S.Korea’s GNI per capita rebounds in 2023 as won stabilizes
South Korea’s gross national income (GNI) per capita rebounded last year as the won currency stabilized amid signs of a recovery in exports fr...
Mirae Asset to sell Korean treasuries to retail investors
The South Korean government on Monday tapped Mirae Asset Securities Co. as the brokerage chosen to sell treasury bonds, the sale of which will be la...
Tesla, Korea's EcoPro presumed to enter battery materials deal
Tesla Inc., the world’s No. 2 electric vehicle maker, is believed to have agreed to procure battery ingredients from South Korea’s EcoPr...
Hana Bank issues Hana Certification in 16 languages
South Korea's Hana Bank announced on Monday that it launched the Hana Certificate service in 16 languages. The service is available through the...
Palliser Capital backs proxy fight with Samsung C&T
Palliser Capital, a London-based hedge fund, said on Sunday it will vote in favor of other activist shareholders’ proposals for Samsung C&...
S.Koreans watch YouTube over 40 hours a month
South Koreans spend more than 40 hours per month on YouTube, according to the study on Monday.Wiseapp·Retail·Goods, the domestic appli...
No end in sight to Audi’s downfall in South Korea
Audi AG, once considered one of the top three German premium auto brands in South Korea, seems to have lost its charm among Korean consumers. Its sh...
POSCO Future M to import natural graphite from Africa
South Korea’s only anode materials producer POSCO Future M Co. will import a maximum 60,000 tons of natural graphite products from Balama Grap...
NPS to invest up to $8.2 bn in undervalued Korean stocks
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is expected to invest up to 11 trillion won ($8.2 ...
Homegrown coffee chains emerge as strongest players in Korea
Competition in South Korea’s coffee market is intensifying with the rise of fast-growing local brands such as Mega Coffee and Compose Coffee, ...
Meta’s AI, XR push to gain speed with Korea’s support
South Korea is backing Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., in the Facebook operator’s artificial inte...
KTO, Orange Square to promote tourism for Japanese
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) and South Korea's Orange Square signed a business agreement on Thursday to encourage more spending by Japanese ...
Hana Micron to develop 2.5D packaging for Nvidia’s H100 AI chip: CEO
With burgeoning demand for high-performance artificial intelligence chips, back-end process technology, which assembles various semiconductors and t...
S.Korea's Upstage to develop on-device AI Office
South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage announced on Thursday that it will co-develop and commercialize On-device AI Office with ...
Kakao Ventures invests in AI optimization startup Omelet
Kakao Ventures Corp. has made an undisclosed amount of seed investment into Omelet, a South Korean early stage startup developing industrial operati...
Race for Asiana's cargo unit heats up among local bidders
The proposed merger of South Korea’s two largest carriers, Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc., is intensifying competition among lo...
Mubadala ties up with Korea’s Woori for global investments
Mubadala Investment Co., Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, has joined hands with Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest fi...
S.Korea’s fertility rate hits new world-record low in 2023
Trapped in a downward spiral, South Korea saw the country’s total fertility rate hit a new record low of 0.72, also again the world’s lo...
NH Investment launches $150 mn real estate fund
South Korea’s NH Investment & Securities Co. said on Wednesday it has launched a 200 billion won ($150 million) real estate fund for insti...
S.Korea’s fashion brand Time to debut at Paris Fashion Week
Time, South Korea’s best-selling women’s fashion brand which is owned by Handsome Corp., will participate in Paris Fashion Week fall/w...
Samsung targets gene therapy sector through US investments
Samsung Group is targeting the gene therapy business through investments in US biotechnology companies as the leading South Korean conglomerate is s...
Seoul City, Cyber Vally to support AI startups for overseas expansion
Seoul City announced on Tuesday that it will collaborate with Cyber Valley GmbH, Europe's largest artificial intelligence (AI) research consortium, ...
While the World Was Looking Elsewhere, North Korea Became a Bigger Threat
SEOUL—In March 2022, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walked out of a massive hangar wearing a bomber jacket and dark sunglasses. He pointed to t...
Mohegan fuels casino, resort market rivalry in Korea
Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort on Yeongjong Island, near South Korea’s gateway Incheon International Airport, is attracting throngs of v...
Hanwha resumes $10 billion Bismayah new city project in Iraq
South Korea’s Hanwha Corp. is resuming a $10 billion project to build a Bismayah new city in Iraq after a 16-month hiatus as stakeholders see ...
Korea announces measures to upvalue local shares
The South Korean financial regulator announced basic guidelines under the so-called corporate value-up program on Monday, with measures to boost the...
Korea-led group wins Indonesia's power plant service deal
A consortium led by South Korean companies has bagged 130 billion won ($98 million) worth of an offshore plant service order from Indonesia under a ...
S.Korea’s HD KSOE bags $1.1 bn order to build LNG carriers
South Korea’s top shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) said on Monday it has secured a $1.08 billion con...
S.Korea’s foreign currency deposits fall as dollar’s strength seen limited
South Korea’s foreign currency deposits fell for the first time in four months in January as the dollar’s further gains versus the won f...
Hyundai to reignite Brazil’s mobility push with $1.1 billion investment
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Friday it will invest $1.1 billion in Brazil to reinvigorate the South American country&...
