Korean firms eye alternative assets for safer investments, survey finds

Korean firms eye alternative assets for safer investments, survey finds

South Korean corporates are increasingly eyeing alternative assets seeking downside protection amid interest rate hikes and equity and bond price dr...

Sell Korea intensifies as foreigners dump bonds for 1st time in 18 months

Sell Korea intensifies as foreigners dump bonds for 1st time in 18 months

A selloff in risk assets in South Korea is intensifying as foreigners turned net sellers of Korean bonds for the first time in 18 months in June whi...

South Korea’s unicorn startups, including Viva Republica, delay IPOs

South Korea’s unicorn startups, including Viva Republica, delay IPOs

South Korean startups that exceed $1 billion in valuations, known as unicorns, are pushing back their initial public offering (IPO) dates.The move c...

Samsung Elec. to launch Korea's first dual SIM smartphones in August

Samsung Elec. to launch Korea's first dual SIM smartphones in August

Samsung Electronics Co. is slated to enable embedded subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) into its new foldable smartphones available in South Korea ...

Kakao-invested game developer Shiftup becomes unicorn startup

Kakao-invested game developer Shiftup becomes unicorn startup

Shiftup Co., a South Korean mobile game developer, has joined the ranks of unicorns, or private companies worth $1 billion or more.The studio behind...

Korea, game developers in tug of war over P2E genre

Korea, game developers in tug of war over P2E genre

A battle over play-to-earn (P2E) games in South Korea between the government and the industry has yet to show any signs of abating as the authority ...

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...

Korean PE firms' 2021 funds bet on parts makers, dividend stock

Korean PE firms' 2021 funds bet on parts makers, dividend stock

IMM Investment Co. and STIC Investments Co., the two most active South Korean private equity firms in 2021 fundraising, made bets on a dividend-focu...

Korean retirement funds, mutual aids struggle with profitability

Korean retirement funds, mutual aids struggle with profitability

Some major retirement funds in South Korea are raising interest rates on their members’ savings accounts in line with global central banks&rsq...

South Korea’s merch-producing platforms target influencers 

South Korea’s merch-producing platforms target influencers 

Digital content creators in South Korea – YouTube partners, Tiktok creators and webtoon writers – are no longer relying solely on subscr...

Hyundai Motor raises N.America workforce, cuts China staff

Hyundai Motor raises N.America workforce, cuts China staff

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, ramped up its workforce in North America by more than 50% last year where its presence is grow...

Korea hydrogen council launches $382 mn fund

Korea hydrogen council launches $382 mn fund

The Korea H2 Business Summit, a business council established by South Korea’s leading conglomerates to invest in the hydrogen industry, launch...

Korea faces risk from record $114 bn in inventory assets

Korea faces risk from record $114 bn in inventory assets

South Korea’s major listed companies held record inventory assets as they piled up raw materials to deal with the global supply chain disrupti...

LG Innotek to invest $1.1 bn to ramp up substrate, camera module output

LG Innotek to invest $1.1 bn to ramp up substrate, camera module output

South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. said on Wednesday it will invest 1.4 trillion won ($1.1 billion) in expanding facilities for semiconductor substr...

KT injects $23 mn into fabless startup Rebellions

KT injects $23 mn into fabless startup Rebellions

South Korean fabless startup Rebellions Inc. received a 30 billion won ($23 million) extension to its Series A funding from telecom giant KT Corp.KT...

Biden and leaders of Japan and South Korea pledge greater cooperation

Biden and leaders of Japan and South Korea pledge greater cooperation

President Biden met with the heads of Japan and South Korea—the first such gathering between the three countries’ leaders in nearly five...

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...

Krafton founder: Robotics, deep learning should be S.Korea’s future

Krafton founder: Robotics, deep learning should be S.Korea’s future

Krafton Inc. founder and chairman Chang Byung-gyu is a rare example of a serial entrepreneur in South Korea – a country dominated by family-ow...

Korean firms with high ESG scores show great P/E ratios

Korean firms with high ESG scores show great P/E ratios

South Korean corporates’ price-earnings ratios are affected by their environmental, social and governance (ESG) management, experts said at an...

Unison Capital puts Korea dental scanner maker up for sale

Unison Capital puts Korea dental scanner maker up for sale

Unison Capital Inc., a middle-market focused private equity firm, put the world’s third-largest 3D dental scanner maker on the market. The dea...

Naver’s web browser Whale challenges global rivals

Naver’s web browser Whale challenges global rivals

South Korea’s homegrown web browser Whale, developed by Naver Corp., is quietly increasing its presence in the domestic market, where Google C...

LS Cable to step up ESG efforts by recycling wooden cable drums

LS Cable to step up ESG efforts by recycling wooden cable drums

LS Cable & System Ltd. is slated to begin recycling wooden cable drums as part of its environmental, social and governance (ESG) management effo...

Top S.Korean firms face carbon neutrality dilemma

Top S.Korean firms face carbon neutrality dilemma

South Korea’s top 30 companies emitted their largest-ever amount of carbon dioxide last year, contrary to their goal of reducing greenhouse ga...

SSG.COM joins race for top spot in luxury online shopping in Korea

SSG.COM joins race for top spot in luxury online shopping in Korea

SSG.COM, the e-commerce brand of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Inc., launched its online luxury goods marketplace SSG Luxury on July 3. Focusi...

Korea shipbuilders throttle up wind farm business

Korea shipbuilders throttle up wind farm business

South Korea’s major shipbuilders are competing to lead the global wind farm industry, an emerging game-changer in the renewable energy sector,...

Korean Aerospace Ind.'s shares soar on Poland export hopes

Korean Aerospace Ind.'s shares soar on Poland export hopes

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea’s military aircraft manufacturer, is emerging a winner in South Korea’s sagging stock...

Korea sees record H1 trade deficit, weak consumer sentiment

Korea sees record H1 trade deficit, weak consumer sentiment

South Korea suffered the largest trade deficit for the first half of a year on surging energy prices and slowing exports, while consumer sentiment i...

Lotte Chemical, Bain Capital among bidders for Korea’s Iljin Materials

Lotte Chemical, Bain Capital among bidders for Korea’s Iljin Materials

The much-touted sale of a controlling stake in Iljin Materials Co., a leading South Korean battery materials maker, is flagging as big spenders are ...

Hyundai Motor to launch investment affiliate in US for further growth

Hyundai Motor to launch investment affiliate in US for further growth

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group will establish an investment company in the US state of Delaware to expand its presence in the North America...

Samsung Eng. to invest in Vietnam for SE Asia water biz

Samsung Eng. to invest in Vietnam for SE Asia water biz

Samsung Engineering Co. agreed to spend $41 million on Vietnam’s largest private water treatment company for the eco-friendly business in Sout...

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