CHA Healthcare buys major Australian fertility center

CHA Healthcare buys major Australian fertility center

South Korea’s medical center operator CHA Healthcare Co. said on Monday it has acquired the management rights of Fertility Specialists of West...

Hyundai, Kia set for record profit with lower incentives than Toyota

Hyundai, Kia set for record profit with lower incentives than Toyota

South Korea’s two largest automakers – Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. – are expected to post their highest ever profit for the se...

Korea Woori Card to start installment finance biz in Indonesia

Korea Woori Card to start installment finance biz in Indonesia

Woori Card Co. is set to start the installment finance business in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy as the credit card unit of Sout...

K-beauty sales see sharp drop at China's major shopping event

K-beauty sales see sharp drop at China's major shopping event

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

Hyundai Mobis’ smart cabin: Healthcare center on the move

Hyundai Mobis’ smart cabin: Healthcare center on the move

Many traffic accidents are caused by drowsy driving, fatigue or the driver’s abnormal health conditions.Automakers around the world have str...

Golf simulation centers' revenue soars 48% on-year

Golf simulation centers' revenue soars 48% on-year

Even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, sectors serving golf enthusiasts have thrived in South Korea.Financial services company BC Card analyzed the sales ...

Kia Sportage speeds up Hyundai’s eco-friendly push

Kia Sportage speeds up Hyundai’s eco-friendly push

Kia Corp.'s Sportage plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) was recently recognized as the best model in the segment by two influential German auto ...

Voice Caddie, Daol PE acquire US golf grip brand SuperStroke

Voice Caddie, Daol PE acquire US golf grip brand SuperStroke

Voice Caddie, a South Korean maker of golf course rangefinders and related golf products, and Daol Private Equity are jointly acquiring SuperStroke,...

LG to sponsor Guggenheim’s move for tech-based art

LG to sponsor Guggenheim’s move for tech-based art

LG Group, South Korea’s No. 4 conglomerate, is set to support the Guggenheim’s move for technology-based art as the consumer electronics...

Hyundai’s luxury Genesis goes bespoke under One of One brand

Hyundai’s luxury Genesis goes bespoke under One of One brand

Owning a luxury car with the design, interior finish or even engine power to one's liking is what drivers dream of but seems out of reach for most.G...

Hyundai, Kia speed up expansion in European EV market

Hyundai, Kia speed up expansion in European EV market

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s top two automakers, are expanding their presence in Europe, the world’s second-largest el...

KT Cloud targets $792 million with new stock issuance

KT Cloud targets $792 million with new stock issuance

KT Cloud is working to raise 1 trillion won ($792 million) by issuing new shares. The cloud arm of telecom juggernaut KT Corp. plans to use the...

Humbling experience leads to VC success ⁠– LG Tech Ventures CEO

Humbling experience leads to VC success ⁠– LG Tech Ventures CEO

Kim Dong-su, CEO of Silicon Valley-based LG Technology Ventures said that the failures he experienced while working at a boutique investment firm ha...

Hyundai Wia likely to deploy smart robots at Georgia EV plant

Hyundai Wia likely to deploy smart robots at Georgia EV plant

Hyundai Wia Corp., an auto parts unit of Hyundai Motor Group, will likely deploy smart robots at the group’s first dedicated electric vehicle ...

Hyundai Marine sees huge potential in global data centers

Hyundai Marine sees huge potential in global data centers

Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. of South Korea is seeking investment opportunities for distressed and special situation strategies with a se...

Hyundai, Kia to inject $16.6 bn into EV production in South Korea 

Hyundai, Kia to inject $16.6 bn into EV production in South Korea 

The Hyundai Motor Group announced the conglomerate’s domestic investment blueprint on Wednesday. The backbone of the investment plan is to ma...

Hancom to launch South Korea’s first private satellite

Hancom to launch South Korea’s first private satellite

Hancom InSpace, an affiliate of Hancom Group, announced on Wednesday it will launch South Korea’s first private satellite for Earth observatio...

South Koreans turned off by luxury fashion houses’ price hikes 

South Koreans turned off by luxury fashion houses’ price hikes 

A Cartier boutique inside a department store in Seoul’s posh Gangnam District was unusually slow on Tuesday. The quiet ambience was in sh...

Genesis posts sales growth in US as other auto brands suffer

Genesis posts sales growth in US as other auto brands suffer

Hyundai Motor Co. said on Wednesday its premium Genesis brand saw its US car sales considerably grow in April when all other major carmakers reporte...

SK Ecoplant to build largest commercial data center in Korea

SK Ecoplant to build largest commercial data center in Korea

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co., formerly known as SK Engineering & Construction Co., is slated to develop the largest commercial data cen...

Hyundai, Kia see Q1 profits soar, aim for strong 2022 despite dim outlook

Hyundai, Kia see Q1 profits soar, aim for strong 2022 despite dim outlook

South Korea’s two largest automakers – Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. – on Monday posted strong first-quarter earnings, driven by...

CJ steps up US exports with new instant rice bowls

CJ steps up US exports with new instant rice bowls

South Korea's food and beverage giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. on April 21 began shipment of its new Hetbahn instant rice products for US consumers from...

CJ integrates AI infrastructure and data to launch CJ AI center

CJ integrates AI infrastructure and data to launch CJ AI center

CJ Corp. launched an artificial intelligence center Wednesday, which it hopes will lead the conglomerate's digital innovation. The new CJ AI Cente...

LG Household acquires The Crème Shop for US expansion

LG Household acquires The Crème Shop for US expansion

LG Household & Health Care Ltd. has acquired a controlling stake in The Crème Shop Inc. as it seeks to expand its presence in the US beau...

Kia chooses Coupang as first partner for purpose-built vehicle rollout

Kia chooses Coupang as first partner for purpose-built vehicle rollout

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, has chosen Coupang Inc. as its first partner for the production of a purpose-built vehicle ...

Warehouses pile financial burden on investment firms

Warehouses pile financial burden on investment firms

South Korea’s logistics centers are ramping up the financial pressure on real estate investment firms. Previously a favored property type, i...

Lotte to end dawn delivery service where Coupang, Kurly lead

Lotte to end dawn delivery service where Coupang, Kurly lead

South Korea’s retail giant Lotte Group will cease dawn delivery services for fresh food from this weekend, two years after it jumped into the ...

KSOE opens R&D center in Germany for future technology

KSOE opens R&D center in Germany for future technology

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), the intermediate holding company of the world’s top shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Indus...

Fila Korea: Hidden beneficiary of China’s guochao fashion trend

Fila Korea: Hidden beneficiary of China’s guochao fashion trend

The burgeoning Chinese fashion fad, known as guochao, has pushed out or significantly reduced the popularity and influence of Western and other well...

Hyundai Motor, Kia rank fifth in global electric vehicle sales

Hyundai Motor, Kia rank fifth in global electric vehicle sales

South Korea’s two largest automakers, Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., ranked fifth in terms of electric vehicle sales, which posted triple-di...

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