Mohegan fuels casino, resort market rivalry in Korea
Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort on Yeongjong Island, near South Korea’s gateway Incheon International Airport, is attracting throngs of v...
Hanwha resumes $10 billion Bismayah new city project in Iraq
South Korea’s Hanwha Corp. is resuming a $10 billion project to build a Bismayah new city in Iraq after a 16-month hiatus as stakeholders see ...
S.Korean boiler firms expand exports
Despite a global economic slowdown, South Korea's overseas exports of boilers and water heaters increased 4.9% year over year by $478.3 million in 2...
Korea announces measures to upvalue local shares
The South Korean financial regulator announced basic guidelines under the so-called corporate value-up program on Monday, with measures to boost the...
Korea-led group wins Indonesia's power plant service deal
A consortium led by South Korean companies has bagged 130 billion won ($98 million) worth of an offshore plant service order from Indonesia under a ...
S.Korea’s HD KSOE bags $1.1 bn order to build LNG carriers
South Korea’s top shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) said on Monday it has secured a $1.08 billion con...
Kia Niro surpasses 1 million global sales
Kia Corp.'s Niro, a compact crossover SUV hybrid and electric vehicle (EV) model, has surpassed the 1 million global sales milestone since its first...
S.Korea’s foreign currency deposits fall as dollar’s strength seen limited
South Korea’s foreign currency deposits fell for the first time in four months in January as the dollar’s further gains versus the won f...
Hanwha Aerospace, home of Korea’s next-generation space industry
CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province – South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. aims to establish a foothold in the global rocket industry domi...
Defy convention with long-run plans to upvalue Korean stocks
The South Korean stock market has been on an upward swing in recent weeks, with many partly attributing it to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s pledge...
Mid-caps in digitization have strong upside potential: Partners Group
Global fund manager Partners Group Holding AG, one of the largest listed private equity firms in Europe headquartered in Switzerland managing $147 b...
S.Korea to up the ante on small modular reactor foundry business
South Korea will nurture the small modular reactor (SMR) foundry business to revive the country’s nuclear power industry by rolling back the p...
SK C&C wins Korea’s nod for brain infarct diagnosis AI solution
SK Inc C&C (SK C&C), the information technology service unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Thursday it has secured medical device...
Korea’s HL Mando launches auto parts JV with China’s Tianrun
HL Mando Corp., an electric vehicle and self-driving system developing unit of South Korea’s HL Group, said on Thursday it has launched an aut...
Korea announces 1st local firm to issue multiple voting shares
South Korea announced on Wednesday that Colosseum Corporation Inc., an artificial intelligence-powered logistics services provider, has become the f...
Korean bakeries with French names outsmart French peers
Paris Baguette and Tous les Jours, South Korea's two largest bakery brands, have been consolidating their positions in the saturated domestic market...
SK Energy, PTC Korea team up for smart plant construction business
SK Energy Co., South Korea’s top oil refiner and energy company, said on Wednesday it has teamed up with PTC Korea Co. to jointly enter the gl...
Meta’s Zuckerberg to visit Korea on possible AI partnership
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of US tech giant Meta Platforms Inc. plans to visit South Korea later this month and meet key figures including Pre...
Mirae Asset taps Goldman veteran O’Connor as Global X ETFs CEO
South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. said on Wednesday it has appointed Ryan O’Connor, a Goldman Sachs veteran, as chief exe...
LG Electronics to develop hotel-exclusive robots
LG Electronics Inc. will develop hospitality robots jointly with South Korea’s luxury hotel chain operator Josun Hotels & Resorts Co. to m...
Hyundai Motor Group in test run of dedicated EV plant in Korea
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s No. 3 automaker, started a test operation of the first dedicated electric vehicle factory in South Korea to a...
SK Telecom invests in Lambda to foray into AI cloud market
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said on Wednesday it has invested in Lambda, a graphics processing unit (GPU) cloud prov...
Norway’s prime office value drop hits Korean retail investors
A South Korean real estate fund is set to post a 100% loss as the value of its sole asset, a prime office building wholly leased to Norway’s l...
South Korea’s luxury hotels bask in return of tourists post-pandemic
South Korea’s luxury hotels are enjoying the return of tourists following years of COVID-19 restrictions, which significantly hurt their sales...
Series C startup Wefun eyes 2025 IPO in S.Korea
Wefun, a Seoul-based startup operating an office maintenance, repair and operation (MRO) platform, plans to go public next year after successfully r...
KT to participate in MWC 2024 with five Korean startup partners
South Korea’s KT Corp. announced on Tuesday that it will participate in the world's largest mobile exhibition MWC 2024 to be held in Barcelona...
South Korea tightens export controls to Russia, Belarus
South Korea will halt shipments of nearly 700 additional items, including rechargeable batteries, heavy equipment and cars with 2,000 and larger-lit...
Korean brokerages expand bond issues to repay short-term debts
South Korea’s mid-sized brokerage firms are increasingly embracing bond sales as several large firms sold their bonds in January amid investor...
India equity funds top overseas stock funds in S.Korea
India equity funds registered in South Korea have doubled their investors' wealth over the past five years, luring high-net-worth individuals lookin...
Brookfield aims to increase debt on IFC Seoul to $2 bn
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. will increase its debt on the International Finance Center in Seoul (IFC Seoul), South Korea to up to 2.7 trillion ...
