K-pop group i-dle poised to captivate Japan with full-scale debut in October

K-pop girl group i-dle is gearing up for a big October, bringing their music and energy straight to Japanese fans with their very first arena tour. ...

KPop Demon Hunters fever draws record foreign visitors to Seoul

Fueled in part by the global sensation of KPop Demon Hunters, a hit Netflix animated film, foreign visitors to Seoul surged to a record high in July...

Monsta X marks 10th anniversary with full-group comeback, new album 'THE X'

It’s been 10 years since Monsta X first stormed the stage with their fierce energy and raw charisma. Now, all six members are standing toget...

Stray Kids surpass BTS with record 7 straight No. 1 albums on Billboard 200

Stray Kids have done what no artist — not even BTS — has achieved before: seven consecutive No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200.Billboar...

Chinese milk tea brand Chagee to enter South Korea through JV

Chagee, one of the largest milk tea brands in China, is set to make inroads into South Korea through a joint venture (JV) with a local partner to ta...

K-beauty giant LG H&H puts Coca-Cola bottling unit, other beverage assets up for sale

LG H&H Co., South Korea’s second-largest cosmetics firm after Amorepacific Corp., has put its prized Coca-Cola bottling subsidiary and oth...

Jennie sets new K-pop solo record with 2 new RIAA Gold certifications

Jennie has done it again — and this time, she’s made history on her own terms.The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) a...

Next-wave K-Beauty brands chart growth without outside capital

K-Beauty’s rising stars are steering clear of outside capital, opting instead for self-financed growth supported by solid cash reserves, data-...

Lee's signature pen admired by Trump at summit turns into surprise gift; golf putter a bonus

When South Korean President Lee Jae Myung stepped into the West Wing of the White House on Monday, he hardly expected a signature pen to steal the s...

BTS’ FAKE LOVE tops 1 billion streams on Spotify; Jungkook’s 3D joins the club

BTS’ FAKE LOVE has surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify, becoming the group’s fifth track to hit the milestone on the world’s la...

Golden reclaims Billboard Hot 100 crown; KPop Demon Hunters OST makes history with four tracks in Top 10

The original soundtrack (OST) from Netflix’s animated feature KPop Demon Hunters is rewriting Billboard history. Its breakout single Golden ha...

Korean dining chains sweep across US, boon for K-sauce  

Korean dining chains are springing up across the US, fueled by health-conscious eating trends and the surging influence of Korean pop culture, boost...

S.Korea passes tougher corporate law reform, adopts cumulative voting

South Korea’s National Assembly on Monday passed an amendment to the Commercial Act designed to give minority shareholders greater sway in pro...

STIC Investments set to acquire laundry chain Cleantopia

STIC Investments Inc., a Seoul-based private equity firm, is set to acquire Cleantopia, South Korea’s largest laundry service franchise operat...

Jungkook’s ‘Seven’ becomes 1st K-pop solo track to surpass 2.5 bn streams on Spotify

BTS star Jungkook has once again shown the global pull of his music. According to Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming platform, his s...

S.Korean President Lee to meet KPop Demon Hunters director Maggie Kang, TWICE

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet with Maggie Kang, director of the Netflix animated feature KPop Demon Hunters, along with K-pop girl ...

Kpop Demon Hunters sweeps Billboard Hot 100 with three OST tracks in Top 10

The soundtrack from Netflix’s animated feature Kpop Demon Hunters is rewriting chart history. Three of its tracks have landed in the Billboard...

Korea’s demographic shift to single households: Magnet for global real estate giants, investors

South Korea’s rental housing market is attracting some of the world’s largest property investors, as the country’s shifting demogr...

POSCO, JSW to build 6 million-ton steel plant in India

South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO Group has agreed with JSW Steel Ltd. to build an integrated steel mill with an annual capacity of 6 mil...

Global investors flock to K-beauty startups as sector mints new unicorn BENOW

South Korea’s beauty startup scene is attracting a wave of overseas venture capital, underscoring renewed investor appetite for the country&rs...

UCK Partners sues ex-employee in Korea’s 1st PE non-compete case

UCK Partners has sued a former senior employee who joined local rival Premier Partners in June, alleging he violated a non-compete clause, in what i...

Samsung to set up chip packaging R&D center in Yokohama, raise stakes vs TSMC

Samsung Electronics Co. will set up an advanced chip packaging research and development center in Yokohama, Japan with an investment of 25 billion y...

Samsung boosts HBM specialist hiring, scales back foundry recruitment

Samsung Electronics Co. is stepping up recruitment of seasoned high-bandwidth memory (HBM) specialists in a push to reclaim leadership in the semico...

LG CNS to build AI data center in Vietnam, accelerating Southeast Asia push

LG CNS Co. will build a hyperscale artificial intelligence data center for Vietnam’s state-run telecom giant Vietnam Posts and Telecommunicati...

Korea Investment Partners invests $10 million in Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Korea Investment Partners Co. (KIP), one of South Korea’s largest venture capital and private equity firms, has invested $10 million in Elon M...

LG expands appliance subscription service to Singapore

LG Electronics Inc. has introduced a subscription service in Singapore for home appliances ranging from water purifiers to air conditioners, refrige...

Celltrion gains ground as one of most-prescribed drug suppliers in Italy

Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s leading biosimilar maker, has been securing a string of orders from regional governments in Italy for autoimmune...

NCSOFT surges past Krafton on robust Q2; high hopes for Aion 2 game release in H2

NCSOFT Corp., a major South Korean game developer and publisher, has regained its lead over rival Krafton Inc. in the stock market after posting str...

YNCC avoids default with $220 mn lifeline from DL Chemical, Hanwha

Yeochun NCC Co. (YNCC), South Korea’s third-largest ethylene maker, has narrowly avoided default as its shareholders – DL Chemical Co. a...

K-beauty, K-food exports to US jolted as 15% tariffs go into effect

South Korea’s cosmetics and food exporters have been jolted by a significant drop in shipments to the US after Washington’s 15% tariffs ...