Another Foreigner Detained in China, This Time a Korean Soccer Pro
SINGAPORE—Chinese police have detained a South Korean soccer player on allegations of bribery, the latest in a spate of enforcement actions af...
Celltrion Healthcare launches Remsima SC in Brazil
South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Healthcare Co. revealed on Monday its introduction of Remsima SC, a treatment for autoimmune diseas...
LG Innotek seeks to bolster innovation through a broader talent pool
Efforts by LG Innotek Co. to diversify its talent pool have borne fruit by boosting its competitive edge, under its chief executive's focus on bro...
JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon to visit S.Korea on June 5
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon is set to visit Seoul on June 5 and discuss South Korea’s overseas investments with exec...
UAE state funds gear up for $30 bn S.Korean investment
Senior officials of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and other major sovereign funds of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) met with executives ...
SKC to buy controlling stake in chip test maker ISC for about $300 mn
SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials company, is slated to buy a controlling stake in semiconductor chip test maker ISC Co., in a deal estima...
HD KSOE wins order $88 mn for two product carriers
HD Hyundai's shipbuilding intermediate holding company, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), said on Friday that it has sec...
Funding gap creates opportunities in private real estate debt: ASK 2023
Global real estate investors will see the funding gap continue for a while, which creates opportunities for private debt in the sector. The office s...
LS Group's US affiliate SPSX to raise $150 mn in pre-IPO
LS Group’s US cable affiliate Superior Essex (SPSX) plans to raise $150 million (200 billion won) via a South Korean private equity fund (PEF)...
Korean Air-Asiana merger hits roadblock in US, Europe
The proposed merger between South Korea’s two largest airlines hit a roadblock in the West as a media outlet reported that the US government i...
Hanmi Semiconductor named world’s top 10 chip equipment maker
South Korean chip equipment maker Hanmi Semiconductor Co. on Thursday said it made the world’s top 10 in the rankings of TechInsights, a globa...
LG Energy Solution secures lithium concentrate in N.America
South Korea's battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Friday that it has signed a lithium concentrate supply contract with Australian c...
US office recovery will be slow in volatile market: Korean investors
Increased rates will impact global real estate deals and slash property values, according to major institutional investors in South Korea. The US of...
LG Electronics to participate in Frieze Art Fair in New York
LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday that it will participate in Frieze New York, one of the world's three major contemporary art fairs, from May 17...
Nexen Tire invests $1.3 bn to build US factory
South Korea's Nexen Tire Corp. plans to invest $1.3 billion (1.73 trillion won) to build its first-ever factory in the United States. Starting fro...
Samsung SDS bolsters Cello Square with tech upgrades, global push
Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit under Samsung Group, has upgraded its digital forwarding freight service platform to bring ...
Samsung Display buys US OLED microdisplay maker for $218 mn
South Korea's Samsung Display has bought American OLED microdisplay maker eMagin for $218 million (290 billion won).eMagin on Wednesday said Samsung...
1% reduction in working-age population reduces GDP by 0.59%: report
A study has revealed that a decrease in the working-age population due to low birth rates and an aging population, coupled with an increase in the d...
S.Korean AI chip developer DeepX ready to take on Nvidia: CEO
Demand for artificial intelligence microprocessors is set to grow astronomically as electronics and cars are becoming smarter, said DeepX chief, add...
S.Korea's i-Sens buys US glucose-measuring device maker for $27 mn
South Korean maker of diabetes-related devices i-Sens Inc. on Wednesday announced its planned acquisition of AgaMatrix, an American manufacturer of ...
Secondaries, debt attractive for portfolio stability: Korean CIOs
South Korean institutional investors find secondaries and private debt attractive amid the darkening economic outlook, chief investment officers (CI...
SK Ecoplant to join Canada's $4.5 bn green hydrogen project
South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. on Wednesday signed an agreement to join the first-stage, $4.5 billion construction of green hydrogen and ammoni...
S.Korea, Canada to bolster key minerals supply partnership
South Korea and Canada will make close cooperation to strengthen their supply chains of critical minerals such as uranium and nickel, key materials ...
Korean institutions eye investment in OpenAI at $40 bn valuation
OpenAI, the world’s most well-known artificial intelligence lab, is tapping South Korean institutional investors for investment at an estimate...
S.Korea’s popular donut brand Knotted to enter US market
South Korean lifestyle hospitality startup Good Food For Good (GFFG) announced on Wednesday a strategic plan called "New GFFG 2.0." The plan aims to...
LG Electronics enters antibacterial glass powder sector
LG Electronics Inc. on Wednesday said it will promote as one of its new growth engines antibacterial glass powder, or fine particles made with cru...
Night at Korean royal palace brims with stars and Gucci fashion
Seoul has again grabbed the attention of global fashionistas as Italian fashion house Gucci on Tuesday night finally staged its belated Korean fashi...
Mirae Asset Securities acquires European ETF market maker GHCO
Mirae Asset Securities UK, the UK corporation of South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities, announced on Monday that it has acquired GHCO, a market-makin...
AskUp aims to make life more convenient, even with highball recipes
Amid the generative artificial intelligence technology sensation, businesses scramble to get creative in using AI to bolster their sales, and a Sout...
Samsung Electro-Mechanics unveils high-capacity MLCCs for EVs
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., a South Korean electronic components maker, on Tuesday showcased two new multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) with ...
