Lotte brings Louis Vuitton diamond collection to S.Korea

Lotte brings Louis Vuitton diamond collection to S.Korea

South Korea's Lotte Department Store announced that it launched Louis Vuitton's LV Diamond Collection on Mar. 14 at Lotte World Tower Avenuel Jamsil...

LG Chem to close base chemical styrene monomer business

LG Chem to close base chemical styrene monomer business

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea's No. 1 petrochemical company, will shut down its styrene monomer (SM) production line this month and is mulling closing a...

HD Hyundai Chemical to produce eco-friendly bio-naphtha

HD Hyundai Chemical to produce eco-friendly bio-naphtha

South Korea's HD Hyundai Chemical Co. announced on Thursday that it will collaborate with CJ CheilJedang Corp. to produce eco-friendly bio-naphtha...

Lotte puts Lotte Chemical Titan in Malaysia on market

Lotte puts Lotte Chemical Titan in Malaysia on market

Lotte Chemical Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 petrochemicals company, has embarked on the process of selling its Malaysian unit Lotte Chemical Tit...

Lotte Insurance's value rises with long-term care expansion

Lotte Insurance's value rises with long-term care expansion

When South Korean private equity firm JKL Partners acquired a 77% stake in Lotte Insurance Co. for about 730 billion won ($546.3 million) in 2019, m...

S.Korea commercializes recycled materials EV tire

S.Korea commercializes recycled materials EV tire

South Korea's Hyosung Advanced Materials, SK Chemicals Co., and Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Mar. 6. that they commercialized a dedica...

Lotte Chemical, CIP to join hands on ammonia projects

Lotte Chemical, CIP to join hands on ammonia projects

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has reached a preliminary agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to purchase and sell blue...

Tesla, Korea's EcoPro presumed to enter battery materials deal

 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...

Lotte, Neubility to develop autonomous security robots

Lotte, Neubility to develop autonomous security robots

South Korea's Lotte Data Communication Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a domestic autonomous robot service company Neubility on ...

Lotte Chemical builds AI organizations

Lotte Chemical builds AI organizations

South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp. announced on Thursday that it has established artificial intelligence (AI) organizations tailored to the characte...

Hyundai Motor launches EVery care for electric cars

Hyundai Motor launches EVery care for electric cars

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Thursday that it launched EVery Care, an integrated program that will take care of customers' electric vehicle (EV) l...

Samsung affiliate labor unions tie up amid dim outlook

Samsung affiliate labor unions tie up amid dim outlook

Samsung Group affiliates’ unionized workers on Monday launched a joint organization to improve their bargaining power in terms of wages and we...

Lotte Chemical completes HEC plant in Yeosu

Lotte Chemical completes HEC plant in Yeosu

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. announced on Monday its commencement of commercial production at the plant of Hydroxy Ethyl Cellulose (prod...

Daewoong Pharmaceutical digitizes DB of 800 mn chemical compounds

Daewoong Pharmaceutical digitizes DB of 800 mn chemical compounds

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced on Monday that it has established a drug development system Daewoong AI System (DAISY) which combine...

Korea's job growth at 10-month high despite weak youth employment

Korea's job growth at 10-month high despite weak youth employment

South Korea’s job increases rose for a second straight month to a 10-month high in January thanks to higher employment of the older, although ...

Kang Shin-ho returns as CJ CheilJedang CEO to revive sagging sales

Kang Shin-ho returns as CJ CheilJedang CEO to revive sagging sales

South Korea’s CJ Group, which operates the country’s largest food and beverage company CJ CheilJedang Corp. and entertainment giant CJ E...

Korea’s GS offers dim outlook after weak earnings; stocks down

Korea’s GS offers dim outlook after weak earnings; stocks down

GS Holdings Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s energy-to-retail conglomerate GS Group, on Wednesday provided a dismal business outloo...

Lotte Rental, KB Capital to co-work for car rental

Lotte Rental, KB Capital to co-work for car rental

Lotte Rental Co., South Korea's largest car rental firm, has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the domestic financial comp...

Lotte to sell 7-Eleven’s ATM unit in Korea for around $38 mn

Lotte to sell 7-Eleven’s ATM unit in Korea for around $38 mn

Lotte Group is set to sell the automated teller machine (ATM) business of Korea Seven Co., the operator of convenience store chain 7-Eleven in South...

SK Chemicals targets US medical packaging market

SK Chemicals targets US medical packaging market

South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. is targeting the US medical packaging market with its circular recycling materials. Circular recycling is SK Chemical...

Lotte Wellfood to produce Pepero in India

Lotte Wellfood to produce Pepero in India

South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Wednesday that it plans to build a Pepero production line in India. Pepero is a thin cookie stick with...

Samsung offers upbeat 2024 outlook on chip recovery

Samsung offers upbeat 2024 outlook on chip recovery

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, on Wednesday offered an upbeat outlook for the semiconductor industry on recovering...

Lotte Group Chairman says to sell ailing units for new biz: report

Lotte Group Chairman says to sell ailing units for new biz: report

Lotte Group plans to sell ailing units as the South Korean retail-to-chemical conglomerate is shifting its focus to new growth sectors such as bio, ...

Lotte Mart debuts Korean street food store in Indonesia

Lotte Mart debuts Korean street food store in Indonesia

South Korea's Lotte Mart has introduced its first specialized grocery store overseas, announcing the opening of its revamped Gandaria store in Jakar...

Lotte Duty Free, Modetour to co-work for Vietnam tourism

Lotte Duty Free, Modetour to co-work for Vietnam tourism

South Korea's Lotte Duty Free announced on Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Modetour Network Inc. to jointly devel...

Lotte gets exclusive right of Bacha Coffee in S.Korea

Lotte gets exclusive right of Bacha Coffee in S.Korea

South Korea's Lotte Department Store announced on Thursday that is has secured the exclusive franchise and distribution rights for Bacha Coffee, M...

Lotte World Tower sees record-high visitors in 2023

Lotte World Tower sees record-high visitors in 2023

Lotte Property & Development Co. (Lotte P&D) announced on Wednesday that the total number of visitors to Lotte World Tower and Mall last yea...

Taihan Cable sees best profit in 15 years on foreign orders

Taihan Cable sees best profit in 15 years on foreign orders

Taihan Cable & Solution Co., a major South Korean cable manufacturer, on Tuesday said its 2023 operating profit hit the largest level in 15 year...

Lotte Wellfood enters Costco stores in Canada, Mexico

Lotte Wellfood enters Costco stores in Canada, Mexico

South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Tuesday that it is expanding exports to Mexico and Canada through Costco. It marks the first entry o...

Lotte Biologics, NJ Bio to jointly develop ADC

Lotte Biologics, NJ Bio to jointly develop ADC

South Korea's Lotte Biologics Co. announced on Monday that it has signed a strategic business agreement with NJ Bio, a US-based preclinical and clin...

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