Shin & Kim’s Jeong Hae Sung named Korea’s most influential M&A lawyer

Jeong Hae Sung, a partner at Shin & Kim, topped the list of South Korea’s 10 most influential M&A lawyers after advising on a total of...

GIC drops Seoul landmark building sale on Korea’s political woes

Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund, dropped the sale of a landmark building in Seoul due to t...

Seoul probes fake online accounts of Hyundai Motor advisor Sung Kim

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has launched an investigation into social media accounts pretending to be Hyundai Motor Group advisor Sung Kim,...

Big Mobility, Hummingbirds win Chung Ju-yung Startup Competition

The Asan Nanum Foundation selected Big Mobility and Hummingbirds as the top winners of the 13th Chung Ju-yung Startup Competition demo day on Novemb...

Asan Nanum Foundation to hold startup competition in November

The Asan Nanum Foundation announced on Wednesday that it will hold a demo day for “The Chung Ju-yung Startup Competition” on Nov. 7 at C...

KCGI buys control of Hanyang Securities for $166 mn

KCGI, a South Korean private equity firm, has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Hanyang Securities Co. for 220.3 billion won ($166 million), slig...

Coupang Play to livestream 2024 Masters Tournament

Coupang Play, a video streaming service provided by South Korea's largest e-commerce company Coupang Inc., will broadcast the first major golf tourn...

Asan Nanum Foundation invites innovators to startup pitch

The Asan Nanum Foundation, a nonprofit foundation set up in 2011 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung’s death,...

Former Hyundai Mobis CEO embarks on ISO president term

In a significant achievement for South Korea, Cho Sung-hwan, an advisor to Hyundai Mobis, has been elected as the first Korean president of the Inte...

Hyundai Motor chief aims to revive grandfather’s spirit in Saudi Arabia

Back in the 1970s, the Middle East was where many South Korean companies longed to be as the region was the country's main source of foreign income....

The North Face supplier Youngone hints at succession plan

Youngone Corp., a South Korean outdoor clothing maker to global brands like The North Face and Patagonia, has given a clearer signal that Chairman...

Advanced memory is strategic asset for Korea’s chip supremacy: Hwang

South Korea, home to the world’s two largest memory chipmakers – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. – has been the dominant...

Min Sung Precision Co.

Key facts Industry Industrial mold manufacturing and repairment/plastic injection molding Mainstay products/services High-precision mold...

Korea's Hyundai Mobis CEO Cho elected ISO president

South Korean auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co.’s CEO Cho Sung-hwan has been elected as the next president of the International Organization f...

Squid Game wins Emmy awards for best actor, director

LOS ANGELES, California -- Netflix mega-hit Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk each bagged an Emmy trophy Monday night in Los ...

Hyundai Mobis CEO runs for ISO president as first Korean candidate

Hyundai Mobis Co. CEO Cho Sung-hwan has registered as a candidate for the next presidential election of the International Organization for Standar...

Korea losing ground in semiconductor talent development

South Korea, home to the world’s top two memory chipmakers, is losing ground for talent development in the semiconductor sector as fewer profe...

BOK governor nominee stokes slower rate hike expectations

South Korea’s nominee for its new central bank governor stoked expectations that the Bank of Korea may raise interest rates less than predicte...

Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju dies at 54

Kim Jung-ju, the founder of global gaming giant Nexon Co. died in late February. He was 54.NXC Corp., the holding company of Nexon, announced on T...

Hyundai-led autonomous industry association to launch in October

South Korea’s leading mobility company Hyundai Mobis Co. will be heading the country’s new industry association of autonomous driving ma...

Squid Game: Bloody battle for survival reflects reality – director

Netflix original South Korean drama “Squid Game” is making history again for K-content, topping the platform’s global chart as the...

Bank of Korea sets stage for tightening after holding rates

South Korea’s central bank chief sent a strong indication of tightening later this year after the Bank of Korea (BOK) left its monetary policy...