Tinder owner Match Group taps Sam Ahn as Asia's chief innovation officer

Tinder owner Match Group taps Sam Ahn as Asia's chief innovation officer

Match Group Inc., operating online dating and chat platforms like Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid in some 40 languages, has appointed its subsidiary Hyper...

SK Group chair sees semiconductor rebound in 6 mths to 1 yr

SK Group chair sees semiconductor rebound in 6 mths to 1 yr

The semiconductor industry may be at the bottom of its cycle and is likely to turn around in six months to one year, in tandem with an expected econ...

SK Biopharmaceuticals gets OK to sell epilepsy drug in Canada

SK Biopharmaceuticals gets OK to sell epilepsy drug in Canada

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals has received approval in Canada to sell its new epilepsy drug Cenobamate under the product name Xcopri. Having e...

SK Telecom, Hana Financial Group jointly nurture AI startups

SK Telecom, Hana Financial Group jointly nurture AI startups

SK Telecom Co. and Hana Financial Group are strengthening their collaboration in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). They are jointly fosteri...

SM Entertainment founder invests in Chinese drone maker

SM Entertainment founder invests in Chinese drone maker

Lee Soo-man, founder and former executive producer of South Korea's SM Entertainment Co., has reportedly made a huge investment in the Chinese self-...

S.Korea’s petrochemical players boost plastic container recycling

S.Korea’s petrochemical players boost plastic container recycling

South Korea's major petrochemical companies have entered the sector for 100% recycled plastic containers through cooperation with food and cosmetics...

Hanwha Solutions, SK D&D team up for hydrogen fuel cell, solar power

Hanwha Solutions, SK D&D team up for hydrogen fuel cell, solar power

South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp. and SK D&D have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly pursue hydrogen fuel cell...

Samsung Elec denies rumor of Galaxy ads with Fifty Fifty

Samsung Elec denies rumor of Galaxy ads with Fifty Fifty

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest smartphone maker, has denied market rumors that K-pop rookie sensation Fifty Fifty will ap...

KHNP participates in Australian green cement project

KHNP participates in Australian green cement project

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) will participate in the South Australia green cement transition project, which aims to produce green hydr...

SK Hynix eyes wastewater facilities sale for $770 mn

SK Hynix eyes wastewater facilities sale for $770 mn

SK Hynix Inc. is in talks with its affiliate SK REIT Co. to sell the wastewater treatment facilities within its semiconductor campus in Icheon, Gyeo...

Samsung, SK Hynix in next-generation HBM chip supremacy war

Samsung, SK Hynix in next-generation HBM chip supremacy war

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. – the world’s two largest memory chipmakers – have fiercely competed to advance their ch...

Hyundai Motor chairman visits Intel, seeking stable supply of chips

Hyundai Motor chairman visits Intel, seeking stable supply of chips

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun toured Intel Corp.’s Leixlip Campus in County Kildare, Ireland last week to check out the latest tec...

Genesis rewrites Hyundai story, shedding Honda copycat image

Genesis rewrites Hyundai story, shedding Honda copycat image

Once dismissed as a Honda copycat, Hyundai Motor Co. is poised to pass yet antother milestone, with its luxury brand Genesis on track to top 1 milli...

SK Shieldus to verify performance of self-driving patrol robot

SK Shieldus to verify performance of self-driving patrol robot

South Korean security company SK Shieldus will demonstrate the performance of a self-driving patrol robot.The company on Thursday said it received r...

KB Financial pursues glocalization in Southeast Asia

KB Financial pursues glocalization in Southeast Asia

KB Financial Group Chairman and Chief Executive Yoon Jong-kyoo brought up “glocalization” as a key strategy for its global expansion at ...

SGC Group slapped with over $7.7 mn fine for unfair internal trade

SGC Group slapped with over $7.7 mn fine for unfair internal trade

The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed a fine of more than 10 billion won ($7.7 million) on SGC Group companies for unfair internal transaction...

SK Bioscience, Thai’s GPO to jointly boost vaccine infrastructure

SK Bioscience, Thai’s GPO to jointly boost vaccine infrastructure

SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MO...

SK C&C to release Kospi-focused AI investment strategy service

SK C&C to release Kospi-focused AI investment strategy service

SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, will create an artificial intelligence (AI) inve...

SK Square, SK Hynix set up $77 million chip investment unit

SK Square, SK Hynix set up $77 million chip investment unit

SK Square Co. and SK Hynix Inc., together with two other South Korean companies, have launched a 100 billion won ($77 million) joint investment unit...

Genesis GV80 to come with LG’s OLED auto display in close tie-up

Genesis GV80 to come with LG’s OLED auto display in close tie-up

Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis will be equipped with LG Display Co.'s organic light-emitting diode (OLED) automotive display for its...

Samyang Foods Group rebrands as Samyang Roundsquare

Samyang Foods Group rebrands as Samyang Roundsquare

South Korea's food-oriented Samyang Foods Group said on Monday it rebranded the group and the holding company Samyang Naturals Co.'s name as Samyang...

S.Korea’s SK to buy US bio JV stake from Roivant for $48 mn

S.Korea’s SK to buy US bio JV stake from Roivant for $48 mn

SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, is set to purchase the entire stake in a US bio joint venture held by its partner, as the...

SK Telecom adds ChatGPT-based services to A Dot

SK Telecom adds ChatGPT-based services to A Dot

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Friday that it has completely revamped the user experience (UX) and added ChatT, based on ChatGPT, to allo...

SK Telecom invests $100 mn in American UAM developer

SK Telecom invests $100 mn in American UAM developer

South Korea's SK Telecom.Co has invested $100 million (131.6 billion won) in Joby Aviation, a Santa Cruz, California-based developer of urban air ...

Doosan vice chairman visits robotics trade show Automatica

Doosan vice chairman visits robotics trade show Automatica

South Korea’s Doosan Group Vice Chairman Park Ji-won visited Automatica 2023 on Wednesday, a leading trade fair for smart automation held in M...

SK E&S eyes business split-up to raise up to $1. 5 bn

SK E&S eyes business split-up to raise up to $1. 5 bn

South Korea’s SK E&S Co. is seeking to split up its business to raise up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion), according to people with knowle...

LG Group seeks new partners in Silicon Valley’s startup scene

LG Group seeks new partners in Silicon Valley’s startup scene

South Korea’s LG Group seeks new partnerships with global ventures to strengthen its new growth engines, such as batteries, biopharmaceuticals...

SK Plasma to supply $30 mn in blood products to Singapore

SK Plasma to supply $30 mn in blood products to Singapore

South Korea's SK Plasma on Wednesday announced the launch of full-scale production this month of the blood products albumin and immunoglobulin for S...

S.Korean firms' rights issues swell 10-fold in June

S.Korean firms' rights issues swell 10-fold in June

An increasing number of South Korean companies are bumping up new share sales in search of cheaper funds. A total of 10 companies listed on the Kosp...

S.Korean oil refiner GS Caltex accelerates advance into cosmetics biz

S.Korean oil refiner GS Caltex accelerates advance into cosmetics biz

GS Caltex Corp., South Korea’s second-largest oil refiner, is expediting its advance into the cosmetics industry as part of its green transfor...

Shinsegae chair tapped 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 GEPS taps former KB Asset chief risk officer as new CIO Affinity Equity nets $220 mn from block sale of Shinhan Financial