Jay-Z’s Roc Nation to invest $5 mn in S.Korea’s Musicow  

Jay-Z’s Roc Nation to invest $5 mn in S.Korea’s Musicow  

US entertainment tycoon Jay-Z’s Roc Nation is expected to invest about $5 million in Musicow Inc., South Korea’s music copyright trading...

Management dispute brewing at leggings brand Xexymix operator Brand X?

Management dispute brewing at leggings brand Xexymix operator Brand X?

A leadership change in Brand X Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top leggings brand Xexymix, is spawning speculation that a management cont...

Uniqlo expands in Korea as No-Japanese boycott wanes

Uniqlo expands in Korea as No-Japanese boycott wanes

Uniqlo Co., a Japanese fast fashion brand, is vigorously expanding brick-and-mortar stores in South Korea, attracting budget-conscious consumers ami...

Shinsegae International launches Harley-Davidson Collections

Shinsegae International launches Harley-Davidson Collections

South Korea's Shinsegae International Co. launched a brand called Harley-Davidson Collections on Friday, blending Harley-Davidson’s motorcycle...

Hyundai to develop unmanned robot for EV fire suppression

Hyundai to develop unmanned robot for EV fire suppression

Hyundai Motor Group said on Thursday that it plans to jointly develop the unmanned firefighting robot vehicle with the South Korean National Fire Ag...

Nation With Lowest Birthrate Is Rocked by Soaring Sales of Dog Strollers

Nation With Lowest Birthrate Is Rocked by Soaring Sales of Dog Strollers

SEOUL—After pushing a stroller to a park near her home in a Seoul suburb, Kang Seung-min plopped down on a bench. Then an elderly woman ap...

LG Display unveils stretchable display clothing

LG Display unveils stretchable display clothing

South Korea's LG Display Co. on Thursday showcased the futuristic clothing and bag concepts featuring stretchable displays at the 2025 S/S Seoul Fas...

Naver D2SF invests in two N.American AI startups

Naver D2SF invests in two N.American AI startups

South Korea's online giant Naver Corp.'s startup nurturing organization D2SF (D2 Startup Factory) invested in two North American AI startups founded...

LG CNS, Seoul National Univ. to establish DX talent program

LG CNS, Seoul National Univ. to establish DX talent program

South Korea's LG CNS Co. signed an agreement with Seoul National University's Department of Industrial Engineering on Tuesday to develop talent in d...

BGF Retail’s CU looks beyond Kazakhstan deep into Central Asia

BGF Retail’s CU looks beyond Kazakhstan deep into Central Asia

Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country 27 times the area of South Korea, did not have any modernized convenience stores until early this year.The count...

Fashion ODM Pond Group buys K-beauty retailer Most

Fashion ODM Pond Group buys K-beauty retailer Most

Pond Group, a South Korean original design manufacturing (ODM) clothing company, said on Monday it has acquired Most Inc., a domestic beauty product...

Fashion OEM Hansae bids for GM Korea supplier Erae AMS

Fashion OEM Hansae bids for GM Korea supplier Erae AMS

The holding company of Hansae Co., a leading global apparel original equipment manufacturer (OEM), is eyeing expansion into auto parts production by...

Orion to collaborate with Vietnam on potato seed

Orion to collaborate with Vietnam on potato seed

South Korea’s Orion Corp. announced on Monday that it is strengthening its collaboration with the Institute of Agro-Biology, the Vietnam Natio...

E-Mart’s No Brand success story: A Korean snack chain goes global

E-Mart’s No Brand success story: A Korean snack chain goes global

When South Korean convenience store operator E-Mart Inc. launched its low-budget house label No Brand in 2015, few thought it would last long.Under ...

Hanyang Securities stake draws bids without sale manager

Hanyang Securities stake draws bids without sale manager

Hanyang Securities Co. has received preliminary bids from four to five South Korean companies or consortia for its 11.3% stake after its controlling...

F&F to expand Discovery clothing business across Asia

F&F to expand Discovery clothing business across Asia

F&F Co., a South Korean clothing company, has secured exclusive rights to use the Discovery Channel brand across Asia to reinvent the documentar...

Thousands of Samsung Workers Walk Out for Three-Day Strike

Thousands of Samsung Workers Walk Out for Three-Day Strike

Thousands of Samsung Electronics Co. (-0.34% decrease) unionized workers in South Korea walked off job sites Monday as part of a three-day strike, p...

S.Korea promotes export of $3.8 bn railcars to Morocco

S.Korea promotes export of $3.8 bn railcars to Morocco

The South Korean government is promoting exporting Korean-style railway cars (K-rail), including high-speed trains worth $3.8 billion, to Morocco.Th...

Korean fashion platform Ably to raise $144 mn from Alibaba, others

Korean fashion platform Ably to raise $144 mn from Alibaba, others

Ably Corp., South Korea’s top online fashion platform operator, is set to raise 200 billion won ($144 million) from foreign investors such as ...

Shein cracks Korea's ultra-low-cost online fashion market

Shein cracks Korea's ultra-low-cost online fashion market

Shein, a Chinese fast fashion online retailer, announced on Thursday its official debut in South Korea with the launch of its Korea-dedicated platfo...

South Korea climbs to 20th on IMD national competitiveness list

South Korea climbs to 20th on IMD national competitiveness list

South Korea’s national competitiveness ranking climbed eight notches to its highest-ever 20th thanks to a leap in the country’s business...

Korea’s food prices highest among OECD nations; utility bills at bottom

 Korea’s food prices highest among OECD nations; utility bills at bottom

South Korea’s food prices were found to be the highest among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries last y...

Dongbu Corp exceeds $730 bn in new orders

Dongbu Corp exceeds $730 bn in new orders

South Korea's Dongbu Corporation surpassed 1 trillion won ($727 million) in new orders this year by securing a 200 billion won ($145 million) railwa...

Korean shopping mecca Dongdaemun Market's vacancy rates soar

Korean shopping mecca Dongdaemun Market's vacancy rates soar

Store vacancy rates in South Korea’s largest shopping mecca Dongdaemun Market have soared to as high as 86%, with Chinese e-commerce platfor...

NPS corp governance committee taps SNU professor as member

NPS corp governance committee taps SNU professor as member

A corporate governance committee of South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, has named a Seoul Na...

Native Korean fast-fashion brands poised to snatch market

Native Korean fast-fashion brands poised to snatch market

South Korea’s homegrown fast-fashion brands are expected to continue making big strides at home as cost-conscious consumers shifted toward mor...

Naver D2SF invests in image generation AI startup

Naver D2SF invests in image generation AI startup

South Korea's top online portal Naver Corp. announced on Wednesday that its startup nurturing organization D2SF (D2 Startup Factory) invested in the...

Lotte Innovate, Kolon Benit to cooperate on AI Solutions

Lotte Innovate, Kolon Benit to cooperate on AI Solutions

South Korea’s Lotte Innovate (formerly, Lotte Data Communication Co. ) announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kolon...

Korea’s Hansae MK targets global children’s fashion market

Korea’s Hansae MK targets global children’s fashion market

South Korean clothing retailer Hansae MK Co. selling National Basketball Association (NBA) apparel in the country aims to expand its presence with i...

EVs in S.Korea exceed 500,000

EVs in S.Korea exceed 500,000

The cumulative number of electric vehicles (EVs) registered in South Korea exceeded 500,000 last year.The number of EV chargers supplied domesticall...

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