RheeTech Co.

RheeTech Co.

Key facts Industry Mold design and production, injection molding Mainstay products/services Mass-production molds for PTFE and PEEK mate...

Min Sung Precision Co.

Min Sung Precision Co.

Key facts Industry Industrial mold manufacturing and repairment/plastic injection molding Mainstay products/services High-precision mold...

Hanwha Ocean's hiring shows shipbuilding's competition for talent

Hanwha Ocean's hiring shows shipbuilding's competition for talent

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co., formerly Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME), is showing the intense hiring battle in shipbuildi...

CAPA: Dong-A ENG Co.

CAPA: Dong-A ENG Co.

Key facts:- Industry: Mass-production mold design and manufacturing/machinery manufacturing- Mainstay products/services: Automotive interior molds, GM...

Dong-A Eng Co.

Dong-A Eng Co.

Key facts Main Business Industrial mold design and manufacturing / machinery manufacturing212.1 Millions USE(Automated Optical Inspection; AOI...

Celltrion to develop Humira biosimilar oral medication with US firm

Celltrion to develop Humira biosimilar oral medication with US firm

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. announced on Monday that it has signed a contract with the US biotech firm Rani Therapeutics ...

Germany's real estate mezzanine market to shine in 2023: Lenwood Capital

Germany's real estate mezzanine market to shine in 2023: Lenwood Capital

The global real estate market is under significant pressure due to increased interest rates and banks' tighter loan standards in 2023. Commercial re...

MBK co-founder meets with Korean CIOs to finance 6th buyout fund

MBK co-founder meets with Korean CIOs to finance 6th buyout fund

Asia’s private equity giant MBK Partners Ltd. is set to accelerate fundraising for its new fund, which is expected to become the firm’s ...

Jeju Air CEO sees Korea-Indonesia routes as blue ocean

Jeju Air CEO sees Korea-Indonesia routes as blue ocean

South Korea’s largest low-cost carrier (LCC) Jeju Air Co. will make the most of the post-pandemic recovery in travel demand by exploring South...

Daewoo Shipbuilding enters new chapter as Hanwha Ocean  

Daewoo Shipbuilding enters new chapter as Hanwha Ocean  

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME), South Korea’s cash-deprived second-largest shipbuilder, has rebranded itself Hanwha O...

Samsung, Naver to jointly develop generative AI to rival ChatGPT

Samsung, Naver to jointly develop generative AI to rival ChatGPT

South Korea’s two tech giants – Samsung Electronics Co. and Naver Corp. – have agreed to jointly develop a generative artificial i...

Terra co-founder Do Kwon’s $177 million assets in Korea under seizure

Terra co-founder Do Kwon’s $177 million assets in Korea under seizure

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, the mastermind behind the Terra-Luna cryptocurrency collapse, has had most of his assets in South Korea frozen, a...

Labor union threatens to shame Samsung Elec in show of brinkmanship

Labor union threatens to shame Samsung Elec in show of brinkmanship

Samsung Electronics Co.'s biggest labor union under one of South Korea’s two major trade unions is objecting to the latest wage deal signed la...

BIND wins D.Camp startup pitch race in April, co-sponsored by CJ

BIND wins D.Camp startup pitch race in April, co-sponsored by CJ

BIND Corp. was chosen by investors as the best of the best for its online fashion platform for middle-aged men during South Korea’s major star...

S.Korea's IBS develops floatable photocatalytic platform

S.Korea's IBS develops floatable photocatalytic platform

The Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea has developed a new  floatable  photocatalytic platform that can produce green hydrog...

Netflix to inject $2.5 bn in Korean drama series, movies over next 4 years

Netflix to inject $2.5 bn in Korean drama series, movies over next 4 years

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  US streaming giant Netflix is slated to invest $2.5 billion in South Korea over the next four years to boost its cont...

MBK Partners co-founder tops 50 richest S.Koreans: Forbes

MBK Partners co-founder tops 50 richest S.Koreans: Forbes

Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder and partner at private equity firm MBK Partners, has topped the ranking of the 50 richest South Koreans by net worth...

Korean PE firm STIC taps Bain & Co senior partner for PE business

Korean PE firm STIC taps Bain & Co senior partner for PE business

South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments Inc. is set to hire Lee Hyukjin, a senior partner of global management consulting firm Bain & ...

KCGI’s ascent to intensify family feud over DB control; DB stocks rally

KCGI’s ascent to intensify family feud over DB control; DB stocks rally

A sibling feud over management control of DB Group is expected to intensify following the ascent of South Korean activist fund Korea Corporate Gover...

MBK Partners eyes China’s local consumption: Letter to investors

MBK Partners eyes China’s local consumption: Letter to investors

Private equity giant MBK Partners focused on defending its portfolio last year, especially Chinese companies during the lockdown, while being active...

S.Korea's STX to spin off shipping division

S.Korea's STX to spin off shipping division

South Korea's general trading company STX Corporation has announced plans to divide its shipping division into a new company specializing in shippin...

Hahn & Co. puts SK Shipping’s tanker business up for sale

Hahn & Co. puts SK Shipping’s tanker business up for sale

South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. is seeking to sell SK Shipping Co.’s tanker division, a business widely seen as the breadwinne...

Hankook & Co. buys autonomous driving tech startup 3Secondz

Hankook & Co. buys autonomous driving tech startup 3Secondz

Hankook & Company Co., a South Korean holding company that owns tire and mobility businesses, said on Tuesday that it has acquired the autonomou...

Hyundai Steel co-hosts symposium on low-carbon construction materials

Hyundai Steel co-hosts symposium on low-carbon construction materials

Hyundai Steel has joined hands with the construction industry to increase the recycling of steel byproducts.On Tuesday, the steel maker organized a ...

Binance acquires majority stake in S.Korea's crypto exchange Gopax

Binance acquires majority stake in S.Korea's crypto exchange Gopax

Binance, the leading cryptocurrency exchange globally, has acquired a majority stake in South Korea's Gopax by purchasing CEO Lee Joon-haeng's 41.2%...

Pan Ocean to transport energy products for Portugal's Galp

Pan Ocean to transport energy products for Portugal's Galp

Pan Ocean Co., the top bulk shipping company in South Korea, has received its first large-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to provide shipp...

HD Hyundai to boost offshore wind power, future ships, CEO says

HD Hyundai to boost offshore wind power, future ships, CEO says

LAS VEGAS – HD Hyundai Co., the largest shipbuilding conglomerate in South Korea, is set to diversify its future growth engines, focusing on s...

Doosan Enerbility to introduce ammonia co-fired power plant in Vietnam

Doosan Enerbility to introduce ammonia co-fired power plant in Vietnam

Doosan Enerbility Co. plans to introduce an ammonia co-fired power plant in Vietnam jointly with South Korean and Vietnamese research institutes.Sou...

Korean confectionery and snack co. Orion enjoys brisk sales in Vietnam

Korean confectionery and snack co. Orion enjoys brisk sales in Vietnam

South Korea’s confectionery and snack maker Orion Corp. is enjoying rapid growth in Vietnam, thanks to brisk sales of the Choco-Pie, a chocola...

Korean PE firm Hahn & Co to sell used-car platform K Car

Korean PE firm Hahn & Co to sell used-car platform K Car

South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. is set to sell a majority stake in local used-car trading platform K Car Co. as its initial public o...

JKL Partners to acquire $150 mn cult-favorite bagel chain London Bagel Museum Kolon's early bets on para-aramid recovery pays off amid AI boom Shinsegae chair likely to head Asian arm of pro-Trump Rockbridge S.Korea’s leading ERP player Douzone Bizon up for sale; EQT Partners in talks MSCI maintains S.Korea’s emerging-market status; level playing field required