HD KSOE buys Doosan Vina for $207.5 mn in green ship push

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) agreed to buy a full stake in Doosan Vina, the Vietnamese unit of Doosan Enerbility C...

S.Korean President Lee to meet KPop Demon Hunters director Maggie Kang, TWICE

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet with Maggie Kang, director of the Netflix animated feature KPop Demon Hunters, along with K-pop girl ...

LG to unveil new energy-saving fridges, washer-dryers at IFA 2025

LG Electronics Inc. will unveil 25 new refrigerator and washer-dryer models tailored for the European market at IFA 2025, the company said on Tuesda...

K-beauty, K-food exports to US jolted as 15% tariffs go into effect

South Korea’s cosmetics and food exporters have been jolted by a significant drop in shipments to the US after Washington’s 15% tariffs ...

South Korea, Vietnam to nearly double bilateral trade to $150 billion by 2030

South Korea and Vietnam agreed Monday in Seoul to boost bilateral trade to $150 billion over the next five years, nearly double current levels, by e...

Posco Future M ships 1st cathodes made with domestic precursors to Ultium Cells

POSCO Future M Co., South Korea’s leading battery materials maker, has begun shipping cathode materials entirely produced with domestically so...

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,...

HD Hyundai Heavy wins US Navy ship MRO deal, 1st under MASGA accord

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., one of the world’s leading shipbuilders, has secured its first-ever maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) co...

Coca-Cola names BTS’ V as new brand ambassador: 'Excited to share the thrill'

Coca-Cola has a new face — and it’s none other than V of BTS. The beverage giant announced Thursday that the global K-pop star has ...

HD Hyundai, ECO launch US shipbuilding project

HD Hyundai Co., South Korea's largest shipbuilding group, has kicked off a joint shipmaking project with US partner Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), a...

Hyundai Hyms sale kicks off as J& Private Equity sends out teaser letters

Hyundai Hyms Co., a Kosdaq-listed ship block manufacturer, is officially on the auction block as its private equity owner, J& Private Equity (J&...

Hanwha Ocean wins $1.4 bn order from Yang Ming to build 7 containerships

Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea’s third-largest shipbuilder, has bagged an order to build seven containerships, valued at about 2 trillion won (...

Vietnam’s top leader to make 1st South Korea visit in 11 years

To Lam, general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party and the country’s de facto ruling leader, is expected to make a state visit to So...

At home, K-convenience stores battle stagnation; abroad they're powerful K-food ambassadors

In the bustling backstreets of Ulaanbaatar, shoppers file out of a CU convenience store with instant tteokbokki, or simmered Korean rice cake, packs...

Return of the K-pop queens: Blackpink, Twice power up YG, JYP

Blackpink and Twice, two of South Korea’s most prominent K-pop female acts, made high-profile returns on Friday with new releases, heightening...

KKR in control feud over Korea’s top solar power plant

Global private equity giant KKR & Co. Inc. is embroiled in a management dispute over South Korea’s top solar power plant with key individu...

POSCO inducted into World Steel Dynamics’ Hall of Fame

South Korea’s POSCO Group has been permanently inducted into the Hall of Fame by the World Steel Dynamics (WSD), a US steel industry research ...

S.Korea’s power transformer exports soar as global supply shortage bites

South Korean power equipment makers are riding a wave of export growth, with their transformers in high demand amid a global rush to reinforce power...

JLL, Savills to lead Seoul Square sale in $1 bn deal

JLL and Savills have been tapped to lead the sale of Seoul Square, a landmark office tower, valued at around 1.4 trillion won ($1 billion), adding t...

Google partners with Samsung, Gentle Monster for new smart glasses

SILICON VALLEY – Google LLC is making a renewed push into the smart glasses market in partnership with South Korea’s Samsung Electronics...

LG Electronics poised to extend OLED TV market lead into 2025  

LG Electronics Inc. is on track to retain its lead in the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV market for the 13th consecutive year, bolstered by ...

Samsung in talks to supply customized HBM4 to Nvidia, Broadcom, Google

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s leading memory chipmaker, is in talks to supply customized sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory, or HBM...

HD KSOE secures $1.8 bn in container ship orders

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) secured orders for 22 container ships worth a total of 2.54 trillion won ($1.8 billion) ...

POSCO raises ship steel prices as Korea's tariffs curb supply

POSCO Holdings Inc. has raised second-quarter prices of thick plates used in vessels amid concerns over tighter supply after South Korea levied anti...

S.Korean shipbuilders rally as Trump hints at buying foreign ships

South Korean shipbuilding stocks soared on Friday on news that US President Donald Trump indicated that the world’s No. 1 economy may purchase...

Samsung unveils upgraded AI-powered OLED TVs

Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday showcased its new lineup of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs with advanced artificial intelligence features...

IMM consortium owns 100% of Hyundai LNG Shipping; Stake sale eyed

A consortium of IMM Private Equity Inc. and IMM Investment Corp. has secured full ownership of Hyundai LNG Shipping, South Korea’s top liquefi...

HD Hyundai on course for $1.55 bn order amid US-China trade war

HD Hyundai Co., the world’s largest shipbuilding group, is emerging as a key beneficiary of the Trump administration’s tariff policies a...

Hyundai premieres all-new NEXO, reinforcing hydrogen power

Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday unveiled the all-new NEXO, the first full-change model of the fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) since its launch in 20...

SK Hynix ships world’s first 12-layer HBM4 samples early

South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix Inc. has begun delivering samples of the world’s most advanced, next-generation high bandwidth memory ...