Foreign buying of Korean stocks hit record high in Q1
Foreign investors gobbled up a record 15.8 trillion won ($11.7 billion) worth of stocks listed in South Korea during the first three months of this ...
Samsung establishes HBM team to up AI chip production yields
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 1 memory chipmaker, recently set up a high bandwidth memory (HBM) team within the memory chip divisio...
Doosan joins hands with China’s CNGR for battery recycling
South Korea’s plant and machinery powerhouse Doosan Group has teamed up with China’s CNGR Advanced Material Co. to expand its electric v...
HD Hyundai Heavy wins record $463 million warship deal from Peru’s Navy
South Korea’s top shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said on Friday it has won a $463 million contract to build four warships for Per...
Korea’s factory output rebounds in February on chip recovery
South Korea’s factory activity last month bounced back in three months thanks to strong recovery in the country’s semiconductor sector b...
Korea’s HD KSOE, Infineon team up for ship electrification
South Korea’s top shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) joined hands with German chipmaker Infineon ...
Samsung unveils 2024 TV lineup at Changi Airport
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday hosted an event at Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore to unveil its 2024 new TV lineup, including Neo QLED, organ...
HSBC faces criminal charges for naked shorting in Korea
South Korean prosecutors on Thursday filed criminal charges against HSBC and three of its traders, accusing them of illegal short selling worth 15.8...
Korea yet to join global bond index for capital inflows
South Korea has so far failed to be included on a global major bond index, denting hopes for capital inflows into Asia’s fourth-largest econom...
S.Korea, Thailand launch negotiations for EPA
South Korean and Thai governments declared the launch of negotiations for the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on Thursday. South Korea’s ...
Samsung set to triple HBM output in 2024 to lead AI chip era
SILICON VALLEY – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will likely triple its high bandwidth memory (HBM) chip ...
KDB halts KDB Life sale process to take full control
The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) has suspended the protracted sale process of KDB Life Insurance Co. to take full control of the insurer b...
Samsung, Henckels co-develop AI Combo detergent course
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with the global household and industrial goods company Henckels AG to introduce a d...
LG Group earmarks $74 bn for 5-year investment in Korea
LG Group, South Korea’s No. 4 conglomerate, on Wednesday announced a plan to invest 100 trillion won ($74 billion) through 2028 in its future ...
S.Korea’s Doosan Enerbility to develop aircraft engines
South Korea’s major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. plans to develop aircraft engines based on its turbine technology as its new gro...
IMM PE puts South Korea’s top travel agency Hanatour up for sale
IMM Private Equity Inc., a Seoul-based private equity firm, is selling its controlling stake in Hanatour Service Inc., South Korea’s top trave...
Licensed casual apparel brands' luster fades in Korea
The fad for licensed casual fashion brands appears to be cooling in South Korea, where American sports clubs, broadcasting networks and documentary ...
Shareholder activism in Korea swells 9 times since 2019
The number of South Korean firms targeted by activist funds has risen by nearly nine times over the past five years, the largest increase among majo...
Netmarble Arthdal Chronicles pre-registration surpasses 1 mn
South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. said on Tuesday that the pre-registration of its upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing ga...
Samsung seeks to launch new super mobile banking app with a local bank
Samsung Financial Networks, a union of Samsung Group’s four financial affiliates, is seeking to launch a super mobile banking app in partnersh...
Korea’s IPO market heats up with HD Hyundai Marine, K Bank
South Korea’s initial public offering market is heating up as HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., which aims to raise 742.6 billion won ($553.4 mi...
Korea’s POSCO Int’l to work on CCUS, hydrogen businesses
POSCO International Corp., the general trading and resources exploration subsidiary of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., aims to ...
Samsung Elec vies for Johnson Controls' HVAC units
Samsung Electronics Co. has joined the race to buy Johnson Controls International’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) assets wo...
Weak property market cuts into Korean securities firms’ profits
dd South Korea’s securities firms suffered a 20% fall in overall net profit last year hurt by the weak property market, adding to bearish vie...
Samsung gets AWS platinum certification for water stewardship
Samsung Electronics Co. has been awarded the highest level of certification for water management by the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS), a le...
Korea’s EcoPro invests $11 mn in Indonesian nickel smelter
South Korea’s leading electric vehicle battery materials producer EcoPro Group is expanding its investment in Indonesia for stable procurement...
Samsung begins new drug development for rare diseases
Samsung Bioepis Co., a biosimilar development unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, has begun its new drug development busines...
Nongshim to build instant noodle plant in Korea for exports
Nongshim Co., South Korea’s top instant noodle maker, is set to build a new factory in the country for exports of ramen, or ramyun, for the fi...
CJ Olive Young beats Amorepacific to become K-beauty king
CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, took the throne in the domestic cosmetics market last year, beating industry giant...
Samsung to supply $752 million in Mach-1 AI chips to Naver, replace Nvidia
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, will supply its next-generation Mach-1 artificial intelligence chips to Naver Corp....
