Hanwha Ocean to adopt Kyocera founder Inamori’s amoeba management

Hanwha Ocean to adopt Kyocera founder Inamori’s amoeba management

South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean Co., the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, said on Friday it has partnered with Japan’s Kyocera Commun...

Korean beauty brands show signs of turnaround in China

Korean beauty brands show signs of turnaround in China

South Korean cosmetics brands are showing signs of a turnaround in China, with their sales in the neighboring country recovering from the slump over...

SeAH to invest $155.3 mn to build special alloy plant in US

SeAH to invest $155.3 mn to build special alloy plant in US

SeAH Group, South Korea’s major steel group said to be a steel supplier to SpaceX, is set to foray deeper into the US, the world’s bigge...

Korean biotech Xcell Therapeutics eyes June IPO

Korean biotech Xcell Therapeutics eyes June IPO

South Korean biotech Xcell Therapeutics Inc., a developer of chemically defined media for in vitro cell culture, is aiming for a junior bourse Kosda...

KCCI to support Korean companies expanding into US

KCCI to support Korean companies expanding into US

The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) partnered with the Korean American Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles (KACCLA)  to address th...

Hyundai Glovis to build waste battery management in Jeju

Hyundai Glovis to build waste battery management in Jeju

South Korea's Hyundai Glovis Co. will establish a management system for used electric vehicle (EV) batteries in Jeju Island. The company anno...

HD KSOE picks Philippines as offshore wind power base camp

HD KSOE picks Philippines as offshore wind power base camp

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE), the parent of the world’s No. 1 shipbuilder, is accelerating its offshore wind po...

Naver to submit remedies to Japan without A Holdings stake sale

Naver to submit remedies to Japan without A Holdings stake sale

LY Corp., the operator of Japan’s popular messenger app Line, is expected not to propose Naver Corp.’s stake sale in its largest stakeho...

Meritz leaves door open for an M&A, to stay shareholder friendly

Meritz leaves door open for an M&A, to stay shareholder friendly

Meritz Financial Group Inc., boasting the fourth-biggest market capitalization among South Korean financial holding companies, will look into an acq...

Liquidity crisis looms at S.Korea’s M Capital amid project financing debacle

Liquidity crisis looms at S.Korea’s M Capital amid project financing debacle

South Korea's financing and finance leasing firm M Capital Co. is facing a growing risk of liquidity crunch as its attempts to refinance maturing de...

LG Uplus unveils Yonsei Univ. Metaverse Campus

LG Uplus unveils Yonsei Univ. Metaverse Campus

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Tuesday that its university metaverse platform Uverse unveiled a dedicated metaverse campus called Meta Yo...

LX International joins UNGC

LX International joins UNGC

South Korean trading firm LX International Corp. announced on Tuesday that it joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) to strengthen its envi...

Hanmi to fire founder's wife, entering new round of family feud

Hanmi to fire founder's wife, entering new round of family feud

South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group is set to enter a new chapter of an ongoing family feud less than two months after the founding famil...

Deutsche Bank's Korea IB head quits after country head resigns

Deutsche Bank's Korea IB head quits after country head resigns

Cho Man Chul, managing director and head of investment banking at Deutsche Bank in Korea, has resigned, according to people with knowledge of the ma...

Korean government vows stern response to Tokyo’s pressure on Naver

Korean government vows stern response to Tokyo’s pressure on Naver

The South Korean government said on Monday it will resolutely respond to any “unfair” measures by Tokyo against Naver Corp., which is re...

Korea Zinc to invest $146 mn in green business R&D hub

Korea Zinc to invest $146 mn in green business R&D hub

Korea Zinc Inc., South Korea’s and the world’s No. 1 lead and zinc smelter, will build its second research and development center, which...

Hyundai Asset to enter offshore wind power market

Hyundai Asset to enter offshore wind power market

South Korea's Hyundai Asset Management Co. announced on Monday that it signed a business agreement with Cyan Renewables, a Singapore-based specialis...

Macquarie Korea Asset Management confirms two nominees

Macquarie Korea Asset Management confirms two nominees

Macquarie Group has named two executives at its Seoul-based real asset investment unit, which manages the main Kospi-listed Macquarie Korea Infrastr...

Overseas Korean food fans choose soju, bibimbap as favorites

Overseas Korean food fans choose soju, bibimbap as favorites

South Korea’s soju and bibimbap are respectively the most popular liquor and food among foreigners, according to survey results released by th...

Korea: Underrated as seat of commercial arbitration

Korea: Underrated as seat of commercial arbitration

South Korean companies prefer seats of arbitration in other countries over domestic ones to resolve disputes even for the cases that could be settle...

Samsung SDS unveils supply chain solution in US

Samsung SDS unveils supply chain solution in US

South Korea's Samsung SDS Co. introduced a supplier relationship management (SRM) solution at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium 2024 in Orlando, Fl...

Chinese group tours to Korea poised for strong revival

Chinese group tours to Korea poised for strong revival

Chinese group tours to South Korea are showing signs of a rebound, about 10 months since Beijing lifted its bans on Chinese group tours to Seoul las...

VC firm DSC Investment forms Korea's largest secondary fund

VC firm DSC Investment forms Korea's largest secondary fund

South Korean asset manager DSC Investment has formed the country’s largest-ever fund for venture capital secondaries to explore opportunities ...

Near-zero interest rate deposits swell at Korean banks

Near-zero interest rate deposits swell at Korean banks

Demand and short-term deposits at South Korea’s top five banks have expanded 5% to 657 trillion won ($480 billion) in the first quarter of thi...

SK Hynix to sell 50% stake in Wuxi foundry unit to Chinese firm

SK Hynix to sell 50% stake in Wuxi foundry unit to Chinese firm

SK Hynix Inc. will sell nearly a half stake in its foundry unit in China to a Chinese state-run enterprise for $349.3 million in a bid to expand its...

SoftBank to buy part of Naver's Line stake by July: CEO Miyakawa

SoftBank to buy part of Naver's Line stake by July: CEO Miyakawa

TOKYO – SoftBank Corp., which runs LY Corp., the operator of the popular mobile messenger app Line in Japan, said on Thursday it is in talks w...

SK Telecom eyes tangible results from AI business in 2024

SK Telecom eyes tangible results from AI business in 2024

South Korea’s No. 1 mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. is set to accelerate investments in artificial intelligence to bring more tangible outcomes ...

Native Korean fast-fashion brands poised to snatch market

Native Korean fast-fashion brands poised to snatch market

South Korea’s homegrown fast-fashion brands are expected to continue making big strides at home as cost-conscious consumers shifted toward mor...

Coupang to keep investing against Chinese players despite loss

Coupang to keep investing against Chinese players despite loss

Coupang Inc., South Korea’s No. 1 e-commerce platform facing fierce competition from Chinese rivals, dipped into the red in the first quarter,...

Startups bet on affluent Gen X in Korea’s senior living market

Startups bet on affluent Gen X in Korea’s senior living market

Elder-care startups are rushing to build high-end senior homes in South Korea targeting affluent Generation Xers set to retire in five years on expe...

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