AI edtech startup KidsLoop joins unicorn club

Artificial intelligence-based education is similar to self-driving cars, which select the optimal transportation routes for their drivers, according...

Japan’s Aeon plans to sell off struggling Ministop Korea

South Korea’s fifth-largest convenience store chain Ministop Korea Co. is up for sale by its owner, the Aeon Group of Japan. Ministop Korea is...

Korea electronics, auto sectors hit by triple whammy

South Korea's electronics and auto industries, the two main pillars of Asia’s fourth-largest economy, are losing growth momentum. Demand is sl...

S.Korean firms start training AI professionals to address talent shortage

South Korea’s major business groups have started to foster their own talents in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) to address the widen...

Record ‘Sell Korea’ knocks down stocks, won

Fears are growing over ‘Sell Korea’ as foreign investors dumped the country’s stocks at a record high, pushing down the won curren...

Korea's top online flea market startup value up to $2.6 bn

South Korea’s No. 1 online flea market operator Danggeun Market Inc. has increased its valuation to $2.6 billion as it raised $153 million fro...

Tumbling won adds to Bank of Korea rate hike views

The South Korean won skidded to an eleven month-low as foreign investors extended a selling spree in the local stock markets, adding to expectations...

Luxury imported car sales growth at 5-yr high in S.Korea

Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche have driven the double-digit growth of imported car sales in South Korea in the first seven months of this year, with...

Kakao Group’s past, present and future as conglomerate

Kakao Corp., which a decade ago was merely a mobile messenger operator, has now grown into one of the largest business groups in South Korea. The in...

Vietnam's Masan Group to attract $200 mn from Korean PE

Masan Group Corp., Vietnam's leading conglomerate with a diverse range of businesses ranging from food and consumer goods to financial services, wil...

MBK Partners to sell Doosan Machine Tools for $2.1 bn

MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity firm, agreed to sell South Korean Doosan Machine Tools at $2.1 billion to the country’s DTR ...

S.Korea to launch first carbon credit ETFs in September

South Korea will launch its first set of carbon credit-themed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) next month, in a move to address the rising investor dema...

MSCI adds SK Bioscience, SKIET, EcoPro BM to Korea Index

Global index provider Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) added SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), SK Bioscience Co. and EcoPro BM Co. to its K...

Experts cast doubt on S.Korea’s $2 bn currency swap deal with Turkey

South Korea and Turkey have signed a $2 billion currency swap agreement to boost bilateral trade and strengthen cooperation in the financial sector,...

The Secret to CrossFit Games Domination: Bobsledding in South Korea

How far was the four-time reigning women’s CrossFit Games champion willing to go to stay in tiptop shape and defend her title? From Tennessee ...

LG Energy Solution to speed up IPO process for October listing

LG Energy Solution Ltd. aims to accelerate the process for South Korea’s largest-ever initial public offering that is expected to raise more t...

Korea's top VC says NFTs to emerge as promising investments

Non-fungible tokens (NFT) are poised to emerge as promising investments in the era of digital transformation once the global pandemic settles down, ...

S.Korea's top laundry franchise Cleantopia sold to PEF

South Korea's largest laundry service provider Cleantopia Co. was sold on Tuesday for about 190 billion won ($165 million) to Seoul-based JKL Partne...

Credit Suisse takes one-fifth of S.Korea's Aug IPO fees

Credit Suisse (CS) is taking one-fifth of the underwriting fees from South Korea's four big initial public offerings this month, including KakaoBank...

Underage stock investors surge with decent gains in Korea

The number of investors under age 18 is rising in South Korea, posting even higher gains from their stock purchases than adults.According to 10 dome...

K-pop evolves far beyond Korean nationality and language

South Korean music, entertainment and content firms are undergoing a major transformation in their business model. No longer is their discovery of n...

MBK chair says philanthropy, writing are equally important in his life

Michael ByungJu Kim, founder and chairman of Korea’s largest private equity firm MBK Partners, will donate 30 billion won ($26 million) to the...

Kakao to strengthen subscription services after Q2 results

Kakao Corp. this year has reported the highest second-quarter earnings in company history.Its regulatory filing on Aug. 6 posted an operating profit...

Sixty pct of S.Koreans see their children poorer than parents

Six out of 10 South Koreans believe their children will be financially worse off than their parents, marking the highest number for the country sinc...

KakaoBank becomes Korea's most valuable lender

KakaoBank Corp. became South Korea’s first listed internet-only bank and the country's most valuable lender upon its trading debut on Aug. 6...

Korean govt to spend $1.9 billion to become world’s leading vaccine maker

The South Korean government will invest 2.2 trillion won ($1.9 billion) by 2025 to become a top five vaccine producer in the world. President Moon J...

F&F may pay $350 mn for TaylorMade without Korean sales license

South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. may not be able to sell apparel of TaylorMade Golf Co. in the country even after a $350 million t...

Growing pains: Korea’s smaller crypto exchanges face shutdown

In mid-July, a small obscure South Korean cryptocurrency exchange posted a notice on its website at midnight, saying it is suspending trading of 57 ...

Naver Financial, SoftBank invest $25 mn in blockchain startup TBCASoft

South Korea-based Naver Financial, the fintech arm of online giant Naver Corp., has invested $20 million in a Series B funding round for the US-base...

War for bio talent intensifies as S.Korea works on mRNA vaccines

As concerns rise over a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war for talent in South Korea’s pharmaceutical industry is intensifying as th...