Hanwha Hotels&Resorts signs MOU with Mohegan Inspire

Hanwha Hotels & Resorts Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed with Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort a memorandum of understanding (MOU) fo...

KKR to buy 100% stake in SK E&S' Busan City Gas for $561 mn

Private equity giant KKR & Co. is slated to buy a 100% stake in Busan City Gas Co., wholly owned by South Korean energy company SK E&S Co., ...

KED's startup news platform Geeks launches revamped website

Geeks, The Korea Economic Daily’s startup news platform launched in May, launched an upgraded website in Korean on Monday. The new conten...

Hyundai Motor Group sweeps eight Kelley Blue Book Awards

Hyundai Motor Group won eight awards out of 19 categories in this year's Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards, the most of any global auto group.Kia Cor...

Seegene's COVID-19 diagnostic product wins Product of the Year Award

Seegene Inc. said on Friday that its COVID-19 diagnostic product Allplex SARS-CoV-2 Assay received the Product of the Year Award at the BioSpectrum ...

Korea to retain more skilled foreign workers with visa status upgrade

South Korea plans to more than double the number of skilled foreign workers next year as the country is struggling with a declining workforce at its...

Truston Asset looks to help run Taekwang with 5.8% stake

South Korea's Truston Asset Management has changed the purpose of its stock investment in the chemical and textile company Taekwang Industrial Co. f...

S.Korea rules dumping of polyamide film by China, Thailand, Indonesia

The South Korean government has issued a ruling on the dumping of polyamide film from China, Thailand and Indonesia and aluminum hydroxide from Chin...

LG Chem in $95.5 million drug out-licensing deal with China’s Innovent

LG Chem Life Sciences, the biopharmaceutical unit of LG Chem Ltd., and China’s biotech company Innovent Biologics have entered into a strategi...

S.Korea's golf course market doubles in value over 10 years

The value of South Korea's market golf course market now equals 98.5% of Japan's.The Korea Leisure Industry Institute (KLII) on Thursday released a ...

Korea's 2021 bio sector output $15.4 bn; 5-year annual growth 20%

South Korea's bio industry last year exceeded 20 trillion won ($15.4 billion) in production for the first time and continues to see strong growth.Th...

Shin Hanul revives Korea’s aim to become global nuclear powerhouse

  South Korea put a newly built nuclear reactor into full operation on Wednesday to reinforce energy stability, reviving its goal of becoming ...

SK Biopharm begins clinical trials of wearable device for detecting epilepsy

SK Group's new drug development subsidiary SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. will begin clinical trials for a wearable device that can detect and predict ep...

S. Korea fosters 30 food tech unicorns within next 5 years

The Korean government by 2027 seeks to develop 30 food tech unicorns and boost exports in this sector to $2 billion through stronger support for the...

Curious completes second Samsung Heavy drillship sale

South Korean private equity firm Curious Partners has recently completed selling an undelivered drillship constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries Co...

S.Korea's startup Bunker Kids raises $1.5 million in Series A funding

South Korea's tech start-up Bunker Kids announced on Tuesday that it raised 2 billion won ($1.5 million) through Series A investment from Korean ven...

LG Energy-GM JV secures $2.5 bn loan from US for EV battery production

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Wednesday its joint venture with General Motors Co. has attracted $2.5 billion via a loan...

LG Group seeks future growth engines with new R&D units

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate, set up new research and development units at key affiliates to seek future growth engines...

IONIQ 5 named Japan's Import Car of the Year for 2022-2023

Hyundai Motor Co. on Friday said its electric-powered sport-utility vehicle (SUV) IONIQ 5 was named Japan's Import Car of the Year for 2022-23 by th...

LS Cable inks $159 mn Taiwan submarine cable supply contract

LS Cable & System Ltd., South Korea’s top wire and cable producer, signed a formal contract worth 150 million euros ($159 million) to supp...

SK Biopharmaceuticals launches epilepsy drug in France

South Korean SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. said on Friday that its treatment of epilepsy "Cenobamate" has been approved for sale in France.The company l...

Coupang to invest $4.7 billion in supply chains in Korea over 12 years

  South Korea's e-commerce giant Coupang has briefed US Ambassador to Seoul Philip Goldberg at the company's fulfillment center in Daegu, a fa...

Hyundai Rotem delivers first batch of K2 tanks to Poland in $3.4 bn deal

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean defense equipment maker, said on Wednesday it has delivered the first batch of its battle tanks to Poland as part ...

Private equity juggernauts bid for $758 million worth of KT Cloud shares

A number of private equity giants in South Korea and beyond are bidding for shares worth up to 1 trillion won ($758.2 million) in KT Cloud, a subsid...

Pan Ocean buys 5% of Hanjin KAL from Hoban Construction

Pan Ocean Co., the shipping affiliate of Harim Group, on Tuesday said it bought a 5% stake or 3.3 million shares in Hanjin KAL Corp. in a block deal...

Hankook Tire ESG Report wins gold prize in LACP 2022 Spotlight Awards

The ESG Report of Hankook Tire & Technology won the gold prize in the 2022 Spotlight Awards hosted by the League of American Communications Prof...

LG plans additional $4 billion investment in Vietnam

South Korean electronics giants including LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics plan to pour billions of dollars of additional investment into Viet...

Air Busan offers 4 daily flights on Busan-Fukuoka route

Korea's low-cost carrier Air Busan Co. from Thursday will add a daily flight to its route linking the nation's biggest port city of Busan to Fukuo...

Korea's foreign exchange reserves last month see first rise in 4 months

Korea last month saw its first rise in foreign exchange reserves in four months amid monetary authorities selling the greenback to avert a sharp dep...

LG Energy, GM to inject another $275 mn in Tennessee plant

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. and General Motors Co. plan to inject an additional $275 million in a US electric vehicle battery...