CJ Olive Young selects MINGLE as 2022 keyword
CJ Olive Young said on Tuesday that it selected "M-I-N-G-L-E" as the trending keyword of the year after analyzing 110 million bits of annual custome...
Kakao Brain to unveil AI chest X-ray diagnosis service next year
Come next year, Kakao Brain, the artificial intelligence arm Kakao Corp., is slated to unveil an AI system that can write the first draft diagnosis ...
NPS shortlists 6 candidates for chief investment officer opening
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund managing 896.6 trillion won ($690.5 billion) as of end-S...
Whisky imports up 62%, projected to be popular next year and beyond
As whisky became more popular in Korea, the amount of whisky imported for 10 months until October this year increased about 62% compared to the same...
Young Poong Precision emerges as key to Korea Zinc control; shares surge
Shares of Young Poong Precision Corp. are flying high as the company is emerging as the key to the control of Korea Zinc Co., which in turn is the c...
CJ Group reshuffles CEOs with woman at helm of Olive Young
South Korea’s CJ Group carried out a CEO and executive reshuffle on Oct. 24 around two months earlier than previous year-end promotions to imp...
Startup minister vows to support Korean firms' entry into overseas markets
South Korea’s startup minister Lee Young vowed to support the country’s startup ecosystem on Sunday, during her tour to the United State...
KKR, Anchor Equity tipped to exit from TMON in 7 yrs
KKR & Co. and Anchor Equity Partners have tentatively agreed to sell their majority stake in South Korea’s e-commerce player TMON Inc. to ...
Startup accelerator D.Camp marks 100th demo day
Startup accelerator D.Camp’s demo day event dubbed D.Day celebrated its 100th event on Thursday. The first D.Day event was held in June 2...
Golf apparel goes trendy and upmarket in Korea on rise of young golfers
As the popularity of golf grows in South Korea, particularly among young people, golf clothes are becoming increasingly more expensive and fashionab...
Korea’s top beauty chain CJ Olive Young puts IPO on hold
CJ Olive Young, South Korea’s top beauty store chain, has suspended its process to seek a stock market listing, becoming the latest major loca...
Korean gaming entrepreneur Kim Jae-young joins billionaire ranks
Kim Jae-young, founder and chief executive of Lionheart Studio Corp., the company behind South Korea’s most popular mobile game Odin, has join...
It's time to bet on high-yield bond funds: Barings
High-yield bonds generally create greater yields than other funds, but low-quality bonds are vulnerable to economic downturns and the firms’ c...
SK Square taps NPS PE expert as global investment head
South Korea’s investment firm SK Square Co. announced on Thursday that it has chosen Harvey Hakjin Bae, a former alternative investment expert...
Koreans' fractional investing craze spreads to cows
Investment rights for dozens of Korean calves, worth a combined 10 million won ($7,900), sold out within one minute after each of the three investme...
Korean firewater lures more young Japanese
South Korea’s distilled spirit soju is alluring more young drinkers in Japan, the home of its rival liquor shochu, as K-content such as drama ...
Korea names IMF official as new central bank head
South Korea on Wednesday nominated veteran International Monetary Fund official Rhee Chang-yong as the country’s new central bank chief, who i...
South Korea's working young teeter on brink of debt disaster
As the liquidity party is coming to an end, rising interest rates and falling asset values are highlighting concerns about household debt taken on b...
Koh Young’s medical robot conducts 100 brain surgeries a year
Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean 3D imagery tech company listed on the Kosdaq, announced on Tuesday that its medical robot Kymero has condu...
STIC injects $168 mn in pre-unicorn Musicow
Music copyright trading platform Musicow Inc. has attracted a 200 billion won ($167.9 million) investment from Korea’s private equity firm STI...
Baillie Gifford, Allianz increase holdings in 3D tech firm Koh Young
Global asset managers are increasing shareholdings in Koh Young Technology Inc., Korea’s leading 3D image measurement tech firm listed ...
Squid Game Player 001 wins as best TV supporting actor at Golden Globes
Netflix mega-hit Squid Game’s actor Oh Young-soo, Player 001, has won Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role on TV at the 79th Gold...
Retirement packages unexpectedly benefit young talent
Voluntary retirement packages, often coming with generous compensation, have been adopted by companies as a way to let go of older or redundant empl...
Kosdaq Listed Companies Association announces top Kosdaq blue chips
The Kosdaq Listed Companies Association of South Korea announced its top Kosdaq blue chips during its 13th annual award conference held on Dec. 16...
3D tech firm Koh Young wins highest ESG rating two years running
Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean 3D image measurement tech company listed on the Kosdaq, has earned the highest AA rating from Sustinvest, ...
Hyundai to replace design, R&D presidents for future mobility
Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, may replace its presidents of design as well as research and development in a bold leadershi...
Samsung’s mid-tier executive reshuffle: More female and foreign faces
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday carried out its year-end reshuffle of mid-tier executives, marked by the highest number of promotions for female...
Samsung to adopt flatter hierarchy to lure young talent
Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday announced a set of drastic steps to reduce bureaucracy and hierarchical management at the world's top memory chip ...
Global cities with young elites will survive in long term, RXR chairman says
Now it is time to invest in e-commerce, healthcare and multifamily housing, or the so-called three megatrends, which have increased in demand during...
SEMA sees growth in young members
Backed by the growth of the information technology and bio-related industries in South Korea, Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-Aid Associatio...
