Korea’s GS offers dim outlook after weak earnings; stocks down

Korea’s GS offers dim outlook after weak earnings; stocks down

GS Holdings Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s energy-to-retail conglomerate GS Group, on Wednesday provided a dismal business outloo...

What drives opportunity in solar power: NextEnergy Capital

What drives opportunity in solar power: NextEnergy Capital

NextEnergy Capital, a leading global fund manager specializing in ground-mounted solar energy, will boost its investments in renewables around the w...

BMW joins other foreign brands’ moves to use domestic car GPS in Korea

BMW joins other foreign brands’ moves to use domestic car GPS in Korea

German luxury carmaker BMW Group is installing domestic GPS navigation systems in models sold in South Korea, joining other imported car brands&rsqu...

Shortt gets 400 mn views in one year in SE Asian market

Shortt gets 400 mn views in one year in SE Asian market

Shortt, a South Korean short form content company, announced on Wednesday that it has got a total of 400 million views of its campaigns for South Ko...

LG Energy to buy more Australian lithium for US EV benefits

LG Energy to buy more Australian lithium for US EV benefits

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, said on Wednesday it was set to buy more lithium, a ke...

CJ CheilJedang overseas food sales surpasses domestic market

CJ CheilJedang overseas food sales surpasses domestic market

South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Tuesday that its overseas food sales surpassed the domestic market in the fourth quarter performan...

Korean stock market volatility up since short-selling ban

Korean stock market volatility up since short-selling ban

The South Korean stock market has seen increased volatility and few rallies over the past three months, in sharp contrast to government hopes that i...

Daewoong gets stem cell facility license in Indonesia

Daewoong gets stem cell facility license in Indonesia

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced on Tuesday that its subsidiary Daewoong Biologics Indonesia has obtained a stem cell Lab Operational...

Samsung, Princeton Univ. to team up for 6G R&D

Samsung, Princeton Univ. to team up for 6G R&D

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that its fore-front R&D center Samsung Research America (SRA) has joined Princeton University&rsquo...

S.Korean companies line up for IPOs as market recovers

S.Korean companies line up for IPOs as market recovers

South Korean companies are gearing up for listings targeting billions of dollars in market capitalization as the local initial public offering (IPO)...

Hyundai Department stocks down on cheap dividend policy

Hyundai Department stocks down on cheap dividend policy

Hyundai Department Store Group, a South Korean major retail conglomerate, has unveiled the group companies’ dividend payout plans for the mid ...

KT’s 2023 sales rise to all-time yearly high on wireless, internet business

KT’s 2023 sales rise to all-time yearly high on wireless, internet business

South Korea’s leading telecommunications company KT Corp. on Thursday posted record annual sales revenue for 2023, buoyed by steady growth in ...

SK Earthon sells Peru LNG stake for $257 mn to MidOcean

SK Earthon sells Peru LNG stake for $257 mn to MidOcean

SK Earthon Co., the resources development subsidiary of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., sold a stake in Peru LNG Co. LLC f...

Netmarble bets on new games for turnaround in 2024

Netmarble bets on new games for turnaround in 2024

Netmarble Corp. expects a turnaround this year driven by new games after successfully snapping its seven consecutive quarter losing streak in the fi...

KB Financial posts record-high profit on loan growth

KB Financial posts record-high profit on loan growth

KB Financial Group and Kakao Bank, top players in South Korea’s offline and mobile banking sector, respectively, achieved their highest-ever p...

Doosan to form $75 mn fund for new techs

Doosan to form $75 mn fund for new techs

Doosan Investment, the corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of South Korea's Doosan Group, has formed a 100 billion won ($75 million) fund, focusin...

S.Korean investors name their 42 favorite alternative asset managers

S.Korean investors name their 42 favorite alternative asset managers

Apollo Asset Management, Warburg Pincus and Lexington Partners are South Korean institutional investors’ most preferred private equity firm...

Korea’s telemedicine startups seek growth abroad

Korea’s telemedicine startups seek growth abroad

South Korea’s telemedicine startups are seeking growth opportunities abroad in the face of regulations such as drug delivery restrictions that...

One Store attracts $50 mn investment from Digital Turbine

One Store attracts $50 mn investment from Digital Turbine

South Korean homegrown app store One Store Co. has attracted a $50 million investment from the Nasdaq-listed US-based mobile platform company Digi...

Lotte to sell 7-Eleven’s ATM unit in Korea for around $38 mn

Lotte to sell 7-Eleven’s ATM unit in Korea for around $38 mn

Lotte Group is set to sell the automated teller machine (ATM) business of Korea Seven Co., the operator of convenience store chain 7-Eleven in South...

Cosmax targets Southeast Asia's halal perfume market

Cosmax targets Southeast Asia's halal perfume market

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's largest cosmetics manufacturer in original design manufacturing (ODM), announced on Wednesday that it opened its new perf...

Samsung Heavy wins $3.45 bn order for 15 LNG carriers

Samsung Heavy wins $3.45 bn order for 15 LNG carriers

South Korea’s shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries Co. announced on Wednesday that it has won a $3.45 billion order for 15 units of liquefie...

Hyundai Motor to sponsor Whitney Museum for 10 years

Hyundai Motor to sponsor Whitney Museum for 10 years

Hyundai Motor Co. and The Whitney Museum of American Art announced a new 10-year partnership that enables artists to test their aspirations and in...

Korean tire makers poised for brisk sales on US tariff cuts

Korean tire makers poised for brisk sales on US tariff cuts

South Korean tire makers such as Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Kumho Tire Co. and Nexen Tire Corp. are expected to post new record-high revenue...

Hanwha Q Cells to unveil Q.TRON G2 solar module

Hanwha Q Cells to unveil Q.TRON G2 solar module

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group, announced on Monday that it will unveil its new solar module ser...

Samsung’s Lee to spur M&As, new growth with ‘lost decade’ behind him

Samsung’s Lee to spur M&As, new growth with ‘lost decade’ behind him

Cleared of wrongdoing charges that shackled his leadership for years, Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee now will actively seek mergers and acquisition...

KIC posts 11.6% return for 2023 amid tech stock boom

KIC posts 11.6% return for 2023 amid tech stock boom

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) posted an 11.6% return for last year, driven by strong gains on listed stocks. The state-ru...

Aprogen gets OK Phase 3 trials in India for Herceptin biosimilar

Aprogen gets OK Phase 3 trials in India for Herceptin biosimilar

South Korea’s biopharmaceutical company Aprogen Inc. announced on Monday that its Phase 3 clinical trial for a biosimilar of Herceptin (trastu...

Cosmax opens integrated R&D center for bio-material

Cosmax opens integrated R&D center for bio-material

Cosmax Group, South Korea's largest cosmetics manufacturer specializing in original design manufacturing (ODM), announced on Monday that it has la...

Hyundai Motor to expand into secondhand EV market

Hyundai Motor to expand into secondhand EV market

Hyundai Motor Co. will expand its certified secondhand car business into electric vehicles (EVs) to increase the range of used vehicles it deals wit...

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