SK ties up with BlackRock-backed Korean startup for EV chargers

SK ties up with BlackRock-backed Korean startup for EV chargers

SK Signet Inc., South Korea’s electric vehicle charger manufacturer, joined hands with a local renewable energy startup backed by global asset...

NH Investment selected as UN GCF manager

NH Investment selected as UN GCF manager

South Korea's NH Investment & Securities announced on Thursday that it was selected as the first Asian securities firm to manage the Climate Tec...

Samsung Asset publishes brokerage ISA guidebook

Samsung Asset publishes brokerage ISA guidebook

South Korea's Samsung Asset Management announced on Thursday that it newly published the KODEX Brokerage ISA Investment Guidebook for individual inv...

A North Korean Diplomat Managed a Rare Defection: A Flight Out of Cuba

A North Korean Diplomat Managed a Rare Defection: A Flight Out of Cuba

SEOUL—A North Korean diplomat posted in Cuba defected to South Korea with his family late last year, officials said this week, a rare esc...

BofA eyes its 1st Korean IPO management with K Bank deal

BofA eyes its 1st Korean IPO management with K Bank deal

Bank of America Corp. (BofA) is quickly expanding its presence in the South Korean initial public offering market, where J.P. Morgan and Citigroup G...

NPS commits $723 mn to MBK, 3 other managers for Korean PEs

NPS commits $723 mn to MBK, 3 other managers for Korean PEs

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, has hired four investment firms – MBK Partne...

Hanyang Securities up for sale; in talks with KCGI, Woori

Hanyang Securities up for sale; in talks with KCGI, Woori

Hanyang Securities Co., a small South Korean brokerage firm, has been put on the market as its parent Hanyang University Foundation scrambles to kee...

POSCO seeks restructuring for $1.9 bn injection in battery materials

POSCO seeks restructuring for $1.9 bn injection in battery materials

POSCO Holdings Inc. aims to raise its corporate value through an ambitious scheme that entails securing 2.6 trillion won ($1.9 billion) through rest...

Samsung SDI, Sungkyunkwan Univ. to develop battery engineer

Samsung SDI, Sungkyunkwan Univ. to develop battery engineer

Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle cell maker, will establish a Department of Battery Engineering at Sungkyunkwan Uni...

LG Energy Solution acquires anti-bribery certification

LG Energy Solution acquires anti-bribery certification

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Thursday that it achieved ISO 37001 certification, an international standard for anti-bribery man...

Korea to keep track of EV battery life cycles for recycling

Korea to keep track of EV battery life cycles for recycling

The South Korean government will monitor electric vehicle (EV) battery life cycles to share information on the lifespan, performance and accident hi...

SK Securities becomes lead IPO manager for 1st time since 2018

SK Securities becomes lead IPO manager for 1st time since 2018

SK Securities Co., formerly a unit of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, is expanding its presence in the domestic equity capital mark...

Samsung, SK Hynix lead value increase in Korea NPS' local shares in Q2

Samsung, SK Hynix lead value increase in Korea NPS' local shares in Q2

The second-quarter rally of Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. shares drove a value increase in the domestic stock asset held by South Korea&...

SK Innovation to host Global Forum in US

SK Innovation to host Global Forum in US

South Korea's SK Innovation Co. announced on Wednesday that it will host the “SK Innovation Global Forum” on July 13 in San Jose, Califo...

Coupang opens Rocket Growth seller website

Coupang opens Rocket Growth seller website

Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, announced on Tuesday that it opened a dedicated website for sellers (sell.coupang.com...

Humax, HeyCharge collaborate on EV charger

Humax, HeyCharge collaborate on EV charger

South Korea's mobility solutions company Humax Co. announced on Monday that it partnered with the Germany-based electric vehicle (EV) charging techn...

LG Energy’s Q2 profit hurt by EV slowdown, expects Q4 improvement

LG Energy’s Q2 profit hurt by EV slowdown, expects Q4 improvement

LG Energy Solution Ltd., one of the world’s top three battery makers, on Monday posted a smaller quarterly profit, hurt by sluggish global ele...

Samsung Asset's KODEX ETF surpasses $43 bn in net assets

Samsung Asset's KODEX ETF surpasses $43 bn in net assets

South Korea's Samsung Asset Management announced on Monday that the net assets of its KODEX exchange-traded fund (ETF) have surpassed 60 trillion ...

SK Innovation gets MSCI ESG's leader rating

SK Innovation gets MSCI ESG's leader rating

South Korean oil refiner SK Innovation Co. secured an AA rating in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) assessment by Morgan Stanley Capi...

Samsung SDI to ink $726 mn ESS deal with NextEra Energy

Samsung SDI to ink $726 mn ESS deal with NextEra Energy

Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle cell maker, is set to provide batteries for energy storage systems (ESS) to NextEr...

Time to revive innovator spirit: LG Energy Solution CEO

Time to revive innovator spirit: LG Energy Solution CEO

South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., also the world’s No. 3, must accelerate innovation and prop up fundamentals to ...

Hyundai Motor completes EV ecosystem in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor completes EV ecosystem in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Hyundai Motor Group has built an electric vehicle hub backed by a complete supply chain from raw materials sourcing to ba...

AI plagiarism detection startup Muhayu eyes IPO in 2026

AI plagiarism detection startup Muhayu eyes IPO in 2026

South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) startup Muhayu hired Mirae Asset Securities as the lead manager for its initial public offering (IPO) targ...

NPS to cut global stocks under GP management, up its direct control

NPS to cut global stocks under GP management, up its direct control

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is set to slash its overseas stocks under global i...

Hyundai accelerates EV push in Indonesia with Kona EV

Hyundai accelerates EV push in Indonesia with Kona EV

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Hyundai Motor Co. has built its brand image as a high-end carmaker in Indonesia and controls the country's electric vehic...

South Korean brokerages woo super-rich to make them even richer

South Korean brokerages woo super-rich to make them even richer

South Korea’s baby boomers, the demographic cohort born between 1955 and 1963, have largely built their wealth through hard work, savings and ...

LG Energy signs multi-billion-dollar LFP battery deal with Renault

LG Energy signs multi-billion-dollar LFP battery deal with Renault

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, has clinched a multi-billion-dollar deal to supply LFP batteries for low-en...

Kyobo Life CEO’s ethical management earns global recognition

Kyobo Life CEO’s ethical management earns global recognition

Kyobo Life Insurance Co.'s Chairman Shin Chang-jae is internationally recognized for setting the global standard for ethical management after two de...

LG Elec launches CLOi robot subscription service

LG Elec launches CLOi robot subscription service

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it launched its Robot as a Service (RaaS) with CLOi robots starting this month.Business-to-business (B2...

Korea’s military fund taps ex-president of Woori Financial as CIO

Korea’s military fund taps ex-president of Woori Financial as CIO

South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), which managed 10.4 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in assets as of the end of 2023, has tapp...

K Shipbuilding up for sale as Korean shipyards enter new boom cycle Samsung to buy US health tech firm Xealth in digital health push Korean waste management firm Koentec on market for $730 mn US unveils 25% tariffs on S.Korea, sets Aug. 1 deadline for agreement Samsung’s Q2 operating profit halves amid sluggish chip sales