NPS commits $163 mn to Macquarie's sixth Korean buyout fund

Macquarie Asset Management is aiming to close its sixth buyout fund in South Korea at a maximum of 1 trillion won ($775.6 million) by the first ha...

Shrinking youth jobs cast shadow over S.Korea’s labor market

Employment in South Korea extended its growth streak in June but its gains slowed for the third straight month, with youth jobs declining for eight ...

Hanwha Solutions, SK D&D team up for hydrogen fuel cell, solar power

South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp. and SK D&D have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly pursue hydrogen fuel cell...

Kia scouts ex-Stellantis executive Pierre-Martin Bos as PBV director

Kia Corp. has brought a former Stellantis N.V.’s commercial vehicle specialist on board for its purpose-built vehicle (PBV) business in Europe...

NHN Commerce acquires Italian luxury brands retailer Ikonic

NHN Commerce, South Korea's major online company NHN Corp.'s shopping platform, announced on Tuesday its acquisition of a 77.8% stake in Ikonic Srl,...

Samsung, SK Hynix in next-generation HBM chip supremacy war

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. – the world’s two largest memory chipmakers – have fiercely competed to advance their ch...

Ad-tech unicorn Moloco’s endeavor to unlock potential continues

SILICON VALLEY – Moloco Inc., a Silicon Valley-based ad-tech solution startup valued at more than $2 billion, is dreaming big to become a vers...

Korea tops US eco-friendly car import rankings despite IRA disadvantage

South Korea retained its top spot in exports of eco-friendly vehicles including electric cars to the US in the first quarter despite challenges pose...

CJ CheilJedang simplifies organizational structure in global push

CJ CheilJedang Corp., the South Korean food giant with more than 200 operations worldwide, has streamlined its organizational structure to facilitat...

HK inno.N releases new drug for GERD in Indonesia

South Korean bio-health company HK inno.N Corporation's new drug for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) K-CAB has been officially launched in In...

S.Korean game companies to launch new offensive in China

Major South Korean game companies such as Nexon, Netmarble Corp. and Smilegate from this month will roll out new titles on the Chinese market. ...

Korean startups feel bite of funding drought in H1

The drought in venture capital funding worsened in South Korea in the first half of this year, taking an especially heavy toll on platform and b...

NHN Cloud to boost mobile games operations in Japan

South Korea's NHN Cloud on Friday said that at this year's Game Tools & Middleware Forum (GTMF) in Japan, it gave a presentation on security bre...

HD KSOE secures $319 mn contract for three VLGC

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), the intermediate shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai Co., announced on Friday tha...

Samsung unveils global campaign video of Galaxy Z

Samsung Electronics Co. has announced the release of a new global campaign video ahead of the unveiling of the new foldable phone series on July 26....

KTO releases 49 Korean Wave tourism products

The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said on Friday that it has selected 49 tourism routes developed by 19 different travel agencies, centered aroun...

LG Energy triples lithium orders from SQM for US benefits

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, agreed to nearly triple lithium procurement from Sociedad ...

Hyundai Glovis to support removal of marine debris

South Korea's leading logistics company Hyundai Glovis Co. announced on Thursday that it has joined forces with The Ocean Cleanup, a global environm...

McDonald’s to increase locations by 25% in S.Korea by 2030

McDonald’s Corp., the world’s top fast-food restaurant operator, is set to increase the number of its locatons in South Korea by 25% to ...

Hyundai unveils driverless shuttle at Korean National Assembly

Hyundai Motor Co. has launched a pilot service of the RoboShuttle, a combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous driving technology, ...

Ontario, S.Korea VC firm to establish $76 mn healthcare fund

Canada's Ontario government has joined hands with a South Korean venture capital firm to establish a fund of 100 million Canadian dollars ($75.6 mil...

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries starts building next-gen Aegis-equipped ship

South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the shipbuilding affiliate of HD Hyundai Co., has embarked on the full-scale construction of the next...

Kia to begin EV battery subscription service pilot project

South Korea's Kia Corp. said on Tuesday it has partnered with Hyundai Capital Services, Shinhan EZ General Insurance, the Seoul Taxi Association, Ha...

Kyungdong Navien opens Mexican corporation

South Korea's leading heating systems manufacturer Kyungdong Navien said on Monday that it has opened a new overseas corporation in Mexico, marking ...

Jeju Air becomes 1st S.Korean LCC to surpass 100 mn passenger mark

South Korea's low-cost carrier (LCC) Jeju Air Co. on Sunday said its cumulative number of passengers exceeded 100 million 17 years after the company...

Hyundai Motor’s IONIQ 6 shows off 3rd-longest driving range in US  

The IONIQ 6, the first fully electric sedan by Hyundai Motor Co., has been named one of the top three distance champions in the US based on tests by...

Korean ETFs’ net asset value doubles in 3.5 years

South Korea’s exchange-traded funds (ETFs) surpassed 100 trillion won ($75.7 billion) in net asset value for the first time on Thursday, 21 ye...

S.Korea to tighten immigrant investor requirements

South Korea will raise the minimum requirements for the country’s investment immigration visa program amid growing controversy over foreigners...

KT, Samsung to cooperate in building S.Korean-style full stack AI

South Korea's KT Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. will pool their capabilities to build domestically developed full stack artificial intelligence...

EU temporarily halts probe of Korean Air-Asiana merger

Europe's antitrust regulator has temporarily suspended its investigation into the proposed merger of Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. a...