S.Korea's dawn delivery pioneer Kurly sells luxury goods to uplift profit

S.Korea's dawn delivery pioneer Kurly sells luxury goods to uplift profit

Kurly Inc., South Korea's dawn delivery service market pioneer, has invited a third-party online retailer to sell luxury goods on its platform to bo...

South Korea to ease foreign exchange regulations, expand FX swap line

South Korea to ease foreign exchange regulations, expand FX swap line

South Korea’s foreign authorities said on Friday they will ease foreign exchange regulations to allow more dollars into the domestic financial...

Korea bags Romanian project to refurbish nuclear reactor

Korea bags Romanian project to refurbish nuclear reactor

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) on Thursday inked a final agreement with Romania’s Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica (SNN) to r...

MBK, Young Poong close in on majority of Korea Zinc

MBK, Young Poong close in on majority of Korea Zinc

A consortium of MBK Partners and Young Poong Corp. has raised its stake in Korea Zinc Inc. to 46.7% of voting shares, drawing the group closer to ma...

GIC drops Seoul landmark building sale on Korea’s political woes

GIC drops Seoul landmark building sale on Korea’s political woes

Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund, dropped the sale of a landmark building in Seoul due to t...

S.Korea's personal mobilities firm GCoo enters Africa

S.Korea's personal mobilities firm GCoo enters Africa

South Korean personal mobility (PM) company Gbike, the operator of PM sharing service platform Gcoo, said on Wednesday it started the electric kick ...

S.Korea’s c.bank chief sees limited impact of political turmoil on economy

S.Korea’s c.bank chief sees limited impact of political turmoil on economy

South Korea’s central bank chief said on Wednesday the impact of political turmoil caused by martial law on Asia’s fourth-largest econom...

LG Electronics to retire about $50 mn treasury stock in 2025

LG Electronics to retire about $50 mn treasury stock in 2025

LG Electronics Inc. will retire 761,000 shares in 2025, or around 0.5% of its outstanding shares, to increase shareholder returns, the South Korean ...

Ruthless Politics of South Korea Is Rooted in Cold-War History

Ruthless Politics of South Korea Is Rooted in Cold-War History

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NPS to invest record $1.4 billion in Korean property market in 2025

NPS to invest record $1.4 billion in Korean property market in 2025

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) plans to invest 2 trillion won ($1.4 billion) in the domestic real estate market next year to gai...

Foreign workers in S.Korea surpasses 1 million

Foreign workers in S.Korea surpasses 1 million

The number of foreign workers in South Korea has broken past the 1 million mark.According to Statistics Korea on Tuesday, as of May, there were 1.56...

Celltrion’s 4 new biosimilars win EU approval recommendation

Celltrion’s 4 new biosimilars win EU approval recommendation

Celltrion Inc. is one step closer to commercializing its four new biosimilars in Europe after a committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) rec...

CLO Virtual Fashion raises $35 mn

CLO Virtual Fashion raises $35 mn

South Korea's 3D digital fashion solution startup CLO Virtual Fashion said on Monday it raised 50 billion won ($35 million).Atinum Investment Co. an...

Leonardo's Coulter named Hanwha Aerospace’s 1st foreign global chief

Leonardo's Coulter named Hanwha Aerospace’s 1st foreign global chief

Hanwha Aerospace Co., a leading South Korean defense company, said on Monday it has hired Michael Coulter, a former senior executive at US-based Ita...

Musinsa, Zozo to support S.Korean fashion brands

Musinsa, Zozo to support S.Korean fashion brands

South Korea's online fashion platform Musinsa said on Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Japan's Zozo, the operator of online...

S.Korea to hold IR session to unveil market-boosting steps

S.Korea to hold IR session to unveil market-boosting steps

South Korea's government will host an overseas investor relations session to explain the country’s economic conditions and unveil market-boost...

Korean paper makers to file anti-dumping complaint vs Japanese rivals

Korean paper makers to file anti-dumping complaint vs Japanese rivals

South Korean corrugated cardboard sheet makers such as Asia Paper Manufacturing Co. have decided to file an anti-dumping complaint against Japanese ...

Korea’s president impeached over martial law; political turmoil to ease

Korea’s president impeached over martial law; political turmoil to ease

South Korea’s parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday over his stunning martial law decree, suspending him from office...

South Korea’s sovereign credit rating stable: S&P, Moody's, Fitch

South Korea’s sovereign credit rating stable: S&P, Moody's, Fitch

South Korea’s sovereign ratings remain stable despite the political turmoil caused by the short-lived martial law declaration of President Yoo...

Celltrion to allot cash, stock dividend at once

Celltrion to allot cash, stock dividend at once

South Korea’s biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. on Friday announced a plan to allot cash and stock dividends simultaneously. The company wi...

Boryung, Lotus Pharma signs CDMO deal on anticancer injection

Boryung, Lotus Pharma signs CDMO deal on anticancer injection

South Korea's Boryung Corp. said on Thursday it signed a contract with Lotus Pharmaceutical, a Taiwanese oncology firm, for contract development and...

Samsung unveils AI-powered Galaxy Book5 Pro to take on Apple’s MacBook

Samsung unveils AI-powered Galaxy Book5 Pro to take on Apple’s MacBook

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled its new Galaxy Book5 Pro, packed with various AI functions, to compete with archrival Apple Inc.’...

Korea’s commercial vehicle sales tumble on economic slowdown

Korea’s commercial vehicle sales tumble on economic slowdown

South Korea’s commercial vehicle sales are plunging on sluggish domestic demand amid a slowdown in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.Local s...

POSCO Future M develops technology to make electrode rods

POSCO Future M develops technology to make electrode rods

POSCO Future M Co., a battery material and steel manufacturing equipment supplier, said on Thursday it has developed electrode rod manufacturing tec...

Asiana Airlines joins Korean Air as subsidiary

Asiana Airlines joins Korean Air as subsidiary

Asiana Airlines Inc., one of South Korea’s only two full-service carriers, has passed into history after 36 years of operation to be placed un...

Samsung E&A enters SAF EPC market with $955 mn Malaysian bioplant deal

Samsung E&A enters SAF EPC market with $955 mn Malaysian bioplant deal

Samsung E&A Co., the construction and engineering unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, said on Wednesday it has clinched ...

GIC to open 2nd tender for Seoul landmark building sale as bids disappoint

GIC to open 2nd tender for Seoul landmark building sale as bids disappoint

Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund, is set to seek more proposals from bidders to sell a land...

Korean firms halt bond, share issues despite tighter liquidity

Korean firms halt bond, share issues despite tighter liquidity

South Korean companies are postponing bond issues and initial public offerings on chilled investor sentiment in the aftermath of President Yoon Suk ...

China’s Mingyang to foray into Korean wind turbine market with Unison

China’s Mingyang to foray into Korean wind turbine market with Unison

China’s Mingyang Smart Energy, one of the top five global wind turbine suppliers, is gearing up for its advance into South Korea’s wind ...

BTS Jin to enter liquor business

BTS Jin to enter liquor business

BTS Jin plans to enter Korean traditional liquor business with Baek Jong-won, founder and CEO of The Born Korea Co., the entertainment industry sour...

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