S.Korea cracks down on Chinese color-coated steel plate tariff evasion
South Korea is moving to slap anti-dumping duties on Chinese “fake” color-coated thick steel plates that have been altered after import,...
HMM to buy back $1.5 bn shares, paving way for KDB’s fund recovery
HMM Co., South Korea’s largest shipping firm, will buy back and cancel 2.14 trillion won ($1.5 billion) worth of shares, paving the way for it...
UCK Partners sues ex-employee in Korea’s 1st PE non-compete case
UCK Partners has sued a former senior employee who joined local rival Premier Partners in June, alleging he violated a non-compete clause, in what i...
Daishin, Hanwha seen leading bid for S.Korea’s top real estate investor IGIS Asset
The sale of a controlling stake in South Korea’s top real estate asset management firm IGIS Asset Management Co. is picking up pace, with Dais...
Thank You, Stray Kids: Comeback buzz drives JYP share rally
Stray Kids is turning up the heat ahead of their much-awaited comeback — and JYP Entertainment’s stock is riding the wave.With their fou...
Hana Bank, Vietnam’s BIDV to expand cross-border QR payment services under strategic partnership
Hana Bank, one of South Korea’s leading lenders, said on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with Vietnam's largest state-owned commerci...
BOE risks 15-year US OLED ban in Samsung dispute; Korean display stocks rally
South Korean display makers stand to gain from a possible 15-year US import ban on organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels from China’s BOE...
S.Korea’s Lee to visit Japan next week for talks with Ishiba, resumes shuttle diplomacy
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Japan next week for talks with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, resuming the so-called shuttle dip...
LG CNS to build AI data center in Vietnam, accelerating Southeast Asia push
LG CNS Co. will build a hyperscale artificial intelligence data center for Vietnam’s state-run telecom giant Vietnam Posts and Telecommunicati...
Korea Investment Partners invests $10 million in Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Korea Investment Partners Co. (KIP), one of South Korea’s largest venture capital and private equity firms, has invested $10 million in Elon M...
South Korea’s EV sales jump, hinting at end to market slump
South Korea’s electric vehicle market is showing signs of recovery after a prolonged slowdown, with both new and used car sales rebounding fas...
YNCC avoids default with $220 mn lifeline from DL Chemical, Hanwha
Yeochun NCC Co. (YNCC), South Korea’s third-largest ethylene maker, has narrowly avoided default as its shareholders – DL Chemical Co. a...
S.Korea-US summit set for Aug. 25 with focus on security, economy
President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea and US President Donald Trump will meet face to face for the first time on Aug. 25 in Washington to discuss a...
Huntr/x’s Golden from KPop Demon Hunters rules Billboard by topping Hot 100 Chart
A fictional K-pop girl group from a Netflix animated film has achieved what few real-world acts have managed – conquering both sides of the At...
After KPop Demon Hunters, it’s the era of K-everything; what’s next?
Global enthusiasm for Korean culture and products has reached an unprecedented pitch, with Internet searches for words starting with the letter K &n...
EQT acquires controlling stake in Remember, Korea’s answer to LinkedIn
Sweden’s EQT Partners, one of Europe’s largest private equity firms, has signed a deal to acquire Remember & Company, the operator o...
Hyundai overtakes Volkswagen as world’s 2nd most profitable carmaker
Hyundai Motor Group overtook Volkswagen Group as the world’s second most profitable carmaker in the first half, indicating the leading South K...
Korea’s YNCC at default risk due to owners’ conflict amid petrochemical slowdown
Yeochun NCC Co. (YNCC), South Korea’s major petrochemical producer, is facing a default risk as its owners disagree over capital injections am...
China’s free-roaming tourists reshape South Korea’s visitor economy
For decades, megacity malls in Myeongdong and other neon hearts of Seoul have been the must-visit places for Chinese tourists, mostly in large group...
K-pop boys, K-beauty’s choice to accelerate global expansion
South Korean cosmetics brands are increasingly choosing K-pop boy bands over female artists to attract women, the primary consumers of beauty produc...
Aussie developer The Living Company targets Korean residential market
The Living Company, a leading Australian housing developer, on Thursday opened an office in Seoul to target South Korea’s residential market. ...
Air Liquide in exclusive talks for South Korea’s DIG Airgas for over $3.3bn
Air Liquide SA, a French multinational industrial gas and services company, is eyeing a return to South Korea after its exit a decade ago, as it is ...
Trump’s chip tariff threat stirs jitters; impact on Samsung, SK Hynix limited given MFN status
NEW YORK – A revived threat from US President Donald Trump to impose a 100% tariff on imported semiconductors has reignited concerns in South ...
S.Korea-US summit likely set for Aug. 25; Vietnam’s top leader to fly to Seoul for state visit
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will likely have a summit meeting with his US counterpart Donald Trump later this month amid a flurry of high-l...
Korea’s retail giant E-Land mulls sale of some F&B brands
South Korea’s retail giant E-Land Group is considering restructuring its food and beverage (F&B) business by selling struggling dining and...
Samsung to produce Apple’s next-gen chips at US foundry plant
The global memory chip powerhouse Samsung Electronics Co. will produce chips for Apple Inc. at its semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the US,...
Blackpink’s Rosé earns 8 nominations at MTV VMAs 2025: 'I’m at a loss for words'
Rosé, a member of K-pop powerhouse Blackpink and an established solo artist, has been nominated in eight categories at the 2025 MTV Video M...
S.Korea to grant visa-free entry to Chinese tourist groups from September
South Korea will temporarily allow visa-free entry for tourist groups from China starting Sept. 29 through June 2026, the government said on Wednesd...
Global investment banks raise S.Korea’s growth forecasts as trade tensions with US ease
Global investment banks are revising up their growth forecasts for South Korea, citing easing trade uncertainties and signs of a consumer-led recove...
LG CNS to build AI data center in Indonesia, first for Korean firm
LG CNS Co., the information technology services unit of South Korea’s LG Group, has bagged a deal to build an artificial intelligence-ready da...
