India: Tantalizing frontier for K-food’s global ambitions beyond China
South Korea’s processed food exports to India have surged to a record 6 trillion won ($4.1 billion), marking a significant milestone in the gr...
Samsung fends off Apple to reclaim global smartphone crown in Q1
Samsung Electronics Co. has regained its position as the world’s top smartphone vendor in the first quarter, outpacing Apple Inc. despite the ...
Hylium to supply liquefied hydrogen storage tanks to AirFirst
Hylium Industries Inc., South Korea’s hydrogen liquefier manufacturer, has signed a deal to supply high-capacity liquefied hydrogen storage ta...
Dongwon Industries to delist wholly owned Dongwon F&B
Dongwon Industries Co., the holding company of South Korea’s seafood-to-logistics Dongwon Group, will delist its canned tuna-manufacturing sub...
SK chairman in Taiwan to deepen ties with TSMC
Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group, the parent of SK Hynix Inc., is visiting Taiwan amid the threat of escalating US tariff threats, suggesting the ...
POSCO eyes deeper steel, energy ties with global peers
POSCO Group, South Korea’s steelmaking giant, will further bolster its competitiveness in the global steel market and energy value chains thro...
SK Hynix beats Samsung to become global No.1 DRAM maker
SK Hynix Inc. has snatched the crown from Samsung Electronics Co. to become the world’s largest memory chip supplier for the first time since ...
IMM consortium owns 100% of Hyundai LNG Shipping; Stake sale eyed
A consortium of IMM Private Equity Inc. and IMM Investment Corp. has secured full ownership of Hyundai LNG Shipping, South Korea’s top liquefi...
Samsung, LG review strategies as Trump slaps Vietnam with steeper tariffs
South Korea’s two leading electronics makers – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. – are being forced to reassess thei...
LG’s global HVAC push takes off with new deal in Singapore
LG Electronics Inc. has landed a deal to supply its heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system to a fulfillment center in Singapore, a...
Hyundai Motor launches global talent recruitment program
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has launched a global talent recruitment program, beginning April 1 via its official hiring webs...
MicroDigital's Disco Pang Pang-inspired bioreactors debut in US
MicroDigital Co., a bio-instrument and diagnostic kit manufacturer, is set to launch single-use bioreactors in the US, marking the first shipment of...
Samsung SDI launches mass production of 46 mm-diameter batteries
Samsung SDI Co. has become South Korea’s first company to mass-produce cylindrical 46-millimeter(46 mm)-diameter batteries, regarded as ...
Koreans’ craving for luxury goods fades
Until recently, it was not unusual to see people waiting in a long line in front of foreign haute couture brands’ stores early in the morning ...
Global assets drive Korean teachers' fund to 11.1% return in 2024
The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) achieved an 11.1% return on investments in 2024, with overseas portfolios in stocks, infrastructure a...
Hanwha Aerospace plans record $2.5 bn rights offering for plant expansion
Hanwha Aerospace Co., a leading South Korean defense company, said on Thursday it is raising 3.6 trillion won ($2.5 billion) in new capital through ...
LG takes on Big Tech AI in reasoning with Exaone Deep
LG AI Research, the artificial intelligence (AI) research and development unit of South Korea's LG Group, has unveiled Exaone Deep, an open-source A...
Krafton invests in 10 overseas game startups in 2024
Krafton Inc. invested in 10 overseas game developers in 2024 in search of the next big franchise intellectual property (IP) following its mega-hit t...
Kia to ramp up Seltos output to meet high global demand
Kia Corp. will expand production of its compact sport utility vehicle, the Seltos, after selling 310,000 units of the model across the globe, making...
Global real estate market poised for strong rebound: Savills
The global real estate market is expected to pick up significantly over the next few years, with around $500 billion worth of real estate assets, he...
South Korea emerges as private equity firms’ global hub
New York-based Apollo Global Management and London-based Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) have joined the ranks of global private equity firms that ...
Hanwha develops cutting-edge stealth paint for next-generation warships
Hanwha Ocean Co., a leading South Korean warship builder, has developed and tested an advanced stealth paint designed for the country’s KDDX n...
Korean snacks mesmerize global consumers amid K-pop popularity
South Korea’s snack exports soared to a record high in February, surpassing $40 million for the first time, as global demand surged amid the sus...
Korea to create new visa for high-quality foreign talent
South Korea said on Wednesday it plans to create a new visa to attract high-level foreign talent for advanced industries such as artificial intellig...
Korea Investment & Securities explores new products with global firms
Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), a unit of Korea Investment Holdings Inc., is exploring new global investment products tailored for Sout...
Lotte aims to take Lotte Global Logistics public by end-June
Lotte Group, grappling with a prolonged downturn in the petrochemical industry, plans to take Lotte Global Logistics Co. public by the end of June a...
Korean court rules in favor of Samsung Bioepis over Regeneron’s Eylea
A South Korean court on Friday ruled in favor of Samsung Bioepis Co. in a patent dispute against Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., a US pharmaceutical...
AI data center with up to 3 gigawatts of power envisioned for South Korea
An investor group is planning one of the world’s largest data centers for artificial intelligence in South Korea, a sign of red-hot AI de...
LG Innotek ventures into automotive AP module market
LG Innotek Co., a major South Korean electronics parts developer, has forayed into the automotive application processor (AP) module market, poised f...
S.Korea’s Hanwha eyes L-SAM exports with UAE’s EDGE
Hanwha Group’s Vice Chairman and heir apparent Kim Dong-kwan is on the front line to export South Korea's latest homegrown air defense system ...
