S.Korea’s current account surplus near 3-year high on chips

S.Korea’s current account surplus near 3-year high on chips

South Korea’s current account surplus touched a near three-year high in February as goods exports continued to grow on strong overseas sales o...

Nongshim Kellogg overtakes Dongsuh as Korea’s top cereal maker

Nongshim Kellogg overtakes Dongsuh as Korea’s top cereal maker

Just a few years back, cereals meant cornflakes eaten with milk during busy mornings in South Korea.Nowadays, however, cereals mean granola made of ...

Kia EV9 named best electric SUV in Germany

Kia EV9 named best electric SUV in Germany

Kia Corp. 's EV9, the signature large all-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, was named the top electric ...

SK Hynix to build advanced packaging plant in Indiana for $3.9 bn

SK Hynix to build advanced packaging plant in Indiana for $3.9 bn

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s leading high bandwidth memory (HBM) chip producer, will plow in $3.87 billion to build advanced packaging and resea...

LG’s $5.5 billion LFP, ESS battery plants in Arizona to kick off in 2026

LG’s $5.5 billion LFP, ESS battery plants in Arizona to kick off in 2026

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Thursday its 7.2 trillion won ($5.5 billion) battery complex in Ari...

Korea reclaims crown from China as world’s top shipbuilder

Korea reclaims crown from China as world’s top shipbuilder

South Korea reclaimed the crown from the Chinese as the world’s largest shipbuilder after three years last quarter, sweeping global orders for...

Sandy Floor gets seed round from Kakao Ventures

Sandy Floor gets seed round from Kakao Ventures

South Korea’s casual multiplayer game developer Sandy Floor Games announced on Wednesday that it got a seed round investment from Kakao Ventur...

Blight of failing e-commerce startups in South Korea

Blight of failing e-commerce startups in South Korea

Linkshops, once touted as a future unicorn candidate in South Korea, declared bankruptcy last month even after garnering 15.4 billion won ($11.4 mil...

Samsung, GS win $7.2 bn gas plant project in Saudi

Samsung, GS win $7.2 bn gas plant project in Saudi

South Korea’s Samsung Engineering (new name: Samsung E&A) and GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) won a $7.2 billion co...

Hollys Coffee goes to Japan as Korean franchises turn gaze abroad

Hollys Coffee goes to Japan as Korean franchises turn gaze abroad

Hollys Coffee, a unit of South Korea’s KG Group, is opening its first overseas outlet in Osaka, Japan, riding on the popularity of Korean cult...

Breezm lands in US with plan to open 100 stores in 5 years

Breezm lands in US with plan to open 100 stores in 5 years

Breezm, a South Korean startup making customized eyeglasses with artificial intelligence and 3D technologies, has opened its first offshore store in...

KOTRA holds drone roadshow in Kazakhstan

KOTRA holds drone roadshow in Kazakhstan

Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Tuesday that the Korea-Kazakhstan Drone Roadshow opened in Astana, the capital of Kazak...

LG Energy, GM’s 2nd Ultium Cells plant begins production in Tennessee

LG Energy, GM’s 2nd Ultium Cells plant begins production in Tennessee

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Tuesday that the second plant of Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture ...

Hanwha, 1st Korean insurer to earn dividends from overseas unit

Hanwha, 1st Korean insurer to earn dividends from overseas unit

Hanwha Life Insurance Co. is set to earn dividends from its Vietnamese subsidiary, reporting a cumulative profit after 15 years, becoming South Kore...

Money pours in for technology to reshape Korean restaurants

Money pours in for technology to reshape Korean restaurants

Investors are betting big on food service technology startups in South Korea as the adoption of self-service systems in the country’s food and...

Hyundai Globis wins long-term LNGC charter in Qatar

Hyundai Globis wins long-term LNGC charter in Qatar

South Korea's Hyundai Glovis Co. announced on Monday that it has won a long-term charter for four liquefied natural gas carriers (LNGC) from QatarEn...

Hyundai Department launches Korean brands' global platform

Hyundai Department launches Korean brands' global platform

Hyundai Department Store Co., South Korea’s major retail conglomerate, has launched “The Hyundai Global” platform dedicated to pro...

Samsung returns to top, to up ante against troubled Apple

Samsung returns to top, to up ante against troubled Apple

Samsung Electronics Co. snatched the crown from its archrival Apple Inc. as the top global smartphone seller last month thanks to brisk sales of its...

Foreign buying of Korean stocks hit record high in Q1

Foreign buying of Korean stocks hit record high in Q1

Foreign investors gobbled up a record 15.8 trillion won ($11.7 billion) worth of stocks listed in South Korea during the first three months of this ...

Doosan joins hands with China’s CNGR for battery recycling

Doosan joins hands with China’s CNGR for battery recycling

South Korea’s plant and machinery powerhouse Doosan Group has teamed up with China’s CNGR Advanced Material Co. to expand its electric v...

Avalve to export $1.5 mn smart farm solution to Vietnam

Avalve to export $1.5 mn smart farm solution to Vietnam

South Korea's smart farm startup Avalve announced on Friday that it signed a total of $1.5 million in memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Vietn...

Shinhan Securities leads M&A of Trench Group

Shinhan Securities leads M&A of Trench Group

South Korea's Shinhan Securities announced on Friday that it participated as the lead underwriter in the merger and acquisition deal of Trench Group...

NH Investment gets APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules

NH Investment gets APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules

South Korea's NH Investment & Securities announced Friday that it obtained the global personal information protection certification APEC Cross-B...

Taihan Cable wins $81 mn power network replacement order in US

Taihan Cable wins $81 mn power network replacement order in US

South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on Friday that it secured a project of 110 billion won ($81.5 million) to replace aging po...

Korea yet to join global bond index for capital inflows

Korea yet to join global bond index for capital inflows

South Korea has so far failed to be included on a global major bond index, denting hopes for capital inflows into Asia’s fourth-largest econom...

POSCO Future M named Fortune Asia Future 30

POSCO Future M named Fortune Asia Future 30

South Korea’s POSCO Future M Co. has been named Asia Future 30 by the US economic media Fortune on Mar. 27, according to the company on Thursd...

Kia, Hyundai sweep World Car Awards with EV9, IONIQ 5 N

Kia, Hyundai sweep World Car Awards with EV9, IONIQ 5 N

NEW YORK – Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s No. 3 carmaker, has swept the 2024 World Car Awards, a global premier standard for automotiv...

S.Korea, Thailand launch negotiations for EPA

S.Korea, Thailand launch negotiations for EPA

South Korean and Thai governments declared the launch of negotiations for the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on Thursday. South Korea’s ...

Qoo10 buys Korean department store AK’s e-commerce unit

Qoo10 buys Korean department store AK’s e-commerce unit

Southeast Asia-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Pte. has signed an agreement to acquire South Korean department store chain AK Plaza’s online s...

K Enter moves step closer to Nasdaq listing in May

K Enter moves step closer to Nasdaq listing in May

K Enter Holdings Inc., an umbrella entity of South Korea-based entertainment companies creating original entertainment content and managing related ...

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