With long-gone heyday, Capro clings to stake sale for survival
Once everyone’s darling but now an ugly duckling, Capro Co., South Korea’s sole maker of caprolactam, a nylon raw material, is despera...
Korea’s STX to build joint Indonesia nickel plant for EV cells
South Korea’s trading company STX Corp. is set to build a nickel plant with an Indonesian company in the Southeast Asian country to expand its...
S.Korea’s mobile app spending hits record high in H1 2023
South Korean consumers' spending on mobile apps recorded the highest-ever in the first half of this year.Mobile data and analytics platform data.ai ...
Costco Korea under heavy scrutiny over cart pusher’s death
Costco has come under heavy scrutiny after a 29-year-old cart pusher at one of its outlets near Seoul died after working in scorching heat in June, ...
Big Bang deregulation poised to bolster S.Korean ST market
South Korea’s fractional investment market is gearing up for a grand opening after the government earlier this year unveiled security token of...
CJ Logistics teams up with world’s No. 7 shipping company ONE
South Korea's largest parcel delivery service CJ Logistics on Thursday said it signed a strategic partnership deal with Japan’s Ocean Network ...
S.Korea to fully open gov't R&D projects to foreign researchers
South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Wednesday said it will allocate 5 trillion won ($3.8 billion) of its R&D budget for exce...
Advanced memory is strategic asset for Korea’s chip supremacy: Hwang
South Korea, home to the world’s two largest memory chipmakers – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. – has been the dominant...
Korean Air’s operating profit falls to $360 mn in Q2 2023
Korean Air Lines Co.’s operating profit in the second quarter fell over 30% from the same period last year in line with market consensus.Consi...
Korea's SM buys shipping line HMM shares ahead of bidding
South Korea’s SM Group has increased its ownership in HMM Co., the country’s top container shipping line. The 30th-largest conglomerate ...
Baskin-Robbins stands out in melting Korean ice cream market
Global ice cream chain Baskin-Robbins, the top ice cream seller in South Korea, is solidifying its market position with localization despite the cou...
Korea’s inflation eases to 25-mo low, but poised to rebound in H2
South Korea’s headline inflation rose at the slowest pace in 25 months in July on still-low international oil prices but is projected to reacc...
Korea’s duty-free sales skid despite China border reopening
South Korea’s duty-free shops suffered a sharp decline in sales in June, when the number of Chinese visitors jumped more than three times that...
SK C&C begins to construct S.Korea's first ATS
SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group announced on Wednesday it has started constructio...
Westinghouse, KHNP seek licensing dispute arbitration
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and Westinghouse Electric Corp. have taken their almost one-year dispute over South Korea’s nuclear...
Korea exports down the most in 3 years; BOK may keep rates
South Korea’s exports declined at their steepest pace in more than three years last month, data showed on Tuesday, adding to expectations that...
S.Korea’s overseas online shopping surpasses $1.3 bn in Q2 2023
South Korea's overseas online shopping through Chinese malls in the second quarter of this year has more than doubled compared to a year ago. Accor...
China sets up battery JVs with S.Korea to bypass IRA
Chinese battery materials suppliers are rushing to expand their production bases in South Korea, mainly in partnership with domestic companies.Such ...
S.Korea sees fever for luxury goods wane in post-COVID-19 era
South Korea is seeing a gradual decline in the open run, or the practice of customers standing in line before a brand's opening at a department stor...
LG Energy Solution converts 56% of electricity into renewable energy
South Korea’s lithium-ion battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. on Monday released a report containing the company’s environmental, soci...
Korea's HD KSOE to buy 35% stake in marine engine maker STX
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) is slated to acquire STX Heavy Industries Co. to make large engines for small-to-mid-siz...
Cosmetics giant Amorepacific hints at succession plan change
South Korean cosmetics powerhouse Amorepacific Group Inc. is giving signs of changing its succession plans as Suh Min-jung, Chairman Suh Kyung-bae&r...
Fractional investing to gain traction in Korea with green light from FSC
Come September, South Korean investors will be able to freely and safely buy and sell fractions of artwork and even live cows just as they do with t...
Battery recycling firms aim for 90% lithium recovery rates
A growing number of South Korean companies – from battery materials makers to power facilities builders – are jumping into the waste bat...
Dior opens 2023 FW pop-up store in Galleria
South Korea’s Galleria Department Store has opened the first domestic Dior FW (fall/winter) collection pop-up store.The company on Sunday said...
Some 100 foreign housekeepers to enter S.Korea in 2023
About 100 Philippine housekeepers will come to work in South Korea this year under a pilot public project to raise the birth rate by reducing the ho...
S.Korea's top four accounting firms to cut hiring 30%
South Korea's top four accounting firms -- Samil PwC, Samjong KPMG, Deloitte Anjin and EY Hanyoung -- are expected to cut hiring this year more than...
S.Korea's HD Hyundai chairman: We can’t rely on bad profits
Kwon Oh-gap, chairman and co-CEO of South Korea's HD Hyundai Co., has ordered his company not to rely on “bad profits” gained from tempo...
Volvo tops S.Koreans’ favorite foreign car survey list for service
Sweden's Volvo offers the best after-sales service among imported automobile dealers in South Korea, while locals drivers are disappointed by the cu...
Goyard bags high on SE Asians’ shopping list in S.Korea
Goyard outlets in Seoul bustled with shoppers on Friday, especially from Southeast Asia, looking for the French luxury brand’s popular bags: G...
