Stock-rich KCC's shareholdings exceed its market cap

KCC Corp., a paint and glass maker but better known as a white knight for South Korean conglomerates, holds more than 4 trillion won ($3 billion) wo...

EV firefighting startup Lee Mobility gets seed round

South Korean startup Lee Mobility announced on Tuesday that it got a seed round investment from Bluepoint Partners, a domestic early-stage venture c...

Hansae Yes24 moves closer to acquiring GM supplier Erae AMS

Hansae Yes24 Holdings Co., the holding company of South Korea’s leading apparel original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Hansae Co., has moved a ...

Air Incheon joins Boeing safety operation support program

South Korea's cargo airline Air Incheon announced on Wednesday that it signed an agreement with American aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. on Tuesd...

Korea Investment, most generous venture capitalist in H1

Korea Investment Partners Co. spent the most on local startups among venture capitalists in the first half, while South Korean game developer Smileg...

NPS signals more say in Hanmi Pharmaceutical's family feud

South Korea’s National Pension Service is indicating more active involvement in the management of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group embroiled in a ye...

Korean won at 5-mth high; BOK may not lower interest rate

The South Korean won on Monday touched a five-month high as the central bank may not immediately cut its policy interest rate due to rising property...

Vietnamese lead influx of foreign workers with Korean dream

On Aug. 31, 2004, 92 Filipinos, wearing T-shirts and white caps, entered Incheon International Airport determined to make money in South Korea and r...

LG Uplus offers Korean Air gift cards to 5G subscribers

South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. is expanding benefits for subscribers of its online-exclusive prepaid plan Nugget, including offering Korean Air ...

SK Bioscience sells stake in US vaccine developer Novavax

SK Bioscience Co., a drug-making arm of South Korea's No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has sold a stake in Nasdaq-listed vaccine developer Novavax Inc. ...

Korean Telco giant KT’s Midas touch with hotel business  

KT Corp., one of South Korea’s top three mobile carriers, is on a roll in the hotel business despite its late foray into the hospitality indus...

Hyundai, Kia to apply BMS to all EVs for fire prevention

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, plans to install its battery management system (BMS) in all its electric vehicles to...

NCSOFT develops new game Doguri Adventure

South Korea’s major game developer and publisher NCSOFT Corp. has begun developing a casual game Doguri Adventure, featuring the character bra...

Korean Air, L3Harris to introduce more AEW&C aircraft

South Korean airliner Korean Air Lines Co. held the Industry Day in Seoul on Wednesday with the US-based defense company L3Harris to discuss South K...

Hyundai Mobis’ sustainability pledge for a better tomorrow  

Hyundai Mobis Co.'s efforts to build a better tomorrow don't stop at developing future mobility technologies like autonomous driving, connectivity a...

7-Eleven ratchets up sports marketing to take on GS25, CU

7-Eleven, the third-largest convenience store chain in South Korea, is challenging its bigger rivals GS25 and CU, attracting customers with Hello Ki...

Google to target global webtoon sector with Korean creators

BENGALURU – Google is teaming up with South Korean creators to target the global webtoon industry, spurring expectations that global Big Tech ...

Food giant CJ CheilJedang's profits rise for 3rd straight quarter

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s quarterly operating profit increased for the third consecutive quarter, reversing a decline in the th...

Costco sells Celltrion's Yuflyma Low WAC in US

South Korea's Celltrion Inc. announced on Tuesday that its autoimmune disease treatment Yuflyma (Low WAC, active ingredient adalimumab) is now avail...

Korean pension subscribers show ultra-low risk tolerance

South Korean pension plan subscribers prefer to protect their money rather than taking risks for capital gains despite the government's effort to en...

Rainbow Robotics develops 4-legged counter-terrorism robot

Samsung Electronics Co.-backed Rainbow Robotics Co. has delivered its multi-legged counter-terrorism robots to the South Korean Army as it gears up ...

S.Korea, Vietnam complete Smart City Cooperation Center in Hanoi

The South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on Tuesday that it completed the construction of the Korea-Vietnam Smart C...

Korea’s retail investors buy stocks on dips in turmoil

South Korea’s individual investors took the recent turmoil in stock markets as an opportunity to buy shares at home and abroad on dips, bettin...

Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy resumes Asia push

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a leading South Korean shipbuilder, is set to resume investments in its China-based facilities while considering launc...

Korea’s Ssangyong C&E exports eco-friendly limestone cement to US

Ssangyong C&E Co., a leading South Korean cement maker, said on Monday it has exported 30,000 tons of low-carbon limestone cement to the US &nda...

SkyLake offers to fully take over BusinessOn; stock rallies

Seoul-based private equity firm SkyLake Equity Partners has offered to buy the remaining shares of BusinessOn Communication Co., South Korea’s...

Biotech stocks, foreigners’ top pick in Korea amid panic selling

Foreigners and institutional investors in the South Korean stock market picked biotechs as their favorite shares in hopes of a biopharma stock jump ...

HD Hyundai Mipo to build Korea’s first LCO₂ carrier

HD Hyundai Mipo Co., formerly Hyundai Mipo Dockland Co., has embarked on the construction of South Korea’s first liquefied CO₂ (LCO₂) carrier,...

LIG Nex1, Palantir join forces on AI weaponry

LIG Nex1 Co., a leading South Korean defense contractor, is teaming up with US artificial intelligence (AI) specialist Palantir Technologies to deve...

SGC E&C secures $189 mn petrochem facility project in Saudi Arabia

SGC Engineering & Construction (E&C), a specialist in design, procurement and construction (EPC), said on Thursday that it has signed a cont...