Samsung tipped to supply HBM3 to Nvidia for Chinese market

Samsung tipped to supply HBM3 to Nvidia for Chinese market

Samsung Electronics Co. has passed Nvidia Corp.’s qualification tests for its fourth-generation high-bandwidth memory, or HBM3 chips, for use ...

Qoo10’s Korean units delay seller payments amid expansions

Qoo10’s Korean units delay seller payments amid expansions

Southeast Asia-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Pte.’s units in South Korea delayed seller payments as industry sources said the online shoppin...

Lotte Tour to operate cruise to Hong Kong

Lotte Tour to operate cruise to Hong Kong

South Korea's Lotte Tour Development Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a charter agreement with global cruise line Costa Cruises to operate a ...

Hyundai eyes Japan’s commercial EV market in e-bus deal with Iwasaki

Hyundai eyes Japan’s commercial EV market in e-bus deal with Iwasaki

South Korean top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Tuesday it is supplying its all-electric Elec City Town buses to Iwasaki Group, effectively ent...

S.Korea's Rebellions secures investment from Aramco

S.Korea's Rebellions secures investment from Aramco

Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, announced on Tuesday that it secured investment from Saudi Arabia's sta...

High power bills drive Korean manufacturers out of country

High power bills drive Korean manufacturers out of country

South Korean manufacturers are increasingly moving abroad as the country's electricity bills are hovering about 30% higher than those of major eco...

Kakao Mobility launches overseas car rental service

Kakao Mobility launches overseas car rental service

South Korean mobility platform Kakao Mobility said on Monday that it launched an overseas car rental service accessible through its Kakao T app.The ...

Nongshim to build smart farm in Saudi Arabia

Nongshim to build smart farm in Saudi Arabia

South Korea's food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. announced on Tuesday that it was selected as a participant in the Smart Farm Export Promotion Pro...

Kia overtakes Hyundai in US EV market driven by SUVs

Kia overtakes Hyundai in US EV market driven by SUVs

Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 carmaker after sister company Hyundai Motor Co., is racing ahead in the sports utility vehicle (SUV) and electr...

CJ CheilJedang to open Bibigo Market in Paris

CJ CheilJedang to open Bibigo Market in Paris

South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Monday that it will open Bibigo Market at the Korea House operated in Paris during the Olympics to p...

Hanwha Ocean qualifies to compete for US Navy MRO

Hanwha Ocean qualifies to compete for US Navy MRO

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. announced on Monday that it signed a Ship Maintenance Relations Agreement (MSRA) with the US Navy. It got the right t...

Young Korean investors choose monthly dividend ETFs over crypto

Young Korean investors choose monthly dividend ETFs over crypto

For decades, investments in financial products that promise decent dividend payouts such as high-dividend stocks have been associated with elderly i...

Lotte Rental to service Vietnam's individual long-term rental

Lotte Rental to service Vietnam's individual long-term rental

Lotte Rental Co., South Korea's largest car rental firm, announced on Monday that it will enter Vietnam's individual long-term car rental market in ...

Net zero, digitalization to boost private infrastructure investment

Net zero, digitalization to boost private infrastructure investment

Infrastructure debt is a growing asset class with much to offer investors, with a wide range of assets and characteristics available. AllianzGI mana...

SK ties up with BlackRock-backed Korean startup for EV chargers

SK ties up with BlackRock-backed Korean startup for EV chargers

SK Signet Inc., South Korea’s electric vehicle charger manufacturer, joined hands with a local renewable energy startup backed by global asset...

Pulmuone's Tofu Bar sold 70 mn units in Japan

Pulmuone's Tofu Bar sold 70 mn units in Japan

Asahiko, the Japanese subsidiary of South Korea's Pulmuone, announced on Friday that its protein snack Tofu Bar has sold more than 70 million units ...

Struggling Korean retail stores lick Dubai chocolate, Dippin' Dots

Struggling Korean retail stores lick Dubai chocolate, Dippin' Dots

Back in 2022 when the COVID-19 pandemic was rampant, South Korea’s convenience stores (CVs) saw their sales fly high as people dropped by smal...

Kumho Tire to sponsor Eintracht Frankfurt

Kumho Tire to sponsor Eintracht Frankfurt

South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. announced on Thursday that it signed a three-year strategic partnership agreement with Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany's B...

TeamSparta acquires Weplanet

TeamSparta acquires Weplanet

South Korea's coding education startup TeamSparta Inc. said on Thursday that it acquired the domestic software development firm Weplanet to expand i...

Bibigo releases 3D ad in New York Times Square

Bibigo releases 3D ad in New York Times Square

CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s Korean food brand Bibigo announced on Thursday that it launched a large-scale outdoor 3D advertisement for the Bibigo brand i...

Korean banks raise mortgage rates despite looming rate cut

Korean banks raise mortgage rates despite looming rate cut

South Korean banks are raising mortgage rates again as the government strives to curb household debt growth that grew at its sharpest pace in three ...

Celltrion's Remsima SC breaks 20% market share in Europe

Celltrion's Remsima SC breaks 20% market share in Europe

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. said on Wednesday that its subcutaneous autoimmune disease treatment Remsima SC has surpassed...

Samsung Galaxy Z foldable's pre-sales soars 40% rise in India

Samsung Galaxy Z foldable's pre-sales soars 40% rise in India

Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest foldable phones showed strong sales potential in India, the world's most populous country, with pre-sales for the G...

Korean cosmetics makers see record Q2 profits led by exports

Korean cosmetics makers see record Q2 profits led by exports

South Korean cosmetics original development and design manufacturers (ODMs) such as Cosmax Inc., Kolmar Korea Co. and Cosmecca Korea Co. are estimat...

A North Korean Diplomat Managed a Rare Defection: A Flight Out of Cuba

A North Korean Diplomat Managed a Rare Defection: A Flight Out of Cuba

SEOUL—A North Korean diplomat posted in Cuba defected to South Korea with his family late last year, officials said this week, a rare esc...

BofA eyes its 1st Korean IPO management with K Bank deal

BofA eyes its 1st Korean IPO management with K Bank deal

Bank of America Corp. (BofA) is quickly expanding its presence in the South Korean initial public offering market, where J.P. Morgan and Citigroup G...

More luxury brands seek Korean market on sales surge

More luxury brands seek Korean market on sales surge

South Korea’s luxury goods market, estimated at around $7.1 billion, is experiencing a surge in demand led by affluent consumers in their 40s ...

BOK, Indonesia to cooperate on cross-border payments

BOK, Indonesia to cooperate on cross-border payments

The Bank of Korea (BoK) announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Bank Indonesia (BI) for the bilateral cooperatio...

Korean stocks linked to a Trump victory soar after shooting

Korean stocks linked to a Trump victory soar after shooting

Investors in the South Korean stock market rushed to stocks seen as connected to former US President Donald Trump on Monday, such as construction, n...

NPS commits $723 mn to MBK, 3 other managers for Korean PEs

NPS commits $723 mn to MBK, 3 other managers for Korean PEs

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, has hired four investment firms – MBK Partne...

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