Hyundai Engineering drops IPO plan on stock market weakness

Hyundai Engineering drops IPO plan on stock market weakness

Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, dropped a listing plan to raise up ...

Antin hires Michelle Maeng for Korean fund investor relations

Antin hires Michelle Maeng for Korean fund investor relations

Global infrastructure investment firm Antin Infrastructure Partners SA said on Jan. 25 it has appointed Michelle (Min Kyung) Maeng as its new Invest...

Korea’s biotech startup Voronoi to go public in March

Korea’s biotech startup Voronoi to go public in March

South Korea’s biotechnology startup Voronoi Inc. plans an initial public offering in March to raise up to 130 billion won ($108.4 million).Vor...

Naver recruits two AI scholars based in US

Naver recruits two AI scholars based in US

Naver Corp. is ramping up its recruitment of global talent in artificial intelligence. The South Korean tech giant announced Monday that it h...

NAVER revs up its NFT arm

 NAVER revs up its NFT arm

South Korea’s internet juggernaut NAVER Corp. is gearing up to enter the NFT business – through its affiliate LINE Corp.LINE NEXT, a ven...

KTCU names financial investment head as new CIO

KTCU names financial investment head as new CIO

Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) has named its former Financial Investment Department head Park Man-soo as its new chief investment officer,...

Hyundai Engineering’s new business keywords: Hydrogen, mini reactors

Hyundai Engineering’s new business keywords: Hydrogen, mini reactors

Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, is reorganizing its business struct...

Creditors to unveil new plans next week to sell DSME

Creditors to unveil new plans next week to sell DSME

Creditor banks of South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) are mulling new ways to find a new owner of the debt-ridden ...

DoubleU invests $1.5 million in Epic Games

DoubleU invests $1.5 million in Epic Games

South Korea’s DoubleU Games Co. announced Friday that its subsidiary DoubleDown Interactive LLC invested $1.5 million in North Carolina-base...

POSCO to revive India steel mill construction plan

POSCO to revive India steel mill construction plan

POSCO Co. plans to build a steel mill jointly with India's Adani Group in western India, the South Korean steelmaker said on Thursday, after its pre...

Hyundai to sell half of cars in US with eco-friendly models by 2030

Hyundai to sell half of cars in US with eco-friendly models by 2030

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, aims to sell half of the cars in the US with eco-friendly models by 2030, increasing sales of ...

Kospi short sales hit $639 mn amid rate hike woes

Kospi short sales hit $639 mn amid rate hike woes

Short selling on the Korean stock market is soaring rapidly on concerns over the US Fed Reserve’s interest rate hike. Particularly, a large ...

POSCO plans to cancel treasury shares in its holding firm

POSCO plans to cancel treasury shares in its holding firm

Top management of South Korea's POSCO Co. has decided to cancel treasury shares in its to-be-launched holding company, in an effort to win sharehold...

Korean Air’s post-merger plan hits snag after conditional approval

Korean Air’s post-merger plan hits snag after conditional approval

Korean Air Lines Co. faces growing pressure from the country’s antitrust regulator to drastically adjust its post-merger integration plans aft...

BTS’ NFT venture hits sour note with fans

BTS’ NFT venture hits sour note with fans

SEOUL—When BTS unveiled plans last month to break into the NFT business, the South Korean boy band’s supporters revolted online, threate...

Pension funds sell net $21 bn worth of shares in 2021

Pension funds sell net $21 bn worth of shares in 2021

South Korea’s pension funds sold a net 24.5 trillion won ($20.6 billion) worth of Kospi and Kosdaq stocks this year, the largest annual ne...

Korea’s No.1 bakery franchise successfully settles in US

Korea’s No.1 bakery franchise successfully settles in US

Paris Baguette, South Korea’s top bakery franchise, has successfully settled in the US market, paving the way to expand its business throughou...

Hyundai Engineering to make hydrogen from plastic waste

Hyundai Engineering to make hydrogen from plastic waste

Hyundai Engineering Co., a construction unit of South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group, is spending 400 billion won ($336 million) to build a plant to pr...

Korean steel mills rush to secure metal scrap from abroad

Korean steel mills rush to secure metal scrap from abroad

South Korean steelmakers, led by POSCO Co., are rolling up their sleeves to secure metal scrap as they are shifting into less carbon-intensive steel...

Korea’s MedPacto, Merck plan phase 3 trials of colorectal cancer drug

Korea’s MedPacto, Merck plan phase 3 trials of colorectal cancer drug

MedPacto Inc., a South Korean biotechnology company that develops therapeutics for cancer and autoimmune diseases, has agreed with global drugmaker ...

Hyundai Heavy, DSME merger set for collapse on expected EU veto

Hyundai Heavy, DSME merger set for collapse on expected EU veto

The European Union’s expected objection to the combination of the world’s two largest shipbuilders – Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. ...

POSCO approves holding company plan for eco-friendly business

POSCO approves holding company plan for eco-friendly business

South Korea’s POSCO Co. is set to split off the company to launch an investment holding firm, 21 years after its privatization. The move aims ...

Hyundai Oilbank attracts $20 million from Palantir ahead of IPO

Hyundai Oilbank attracts $20 million from Palantir ahead of IPO

South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. has attracted $20 million in investment from US data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. ahead of its...

Hyundai Mobis to unveil two future concept cars via metaverse at CES 2022

Hyundai Mobis to unveil two future concept cars via metaverse at CES 2022

South Korea’s largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Wednesday it is unveiling two future mobility concept cars at the upcoming CE...

NPS, LaSalle jointly buy UBS Group London HQ for £1.3 bn

NPS, LaSalle jointly buy UBS Group London HQ for £1.3 bn

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) and global real estate investment firm LaSalle Investment Management Inc. have agreed to acquir...

US and South Korea to update wartime plans for North Korea

US and South Korea to update wartime plans for North Korea

SEOUL—The U.S. and South Korea said they would update their joint wartime contingency plans for North Korea, as the Kim Jong Un regime has&n...

POSCO mulls holding company structure to raise enterprise value

POSCO mulls holding company structure to raise enterprise value

South Korea's largest steelmaker POSCO is considering splitting up the company to launch an investment holding firm as part of efforts to enhan...

Hankook Tire buys Canada's self-driving sensor maker

Hankook Tire buys Canada's self-driving sensor maker

South Korea's Hankook Tire Group has acquired a majority stake worth 204.5 billion won ($173 million) in Canada's Preciseley Microtechnology Corp., ...

Japan's Aeon proceeds with plan to sell Ministop Korea

Japan's Aeon proceeds with plan to sell Ministop Korea

Japan's Aeon Co. has received preliminary bids for its wholly-owned subsidiary of Ministop Korea, which is estimated at around 200 billion won ($170...

STIC invests $843 mn in Korean copper foil maker Iljin

STIC invests $843 mn in Korean copper foil maker Iljin

South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments Inc. said on Nov. 30 it will invest 1.1 trillion won ($843.1 million) to expand Korean elecfoil ...

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