K-pop IP rights

South Korea’s two major cosmetics firms, Amorepacific Corp. and LG H&H Co., posted their second-quarter earnings heavily impacted by Chi...

HYBE Co., the K-pop label best known for BTS, signed an agreement with Walt Disney Company in its first collaboration with an international content ...

Blackpink, the female K-pop idol group, will hold an in-game concert, the first such event by Korean pop artists, in collaboration with Krafton Inc....

K Bank submitted a preliminary assessment request to the Korea Stock Exchange on Thursday, the first step to an initial public offering. The on...

Thanks to what some economists dub a borderless economy, more South Korean startups than ever before are looking beyond the peninsula. Seoul-ba...

South Korean cosmetics giants failed to win over Chinese consumers at the 618 Shopping Festival, one of the largest online annual shopping events in...

South Korea’s POSCO International Co. plans to more than treble the natural gas production from the two gas fields of its newly-acquired Austr...

South Korea’s major cosmetics makers are trying to lure more customers in North America as the K-beauty boom has been weakening in China, the ...

Samsung, a name seen everywhere in South Korea from apartment complexes to home appliances, is missing on the list of bidders for the country’...

South Korea’s CJ Group, which operates the country’s largest food and beverage company CJ Cheiljedang Corp. and entertainment giant CJ E...

Tous les Jours, South Korea’s second-largest bakery franchise, is rapidly expanding its US business by attracting customers with greater varie...

Naver Webtoon Corp., the digital comics and novel platform of South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp., has agreed to set up a joint vent...

In recent years, the content creation industry in South Korea has been a key investment sector for local investment banks. Some major content produc...

As a historic first, South Korean lawmakers are duking it out on the hotly debated topic of military exemption for global K-pop sensation BTS. ...

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea has decided to shift its objective in holding shares of Hanjin KAL Corp., the parent company of Korean...

KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications company, unveiled its new digital transformation services using artificial intelligence, big data ...

South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp. has emerged as one of Hanjin KAL Co.'s key friendly shareholders, throwing its clout behind Chai...

Samsung Biologics Co., a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) and a biotech division under the Samsung Group, is set ...

Naver Webtoon Ltd., the digital comics platform of South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp., is slated to intensify its partnership with ...

Shares of JYP Entertainment Inc. have been skyrocketing in recent months. The record label stocks jumped more than 70% from its lowest price point s...

South Korea’s entertainment behemoth SM Entertainment Co. will develop Saudi idols with Princess Haifa bint Mohammed Al-Saud as the kingdom ai...

PI Advanced Materials Co., the world’s largest polyimide (PI) film manufacturer, has drawn about 10 preliminary bidders, including The Carlyle...

KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications company, is considering changing into a holding company structure in an effort to boost the compan...

South Korea’s entertainment behemoth SM Entertainment Co. is poised to have a new outside auditor – a measure expected to bring a much-a...

South Korean food maker Daesang Corp. has completed the construction of a kimchi plant in the US, its first factory outside Asia, which the company ...

Kakao Entertainment Corp. has hit a snag in its talks to buy a controlling stake in SM Entertainment Co., according to those familiar with the neg...

In the spring of 2020, the South Korean stock market was still not over the COVID-19 scare. While going through the indices, I came across the ...

South Korea's contact lens brands accelerated their penetration into the global market estimated at $10 billion in 2021, thanks to the market's rebo...

When Seoul-based private equity firm Hahn & Co. acquired K Car Co. from SK Group in 2018, the No. 1 used car retailer in South Korea controlled ...

South Korean content shares finished Friday’s trade higher, buoyed by expectations of resumed exports to China and news that Disney+ will rele...