Doosan secures $392 mn in cumulative PFC orders

Doosan secures $392 mn in cumulative PFC orders

South Korea's Doosan Corp. announced on Monday that it has accumulated 500 billion won ($392 million) in orders for its patterned flat cable (PFC), ...

Hyundai, Kia firm up ranking as world's 3rd; first-half profits improve

Hyundai, Kia firm up ranking as world's 3rd; first-half profits improve

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group solidified its position as the world’s third-largest carmaker with improved profit margi...

Doosan Bobcat logs strong earnings on N.America price hikes

Doosan Bobcat logs strong earnings on N.America price hikes

Doosan Bobcat Inc., the construction and agricultural machine manufacturer of South Korea’s Doosan Group, enjoyed strong earnings on still-sol...

Volvo tops S.Koreans’ favorite foreign car survey list for service

Volvo tops S.Koreans’ favorite foreign car survey list for service

Sweden's Volvo offers the best after-sales service among imported automobile dealers in South Korea, while locals drivers are disappointed by the cu...

S.Korean tire producers rally on strong demand, low costs

S.Korean tire producers rally on strong demand, low costs

South Korean tire manufacturers enjoyed healthy earnings thanks to strong global demand for electric vehicles and new cars adding to expectations th...

Hanwha Group puts savings bank on market, a clear succession path

Hanwha Group puts savings bank on market, a clear succession path

Hanwha Group, South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate, has put its non-core financial unit Hanwha Savings Bank up for sale, in a move ...

Emart partners with KOTRA to help S.Korean SMEs export

Emart partners with KOTRA to help S.Korean SMEs export

South Korea’s largest hypermarket chain Emart Inc. is partnering with Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) to expand its overseas f...

Samsung Elec shares regain momentum after narrower chip loss in Q2

Samsung Elec shares regain momentum after narrower chip loss in Q2

Samsung Electronics Co. reaffirmed the recovery in the global chip market in the latter half of this year after confirming a downward trend in memor...

KEPCO KPS signs O&M extension agreement for Uruguay power plant

KEPCO KPS signs O&M extension agreement for Uruguay power plant

South Korea’s KEPCO KPS signed an extension agreement with the Uruguayan Electricity Authority (UTE) on Wednesday for the operation and mainte...

Korea’s KFCC likely to see loss from London-based office investment

Korea’s KFCC likely to see loss from London-based office investment

South Korea’s Vestas Investment Management Co. is slated to sell off a London-based office tower as the property value has plunged due to rate...

Hanwha Aerospace to develop fighter jet engine materials

Hanwha Aerospace to develop fighter jet engine materials

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. is set to develop fighter jet engine materials able to resist flames of more than 1,500 degrees Celsius, wh...

KB Financial logs record profit in Q2, above consensus estimates

KB Financial logs record profit in Q2, above consensus estimates

South Korea’s second-largest financial institution KB Financial Group Inc. achieved record-high quarterly net profit in the April-June period ...

S.Korea relies heavily on Samsung Elec for R&D spending: FKI

S.Korea relies heavily on Samsung Elec for R&D spending: FKI

South Korea’s corporate expenditures on research and development grew 1.7 times from 2013 to 2021, much slower than such spending by the US an...

Hyundai Motor Group, Seoul Univ. to jointly develop battery

Hyundai Motor Group, Seoul Univ. to jointly develop battery

Hyundai Motor Group opened a joint battery research center at Seoul National University, marking its full-fledged foray into next-generation battery...

First S.Korean elected chairman of global shipbuilding committee

First S.Korean elected chairman of global shipbuilding committee

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) announced on Tuesday that their technical advisor, Shin Jong Gye, has been elected as the...

BTS member Jungkook’s solo single ‘Seven’ tops Billboard Hot 100

BTS member Jungkook’s solo single ‘Seven’ tops Billboard Hot 100

BTS member Jungkook's first solo single, "Seven," has debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.This is only the second time in K-pop...

S.Korea to form $6.2 bn corporate venture capital fund pool by 2025

S.Korea to form $6.2 bn corporate venture capital fund pool by 2025

The South Korean government and the private sector will jointly create a corporate venture capital (CVC) fund pool worth more than 8 trillion won ($...

KT invests over $11 mn in AI software company Moreh

KT invests over $11 mn in AI software company Moreh

South Korea's KT Corp. will invest 15 billion won ($11.6 million) in Moreh, a Seoul-based artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure software compa...

Fabless FADU taps institutional demand to raise about $151 mn

Fabless FADU taps institutional demand to raise about $151 mn

FADU Technology, the first unicorn in South Korea’s semiconductor sector, has embarked on a process to raise up to 193.8 billion won ($151 mil...

Hyundai E&C beats Q2 profit estimates on strong foreign deals

Hyundai E&C beats Q2 profit estimates on strong foreign deals

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., South Korea’s leading builder, reported better-than-expected profit in the second quarter thanks t...

Korea's IMM to invest $23 mn in battery parts supplier Choil Aluminum

Korea's IMM to invest $23 mn in battery parts supplier Choil Aluminum

South Korean private credit firm IMM Credit & Solutions Inc. will invest 30 billion won ($23.4 million) in Choil Aluminum Co., an EV battery com...

S.Korea proposes extended tax breaks for reshoring companies

S.Korea proposes extended tax breaks for reshoring companies

The South Korean government and the ruling party proposed longer-term tax cuts for companies that bring production back home to reinvigorate the cou...

SK Networks to acquire data management company en-core

SK Networks to acquire data management company en-core

SK Networks Co., a South Korean trading company, will acquire en-core, a data solutions and consulting firm. The strategy is aimed at strengthening ...

Musinsa opens showroom in Tokyo for S.Korean designers’ brands

Musinsa opens showroom in Tokyo for S.Korean designers’ brands

South Korea's online fashion platform Musinsa opened a showroom in Tokyo on Thursday targeting fashion buyers, as it aims to introduce domestic desi...

Korean convenience stores threaten Japanese rivals’ empire

Korean convenience stores threaten Japanese rivals’ empire

South Korea’s convenience store chains aim to seize the throne from Japanese rivals in Asia by utilizing K-pop and food as they look for new g...

Heerim wins additional contract for Phnom Penh New Airport

Heerim wins additional contract for Phnom Penh New Airport

South Korea’s Heerim Architects & Planners announced on Friday that it has been awarded a project management consultant (PMC) contract wor...

Shinhan Bank's Chinese corporation issues $69 million in yuan bonds

Shinhan Bank's Chinese corporation issues $69 million in yuan bonds

The Chinese corporation of South Korea’s Shinhan Bank on Thursday said it issued 500 million yuan ($69.6 million) in bonds, a first in China b...

Foreign carmakers hit by EV sales drop in S.Korea

Foreign carmakers hit by EV sales drop in S.Korea

Foreign carmakers such as Mercedes-Benz and Tesla Inc. suffered a sales drop in South Korea in the first half of the year, as overall car sales jump...

Occupancy rate of S.Korean LCCs for int’l flights hits 87%

Occupancy rate of S.Korean LCCs for int’l flights hits 87%

The average occupancy rate (AOR) on international flights of South Korea’s low-cost carriers (LCCs) has exceeded 80%, fully recovering to its ...

BTS’ Beyond the Story tops NYT bestseller list

BTS’ Beyond the Story tops NYT bestseller list

BTS' first official book "Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS", published in celebration of 10th Anniversary, topped the New York Times bestse...

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