LG Chem to supply switchable glass films to Webasto
LG Chem Ltd. is venturing into the automotive smart glass film market as it has won an order to supply its switchable glazing films to German auto p...
Kakao joins hands with LG Uplus to enter EV charger market
Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s largest taxi-hailing platform, is set to make inroads into the electric vehicle charging market by setting...
Korean botox sales gain momentum in US, China
South Korea is ramping up exports of botulinum toxin to the US and China, the world’s two top consumers of the neurotoxin protein, with its pr...
Kia logs record profit, revenue in Q1 on weak won
Kia Corp., the second-largest automaker in South Korea, posted record quarterly profit and revenue for the first three months of this year, backed b...
Korean Air to launch Incheon-Macau route in July
Korean Air Lines Co., the leading full-service airline in South Korea, announced on Friday that it will launch flights on the Incheon-Macau route st...
Hyundai to produce hybrid cars at EV-only plant in US state of Georgia
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, plans to manufacture hybrid models at its electric vehicle and battery plant in the US state o...
Hyundai Motor ties up with CATL to reinvigorate China market with EVs
BEIJING -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top carmaker, has joined hands with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL), the leading global...
Hyundai Glovis expects better 2024 after beating market in Q1
Hyundai Glovis Co. expects an improvement in earnings this year from last year after reporting better-than-expected sales and operating profit in th...
CJ Olive Young opens Hongdae Town for K-beauty experience
CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, announced on Thursday that it will open Olive Young Hongdae Town, a specialty stor...
Woori Financial opens DinnoLab Vietnam Center
South Korea's Woori Financial Group announced on Wednesday that it has opened the DinnoLab Vietnam Center in Hanoi.DinnoLab is a program by Woori ...
Aekyung AGE20's to enter US cosmetics market
South Korea's Aekyung Industrial Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Silicon2, a global K-beauty distri...
Hyundai launches the ST1, its 1st electric work van with futuristic styling
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Wednesday it is launching the ST1, its first fully electric work van that can be retrofi...
Korea's Lotte Insurance put on market for around $1.5 bn
Lotte Group’s non-life insurance affiliate Lotte Insurance Co., has been put up for sale at around 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion), according to...
Samsung Asset eyes expansion into US ETF market
NEW YORK – South Korea’s largest asset manager Samsung Asset Management Co. is leveraging its strategic partnership with a US investment...
Used goods platform Gugus shines in slowing luxury market
Gugus, South Korea’s largest online retailer of secondhand luxury goods, posted double-digit growth in revenue and transactions in the first q...
HK inno.N to release K-CAB in MENA market
South Korean bio-health company HK inno.N announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract with Saudi Arabian local pharmaceutical company Tabuk Pharm...
CJ CheilJedang's K-style rice gains popularity in N.America
South Korea’s CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Tuesday that its sales of the flagship brand Bibigo’s Cooked Sticky White Rice in North Ameri...
SoftBank-backed Korean flea market app sees overseas growth
Danggeun Market Inc., South Korea’s largest online flea market service provider, enjoyed growth in other countries with its Karrot app briefly...
Korea's LX opens Hungary terminal for Europe EV, battery logistics
LX Pantos, one of the top logistics firms in South Korea, has launched a railway terminal in Hungary for the electric vehicle and battery logistics ...
Clio acquires two Japanese cosmetics distributors
South Korea's Clio Cosmetics Co. announced on Friday that it has acquired a 100% stake in Japanese cosmetics distributor Doowon and cosmetics import...
Pepero enters Thailand’s King Power Duty Free
South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Friday that its thin chocolate-coated cookie sticks Pepero and no-sugar ice cream Zero entered King Po...
LG to double global built-in appliance sales to $722 mn
MILAN, ITALY – LG Electronics Inc. eyes 1 trillion won ($722 million) in global built-in appliance sales in three years by winning the hearts ...
HD Hyundai, Scottish firms to cooperate on offshore wind power
South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Scottish Enterprise and...
Hyundai Glovis to supply $29 mn logistics automation systems
South Korea's Hyundai Glovis Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a contract with Korea Superfreeze Inc. and EcoPro CnG to supply logistics aut...
Autech enters silver car market for seniors
South Korea's specialty vehicle company Autech Corporation announced on Tuesday that it plans to enter the silver car market for seniors. It al...
Korea’s Catchtable eyes offshore table reservation markets
Wad Corp., the developer and operator of South Korea’s most popular restaurant reservation app Catchtable, is considering offering Catchtable ...
South Korea’s chip design firms go abroad to tap $426 billion market
South Korea’s chip design companies are turning their sights overseas to tap into the 593 trillion won ($426 billion) system semiconductor mar...
Affinity to buy SK Rent-a-Car at $572 mn, more deals expected
Affinity Equity Partners is set to buy SK Rent-a-Car Co., South Korea’s No. 2 car leasing company, at some 800 billion won ($572 million), rai...
SK D&D, Habyt to cooperate for residential business
SK D&D Co., a real estate unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the...
Private markets open to more high-net-worth individuals: Hamilton Lane
The number of high-net-worth individuals allocating capital to private markets is increasing fast. These are wealthy individuals who own at least $1...
