Hugel accelerates European botox sales with Poland's approval

Hugel Inc., South Korea’s largest maker of botulinum toxin products used to treat overactive muscles and facial wrinkles, has won sales approv...

Hyundai Robotics, Vodafone to provide service robots in Germany

South Korean robotics firm Hyundai Robotics Co. announced it signed a letter of intent for a business partnership with global telecommunications gia...

Hyundai, Kia speed up expansion in European EV market

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s top two automakers, are expanding their presence in Europe, the world’s second-largest el...

Hyundai Motor to take Korean ondol heating system to GV90

In the era of autonomous driving, the definition of the space inside a car is expanded into a moving living space, and Hyundai Motor Co. aims to tak...

LG Energy completes LFP battery development for Tesla

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s No. 2 battery producer, boosted its muscle to court industry leader China’s Con...

Data centers in European core cities are promising, Principal head says

Critical data center hubs have emerged in European major cities with dramatic growth in data consumption, and the facilities are rising as promising...

China rules EV market with fleet sales; Hyundai targets retail

Chinese electric vehicle makers are expanding their shares in key markets such as the US and Europe through fleet sales, while South Korea’s H...

Poongsan, Korea Zinc to benefit from rising raw material prices

South Korea’s non-ferrous metal smelters such as Korea Zinc Co. and Poongsan Corp. are set to benefit from rising prices of raw materials in t...

Edtech startup Riiid joins Fast Company's list of most innovative firms

South Korea’s AI education startup Riiid has made it onto Fast Company's annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Since 20...

Hyundai, Kia refine profile with accolades, higher global rankings

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., the two automaking units of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, have worked for decades to refine their profil...

LG Elec signs 5G vehicle connectivity deal in Europe

LG Electronics Inc. has signed a deal on 5G vehicle connectivity with a European premium carmaker as the South Korean company is expanding its marke...

Samsung countersues ex-patent chief over IP disputes

Samsung Electronics Co. filed a lawsuit against its former patent chief on Sunday, in response to the ex-vice president's claim that the tech giant ...

Defense giants eager to bolster satellite business

In the era of space privatization, satellites are the driving forces.South Korea’s main defense systems makers are turning away from arms expo...

Seoul court upholds Affinity's Kyobo Life valuation

A South Korean court on Thursday ruled in favor of Affinity Equity-led financial investors (FIs) in Kyobo Life Insurance Co., rejecting Kyobo's clai...

Korean Air wary of Asiana deal after EU blocks HHI-DSME merger

Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. are wary of the fate of their proposed merger after the European Union blocked the combination of Sout...

Edison Motors and Ssangyong Motor ink takeover deal

Ssangyong Motor Co. has finally found a new owner. South Korea’s bankruptcy court approved Ssangyong Motor Co. and electric carmaker Edison Mo...

Samsung sued by ex-patent chief over IP infringement

A former vice president of Samsung Electronics Co., who led the South Korean tech giant's seven-year patent fight with Apple Inc., has sued his ex-e...

Patrizia sells Astro Tower in Brussels on behalf of Korean LPs

Patrizia AG, a Germany-based global leading real estate investment firm, said on Dec. 13 it has sold the shares of the company owning Brussels&rsq...

Celltrion to conduct tests on Omicron variant detected in Korea

Biopharmaceutical powerhouse Celltrion Inc. plans to use its treatments to test the Omicron variant detected in Korea, according to a high-level com...

NPS, LaSalle jointly buy UBS Group London HQ for £1.3 bn

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) and global real estate investment firm LaSalle Investment Management Inc. have agreed to acquir...

Celltrion to export COVID-19 treatment to Europe in 2021

South Korea’s pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. is set to export its COVID-19 treatment Regkirona to Europe by the end of this year as it se...

[ASK 2021] European NPL market growth creates investment opportunities  

Global asset managers will see great opportunities in the European non-performing loan market amid challenges facing the EU banking industry, such...

[ASK 2021] The European Private Debt Market: Tips and Guidance

Created in 2004, CAPZA is an established European private investment platform offering custom made financing solutions to small and m...

[ASK2021] European Banking Sector Dislocation: The Non-Performing Credit Opportunity

Arrow Global is a leading European investor and alternative asset manager focused on the European distressed space, backed by sophist...

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...

Namyang top shareholder barred from casting vote at general meeting

Namyang Dairy Products Co.'s top shareholder and Chairman Hong Won-sik will be barred from exercising his shareholder rights at the company's genera...

Hyundai Motor, Kia winners in sagging European car market in September

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., the two automaking units of Hyundai Motor Group, saw their market share in Europe rise to a level never seen before...

Tesco ordered to return $160 mn to MBK over Homeplus deal

Tesco Plc, the UK's largest retailer, was recently ordered by an international arbitration court to return £119 million ($163 million) to MBK ...

Giving away patents not in line with capitalist society

WASHINGTON D.C. -- US-based biotechnology company Moderna Inc. wasn’t a household name until the beginning of last year, when its fate changed...

Korean startup closer to winning Touch ID patent dispute with Apple

South Korea's Firstface Co. has inched a step closer to winning its patent dispute against Apple Inc., after a US federal appeals court ruled in fav...