Lotte Rental drops plan to enter Korea’s secondhand car sales market
Lotte Rental Co., South Korea’s largest car rental firm, has dropped its plan to enter the domestic used car sales market. Instead, it will st...
S.Korea’s SK to buy US bio JV stake from Roivant for $48 mn
SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, is set to purchase the entire stake in a US bio joint venture held by its partner, as the...
S.Korea’s mattress maker Zinus launches premium product line
South Korean furniture and mattress maker Zinus Inc., an affiliate of Hyundai Department Store Group, has started a premium mattress line.The compan...
S.Korea to tighten immigrant investor requirements
South Korea will raise the minimum requirements for the country’s investment immigration visa program amid growing controversy over foreigners...
SK Telecom adds ChatGPT-based services to A Dot
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Friday that it has completely revamped the user experience (UX) and added ChatT, based on ChatGPT, to allo...
S.Korea's beauty platform Hwahae opens flagship store on TikTok
South Korea's mobile beauty platform Hwahae has opened a flagship store on TikTok (Chinese name Douyin). Hwahae's operator Birdview announced t...
Nongshim’s Baeksansu, Disney to collaborate character products
South Korea's instant noodle giant Nongshim Co. announced on Friday that it will release a collaborative product featuring Disney character images o...
SK Telecom invests $100 mn in American UAM developer
South Korea's SK Telecom.Co has invested $100 million (131.6 billion won) in Joby Aviation, a Santa Cruz, California-based developer of urban air ...
SK E&S eyes business split-up to raise up to $1. 5 bn
South Korea’s SK E&S Co. is seeking to split up its business to raise up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion), according to people with knowle...
S.Korea exports halal-certified beef to Malaysia for 1st time
Halal-certified premium Korean beef Hanwoo was exported to Malaysia on Thursday, marking the culmination of seven years of quarantine negotiations f...
Korea’s trade deficit with China runs deep; chip support required
Just like its neighboring countries in Asia, South Korea’s economic growth has long been swayed by the ups and downs of China, which heavily r...
CJ Olive Young to develop inner beauty as new growth engine
South Korea's top beauty chain CJ Olive Young said on Thursday that it plans to capitalize on the growing market for inner beauty, positioning it as...
Japan sends most tourists to S.Korea in May: tourism body
Most visitors to South Korea last month were from Japan. The Korea Tourism Organization on Thursday said its tourism data found that the number...
S-Oil hits 52-week low on earnings concerns
S-Oil Corp. hit a 52-week low on Thursday as analysts slashed earnings estimates for the South Korean oil refiner.The stock hit its lowest level sin...
JW Pharma unveils S.Korea's first homegrown hybrid incubator
South Korea's JW Pharmaceutical on Wednesday released three products from its new incubator brand Hi-Mammi.The company's rollout of hybrid and high-...
S.Korea opens doors wider for skilled foreign workers
South Korea will raise the country’s visa quota for skilled foreign workers by 15 times from the previous level to ease chronic labor shortage...
Hyundai’s IONIQ 6 named Best EV of 2023 in US
Hyundai Motor Co.'s electric vehicle IONIQ 6 has been named Car and Driver's 2023 EV of the Year on Thursday. According to Hyundai Motor, IONIQ...
Korean Air to use bio-jet fuel on international flights
Korean Air Lines Co. announced on Thursday that it will start operating bio-jet fuel flights in partnership with GS Caltex Corp., marking the first ...
S.Korea, Japan to resume bilateral currency swap for dollars
South Korea and Japan are set to revive their bilateral currency swap line to bolster their dollar liquidity this week after an eight-year suspensio...
Arkema buys S.Korea's PI Advanced for about $800 mn
Arkema, a French specialty materials producer, on Wednesday signed an agreement to purchase a 54.07% stake in South Korea’s PI Advanced Materi...
US to send Its biggest sub to Korean Peninsula in message to North and South
SEOUL—The U.S. plans to send its largest nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in four decades, in an effort to deter Nort...
Doosan inks $214 mn deal for Korea combined cycle power plant
Major South Korean power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. won a 280 billion won ($214.5 million) deal to supply key components such as a gas tu...
EVs lack luster in S.Korea’s secondhand car market
Electric vehicles suffered sharper price falls in South Korea’s secondhand car market this year, compared with combustion engine and hybrid ca...
Innocean opens K-ramen pop-up store in Bangkok
Innocean, a Hyundai Motor Group-affiliated advertising agency, announced on Wednesday that it has opened a South Korean ramen pop-up store in Bangko...
Airplane hangar built in Heart of S.America by KOICA
The South Korean government's support for Paraguay, dubbed the "Heart of South America," to become an aviation maintenance hub is gaining momentum.K...
S.Korea to inject more than $2.3 bn in quantum science, tech by 2035
South Korea will pour more than 3 trillion won ($2.3 billion) into quantum science and technology by 2035, aiming to become the world’s fourth...
Samsung to invest $230 bn in Korea on speedy govt support
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is set to spend 300 trillion won ($230.4 billion) to build semiconductor manufactur...
Hyundai bets big on futuristic displays, eyes roll-up screen in 3 years
South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Tuesday it expects to begin mass production of its rollable vehicle display &ndas...
7-Eleven’s operator Korea Seven hit by rating cut
The credit rating of Korea Seven Co., which runs the South Korean operations of the convenience store chain 7-Eleven, was downgraded to its lowest l...
S.Korea to return to Japan’s preferential trade partner list in July
Japan has decided to put South Korea back on the list of its preferential trade partners, nearly four years after its removal. The Korea-Japan trade...
