Korea’s makgeolli market hits brakes amid whiskey fad

The market growth of South Korea’s traditional milky and often sweet rice wine, makgeolli, has slowed after the country’s younger genera...

Korea’s Sae-A Trading buys US sportswear maker Tegra

South Korean textile maker and supplier Sae-A Trading Co. said on Tuesday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire US sportswear maker Tegra ...

Kumho Tire to supply premium tires to Jeep, Peugeot in Korea

Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, announced on Tuesday that it will supply tires to 33 official service centers nationwide for J...

Samsung heiress sells $326 mn worth of Samsung Elec shares

Samsung Group heiress and Hotel Shilla Chief Executive Lee Boo-jin sold 441.2 billion won ($325.9 million) worth of Samsung Electronics Co. shares i...

Samsung C&T to build Korea’s first $103 mn hydrogen tank for power plant

Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, has clinched a 140 billion won ($103 million) deal to...

HD Hyundai Oilbank continues to fuel Superrace Championship

South Korea's HD Hyundai Oilbank announced on Monday that it will continue to exclusively supply fuel for the "2024 O-NE Superrace Championship," So...

LG Electronics seeks to sell global bonds, 1st time in 12 yrs

LG Electronics Inc. is seeking to issue dollar-denominated bonds, its first global bond sale in 12 years, according to people with knowledge of the ...

Commercial vehicle guru Andersson leads MAN’s Korea, Australia businesses

Commercial vehicle veteran Peter Andersson is now managing MAN Truck & Bus SE’s businesses in South Korea and a cluster of Asia-Pacific co...

Korea’s LG telecom unit unveils AI agent with own technology

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, has introduced an artificial intelligence agent platform based on its own ixi AI technolog...

Coupang's PB SMEs in S.Korea triple in five years

Coupang Inc., South Korea's leading e-commerce platform, announced on Sunday that the number of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) manufacturer...

Korea’s Hansae MK targets global children’s fashion market

South Korean clothing retailer Hansae MK Co. selling National Basketball Association (NBA) apparel in the country aims to expand its presence with i...

Golf equipment maker Taylormade to refinance $222 mn of debt

One of the South Korean owners of Taylormade Golf Co., a leading global golf equipment maker, is set to refinance its 300 billion won ($221.7 millio...

Aekyung AGE20's to launch cushion foundation in Japan

AGE20's, South Korean cosmetic company Aekyung Industrial Co. 's flagship cosmetic brand, announced that it held a new cushion foundation for a Japa...

Louis Vuitton opens its first 'Watches & Jewelry' store in S.Korea

Louis Vuitton announced on Friday that it opened its first Watches & Jewelry store in South Korea at the Shinsegae Department Store Gangnam loca...

AliExpress, Temu threaten Coupang’s lead in S.Korea

Coupang Inc. is the only South Korea-native e-commerce platform with more monthly active users than China's e-commerce giants AliExpress and Temu in...

Korean big tech firms join Korea’s AI strategy council

The South Korean government has launched an artificial intelligence strategy council, jointly with domestic big tech firms such as Naver Corp. and K...

S.Korea’s current account surplus near 3-year high on chips

South Korea’s current account surplus touched a near three-year high in February as goods exports continued to grow on strong overseas sales o...

Hanatour makes turnaround through restructuring, premium packages

When IMM Private Equity Inc. acquired a 16.68% stake in South Korea’s top travel agency Hanatour Service Inc. for 128.9 billion won ($95.7 mil...

Nongshim Kellogg overtakes Dongsuh as Korea’s top cereal maker

Just a few years back, cereals meant cornflakes eaten with milk during busy mornings in South Korea.Nowadays, however, cereals mean granola made of ...

Renault Korea changes emblem

Renault Korea has changed its emblem from the Eye of the Typhoon, used since its days as Samsung Motors, to the company's global emblem, the Losange...

Korea’s Shinhan to invest $180 mn in India’s HDFC Credila

South Korea’s Shinhan Bank is set to invest $180 million in HDFC Credila Financial Services Ltd., India’s largest education loan provide...

Korea reclaims crown from China as world’s top shipbuilder

South Korea reclaimed the crown from the Chinese as the world’s largest shipbuilder after three years last quarter, sweeping global orders for...

NPS sells shares in KT, making Hyundai the top shareholder

Hyundai Motor Group has become the top shareholder of South Korea’s leading mobile carrier KT Corp., after the country’s National Pensio...

HMM, SIPG to cooperate on eco-friendly fuel

South Korea’s major ocean carrier HMM Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a Shanghai Port Clean Marine Fuel memorandum of understanding ...

Blight of failing e-commerce startups in South Korea

Linkshops, once touted as a future unicorn candidate in South Korea, declared bankruptcy last month even after garnering 15.4 billion won ($11.4 mil...

KOTRA operates S.Korea's pavilion at Vietnam Expo

The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Wednesday that it has operated the South Korean Pavilion at the 2024 Vietnam Expo, ...

EVs in S.Korea exceed 500,000

The cumulative number of electric vehicles (EVs) registered in South Korea exceeded 500,000 last year.The number of EV chargers supplied domesticall...

Korea’s Shinsegae replaces building unit chief amid property downturn

South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group on Tuesday replaced the head of its construction unit amid the sluggish property market, adding to ...

Hollys Coffee goes to Japan as Korean franchises turn gaze abroad

Hollys Coffee, a unit of South Korea’s KG Group, is opening its first overseas outlet in Osaka, Japan, riding on the popularity of Korean cult...

Korea's Military Mutual Aid Association starts search for new CIO

South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), which managed 10.4 trillion won ($7.7 billion) in assets as of the end of 2023, said on ...