Biden hails SK Siltron’s investment in Michigan as 'game changer'

Biden hails SK Siltron’s investment in Michigan as 'game changer'

BAY CITY, Michigan – For the first time since taking office, United States President Joe Biden toured a US subsidiary of South Korean conglome...

NPS posts 7% investment loss in Q1-Q3 as equities, bonds plunge

NPS posts 7% investment loss in Q1-Q3 as equities, bonds plunge

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea said Tuesday it saw a cumulative loss of 7.1% on investment, or 68 trillion won ($51.3 billion), betwe...

First joint law office with overseas firm to open in Korea

First joint law office with overseas firm to open in Korea

The first South Korea-overseas joint law firm is set to start operations in Seoul.The joint firm of Korean law firm Hwahyun and UK’s Ashurst h...

KEPCO raises $368 mn via bond issuance on heated demand

KEPCO raises $368 mn via bond issuance on heated demand

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) saw on Nov. 27 around 1.7 trillion won ($1.3 billion) worth of investor bids for its bond issuance targeting 400 ...

Korea’s e-commerce giant Coupang to invest in logistics automation

Korea’s e-commerce giant Coupang to invest in logistics automation

Coupang Inc. is poised to invest in the automation transformation of its logistics system, according to industry insiders. Headquartered in Seo...

Korea to reform market rules to boost foreign investment

Korea to reform market rules to boost foreign investment

South Korea will reform financial market regulations to attract more foreign investments and to achieve MSCI Inc.’s developed market status fo...

SK picglobal builds DPG-only production facility 

SK picglobal builds DPG-only production facility 

SK picglobal, a joint venture between SKC's chemical division and a subsidiary of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) named PIC, have built a pla...

SK Innovation to adopt internal carbon pricing system

SK Innovation to adopt internal carbon pricing system

SK Innovation Co. on Sunday announced its adoption this year of an "internal carbon pricing system" recently approved by its board of directors. Th...

SK expands sustainable food biz with $7.5 mn US investment

SK expands sustainable food biz with $7.5 mn US investment

SK Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has expanded its sustainable food business by investing in a US-bas...

Korea to revise dividend policy to ease ‘Korea discount’ concerns

Korea to revise dividend policy to ease ‘Korea discount’ concerns

South Korea plans to revise its stock dividend policy as part of a broader financial market reform to help attract foreign investors and obtain MSCI...

GM Korea to shut one production line to focus on small cars

GM Korea to shut one production line to focus on small cars

General Motors Co. plans to shut down a production line in South Korea as the US automaking giant aims to focus on manufacturing small cars in the c...

Medical data platform operator JNPMEDI raises $10 mn in Series A funding

Medical data platform operator JNPMEDI raises $10 mn in Series A funding

Medical data platform operator JNPMEDI Inc. announced on Tuesday that it raised 14 billion won ($10.3 million) in a Series A round. Pavilion Ca...

KEPCO turns from bonds to banks for money on govt plans

KEPCO turns from bonds to banks for money on govt plans

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) is set to raise 600 billion won ($442 million) from a local bank in a plan to seek loans to secure money instead ...

D.Day X D.Camp All Star event aims to narrow gap between VC and startup

D.Day X D.Camp All Star event aims to narrow gap between VC and startup

Come this Thursday, D.Camp operated by the Banks Foundation for Young Entrepreneurs will host the biggest demo day of the year, in collaboration wit...

BOK may increase rate by only 25 bps this week as won rebounds

BOK may increase rate by only 25 bps this week as won rebounds

South Korea’s central bank is likely to raise interest rates by only 25 basis points this week as its won currency may have bottomed out, easi...

Daol Investment seeks to sell Thai subsidiary, eyes $75 mn in proceeds

Daol Investment seeks to sell Thai subsidiary, eyes $75 mn in proceeds

South Korea’s Daol Investment & Securities Co. plans to sell a controlling stake in its Thai subsidiary, Daol Thailand PCL, as part of its...

Korea's NPS to get partial tax refund on US real estate sales

Korea's NPS to get partial tax refund on US real estate sales

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is set to receive a tax refund of 30 billion won ($22.4 million) from the US Internal Revenue Ser...

Kia mulls investing $754 mn in China instead of Russia

Kia mulls investing $754 mn in China instead of Russia

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest carmaker, is considering an investment of $754 million, which had been set aside for Russia, in China ...

KT unveils AI strategy, including hyperscale AI commercialization 

KT unveils AI strategy, including hyperscale AI commercialization 

South Korea’s second-largest wireless carrier KT Corp. unveiled a set of steps it will take to commercialize the internally developed Hypersca...

Hyundai launches fully revamped Grandeur; pre-orders jump

Hyundai launches fully revamped Grandeur; pre-orders jump

South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled a new Grandeur sedan – the first fully revamped model in six years – to strengthen...

KAIST invents world's 1st rubber-like printed circuit board

KAIST invents world's 1st rubber-like printed circuit board

South Korea's top science and technology university has invented the world's first printed circuit board (PCB) that bends and stretches like rubber ...

S-Oil to OK $6 billion Shaheen project as Saudi prince heads to Seoul

S-Oil to OK $6 billion Shaheen project as Saudi prince heads to Seoul

S-Oil Corp., the South Korean unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., will approve the much-touted 8 trillion won ($6 billion) Shaheen project to expand its ...

LG Elec to bet on healthcare, mobility, metaverse in N.America

LG Elec to bet on healthcare, mobility, metaverse in N.America

LG Electronics Inc., the global top home appliance maker, will bet on the healthcare, mobility and metaverse sectors in North America through invest...

Education giant Kyowon to showcase animated film 'Georanger'

Education giant Kyowon to showcase animated film 'Georanger'

South Korea’s education behemoth Kyowon Co. said it will unveil an animated film featuring its own characters, in a move to kickstart its inte...

Hyundai Glovis signs $796 million shipping deal with global automaker

Hyundai Glovis signs $796 million shipping deal with global automaker

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, said on Friday it has clinched a 1.05 trillion won ($796 million)...

Korean brokerages' restructuring targets investment banking units

Korean brokerages' restructuring targets investment banking units

South Korea’s small- and mid-sized brokerage houses have begun their workforce reductions ahead of the end of the year. The brokerages are set...

KT to invest $2 million in US voice biomarker developer

KT to invest $2 million in US voice biomarker developer

KT Corp., a South Korean telecommunications giant, plans to invest $2 million in Sonde Health Inc., a US voice biomarker developer, to enhance the c...

E-book platform Millie's Library drops IPO plan on tepid market interest

E-book platform Millie's Library drops IPO plan on tepid market interest

South Korean e-book platform Millie’s Library dropped its listing plan on Nov. 8 due to tepid demand from institutional investors, marking the...

NCSOFT invests $15 million in blockchain company Mysten Labs

NCSOFT invests $15 million in blockchain company Mysten Labs

NCSOFT Corp., which announced early this year plans to install non-fungible token (NFT) technology in the global version of its online role-playing ...

SK Square chief expects significant investment gains from next year

SK Square chief expects significant investment gains from next year

SK Square Co., the investment management arm of South Korea’s SK Group, is looking to reap handsome gains from its investment and divestment a...

Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman courts Korean AI startups as Riyadh, Abu Dhabi vie to build tech hubs K Shipbuilding up for sale as Korean shipyards ride new boom Samsung to buy US health tech firm Xealth in digital health push Korean waste management firm Koentec put on market for $730 mn US unveils 25% tariffs on S.Korea, sets Aug. 1 deadline for agreement