Posco Future M ships 1st cathodes made with domestic precursors to Ultium Cells

POSCO Future M Co., South Korea’s leading battery materials maker, has begun shipping cathode materials produced entirely with domestically so...

LG Chem sells dermal filler business to VIG Partners for $144 mn

South Korea’s leading chemical company LG Chem Ltd. has agreed to sell its dermal filler business to the country’s major buyout fund VIG...

Celltrion in talks to buy Eli Lilly plant in US for $504 million

Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s biosimilar-developing leader, is in talks with Eli Lilly and Company to buy the American multinational pharmaceu...

Musicow sells out 1st US music equity offering backed by Kelly Clarkson hit

Musicow Inc., a South Korean music copyright trading platform pioneer, has sold out its debut US music royalty-backed securities offering in less th...

Samsung to produce Apple’s next-gen chips at US foundry plant

The global memory chip powerhouse Samsung Electronics Co. will produce chips for Apple Inc. at its semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the US,...

Millennium Management to invest $252 mn in Korean stocks for first time

Millennium Management LLC, a US major hedge fund, is set to invest about $252 million in South Korean stocks for the first time, local asset managem...

HD Hyundai Heavy wins US Navy ship MRO deal, 1st under MASGA accord

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., one of the world’s leading shipbuilders, has secured its first-ever maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) co...

LG CNS to build AI data center in Indonesia, first for Korean firm

LG CNS Co., the information technology services unit of South Korea’s LG Group, has bagged a deal to build an artificial intelligence-ready da...

Korean Air to launch premium economy at lower prices than rivals

Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s top full-service carrier, on Tuesday unveiled a plan to introduce a premium economy class in September at ...

Korens cleared in trade secrets dispute with SNT Motiv

South Korean auto parts manufacturer Korens and its affiliate Korens EM have been cleared of all charges in a years-long legal battle with larger ri...

ASK Singapore 2025 to offer rare insights into Korean investment landscape

South Korea’s leading private equity and venture capital firms will convene in Singapore on Oct. 27 for ASK Singapore 2025 (sg.kedask.com), wh...

DB HiTek posts 10% gain in Q2 profit, expects stable chip orders

DB HiTek Co., a South Korean specialty chip foundry, forecasts solid business performance in the rest of this year after reporting a 10% gain in ope...

Korea's pharmacies emerge as K-beauty destinations for tourists

On the afternoon of July 31, a sign at the entrance of Ready Young Pharmacy in Seoul's Donggyo-dong neighborhood welcomed visitors in Chinese, Japan...

Investors dump Korean shares after tax reform; won plunges

Investors rushed to sell off South Korean stocks across the board, which dragged down the Korean currency value on Friday after the government annou...

Winners & losers: S.Korean industries navigate uneven US tariff terrain

From a shipbuilding boon to steel-sector gloom, South Korea’s export-reliant industries face diverging paths after Seoul struck a tariff deal ...

Fabless chip unicorn FuriosaAI raises $120 mn in new funding

South Korea’s AI chip designer FuriosaAI Inc. said on Thursday it has raised 170 billion won ($120 million) in bridge funding from about 40 in...

SK Innovation to Merge SK On and SK Enmove to Strengthen Battery Unit

SK Innovation is betting big on an internal reshuffle to turn things around for its struggling battery business.The South Korean energy and chemicals ...

S.Korea to expand growth fund to $110 bn to nurture 'Korean Nvidia'

South Korea is considering creating a 150 trillion won ($110 billion) national fund to support high-tech industries as part of President Lee Jae-myu...

Hanwha vice chairman joins S.Korean delegation to avert US tariffs

With the US-EU tariff deal sealed, South Korea is ramping up a last-ditch push to strike its own agreement before the US-set Aug. 1 deadline, playin...

IMM joins $600 mn fund for K-beauty unicorn Goodai Global in M&A drive

IMM Private Equity and five other South Korean private equity firms are set to invest a total of 800 billion won ($600 million) in Goodai Global Inc...

CJ ENM sets up Korea’s 1st Middle East entertainment unit in Saudi Arabia

CJ ENM Co., South Korea’s largest film studio and distributor, has established a subsidiary in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – the first Middle E...

GM CEO Mary Barra quells Korea exit talk amid mounting auto tariff pressures

US auto giant General Motors Co. is regarding its South Korean factories as central to its global supply chain, particularly for compact SUVs and el...

Jennie, J-Hope, Jin sweep Spotify’s global K-pop rankings for mid-2025

K-pop icons Jennie of Blackpink and BTS members Jin and J-Hope have taken over Spotify’s mid-year 2025 Global Impact List, claiming the majori...

Korean budget carriers in the red as Japan travel slows, fare war intensifies

South Korea’s low-cost carriers (LCCs) are racking up losses as slowing growth in travel, particularly to Japan, fueled price wars to fill exc...

Blackpink’s Jump tops Spotify Global Chart, sets K-Pop record

With their latest digital single Jump, Blackpink has become the first – and so far only – South Korean act to top Spotify’s Global...

IMM PE pitches A’pieu sale in breakup of struggling Able C&C

IMM Private Equity Inc. is pursuing a separate sale of A’pieu, a color makeup brand under Able C&C Co., as the Seoul-based private equity ...

Maru SF to open in Silicon Valley in November as Korean startup gateway

Maru SF, a startup campus and networking hub operated by the Asan Nanum Foundation, will open in Silicon Valley this November, marking the organizat...

Vietnam’s top leader to make 1st South Korea visit in 11 years

To Lam, general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party and the country’s de facto ruling leader, is expected to make a state visit to So...

Test case looms for Korea’s revised Commercial Act as VIP Asset challenges Lotte Rental’s rights issue to Affinity

Lotte Rental Co., South Korea’s No. 1 car rental and leasing company, is facing a backlash from a key minority shareholder over its planned ri...

At home, K-convenience stores battle stagnation; abroad they're powerful K-food ambassadors

In the bustling backstreets of Ulaanbaatar, shoppers file out of a CU convenience store with instant tteokbokki, or simmered Korean rice cake, packs...