Korean beauty brand Too Cool For School is up for sale

Too Cool For School Corp., a South Korean budget makeup and beauty brand, is up for sale as its two co-CEOs and related parties aim to sell their en...

Samsung sells $1.3 bn stake in China’s BYD, keeps watchers puzzled

Samsung Electronics Co. has sold a 1.6% stake worth 1.5 trillion won ($1.3 billion) in Chinese electric vehicle and rechargeable battery maker BYD C...

Permira targets growth firms in high valuation markets

London-based private equity firm Permira will maintain its focus on high-quality companies and sector leaders with strong growth potential as valuat...

LG Energy Solution, SK Innovation raise global battery market shares

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK Innovation Co. expanded global battery market shares, leading steady growth in South Korea’s battery industry.S...

S.Korea curbs in-app payment plans by Google, Apple

The South Korean parliament has passed the world's first bill to banGoogle, Apple Inc. and other app store operators from forcing certain payment sc...

Samsung SDI tops LG Chem in market cap amid GM recall crisis

Samsung SDI Co. has become South Korea’s top battery maker in terms of market capitalization. The company is now ranked as the sixth-largest f...

Naver poised for battle over sneaker resale market

South Korea’s platform giant Naver Corp. is on the move to claim the throne in the sneaker resale market, up against other fashion platforms s...

Game firms seeking strong IP extend ties with content makers

South Korean game developers and publishers are increasingly building business alliances with players in the content industry through equity investm...

Kakao Pay cuts IPO price by 6% for October listing

Kakao Pay Corp., the digital settlement platform unit of South Korea’s top messaging app operator Kakao Corp., has slashed its initial publi...

Samsung to ramp up production capacity of foldable devices by 50%

Samsung Electronics Co. will expand the production capacity of foldable devices amid an unexpected global craze over its Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip ...

LG Electronics scores big in first-half US OLED TV market share

LG Electronics Inc., one of the world’s largest TV makers, saw its market share grow rapidly in North America with its market share rising abo...

Upbit dominates S.Korea’s crypto exchange with 80% market share

South Korea’s cryptocurrency exchange market is being dominated by the biggest platform Upbit that holds about 80% of all transactions made in...

Social casino game maker DoubleDown Interactive resumes US IPO process

DoubleDown Interactive LLC, a subsidiary of DoubleUGames Co., has resumed the process to go public on Nasdaq after more than a year has passed from ...

Amazon teams up with SK’s 11Street to offer Global Store for Koreans

SK Telecom Co.’s e-commerce platform 11Street Co. has teamed up with Amazon, the world’s largest online shopping mall, to offer the US c...

Netmarble’s new Marvel game tops App Store downloads in 117 countries

South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp.’s Marvel Future Revolution, a new Marvel IP-based open-world action RPG, has topped the list of Ap...

3i's AI technology creates digital twins using smartphone photos

Innovating industrial plants is often a difficult decision-making process for companies because changing a single piece of equipment requires a thor...

Samsung to invest $200 bn over next 3 yrs, including M&As

Samsung Group will invest a combined 240 trillion won ($206 billion) over the next three years in its core businesses such as semiconductor, display...

Rolex emerges as latest target of S.Korea’s luxury brand fever

Rolex watches are now the latest object of South Korea’s unwavering love for luxury goods. The high demand and limited supply of Rolex watches...

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...

Carmaker stocks hit speed bump of chip shortage, Delta variant

Shares in global carmakers such as Hyundai Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. are tumbling. The automotive chip shortage is expected to deteriorate fu...

OsteoSys pioneers bone densitometer market for lab animals

South Korea-based OsteoSys Corp. aims to become the world's leading player in the bone densitometry market backed by its portfolio of high-tech bone...

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...

Battery recycling: Carmakers, battery companies in new turf war

With electric vehicles increasingly going mainstream, the world’s major carmakers and battery companies face another type of turf war: battery...

Shinsegae's e-commerce arm SSG.COM seeks 2022 IPO

SSG.COM, the e-commerce brand of South Korea's retail titan Shinsegae Inc., has begun the process to go public next year, with its valuation estimat...

‘Revenge shopping’ lifts Korean retail giants’ Q2 earnings

Major department stores in South Korea such as Shinsegae Department Store and Hyundai Department Store Co. have seen their earnings improve signific...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics aims to take lead in MLCC market

South Korea-based electronic components maker Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. is looking to take lead in the multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) mar...

Doosan Infracore expands Middle East market share with more orders

Doosan Infracore Co., a leading South Korean heavy machinery and construction equipment maker, secured more orders in the Middle East where rising c...

Korean chipmakers tumble, wipe out $13 billion in market capitalization

Shares of South Korea’s two largest chipmakers – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. – are slumping on a bearish industry ou...

Shinsegae to invest about $900 mn in department stores

South Korea's retail giant Shinsegae Group will invest 1 trillion won ($866 million) in local department stores this year to reinforce the busines...

Korean companies’ race heats up in $2.8 tn global wind farm markets

The global offshore wind power generation equipment market is heating up with cut-throat competition among South Korean companies. The country&rsquo...