LG Display to invest $2.8 billion in small OLED line to rival Samsung

LG Display to invest $2.8 billion in small OLED line to rival Samsung

South Korea’s LG Display Co. said on Tuesday it will invest 3.3 trillion won ($2.8 billion) in small-sized panels for smartphones and tablets ...

Overseas crypto exchanges end Korean services ahead of rule tightening

Overseas crypto exchanges end Korean services ahead of rule tightening

Overseas cryptocurrency exchanges are ending their Korean services, including language support as well as trading and payments in Korean won, as Sou...

Battery recycling: Carmakers, battery companies in new turf war

Battery recycling: Carmakers, battery companies in new turf war

With electric vehicles increasingly going mainstream, the world’s major carmakers and battery companies face another type of turf war: battery...

Samsung SDI may build battery plant in Illinois

Samsung SDI may build battery plant in Illinois

e Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea's top three electric vehicle battery makers, is considering building its first US battery plant in central Il...

Samsung SDI may build battery plant in Illinois

Samsung SDI may build battery plant in Illinois

Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea's top three electric vehicle battery makers, is considering building its first US battery plant in central Illin...

S.Korea to launch first carbon credit ETFs in September

S.Korea to launch first carbon credit ETFs in September

South Korea will launch its first set of carbon credit-themed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) next month, in a move to address the rising investor dema...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics aims to take lead in MLCC market

Samsung Electro-Mechanics aims to take lead in MLCC market

South Korea-based electronic components maker Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. is looking to take lead in the multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) mar...

Korean won at 11-month low as foreigners dump $6.1 bn in stocks this week

Korean won at 11-month low as foreigners dump $6.1 bn in stocks this week

The South Korean won tumbled to a near 11-month low as foreign investors dumped $6.1 billion in local stocks this week much more than their total se...

Korean investors rush to buy Vietnam stocks

Korean investors rush to buy Vietnam stocks

South Korean investors are rushing to buy Vietnamese stocks as the market is showing signs of a recovery. Analysts predicted export-oriented shares ...

Samsung’s new foldables: Game changer in smartphones

Samsung’s new foldables: Game changer in smartphones

Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday announced new additions to its high-end line of Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip phones, in hopes that the new 5G-enabl...

LG Energy Solution to speed up IPO process for October listing

LG Energy Solution to speed up IPO process for October listing

LG Energy Solution Ltd. aims to accelerate the process for South Korea’s largest-ever initial public offering that is expected to raise more t...

Shinsegae to invest about $900 mn in department stores

Shinsegae to invest about $900 mn in department stores

South Korea's retail giant Shinsegae Group will invest 1 trillion won ($866 million) in local department stores this year to reinforce the busines...

Samsung shares struggle as big strategic decisions still await Lee

Samsung shares struggle as big strategic decisions still await Lee

Shares of Samsung Electronics Co. have been trapped in a boxed range since the start of the year, dashing retail investors’ hope that the tech...

Samsung unveils industry’s first 5 nm processor for wearable devices

Samsung unveils industry’s first 5 nm processor for wearable devices

Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a new Exynos processor for wearable devices, built with an advanced 5-nanometer extreme ultra-violet (EUV) proc...

KakaoBank falls out of Kospi top 10 on 3rd trading day

KakaoBank falls out of Kospi top 10 on 3rd trading day

KakaoBank Corp. has fallen out of the top 10 list on Kospi on Aug. 10, its third trading day, with Celltrion and Kia Corp. overtaking the company ag...

Samsung's Lee to be released on parole on Aug. 13

Samsung's Lee to be released on parole on Aug. 13

Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee will be released on parole on Friday after having been imprisoned since January of this year on charges of bribery a...

K-pop evolves far beyond Korean nationality and language

K-pop evolves far beyond Korean nationality and language

South Korean music, entertainment and content firms are undergoing a major transformation in their business model. No longer is their discovery of n...

MBK sees new opportunities in China's regulatory risk

MBK sees new opportunities in China's regulatory risk

China's regulatory crackdown on Chinese technology and private education companies is driving up the level of volatility and creating mispricing in ...

Global carmakers to speed up EV push as governments pressure harder

Global carmakers to speed up EV push as governments pressure harder

US and European governments are pressing harder with tough regulations to expand electric vehicles (EV) adoption for cutting emission. Global automa...

New FSC chief nominee tough on household debt, against cryptocurrencies

New FSC chief nominee tough on household debt, against cryptocurrencies

South Korea’s incoming financial regulatory chief says his policy priority is on limiting economic and financial risks stemming from higher ho...

SK Hynix to set up US NAND firm led by Intel’s senior vice president

SK Hynix to set up US NAND firm led by Intel’s senior vice president

SK Hynix that took over Intel Corp.’s NAND memory chip business plans to set up a new company in the United States. Intel’s senior vice ...

Nexon reveals upcoming 'super' games, eyes entertainment IPs

Nexon reveals upcoming 'super' games, eyes entertainment IPs

South Korea's leading game company Nexon Co. has unveiled a massive lineup of super games in development alongside plans to expand its intellectual ...

Korean govt to spend $1.9 billion to become world’s leading vaccine maker

Korean govt to spend $1.9 billion to become world’s leading vaccine maker

The South Korean government will invest 2.2 trillion won ($1.9 billion) by 2025 to become a top five vaccine producer in the world. President Moon J...

Growing pains: Korea’s smaller crypto exchanges face shutdown

Growing pains: Korea’s smaller crypto exchanges face shutdown

In mid-July, a small obscure South Korean cryptocurrency exchange posted a notice on its website at midnight, saying it is suspending trading of 57 ...

Korean love for foreign stocks tops 100 tn won mark

Korean love for foreign stocks tops 100 tn won mark

South Koreans’ appetite for foreign stocks continued to grow with holdings of overseas shares by retail investors exceeding the 100 trillion w...

Celltrion to enter clinical trials of new COVID-19 treatment

Celltrion to enter clinical trials of new COVID-19 treatment

South Korean biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. will launch the first-phase clinical trials of its new COVID-19 treatment candidate next month, followi...

Samsung, TSMC in heated race for industry’s smallest 3 nm process node

Samsung, TSMC in heated race for industry’s smallest 3 nm process node

The world’s two largest foundry chipmakers, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and Samsung Electronics Co., are in a heated race fo...

KKR, IMM PE in bid for SK E&S' $2 bn preferred shares

KKR, IMM PE in bid for SK E&S' $2 bn preferred shares

KKR & Co., IMM Private Equity and Glenwood Private Equity are among the preliminary bidders for 2 trillion won ($1.9 billion) worth of new prefe...

Samsung Group joins Kakao in Bank of Korea’s digital currency project

Samsung Group joins Kakao in Bank of Korea’s digital currency project

Samsung Group will be working together with Kakao Corp. on the digital currency simulation project led by South Korea’s central bank. Accordin...

Samsung Electronics’ stock stages a rebound as outlook concerns ease

Samsung Electronics’ stock stages a rebound as outlook concerns ease

Shares of Samsung Electronics Co. have risen above the psychologically important level as foreign and institutional investors returned amid easing c...

S.Korean game developer Krafton acquires Japan’s ADK for $517 million S.Korea's stablecoin frenzy fuels stock rally despite regulatory uncertainty SK Hynix joins Samsung in 200 trillion won market cap club Samsung on hiring spree to bolster US foundry sales LS Electric poised to join Nvidia's supply chain via Vertiv deal