KIC to focus on tech ventures, private debt, infrastructure

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will continue to look for opportunities in private debt and venture capital investment with mid- to long-term gro...

Singapore PE firm proposes KT&G spin off ginseng biz

A Singaporean private equity firm has proposed a number of measures to KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, including a sp...

Korean banks log record profits on rising interest rates

South Korea’s major financial groups enjoyed record quarterly earnings as higher policy interest rates increased lending rates, powering the p...

Carlyle, GS Group to buy Korean dental scanner maker

US private equity giant The Carlyle Group and South Korean energy-to-retail conglomerate GS Group will acquire Medit Corp., the world’s third-...

Korea's Mirae Asset to invest $200 mn in Musk’s Twitter deal

Mirae Asset Financial Group is set to chip in some $200 million toward Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc. in acquisiti...

Samsung Elec to expand foundry business to tackle TSMC

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest foundry company, is set to expand production technology of chips for automobiles, sensors ...

OCI to invest $40 million to expand US solar module production facilities

OCI Co., a leading South Korean solar power cell manufacturer, said on Monday it will invest $40 million to expand the solar cell module production ...

Principal opens Seoul office to intensify client relationships

US investment firm Principal Global Investors LLC has recently opened a Seoul office to strengthen the firm’s existing client relationships in...

NPS emerges as savior of Korea’s ailing won currency

The South Korean state-run National Pension Service (NPS) has been spotted selling dollars for won, supporting the ailing local unit, as the world&r...

Keppel completes Korean waste treatment firm takeover for $530 mn

Singapore-based Keppel Infrastructure completed the acquisition of South Korea’s leading waste management company EMK Co. for 760 billion won ...

Carlyle, KKR again compete for Korean dental scanner maker

US private equity giants The Carlyle Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) are again competing to acquire the world’s third-larges...

Foreigners in year's longest Korean buying streak; chipmakers top picks

Foreign investors have returned to the South Korean market, snapping up chip industry leaders such as Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. for ...

POSCO Chemical may clinch megadeal to supply cathode to Ford Motor

POSCO Chemical Co., a unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., is looking to forge a long-term contract to supply cathode, a key...

Kakao’s power outage casts doubts over growth strategies

South Korea’s mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. is facing increasing concern over its growth strategies centered on business expansions throug...

LG Elec speeds up robot biz expansion in logistics sector

LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top home appliance maker, has ramped up expansion of robot applications in the smart logistics sector with it...

POSCO breaks ground on nickel refining plant in Korea

POSCO Group, the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, broke ground on Friday for a high-purity nickel refining plant in South Korea to meet risin...

Samsung launches upgraded digital wallet to take on Apple Pay

South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said on Friday it is launching its digital wallet platform in 13 more countries by year-end t...

Yoon courts lost decade for Korean women

People can debate what it means for the government of a top-12 economy to be “anti-feminist.” There is no question, though, that President...

Korean bio suffers as weak won lifts global clinical trial costs

South Korean biopharmaceutical firms are facing challenges in clinical trials overseas alongside the rising Korean won to the US dollar exchange rat...

Korean Presbyterian pension to tap GPs for alternative assets, equity

Pension Foundation of Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK Pension), a South Korean retirement plan for pastors and churches, is poised to hire several...

Korean firms struggle to dispatch workers overseas

Some South Korean conglomerates are struggling to recruit workers for dispatch to overseas branches as more workers are avoiding expatriate assignme...

Despite liquidity crunch, 5 verticals rake in venture capital investment

The global venture capital ecosystem has been contracting since the second quarter of last year, hit by rising inflation and rate hikes. New ...

SillaJen shares jump as exchange maintains listing, allows resumed trade

Shares in South Korea’s scandal-hit biotechnological company SillaJen Inc. soared on Thursday after the local exchange decided to maintain the...

SK Signet to build $15 million EV charger plant in Texas

SK Signet Inc., a unit of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, said on Wednesday it will spend $15 million, or 21.3 billion won...

KLA to stop chip tool supply to customers in China: Report

US chip toolmaker KLA Corp. will cease offering some supplies and services from Wednesday to China-based customers including SK Hynix Inc., the worl...

Experts define goal of AI tech development as cooperation with humans

Renowned artificial intelligence (AI) scholar Masashi Sugiyama said his research goal is to develop AI that can work and learn alongside people.Su...

AI-powered translation startups tackle niche marketplaces

Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven translation has been dominated by big tech.Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC is the global leader while Naver Cor...

Hyundai’s NEXO crossover tops world’s hydrogen vehicle market

Hyundai Motor Co.'s NEXO crossover has become the world’s best-selling hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) in the first eight months of...

Japan, Spain firms join forces with Woojin for Korean bullet train bid

A Japanese company and a Spanish firm have joined hands with a South Korean company for a local bullet train supply deal as the country is expected ...

US sanctions on Russia may hinder Korean Medit sale

US private equity giants The Carlyle Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) may have to give up on their acquisition plans of Medit Corp....