S.Korea's KGC to spur ginseng sales in China with state-run CR Group

S.Korea's KGC to spur ginseng sales in China with state-run CR Group

Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp., is set to accelerate sales of its ginseng products across Chin...

Battery material maker EcoPro Materials eyes $2.3 billion IPO

Battery material maker EcoPro Materials eyes $2.3 billion IPO

EcoPro Materials Co., a unit of South Korea’s battery materials group EcoPro Group, is looking to list its shares on the country’s main ...

China's CDFG targets duty free operation at Incheon Airport

China's CDFG targets duty free operation at Incheon Airport

China Duty Free Group Co. (CDFG), the only state-owned duty free business manager in China, has joined a bid alongside four South Korean retail gian...

dConstruct Robotics becomes 2nd foreign startup to win at D.Day

dConstruct Robotics becomes 2nd foreign startup to win at D.Day

South Korea’s decade-old startup pitch competition D.Day has picked Singapore-based mobile robotics application developer dConstruct Robotics ...

SK Ecoplant's Singaporean affiliate, Thailand's No. 2 conglomerate to develop green power

SK Ecoplant's Singaporean affiliate, Thailand's No. 2 conglomerate to develop green power

Singapore's TES, an electronic waste management specialist and subsidiary of South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co., will jointly pursue the development of e...

Korean firms scurry to expand nickel, lithium supply chains

Korean firms scurry to expand nickel, lithium supply chains

South Korea’s leading companies such as SK, POSCO, LG and LX are scurrying to expand their supply chains for lithium and nickel, key raw mater...

Samsung, SK Hynix face cap on tech level of chips made in China

Samsung, SK Hynix face cap on tech level of chips made in China

WASHINGTON D.C. – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, might be unable to manufacture a...

S.Korean firms with focus on emerging Asia to shine

S.Korean firms with focus on emerging Asia to shine

South Korean companies with a large proportion of sales to emerging Asia are expected to shine in the stock market this year as their revenue from t...

Hyundai, Kia to join global small EV war with new models

Hyundai, Kia to join global small EV war with new models

Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, will aim at the world’s affordable small electric vehicle segments with new models as ...

SK Networks to expand investment in tech firms for future growth

SK Networks to expand investment in tech firms for future growth

SK Networks Co., the general trading and rental arm of South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate SK Group, will expand direct funding for tech ...

Hyundai Motor Group's 23 vehicle models win Editor's Choice Awards

Hyundai Motor Group's 23 vehicle models win Editor's Choice Awards

Hyundai Motor Group made an announcement on Thursday, saying that its major vehicles had been selected as the best models at the 2023 Editor's Choic...

Turkey approves Hanwha Group's acquisition of DSME

Turkey approves Hanwha Group's acquisition of DSME

The Turkish competition authority has approved Hanwha Group’s acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME), the firs...

BOK sees interest rate as tight amid continued drop in exports

 BOK sees interest rate as tight amid continued drop in exports

South Korea’s central bank said on Tuesday it regards the current interest rate as tight, suggesting the monetary authority may hold the polic...

Kosdaq-listed Daebo Magnetic’s 46% stake up for sale, its shares swing

Kosdaq-listed Daebo Magnetic’s 46% stake up for sale, its shares swing

South Korea’s leading secondary battery equipment player Daebo Magnetic Co. is set to sell its owner family’s controlling stake of about...

Korea's Cha Bio Group to expand overseas real estate business

Korea's Cha Bio Group to expand overseas real estate business

Cha Bio Group, consisting of Cha Biotech and Cha Vaccine Research Institute as its subsidiaries, has announced its expansion into the real estate in...

Igaworks partners with Vietnam’s Clever Group to supply data platform

Igaworks partners with Vietnam’s Clever Group to supply data platform

South Korean big data platform company Igaworks said on Thursday it has signed a contract and strategic alliance deal with Vietnam’s largest m...

Hanwha Group buys HSD Engine for $175.9 million

Hanwha Group buys HSD Engine for $175.9 million

South Korea's Hanwha Group will acquire ship engine maker HSD Engine in a move to shore up its shipbuilding unit following the conglomerate's takeov...

POSCO affiliates mull name changes to represent green push

POSCO affiliates mull name changes to represent green push

South Korean steel giant POSCO Group is considering changing the name of some of its affiliates in a move to rebrand them as sustainable materials a...

KT Group signs MOUs with Mongolian firms to explore joint opportunities

KT Group signs MOUs with Mongolian firms to explore joint opportunities

South Korea's KT Group has signed multiple memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with the Mongolian government and economic delegation to explore pote...

Biden must ensure US allies aren’t China collateral damage

Biden must ensure US allies aren’t China collateral damage

The biggest irony about China-US relations today is just how much Xi Jinping misses Donald Trump. China’s leader would never admit this. ...

Plain sailing for LS with record earnings under Chairman Koo’s leadership

Plain sailing for LS with record earnings under Chairman Koo’s leadership

LS Group’s plan to groom new growth engines from batteries to electric vehicles and semiconductors is set to gain impetus after South Korea&rs...

POSCO ties up with Aussie firm on US EV cell mineral project

POSCO ties up with Aussie firm on US EV cell mineral project

South Korea’s POSCO Group has joined hands with an Australian company to work on an electric vehicle battery material project in the US as it ...

Webtoon starring Netmarble's girl group MAVE coming soon

Webtoon starring Netmarble's girl group MAVE coming soon

Netmarble Corp. announced that the webtoon "MAVE: Another World," based on the virtual girl group, will be available on KakaoPage and Kakao Webtoon ...

LG CNS launches Quinoa crowd research platform

LG CNS launches Quinoa crowd research platform

South Korea's LG CNS, the information technology service subsidiary of LG Group, launched a crowd research platform Quinoa and initiated its service...

LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China

LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. for the second straight year was No. 1 on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batteries excluding Chin...

Hyundai Motor offers Bluelink free to new customers in US

Hyundai Motor offers Bluelink free to new customers in US

Hyundai Motor Co. in a world first is offering lifetime membership of its connected car care service Bluelink free to new customers in the US, judgi...

Lotte Fine Chemical transforms from ugly duckling to golden swan

Lotte Fine Chemical transforms from ugly duckling to golden swan

For Samsung Group, the fine chemicals business was an ugly duckling losing money while other affiliates, including Samsung Electronics Co., were flu...

S.Korea's Hoban Group signs agreement with Aramco for cooperation

S.Korea's Hoban Group signs agreement with Aramco for cooperation

Hoban Group, South Korea's construction, property development, and manufacturing conglomerate, said Monday that it has signed a memorandum of unders...

Korea’s Hyundai Dept. Store drops holding company plan

Korea’s Hyundai Dept. Store drops holding company plan

South Korea’s major retailer Hyundai Department Store Group Co. gave up a plan to split off its core high-end shopping mall affiliate and conv...

Hyundai Motor Group ranks first in US vehicle dependability study

Hyundai Motor Group ranks first in US vehicle dependability study

Hyundai Motor Group has once again topped the U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) conducted by J.D. Power, ranking first among 16 global automoti...

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