Hyundai Motor Group seeks to buy Korea waste treatment firm

Hyundai Motor Group seeks to buy Korea waste treatment firm

Hyundai Engineering Co., Hyundai Motor Group’s construction arm, has joined the race to buy a South Korean garbage treatment company as the gr...

SK, Beijing Easpring Material join hands on battery materials

SK, Beijing Easpring Material join hands on battery materials

SK Inc., the holding and investment company of South Korea’s SK Group, and Beijing Easpring Material Technology Co., a major Chinese cathode m...

Urea crisis lays bare South Korea’s heavy dependence on China

Urea crisis lays bare South Korea’s heavy dependence on China

The diesel exhaust fluid crisis hitting South Korea across various industries lays bare the supply chain vulnerability of the country, which has hea...

Doosan near completing self-rescue plan with E&C sale

Doosan near completing self-rescue plan with E&C sale

South Korea's Doosan Group is near finalizing a deal to sell Doosan Engineering & Construction Co. (Doosan E&C) to a consortium led by Seoul...

AIIB commits $60 mn to STIC Asia Infra Innovation Fund

AIIB commits $60 mn to STIC Asia Infra Innovation Fund

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has committed $60 million to the STIC Asia Infrastructure Innovation Fund managed by South Korea&r...

NCSoft to unveil NFT-based, play-to-earn games in 2022

NCSoft to unveil NFT-based, play-to-earn games in 2022

NCSoft Corp., South Korea's leading game developer, will dip its toes into the realm of the blockchain and non-fungible tokens (NFT) by releasing pl...

Kia to go EV-only in Europe by 2035, teases EV9 SUV concept

Kia to go EV-only in Europe by 2035, teases EV9 SUV concept

Kia Corp., the automaking unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, said on Thursday it will only sell electric and fuel cell vehicles in Eur...

Korea DEF crisis may ease as China will export urea

Korea DEF crisis may ease as China will export urea

South Korea is expected to ease the diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) shortage for the short term as China has decided to resume customs clearance procedur...

Korea’s Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen maker to issue first bond

Korea’s Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen maker to issue first bond

South Korea’s Samyang Foods Co., the maker of the Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen, plans to issue its first corporate bonds ever as it is expanding b...

CJ Cheiljedang to acquire Dutch bio firm Batavia for 195 million euros

CJ Cheiljedang to acquire Dutch bio firm Batavia for 195 million euros

CJ Cheiljedang Corp., a key subsidiary of South Korea’s food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group, said on Monday it is acquiring Batavia B...

Korean apparel retailer F&F returns as market darling after relisting

Korean apparel retailer F&F returns as market darling after relisting

South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. has returned as one of the most coveted stocks on the main bourse, with its share price nearly tr...

Deepening diesel exhaust fluid crisis puts Korea’s key industries at risk

Deepening diesel exhaust fluid crisis puts Korea’s key industries at risk

The diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) shortage in South Korea stemming from China's suspension of urea exports is getting worse, as local DEF inventories a...

Kakao Pay slips on profit-taking after strong KOSPI debut

Kakao Pay slips on profit-taking after strong KOSPI debut

Kakao Pay Corp. ’s stock tumbled after a strong debut on the South Korean main stock market as investors booked profits, keeping an eye on if ...

CJ Group Chief unveils $8.5 billion investment plans for growth

CJ Group Chief unveils $8.5 billion investment plans for growth

South Korea’s CJ Group, which operates the country’s largest food and beverage company CJ Cheiljedang Corp. as well as entertainment gia...

Diesel exhaust fluid shortage threatens Korea’s supply chain

Diesel exhaust fluid shortage threatens Korea’s supply chain

A diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) shortage in South Korea is feared to disrupt the supply chain in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. The lack of the l...

SK Group’s Chey vows half of $52 bn US spending in batteries, hydrogen

SK Group’s Chey vows half of $52 bn US spending in batteries, hydrogen

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has vowed to spend $26 billion, or half of the group’s planned investment in the US by 2030, on electric vehicl...

Korean eyewear startup to again design China's top dept store hall

Korean eyewear startup to again design China's top dept store hall

South Korean eyewear brand Gentle Monster is slated to design the luxury hall space of the Chengdu branch of SKP, China’s top department sto...

Foreign brokerages dominate S.Korea list of short sellers

Foreign brokerages dominate S.Korea list of short sellers

Foreign brokerage companies have dominated the list of short sellers in South Korean stock markets since the short-selling ban was lifted on large-c...

Shinhan Financial acquires BNP Paribas Cardif General Insurance

Shinhan Financial acquires BNP Paribas Cardif General Insurance

Shinhan Financial Group has acquired BNP Paribas Cardif General Insurance, the non-life insurance unit of French banking group BNP Paribas in a move...

SeAH set for record earnings on steel supercycle, offshore wind projects

SeAH set for record earnings on steel supercycle, offshore wind projects

SeAH Group, a South Korean mid-size special steel conglomerate, is set to post record earnings this year on the back of the global steel supercycle ...

KIC to expand long-term investment in Asia

KIC to expand long-term investment in Asia

Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) focused on strengthening venture capital (VC) strategies and expanding co-investments with general partners (GPs) this ...

Korea scientists fund sees US-China conflict create infra investments

Korea scientists fund sees US-China conflict create infra investments

The Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-Aid Association's (SEMA) Chief Investment Officer Huh Sung-moo said on Wednesday that climate change and g...

SM Line sees light at the end of the tunnel: SM Group’s Woo

SM Line sees light at the end of the tunnel: SM Group’s Woo

When SM Group, formerly known as Samla Midas Group, took over assets of bankrupt Hanjin Shipping Co., for 37 billion won ($32 million) at the end of...

LCS Group, Bosung Powertec to form $40 mn fund for telecom tower project

LCS Group, Bosung Powertec to form $40 mn fund for telecom tower project

LCS Group Korea, a South Korean corporate set up by the Philippines' LCS Group of Companies, signed a joint venture establishment contract on Oct. 2...

LG Group's No. 2 exec Kwon to head EV battery unit

LG Group's No. 2 exec Kwon to head EV battery unit

Kwon Young-soo, the No. 2 leader of South Korea's LG Group, will be appointed as the chief executive officer of LG Energy Solution Ltd. next month, ...

SK Inc. to invest $102 million in China’s copper foil firm Lingbao Wason

SK Inc. to invest $102 million in China’s copper foil firm Lingbao Wason

SK Inc., the holding and investment company of South Korea’s SK Group, plans to invest 120 billion won ($102 million) in China’s Lingbao...

Samsung shares' underperformance deepens on growth concerns, won

Samsung shares' underperformance deepens on growth concerns, won

Shares of Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s largest stock on the main bourse, are significantly underperforming as analysts slash price t...

Huawei, Ericsson or Nokia? Apple or Samsung? US or China? Who’s winning the 5G races?

Huawei, Ericsson or Nokia? Apple or Samsung? US or China? Who’s winning the 5G races?

Once a glimmer in the eyes of executives from Shenzhen to Silicon Valley, 5G now dominates a broad swath of the global supply chain—and the ...

SK Group to reform governance structure with stronger board of directors

SK Group to reform governance structure with stronger board of directors

SK Group will undergo a major governance reform with significant empowerment of the board of directors in making key management decisions. The group...

Hanwha to raise $503 mn to expand China PVC production

Hanwha to raise $503 mn to expand China PVC production

South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. is set to raise $503 million to expand its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) business in China, the world&rsq...

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