K food boom

In September 2019, South Korea-based mobile marketplace platform Danggeun Market received 40 billion won ($36 million) from venture capital firms wi...

South Korean entertainment labels are expected to see their earnings momentum back in full swing in the second quarter as popular K-pop groups such ...

Shares of Korean content providers are flying high as platform operators such as Kakao Entertainment Corp. are looking to expand overseas to bask in...

South Korea’s heavy machinery manufacturers are making a strong start this year, reporting the highest first quarter revenue figures since 201...

South Korean manufacturers of chip production equipment have seen their share prices rising sharply, buoyed by a series of new orders received from ...

South Korea-based fresh food logistics startup Team Fresh has concluded its 30 billion won ($26.7 million) Series C round, attracting high-profile i...

Slightly more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic upended the business world, the role of management consultants has become important more than ...

In the South Korean music industry, the emergence of Soribada, the country’s first peer-to-peer file-sharing service, in 2000 heralded the beg...

Spotify Technology S.A., the world's largest music streaming service, has reached a licensing agreement with Kakao Entertainment Corp., to make musi...

The sale process of Bithumb, South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, is taking longer than expected due to a spike in its price tag as invest...

Signs that the global DRAM market is entering a boom cycle are looming large with chip prices on an ascending trendline and major chipmakers spendin...

Last month, South Korea-based Big Hit Entertainment Co. announced plans to team up with Universal Music Group to debut a K-pop boy band in the US. T...

Amorepacific Corp., the South Korean beauty giant, has signed a partnership agreement with Shopee, a Singaporean e-commerce platform, to expand it...

Korean auto parts makers have rarely been favored by stock investors as they were regarded as mere subcontractors, with their performance largely de...

Big Hit Entertainment Co., the label behind K-pop sensation BTS, and portal giant Naver Corp. are set to team up with Universal Music Group, the wor...

South Korean entertainment companies are expanding their scope beyond the music scene and shifting to platform services, ushering in new valuations ...

South Korean startups are at the forefront of the Korean food export boom as they boost global awareness of popular dishes such as spicy fermented c...

Google Inc., the operator of the world’s largest streaming platform YouTube, has entered the growing local online concert scene, heralding fie...

The K-pop fan community scene is set to heat up even further as South Korea platform giant Naver Corp. joins forces with BTS label Big Hit Entertain...

Korean content providers' shares are emerging as some of the best to buy as competition heats up among global over-the-top (OTT) services such as Ne...

South Korean game publisher NCSoft Corp. is fueling competition in the online entertainment platform market with the planned launch of its own app, ...

South Korea's food and beverage giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. will establish a food production plant that makes mandu in the 560,000 square meters of l...

A number of products and technologies of Korean startups have received Innovation Awards honors at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021, the wor...

South Korean artists were clearly on the rise last year, with the top 10 most-streamed Korean artists pulling in over a combined 10.6 billion stream...

Samsung Electronics Co. and other global foundry players are running their plants at full capacity as makers of cars and electronic devices compete ...

South Korea-based POSCO Chemical Co. has begun preparations for its rights offering, to the delight of shareholders as the company’s share pri...

Once derided as a tomb for the self-employed due to cut-throat competition, fried chicken franchises in South Korea have emerged as a main beneficia...

South Korea's food and beverage giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. has become the first domestic food company to have a single item pull in over 1 trill...

Once considered just one of many Asian entertainment products, Korean dramas, games, music and webtoons – collectively known as K-content &nda...

It’s simple and irritatingly repetitive. Many people, kids and adults alike, around the world hum along and often complain that they just can&...