Korea seeks legal system for independent equity research firms

Korea seeks legal system for independent equity research firms

South Korea is set to establish a legal system for independent equity research providers this year to protect individual investors, who could be dam...

Ukraine War Drives Rapid Growth in South Korea’s Arms Exports

Ukraine War Drives Rapid Growth in South Korea’s Arms Exports

SEOUL—The Ukraine war has fueled rapid growth in South Korea’s arms exports as countries supporting Kyiv turn to Seoul to replenish thei...

Low-cost carriers in S.Korea returning to profitability

Low-cost carriers in S.Korea returning to profitability

South Korea's low-cost carriers (LCC) Jeju Air Co. and Jin Air in the fourth quarter last year each earned operating profit for the first time since...

Coreline Soft to supply AI diagnosis solution to France

Coreline Soft to supply AI diagnosis solution to France

Coreline Soft, a South Korean company specializing in developing medical artificial intelligence (AI) devices, said on Tuesday that it has signed an...

Korea refiners swing to Q4 loss amid windfall tax calls

Korea refiners swing to Q4 loss amid windfall tax calls

South Korean refiners such as SK Innovation Co. and S-Oil Corp. are estimated to incur a combined loss of over 1 trillion won ($800 million) in the ...

K-pop pioneer SM engulfed in management dispute

K-pop pioneer SM engulfed in management dispute

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s mobile platform giant and operator of the country’s top messenger app Kakao Talk, is set to become the second...

S.Korea to allow offshore investors to directly trade won

S.Korea to allow offshore investors to directly trade won

South Korea is set to allow offshore investors to directly trade the won and extend the operating hours of the local currency market from July next ...

South Korea's SK Ecoplant localizes core tech to make ultrapure water

South Korea's SK Ecoplant localizes core tech to make ultrapure water

South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. is expanding its portfolio in the water industry through localizing core technology to produce ultrapure water (UPW), ...

Galleria Dept. Store's sales from foreigners increase 500% for past 6 months

Galleria Dept. Store's sales from foreigners increase 500% for past 6 months

South Korea's department store group Galleria Department Store said on Tuesday that for the past six months (between August last year and January th...

Korea's growing ETF market sees net assets jump $5.9 billion in Jan

Korea's growing ETF market sees net assets jump $5.9 billion in Jan

The net assets and trading volume of South Korea's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) this year have seen major growth.The Korea Exchange on Monday said t...

S.Korea behind in ChatGPT race with zero AI unicorns

S.Korea behind in ChatGPT race with zero AI unicorns

South Korea, one of the most wired countries in the world, lags far behind other countries in attaining unicorn startups in the artificial intellige...

Korea EV cell materials firms race for silicon anode market

Korea EV cell materials firms race for silicon anode market

South Korea’s secondary battery ingredient makers are rushing to develop silicon anode materials, next-generation core substances that signifi...

S.Korea-Australia renew $8.1 bn currency swap deal for 5 years

S.Korea-Australia renew $8.1 bn currency swap deal for 5 years

The Bank of Korea (BOK) and the Australian Central Bank have agreed to extend the valid date of the current Australian dollar/won currency swap cont...

Hyundai Rotem releases data on eco-friendly railway businesses

Hyundai Rotem releases data on eco-friendly railway businesses

Hyundai Rotem, the railway system subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Monday it has published information about its sales and research a...

Samsung, LG Elec target N.American air conditioner market at trade show

Samsung, LG Elec target N.American air conditioner market at trade show

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are vying for the North American market for air conditioners with their cutting-edge solutions in th...

LG Electronics honored for resolving consumer complaints

LG Electronics honored for resolving consumer complaints

LG Electronics Inc. on Monday said it was named an "excellent business for independently resolving consumer complaints" by the Korea Consumer Agency...

Samsung Electronics to launch its first robot EX1 this year to rival LG

Samsung Electronics to launch its first robot EX1 this year to rival LG

Samsung Electronics Co. will bring its first robot EX1 to market this year to compete with LG Electronics Inc., shifting its focus from traditional ...

Extraordinary Attorney Woo drives KT Studio Genie's turnaround

Extraordinary Attorney Woo drives KT Studio Genie's turnaround

KT Studio Genie Co., an entertainment arm of South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp., posted its first annual profit last year, driven by the meg...

SK Ecoplant changes North American corporation name

SK Ecoplant changes North American corporation name

SK Ecoplant Co., a construction company of S.Korea's SK Group, said on Monday that it would change the name of its North American corporation BETEK,...

LS Electric receives int'l certification for R&D process security

LS Electric receives int'l certification for R&D process security

LS Electric Co., a South Korean electric power and automation equipment maker, has achieved a major milestone by obtaining international standard ce...

S.Korea's Boryung receives EU GMP certification

S.Korea's Boryung receives EU GMP certification

South Korean pharmaceutical company Boryung announced that its production facility for anti-cancer injections in Yesan, South Chungcheong Province, ...

Citibank Korea provides $412 mn to POSCO for Argentine business

Citibank Korea provides $412 mn to POSCO for Argentine business

Citibank Korea signed on Jan. 25 a financial contract with POSCO Argentina, a subsidiary of South Korea's steel and secondary battery raw material g...

S.Korea's high-tech firms flood to US with heavy spending plans

S.Korea's high-tech firms flood to US with heavy spending plans

South Korea’s large business groups are flooding to the US, with their pledged investments there exceeding $100 billion for the next two years...

Toray Korea to boost PPS resin production with expansion plan

Toray Korea to boost PPS resin production with expansion plan

Toray Advanced Materials Korea (TAK) has announced plans to increase its annual production capacity of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin by 5,000 to...

Korea to legalize security token for fractional investment

Korea to legalize security token for fractional investment

South Korea is set to allow all kinds of fractional investments next year through the legalization of a security token (ST), a digital form of tradi...

Dongwon Industries in talks to buy McDonald’s Korea as exclusive suitor

Dongwon Industries in talks to buy McDonald’s Korea as exclusive suitor

Dongwon Industries Co. will discuss a deal with McDonald’s Corp. to buy the latter’s Korean operations in hopes of riding on the renewed...

LG Electronics exhibits Art Lab in New York

LG Electronics exhibits Art Lab in New York

LG Electronics Inc. recently introduced "LG Art Lab," a non-fungible token art trading platform mounted on LG TVs, through a large display board in ...

Industrial Bank of Korea goes all in with Eastern Europe push

Industrial Bank of Korea goes all in with Eastern Europe push

Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) will open an office in Poland in the first half of this year, with analysts saying the bank's president Kim Seong-tae...

LG Group to invest $2.7 bn in decarbonization by 2030

LG Group to invest $2.7 bn in decarbonization by 2030

South Korea's No. 4 conglomerate LG Corp. is set to accelerate its net zero by 2050 strategies.LG will invest 3.4 trillion won ($2.7 billion) by 203...

Nanodrug maker CEO calls on Yoon government for deregulation

Nanodrug maker CEO calls on Yoon government for deregulation

South Korean startups won four out of the 23 Best of Innovation awards at CES 2023, the world’s largest tech show last month. Among the winner...

S.Korea’s leading ERP player Douzone Bizon up for sale; EQT Partners in talks MSCI maintains S.Korea’s emerging-market status; level playing field required GEPS taps former KB Asset chief risk officer as new CIO Affinity Equity nets $220 mn from block sale of Shinhan Financial F&F’s bid for TaylorMade complicates Centroid's exit