Kyobo Life chief says data can overcome uncertain future

Kyobo Life chief says data can overcome uncertain future

Shin Chang-jae, chairman and CEO of South Korea's Kyobo Life Insurance, has urged the overcoming of the economic crisis based on leadership of VUCA,...

DWS taps Steven Kim as APAC real estate asset management head

DWS taps Steven Kim as APAC real estate asset management head

German asset management giant DWS Group said on Dec. 5 that it has appointed DWS Asset Management Korea’s Director Steven Kim (Kim Sang-wook) ...

Hahn & Co. completes SKC's industrial film unit takeover for $1.2 bn

Hahn & Co. completes SKC's industrial film unit takeover for $1.2 bn

South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. has completed a 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) deal to wholly acquire the industrial film business ...

NPS shortlists 6 candidates for chief investment officer opening

NPS shortlists 6 candidates for chief investment officer opening

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund managing 896.6 trillion won ($690.5 billion) as of end-S...

Kim Jong-un appears with daughter in public for first time

Kim Jong-un appears with daughter in public for first time

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has unveiled for the first time his second child, daughter Ju-ae, who was born in 2013.The Korean Central News Agenc...

Principal opens Seoul office to intensify client relationships

Principal opens Seoul office to intensify client relationships

US investment firm Principal Global Investors LLC has recently opened a Seoul office to strengthen the firm’s existing client relationships in...

Goldman taps TPG Korea's Lee as Seoul office PE head

Goldman taps TPG Korea's Lee as Seoul office PE head

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is set to hire Lee Seung-june, managing director at US investment firm TPG's Seoul office, as Goldman Sachs' private equity...

Ukraine war gives North Korea reasons to draw closer to Russia

Ukraine war gives North Korea reasons to draw closer to Russia

SEOUL—Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created an opportunity for North Korea, which has strengthened its ties with Moscow and beco...

NPS' new chairman Kim Tae-hyun to start 3-year term

NPS' new chairman Kim Tae-hyun to start 3-year term

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is set for its new Chairman Kim Tae-hyun, a former CEO of state-run Korea Deposit Insurance Corp....

Hanwha's heir apparent promoted as group's vice chair

Hanwha's heir apparent promoted as group's vice chair

South Korea’s Hanwha Group promoted its petrochemical and energy unit Hanwha Solutions Corp. CEO Kim Dong Kwan as the group’s new vice c...

North Korea dismisses South Korea’s move to improve ties as ‘absurd dream’

North Korea dismisses South Korea’s move to improve ties as ‘absurd dream’

SEOUL—South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol sought to shake up frothy inter-Korean ties on Monday with what he called an “audacious plan....

DeFi platform Neopin unveils plan for Web 3.0, NFT, multichain services

DeFi platform Neopin unveils plan for Web 3.0, NFT, multichain services

Blockchain firm Neopin announced its strategy to strengthen its foothold in the global DeFi Market on Thursday with four keywords: Web 3.0, multicha...

Hyundai Motor Co. to ship 27 hydrogen Xcient trucks to 7 firms in Germany

Hyundai Motor Co. to ship 27 hydrogen Xcient trucks to 7 firms in Germany

Hyundai Motor Co. is poised to ship 27 of its Xcient Fuel Cell hydrogen trucks to seven German companies by the year’s end, following a simila...

Korean gaming entrepreneur Kim Jae-young joins billionaire ranks

Korean gaming entrepreneur Kim Jae-young joins billionaire ranks

Kim Jae-young, founder and chief executive of Lionheart Studio Corp., the company behind South Korea’s most popular mobile game Odin, has join...

NPS sees 14 investment managers resign by end-June

NPS sees 14 investment managers resign by end-June

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea sees as many as 14 professionals of its investment management arm resign by end-June of this year, acc...

June Huh, mathematician of Korean descent, wins 2022 Fields Medal

June Huh, mathematician of Korean descent, wins 2022 Fields Medal

June Huh, a Korean American mathematician and Princeton University professor, has won this year's Fields Medal, a prestigious prize awarded to young...

Korea inflation at 24-year high, adds to big step views

Korea inflation at 24-year high, adds to big step views

South Korea’s inflation accelerated to a 24-year high last month, reinforcing expectations that the central bank may raise interest rates by 5...

Korea airlines’ race for Mongolian route intensifies

Korea airlines’ race for Mongolian route intensifies

South Korean airlines’ competition for the Mongolian route, one of the most profitable, is heating up as low-cost carriers have joined the rac...

North Korea missile tests drawing tougher response from US, South Korea

North Korea missile tests drawing tougher response from US, South Korea

SEOUL—The U.S. and South Korea are responding to North Korea’s unprecedented number of missile tests this year with a greater show of ...

Kakao Mobility to launch car transport service in June

Kakao Mobility to launch car transport service in June

South Korea’s Kakao Mobility Corp. will begin providing drivers for door-to-door auto transport from as early as mid-June, according to tech i...

GEPS taps Samsung Life's alternative investment head as CIO

GEPS taps Samsung Life's alternative investment head as CIO

Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) of South Korea has named Baek Joo-hyun, former alternative investment head at Samsung Life Insurance Co....

Startups race for top talent to fill CTO positions

Startups race for top talent to fill CTO positions

Just a few years back, fashion startups in South Korea rarely saw the need for a Chief Technology Officer (CTO). The same was true for the so-c...

Korean shipyards jittery about $20 bn in Qatar LNG ship orders

Korean shipyards jittery about $20 bn in Qatar LNG ship orders

South Korea’s Big Three shipbuilders are on edge about their orders totaling $20 billion from QatarEnergy as the state-run company is refusing...

Leisure, airline stocks to shine as Japan sets to ease travel curbs

Leisure, airline stocks to shine as Japan sets to ease travel curbs

South Korea’s travel and airline stocks are expected to shine as Japan plans to ease its border controls in June. Korea’s Shinhan Inve...

Blackstone taps ex-Citibank Korea CEO as Seoul office head

Blackstone taps ex-Citibank Korea CEO as Seoul office head

The Blackstone Group has named Ha Yung-Ku, who had led Citibank Korea for nearly 14 years, as chairman of its South Korean operations as the US inve...

Korea reiterates reform plans to join MSCI developed markets

Korea reiterates reform plans to join MSCI developed markets

South Korea’s Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki reiterated the country will take reform measures such as the extension of the local currency's trad...

Billionaire Kakao chairman Brian Kim resigns

Billionaire Kakao chairman Brian Kim resigns

Kakao Corp. founder and chairman Brian Kim said on Monday that he will step down from the tech giant’s board of directors, following a series ...

Billionaire Kakao chairman Brian Kim resigns

Billionaire Kakao chairman Brian Kim resigns

Kakao Corp. founder and chairman Brian Kim said on Monday that he will step down from the board of directors, following a series of scandals that ro...

Blockchain VC Hashed forecasts emergence of protocol economy

Blockchain VC Hashed forecasts emergence of protocol economy

Blockchain-focused venture capital firm Hashed says it is determined to show how pervasive the digital ledger technology is in our society – t...

Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju dies at 54

Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju dies at 54

Kim Jung-ju, the founder of global gaming giant Nexon Co. died in late February. He was 54.NXC Corp., the holding company of Nexon, announced on T...

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