Korean Daewoo E&C seeks biz amid Indonesia’s new capital plan

South Korean Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. is seeking business opportunities alongside Indonesia’s plan to relocate its capital as...

Lotte Chilsung, E&J Gallo to jointly boost soju sale in US

South Korea’s Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co. announced on Tuesday that it partnered with the world's largest winery E&J Gallo to expand its...

Hyungji, Dishang Group to co-work for market development

South Korea’s Fashion Group Hyungji and China’s largest clothing exporter Dishang Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to te...

IMM among shortlisted bidders for special chemicals maker Songwon

Competition to acquire Songwon Industrial Co., one of the world’s top specialty chemicals makers, is heating up as the South Korean company an...

Korean food, retail firms cut jobs as spending drops

South Korea’s food, cosmetics and retail companies, heavily reliant on domestic sales, are slimming down their workforce to survive a prolonge...

Hanwha to boost battery production equipment business

Hanwha Group, South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate, is working to bolster its secondary battery manufacturing equipment business wi...

HSBC, BNP Paribas reported to Korean prosecutors for naked shorting

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. (HSBC) and BNP Paribas CIB have been reported to South Korean public prosecutors in violation of ...

EcoPro BM hits $34 billion jackpot to supply cathodes to Samsung SDI

EcoPro BM Co. has signed a 44 trillion won ($34 billion) to supply cathodes to Samsung SDI Co. for five years, deepening their alliance and betting ...

AEW, Pebblestone buy Korean logistics center for $238 mn

Seoul-based Pebblestone Asset Management Co. and US real estate investor AEW Capital Management have completed the acquisition of a logistics ce...

Korean digital comics boost Naver Webtoon’s biz in Japan

Naver Webtoon Ltd., the world’s top digital comics provider, enjoyed robust business in Japan with a record gross merchandise value (GMV) this...

Lunit selected as contractor for building medical AI platform in Singapore

South Korean medical AI company Lunit announced on Friday that it has been selected as the final contractor in the bidding for the establishment of ...

STX acquires 20% stake in lithium iron phosphate battery maker IBT

STX Corp., a South Korean general trading company, announced on Friday that it has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire a 20% stake in the b...

Orsted wins 1.6 GW offshore wind power license from Korea

Danish energy company Orsted has secured exclusive rights to build South Korea’s largest offshore wind power complex in a project estimated at...

Ananti to go solo in Busan without Hilton

Ananti Inc. will end its six-year-long partnership with Hilton Hotels & Resorts by removing the global hotel giant's nameplate from its luxury s...

LG Energy's new CEO aims to focus on qualitative growth

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, is set to focus on qualitative growth by securing leading ...

Daewoong Pharm set to export Envlo Tab to Russia, CIS

Daewoong Pharmaceutical, a leading South Korean pharmaceutical company will export its new diabetes drug Envlo Tab. (active ingredient:enavogliflozi...

GM asks LG Energy to share huge portion of US EV tax benefits

General Motor Co., the leading US automaker, has asked LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery manufactur...

Air Premia posts first-ever quarterly profit

Air Premia Inc., a South Korean budget carrier, on Thursday reported its first-ever quarterly profit in the third quarter of this year, fueled by a ...

POSCO startup POSCORE wins grand prize at D.Camp All-Star League

POSCORE, an in-house startup of South Korean steel giant POSCO Group, won the grand prize during an annual startup demo day hosted Wednesday by star...

Korea's startup ecosystem lags behind peers in global investments

South Korea’s startup environment lags behind major countries in terms of global expansion and foreign investment attraction, a report from st...

Hanwha Ocean showcases Jangbogo-III submarine in Warsaw

South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co. held the Hanwha Ocean Day event in Warsaw, Poland, on November 29 for local media, to showcase its involve...

STX to develop Gargoub port in Egypt with grain silos

STX Corp., a South Korean general trading company, is expected to develop a Mediterranean port in Egypt and build grain silos at the port, a move ex...

HD Hyundai taps RCE to go global with used heavy machinery

HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Co., the construction machinery provider under South Korean shipbuilding conglomerate HD Hyundai Group, will ventu...

Asiana collaborates with China's Ctrip for live commerce broadcast

Asiana Airlines Inc. announced on Wednesday that it will conduct a live commerce broadcast in collaboration with China's largest online travel agenc...

Hanwha Ocean to develop submarine technology to evade detection

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. has consecutively secured contracts for naval technology-related vessel research projects. The company recently annou...

KOTRA to support K-startups in European expansion

The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Wednesday the establishment of a South Korean pavilion at the upcoming SLUSH 2023, ...

More Koreans seek high-yield bond funds, betting the Fed will end hikes

South Korean investors are growing more interested in global high-yield bond funds, betting that the US Federal Reserve is likely to end its interes...

Hancom to unveil document creator like Mircrosoft's Copilot

Hancom Inc., a homegrown office suite developer in South Korea, is set to speed up its artificial intelligence business with a beta service of AI-po...

Iljin Electric bags $333 mn high-voltage transformer deal in US

Iljin Electric Co. has won its largest-ever 431.8 billion won ($333.2 billion) order to supply high-voltage transformers to a US energy company, the...

Hyundai Motor’s Uniwheel offers new paradigm for future mobility

Mobility has evolved at an incredible pace over the years. But there’s one thing that hardly changes – the configuration of the drivetra...