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The world of K-pop is globally known for offering a truly wide selection of merchandise items for fans. While balloons were the only goods used by t...

The world’s first “robot-friendly” building will complete construction in the second half of this year by South Korea’s tech...

Hyundai Motor Group plans to adopt digital twin technology, which allows the automaker to make a digital replica of a real car for simulation not ...

LG Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group, is investing 100 billion won ($88 million) in Kakao Mobil...

South Korea-based Kakao Pay Corp. is set to make a trading debut on the country's main bourse next month -- just a week after its sister company Kak...

Hanwha Group has made a partial exit from Nikola Corporation, one of the most controversial firms in the US hydrogen sector. Green Nikola Holdings L...

South Korea’s art market is projected to double or even triple in size this year, thanks to the widening of the customer base across all gener...

Global IT giant Google is facing strong backlash from South Korean game companies angry with having to pay a 30% commission on in-app purchases whil...

KakaoBank Corp., the mobile banking unit of online messaging app giant Kakao Corp., is looking to raise as much as 2.55 trillion won ($2.26 billion)...

Hanwha Corp. will develop the bipropellant thruster, a key component for adjusting the satellite’s position in orbit, together with Korea Aero...

Shinsegae Group pushed through to be the sole winner in the prolonged race to acquire control of eBay Korea, making it a close runner-up in South Ko...

The US insurance group Cigna looks set to become the first foreign insurer on South Korea's digital non-life insurance platform, with an aim to crac...

Nano-X Imaging Ltd. (Nanox), an Israeli startup listed on the Nasdaq last August, has started manufacturing digital X-ray components in South Korea....

South Korea’s chemicals and industrial materials maker Kolon Industries Inc. have added another 15,000 tons of annual capacity in its hydrocar...

SK Group is in the final stages of negotiations to invest $100 million in Vietnam's largest pharmacy chain, Pharmacity, as part of the South Korean ...

Kolon Group is making a remarkable comeback this year to challenge its longtime rival Hyosung Group in future-growth segments including hydrogen. Ac...

The telecom companies in South Korea, one after another, are taking bold steps outside their traditional turf of mobile business.  They are eng...

Naver Corp.’s Japan-based messaging app affiliate Line Corp. is rapidly expanding its digital banking business in Asian countries outside Kore...

Kakao Corp.’s ambition to become an insurer is gradually becoming a reality. The platform giant’s application to start an insurance busi...

South Korea's Shinsegae and Lotte groups, the two final contenders for eBay Korea, are hurrying to securitize their assets, even offering core real ...

The much-touted sale of South Korea’s Hanon Systems Corp. is taking solid shape with names of potential bidders floating around in the market ...

South Korean life insurers have made an environmental, social and governance (ESG)-themed investment in The Carlyle Group's €2 billion ($2.4 bi...

Coupang Corp. has a unique corporate culture for a company headquartered in South Korea.  Industry insiders highlight that this uncommon cultur...

The valuation of Kurly Inc. has now surpassed 2 trillion won ($1.8 billion).  The operator of South Korea’s online grocery and gourmet fo...

Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s largest display maker, plans to spend as much as 3 trillion won ($2.7 billion) to build a new organic light...

The National Pension Service (NPS) and the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) have committed $600 million in aggregate to GLP Capital Partners' Nort...

HYBE Co., the music and entertainment agency behind BTS, on Jun 1-2 will open the subscription for its rights issue shares worth 445.5 billion won (...

Vision Fund, led by billionaire SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, has decided to invest around $2 billion in South Korea's largest travel platform Yan...

It’s been about four months since Lee Seul, a manager at real estate app Zigbang, worked from the company office in Gangnam, one of South Kore...

South Korea-based venture capital firm STIC Ventures has recently invested $2 million in a Vietnamese logistics startup EcoTruck, a move aimed at bo...