a key reage...
Sibling rivalry for Hankook Tire control takes new turn as MBK steps in
The sibling rivalry for management control of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire maker, has taken another turn as the e...
SK Chair Chey calls on cousin for help in group management
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has called on his cousin to help in the management of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate as it faces the challeng...
Hyungji, Dishang Group to co-work for market development
South Korea’s Fashion Group Hyungji and China’s largest clothing exporter Dishang Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to te...
IONIQ 5, Sportage named safest cars by IIHS
Hyundai Motor Co. 's crossover electric vehicle (EV) sport-utility vehicle (SUV) IONIQ 5 and Kia Corp. 's best-selling SUV Sportage earned a Top S...
S.Korea, Japan seal 3-year $10 bn currency swap deal
South Korea and Japan on Friday revived their bilateral currency swap line to boost their dollar liquidity amid improved diplomatic relations.The tw...
