S.Korea-Japan flights outpace Gimpo-Jeju in H1 2023

As Japan eased its border restrictions at the end of last year, the number of passengers on routes between South Korea and Japan in the first half o...

KKR Co-CEO Joe Bae meets NPS, KIC execs in S.Korea

KKR Co. Co-Chief Executive Joseph Bae made a visit to South Korea last week to meet with senior managers of the country’s top limited partners...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics starts mass-producing power inductors

South Korea's Samsung Electro-Mechanics has started mass-producing power inductors, an essential component of electric (EV) and self-driving vehicle...

Korea Investment 1st Korean broker to sell samurai bonds

Korea Investment & Securities Co. on Friday became the first South Korean brokerage company to sell samurai bonds, raising 20 billion yen ($145 ...

Korea Zinc ties up with SK, Hanwha for Aussie green ammonia

Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, has joined hands with SK Gas Ltd. and Hanwha Impact Corp. for the green ammonia bu...

Hyundai Motor premieres first high-performance EV IONIQ 5 N

The IONIQ 5 N – Hyundai Motor Co.'s first all-electric high-performance car under its N brand – made its world premiere on Thursday, wit...

Tinder owner Match Group taps Sam Ahn as Asia's chief innovation officer

Match Group Inc., operating online dating and chat platforms like Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid in some 40 languages, has appointed its subsidiary Hyper...

Michael Jordan's Steakhouse to open in S.Korea

Mohegan Inspire entertainment resort, which plans to be built near Incheon International Airport, will feature a restaurant and bar named after "His...

Hyundai E&C to commercialize CCS for the first time in S.Korea

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction announced that it has won the contract for the preliminary front-end engineering and design (Pr...

Samsung takes on Micron with new flash auto memory UFS 3.1

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has begun mass production of its latest flash memory chip, which the company sa...

Korea's IPO market heats up with higher price cap for new stocks

South Korea’s initial public offering market is heating up with some 30 firms set for new share subscriptions in July and August, more than su...

Everon attracts $39 mn thanks to hot VC demand for EV charging

Everon, one of South Korea’s top three electric vehicle charging infrastructure and management service providers, raised 50 billion won ($39 m...

EV9 SUV to be Kia’s 1st EV assembled in US

Kia Corp. will spend over $200 million to transform part of its assembly plant in the US state of Georgia to manufacture its second all-electric SUV...

Samsung launches 98-inch Neo QLED 8K in S.Korea

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it launches a new 98-inch Neo QLED 8K TV in South Korea. The new model is part of Samsung's effor...

S&P expects BOK to cut rate by 100 bps in 2024 for growth

South Korea’s central bank is expected to cut its policy interest rate by one percentage point next year with inflationary pressure easing fur...

Secondhand LNG carrier prices hit record high; prospects rosy

Prices of secondhand liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers are flying high, close to new LNG ship prices, amid tighter environmental regulations and ...

Starbucks to offer super-size Trenta drinks in S.Korea

Starbucks will roll out its biggest size for iced drinks, the Trenta, next week in South Korea, which was chosen as its first overseas market to int...

LG Electronics aims to transform into platform-based tech firm by 2030

When LG Electronics Inc. made a surprise move to ungracefully exit the mobile phone business, one of its mainstay businesses, two years ago, investo...

Go bolder with regulatory reform to foster unicorns in Korea: KERI

Regulatory reform is still slow in South Korea, obstructing innovation in technologies and industries, and the government must take bolder action to...

Shrinking youth jobs cast shadow over S.Korea’s labor market

Employment in South Korea extended its growth streak in June but its gains slowed for the third straight month, with youth jobs declining for eight ...

S.Korea’s petrochemical players boost plastic container recycling

South Korea's major petrochemical companies have entered the sector for 100% recycled plastic containers through cooperation with food and cosmetics...

Retail investors test EcoPro’s upside as Korea’s GameStop

Shares of EcoPro Co., a South Korean battery materials maker, have skyrocketed this year, rising 848% year to date to break above the 1 million won ...

Korea’s NPS bets on more local semiconductor stocks in Q2

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund with 975.6 trillion won ($754.2 billion) in assets under...

KHNP participates in Australian green cement project

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) will participate in the South Australia green cement transition project, which aims to produce green hydr...

Korea chip exports to rebound in Oct; car, cell exports to stay firm

South Korea expected overseas sales of semiconductors, the country’s top export item, to rebound from October while the auto, secondary batter...

Korea revives nuclear power for its 2024-2038 energy plan

South Korea is slated to bring forward action steps on its power supply plan for the 2024-2038 period, with a possibility to review building more nu...

S.Korea to launch K-Ricebelt project in Africa

South Korea has launched an official development assistance (ODA) project for a "K-Ricebelt" to produce rice for 30 million people every year in Afr...

S.Korea’s imports of LFP cathode reverses to growth after 8 years

South Korea's imports of cathode materials used to make lithium ferrophosphate (LFP) batteries in the first five months of this year rose for the fi...

S.Korea’s SKC seeks to sell fine ceramic business for $307 mn

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, is seeking to sell its fine ceramic business for an estimated 400 billion won ($307 million) as the unit o...

Hyundai Engineering to enter EV charging maintenance, service market

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of Hyundai Motor Group, unveiled its ambitious plans on Mon...