Hyundai to reignite Brazil’s mobility push with $1.1 billion investment

Hyundai to reignite Brazil’s mobility push with $1.1 billion investment

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Friday it will invest $1.1 billion in Brazil to reinvigorate the South American country&...

E-Mart to open first Korean supermarket chain in Laos

E-Mart to open first Korean supermarket chain in Laos

E-Mart Inc. said on Friday it will become the first South Korean supermarket company to open a chain store in Laos in its push to expand into Southe...

Hanwha Ocean wins $257 mn for two VLCCs

Hanwha Ocean wins $257 mn for two VLCCs

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. announced on Friday that it has won an order for two very large crude carriers (VLCCs) from a shipowner in Oceania, t...

Defy convention with long-run plans to upvalue Korean stocks

Defy convention with long-run plans to upvalue Korean stocks

The South Korean stock market has been on an upward swing in recent weeks, with many partly attributing it to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s pledge...

HD Hyundai Marine bags order to upgrade Chevron LNG tankers

HD Hyundai Marine bags order to upgrade Chevron LNG tankers

HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., a ship maintenance, retrofitting and digital solution provider under HD Hyundai Co., has won an order from Chevron C...

Samsung to unveil Galaxy Fit3 in global market

Samsung to unveil Galaxy Fit3 in global market

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release its new fitness band, the Galaxy Fit3. The device features an expansive 40mm di...

LG Energy expedites LFP battery supply chain expansion

LG Energy expedites LFP battery supply chain expansion

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, has secured enough lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode ma...

Korean bakeries with French names outsmart French peers

Korean bakeries with French names outsmart French peers

Paris Baguette and Tous les Jours, South Korea's two largest bakery brands, have been consolidating their positions in the saturated domestic market...

Hyundai Motor Group in test run of dedicated EV plant in Korea

Hyundai Motor Group in test run of dedicated EV plant in Korea

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s No. 3 automaker, started a test operation of the first dedicated electric vehicle factory in South Korea to a...

SK Telecom invests in Lambda to foray into AI cloud market

SK Telecom invests in Lambda to foray into AI cloud market

SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said on Wednesday it has invested in Lambda, a graphics processing unit (GPU) cloud prov...

Norway’s prime office value drop hits Korean retail investors

Norway’s prime office value drop hits Korean retail investors

A South Korean real estate fund is set to post a 100% loss as the value of its sole asset, a prime office building wholly leased to Norway’s l...

Samsung, Arm reinforce alliance on future AI chips

Samsung, Arm reinforce alliance on future AI chips

Samsung Electronics Co. will offer Arm Inc.’s most advanced central processing unit (CPU) optimized on its latest gate-all-around (GAA) techno...

Studio Meta-K, Vietnam’s Synapse Studio to co-work for virtual human

Studio Meta-K, Vietnam’s Synapse Studio to co-work for virtual human

South Korea’s content production startup Studio Meta-K announced on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Vietna...

Hyundai Dept. Store, Siam Piwat to collaborate for K-content

Hyundai Dept. Store, Siam Piwat to collaborate for K-content

South Korea’s Hyundai Department Store Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a business agreement with Thailand’s retail giant Siam ...

KT to participate in MWC 2024 with five Korean startup partners

KT to participate in MWC 2024 with five Korean startup partners

South Korea’s KT Corp. announced on Tuesday that it will participate in the world's largest mobile exhibition MWC 2024 to be held in Barcelona...

Shareholder activism at the cost of facility investments

Shareholder activism at the cost of facility investments

South Korea’s large business groups are in emergency mode to brace for proxy fights with activist funds at annual general meetings (AGMs) next...

South Korea tightens export controls to Russia, Belarus

South Korea tightens export controls to Russia, Belarus

South Korea will halt shipments of nearly 700 additional items, including rechargeable batteries, heavy equipment and cars with 2,000 and larger-lit...

Korean brokerages expand bond issues to repay short-term debts

Korean brokerages expand bond issues to repay short-term debts

South Korea’s mid-sized brokerage firms are increasingly embracing bond sales as several large firms sold their bonds in January amid investor...

LG Innotek hastens to lead autonomous driving solution

LG Innotek hastens to lead autonomous driving solution

LG Innotek Co., South Korea’s major camera module supplier seeking to reduce its hefty reliance on Apple Inc. for earnings, has unveiled its l...

HD Hyundai to build power distribution device plant in Cheongju

HD Hyundai to build power distribution device plant in Cheongju

South Korea's HD Hyundai Electric Co. announced on Tuesday that it will invest 117.3 billion won ($87.72 million) in building a new medium and low...

State intervention in HSCEI-tied ELS sale debacle could backfire: scholars

State intervention in HSCEI-tied ELS sale debacle could backfire: scholars

South Korea’s economics scholars oppose government-led countermeasures, including compensation packages, to handle mounting retail investor lo...

Samsung, LG go head-to-head in washer-dryer combo market

Samsung, LG go head-to-head in washer-dryer combo market

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s tech giants, are in cut-throat competition to lead the all-in-one, single-drum,...

Cooling demand sparks layoffs at Korean spirits importers

Cooling demand sparks layoffs at Korean spirits importers

Dwindling demand for foreign beers and whiskeys in South Korea has led some local liquor importers to let go of some staff, spurring concerns about ...

LG opens ‘Life’s Good’ experience space in Singapore

LG opens ‘Life’s Good’ experience space in Singapore

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it opened its "Life's Good" brand experience space in Singapore. Located in the upscale Millenia Walk m...

Global property market plunge hits Korean financial firms

Global property market plunge hits Korean financial firms

South Korean financial service companies are seeing increased losses in global real estate amid the commercial property value plunge and concerns ar...

LG Electronics puts focus on customers to drive growth

LG Electronics puts focus on customers to drive growth

LG Electronics Inc., transitioning into a smart life solution platform company from a simple white goods manufacturer, will enhance its customer-cen...

Korean bank branch closures accelerate as online deals grow

Korean bank branch closures accelerate as online deals grow

South Korean banks are accelerating moves to close branches given the growth in digital transactions and decline in offline customers but financial ...

S.Korean refiners’ competition in EV lubricants sector intensifies

S.Korean refiners’ competition in EV lubricants sector intensifies

Refiners in South Korea are in a race to expand their presence in the electric vehicle lubricants market through overseas production facilities and ...

SK Networks looks to triple operating profit by 2026 with AI

SK Networks looks to triple operating profit by 2026 with AI

SK Networks Co., a South Korean trading and rental company actively investing in tech firms in recent years, will step up its efforts to transform i...

Fed rate cut hopes spur Koreans’ US Treasury bond buying spree

Fed rate cut hopes spur Koreans’ US Treasury bond buying spree

US Treasury bonds are gaining popularity among retail investors in South Korea amid expectations that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates...

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