Korea's POSCO gets greener via integrated CO2-free brand

Korea's POSCO gets greener via integrated CO2-free brand

Korea's POSCO has introduced the integrated brand Greenate to symbolize the commitment of the nation's top steelmaker to achieve carbon neutrality b...

Vietnamese MZers ensnared by K-beauty, K-fashion, K-everything

Vietnamese MZers ensnared by K-beauty, K-fashion, K-everything

HANOI – Vietnam’s young people are avid fans of Korean culture, collectively known as Hallyu. Trang, a 21-year-old college student, is o...

Korea must embrace diversity to sustain K-culture: Sam Richards

Korea must embrace diversity to sustain K-culture: Sam Richards

When Penn State University sociology professor Sam Richards introduced Korean pop culture into his lectures three years ago, he compared its power t...

CJ ENM’s TVing looks beyond Korea with Yonder, other K-drama series

CJ ENM’s TVing looks beyond Korea with Yonder, other K-drama series

South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co.’s over-the-top streaming platform TVing is taking its original sci-fi drama series Beyond the...

K-pop megaband BTS to serve military duty, agency says

K-pop megaband BTS to serve military duty, agency says

Members of K-pop boy band BTS will fulfill South Korea’s national military duty, starting with its oldest member Jin, their agency HYBE Co. an...

Korean bio suffers as weak won lifts global clinical trial costs

Korean bio suffers as weak won lifts global clinical trial costs

South Korean biopharmaceutical firms are facing challenges in clinical trials overseas alongside the rising Korean won to the US dollar exchange rat...

Japan, Spain firms join forces with Woojin for Korean bullet train bid

Japan, Spain firms join forces with Woojin for Korean bullet train bid

A Japanese company and a Spanish firm have joined hands with a South Korean company for a local bullet train supply deal as the country is expected ...

K-pop giant SM up against Align Partner's shareholder activism

K-pop giant SM up against Align Partner's shareholder activism

South Korea’s Align Partners Capital Management is intensifying its shareholder activism against K-pop music label giant SM Entertainment Co.,...

Naver Cloud seeks win-win strategy with K-startups in overseas market

Naver Cloud seeks win-win strategy with K-startups in overseas market

NEW YORK – The chief executive officer of Naver Cloud Park Won-ki said that if South Korean startups using the company’s cloud services ...

Celltrion wins sales approval for biosimilar Vegzelma in Japan

Celltrion wins sales approval for biosimilar Vegzelma in Japan

Celltrion Inc. secured Japan’s approval for sales of its cancer treatment biosimilar CT-P16, a move to help the South Korean biopharmaceutical...

Japan and South Korea leaders meet one-on-one for first time since 2019

Japan and South Korea leaders meet one-on-one for first time since 2019

The leaders of Japan and South Korea held their first bilateral meeting in nearly three years, another step toward recovery for frayed ties between tw...

Lotte Home Shopping showcases Bellygom at Manhattan’s Pier 17

Lotte Home Shopping showcases Bellygom at Manhattan’s Pier 17

NEW YORK – Lotte Home Shopping Inc. displayed Bellygom at Manhattan’s Pier 17 on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the Korea Brand Expo in ...

Internet lender K Bank gets green light for IPO

Internet lender K Bank gets green light for IPO

South Korea’s first internet-only lender K Bank on Tuesday received preliminary approval from the Korea Exchange to go public on the country&r...

Disney focuses on local content for global expansion

Disney focuses on local content for global expansion

ANAHEIM, California -- The Walt Disney Co. is concentrating on local content to attract more viewers worldwide for its streaming services through do...

IMM seeks to sell off low-cost cosmetics brand Missha

IMM seeks to sell off low-cost cosmetics brand Missha

IMM Private Equity is trying to sell off the management rights of Able C&C, the parent of Korea’s first-generation low-priced cosmetics br...

SM mulls ending producer contract with founder Lee Soo-man's firm

SM mulls ending producer contract with founder Lee Soo-man's firm

SM Entertainment Co. announced Thursday it is considering terminating the production contract with Like Planning, wholly owned by its founder Lee So...

SK Telecom-led consortium to commercialize air taxis on Jeju Island

SK Telecom-led consortium to commercialize air taxis on Jeju Island

Come 2025, visitors to South Korea’s resort island of Jeju will be able to hail air taxis while there – thanks to special air routes ded...

Cash-rich Nongshim pursues first-ever sizeable acquisition

Cash-rich Nongshim pursues first-ever sizeable acquisition

Nongshim Co., South Korea’s No. 1 instant noodle brand, is looking to buy a domestic food supplement maker for up to $50 million, which would ...

LG Uplus' K-pop idol platform goes global via smart TVs

LG Uplus' K-pop idol platform goes global via smart TVs

Fans of K-pop idols such as boyband sensation BTS and girl group Blackpink will be able to enjoy their live performances through smart TVs at home a...

Polo shirts, classic sports fashion sees revival in Asia

Polo shirts, classic sports fashion sees revival in Asia

Ralph Lauren Corp., the world-renowned fashion firm that features timeless design and a classic sporty style with its trademark Polo brand, is seein...

South Korean gamers mobilize offline to make their voices heard 

South Korean gamers mobilize offline to make their voices heard 

Angered by what they deem to be an unfair rewards system and poor customer service, South Korean players of Kakao Games Corp.’s Japan-created ...

Hyundai’s Genesis ranks top in J.D. Power’s innovative tech study

Hyundai’s Genesis ranks top in J.D. Power’s innovative tech study

Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis has been recognized by industry analysts for its excellence in innovative technology and consumer experi...

K-pop, Toyota’s platform for marketing in the US

K-pop, Toyota’s platform for marketing in the US

LOS ANGELES -- Toyota Motor Corp., the top global automaker, showcased its sports cars – the GR86 and the GR Supra – at the Los Angeles ...

China's high entry barriers for Korean films, dramas

China's high entry barriers for Korean films, dramas

“Oh! My Gran” was the only South Korean movie to hit the big screen in China in the past year. It was also the first Korean film to be p...

Halla Group to change corporate name to HL Group

Halla Group to change corporate name to HL Group

South Korea’s Halla Group is changing its corporate name to HL Group as the construction-to-auto parts conglomerate celebrates the 60th annive...

Korea's SD Biosensor to supply diagnostics kits to Japan in H2

Korea's SD Biosensor to supply diagnostics kits to Japan in H2

SD Biosensor Inc., South Korea’s leading in-vitro diagnostics company, has signed an agreement to supply its COVID-19 self-test kits and other...

Silicon Valley-based AI startup Allganize revs up to go public in Japan 

Silicon Valley-based AI startup Allganize revs up to go public in Japan 

Allganize Inc., a Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, recently announced the company will relocate some of its headquarters f...

K-chicken chain BB.Q foresees stores quadrupling in N.America

K-chicken chain BB.Q foresees stores quadrupling in N.America

Gourmands in North America will be able to enjoy South Korean fried chicken more conveniently as BB.Q Chicken, the country’s leading franchise...

Home decoration app O!House launches a beta version in Japan

Home decoration app O!House launches a beta version in Japan

“Even though different countries have varying living conditions, we all share the common goal of decorating our spaces,” Jay Lee, CEO of...

Golf apparel goes trendy and upmarket in Korea on rise of young golfers

Golf apparel goes trendy and upmarket in Korea on rise of young golfers

As the popularity of golf grows in South Korea, particularly among young people, golf clothes are becoming increasingly more expensive and fashionab...

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