South Korean eyewear poised to spark next global K-wave

As eyewear evolves into a key fashion statement, South Korea’s homegrown brands are setting their sights on the global stage with bold, unconv...

SK, AWS to build South Korea’s largest, multibillion-dollar AI data center

South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK and Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), the world's largest cloud platform provider, will build a 103...

Genesis targets broader European presence with EV trio

Genesis, Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand, is expanding its European footprint to four additional countries –France, Spain, Italy and the Net...

Want to look beautiful? – Here’s the 'Made In Korea' mask pack

South Korean face mask packs – a flagship product of K-beauty – are staging a dramatic revival in popularity.Rising to fame alongside K-...

Hyundai Motor-backed Motional names AI veteran Laura Major as CEO

Motional Inc., the autonomous driving joint venture backed by Hyundai Motor Group, has appointed Laura Major, an artificial intelligence and robotic...

Samsung supplies HBM3E to AMD’s new accelerators

Samsung Electronics Co. has delivered the fifth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) to a major AI chip maker, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), ...

Seoul agrees to reduce Jakarta’s KF-21 cost share by two thirds

South Korea has finally agreed to reduce Indonesia’s contribution to their joint KF-21 fighter jet development project by two thirds to 600 bi...

Nexon Games shares rally on Tencent’s possible Nexon acquisition

Shares of Nexon Games Co., the game-developing studio under Nexon Co., surged on Friday morning after Bloomberg reported on Chinese IT giant Tencent...

Hyundai Steel to displace Baoshan as GM Korea's supplier

Hyundai Steel Co. is poised to displace Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. as a key supplier to GM Korea Co., a unit of General Motors Co., as the US carm...

S.Korea’s No.1 dried seaweed firm Kwangcheonkim on market for $295 mn

Kwangcheonkim Co., South Korea’s largest seaweed producer with a history spanning over 50 years, is up for grabs in a deal that could fetch up...

BOK chief warns against aggressive policy rate cuts, sees need for stimulus

Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong on Thursday signaled a cautious approach to monetary easing, warning that excessive interest rate cuts could ...

S.Korea eases path for foreign REITs in senior housing push

South Korea, grappling with a fast-aging population, has relaxed development and ownership rules for senior housing, opening the sector to foreign h...

Koramco targets $7 bn bet on Korea data centers

Koramco Asset Management Co., South Korea’s leading real estate investment firm, plans to invest 10 trillion won ($7 billion) in domestic data...

Lotte Chemical, HD Hyundai seek to combine naphtha cracking facilities

Lotte Chemical Corp. and HD Hyundai Co. are in talks to consolidate their naphtha cracking operations in South Korea’s Daesan petrochemical co...

South Korea accelerates stablecoin framework amid global race

Just one week after electing President Lee Jae-myung, an apparent backer of stablecoin adoption, South Korea is swiftly moving to clear the path for...

Lee vows policy overhaul to spur dividend payouts

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said on Wednesday that the government is preparing tax and regulatory reforms to spur dividend payouts as part ...

Micron set to supply SOCAMM chips to Nvidia ahead of Samsung, SK Hynix

In a move that could reshape the global memory industry’s competitive dynamics, Nvidia Corp. has chosen US chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. as...

POSCO Future M breaks with China in cathode supply chain

GWANGYANG, SOUTH JEOLLA – POSCO Future M Co., South Korea’s leading battery materials maker, has secured itself a China-free cathode mat...

South Korea’s Lee, China’s Xi agree on closer ties, peace on peninsula

South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to strengthen strategic ties and enhance coop...

Invesco, SK D&D likely to buy co-living building in Seoul

A consortium between US asset management firm Invesco and the real estate investment arm of SK D&D Co. has been named the preferred buyer of Nou...

Coupang bids for Korean luxury market dominance with Farfetch

Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce player, is set to seize control of the country’s online luxury market with Farfetch amid ...

Hyundai Rotem set to finalize $6 bn K2 tank order from Poland

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean defense company, is set to finalize a tank supply contract with Poland, with the deal's value nearly doubling &nda...

Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has proposed regulatory changes that would allow non-profit organizations to purchase bad loans from individ...

S.Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties

South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung on Monday had his first official telephone conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Shige...

Now, it’s K-vehicle: KG Mobility, Kia lead S.Korea’s military vehicle exports

South Korea’s once domestically focused automakers are making significant inroads into the global defense sector, with a string of recent cont...

S.Korea’s Lee to make diplomatic debut at G7 after phone call with Trump

South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung will attend the summit of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced countries in Alberta, Canada, next week, ...

US monitors NPS, sovereign funds in expanded currency surveillance

Washington will strengthen its monitoring of portfolio investments by pension and sovereign wealth funds of its trading partners as it broadens its ...

Korea’s ruling party revives corporate law reform with stricter rules

South Korea’s ruling party is reviving its push for an amendment to the Commercial Act with tougher mandates aimed at protecting minority shar...

Proxy voting rises in South Korea, but few vetoes cast

An increasing number of asset management firms in South Korea are more frequently exercising their voting rights at portfolio companies. Nevertheles...

Korea signs definitive $19 bn Czech nuclear plant deal after twists and turns

South Korea has secured its most significant nuclear export deal in over a decade, as a consortium led by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) cli...