France's Archimed seeks to delist aesthetic laser maker Jeisys

France's Archimed seeks to delist aesthetic laser maker Jeisys

French private equity firm Archimed SAS, managing around €7 billion ($7.5 billion) in assets as of end-May, plans to secure a controlling stake...

Korean retail investors’ US stockholdings at record high

Korean retail investors’ US stockholdings at record high

South Korean individual investors’ US stockholdings swelled to a record $82.19 billion as of early June amid the US stock market rally, while ...

Kia launches 2024 model year of Morning

Kia launches 2024 model year of Morning

Kia Corp. announced on Monday that it launched its flagship compact car Morning's model year the 2024 Morning. The 2024 Morning featured the ne...

HD Hyundai’s ascent driven by visionary spinoff push

HD Hyundai’s ascent driven by visionary spinoff push

Many cast doubts on HD Hyundai Group’s decision to separate its ship maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service in 2016. The move, however...

S.Korean IT companies partner with K-pop girl groups

S.Korean IT companies partner with K-pop girl groups

South Korean game companies like Krafton Inc. and Nexon Korea Corp., and telecom firms such as SK Telecom Co., are collaborating with K-pop girl gro...

Southeast Asia, Korea Inc’s new IT outsourcing powerhouse

Southeast Asia, Korea Inc’s new IT outsourcing powerhouse

PHNOM PENH – South Korean technology companies grappling with prolonged software developer shortages are actively broadening their search for ...

Foreign VIP customers boost Korean department stores' sales

Foreign VIP customers boost Korean department stores' sales

Wei Liu, a 41-year-old Taiwanese businessman, snapped up 300 million won ($220,000) worth of luxury brand products at Hyundai Department Store&rsquo...

Korean LCCs take on flag carriers with long-haul routes

Korean LCCs take on flag carriers with long-haul routes

From June 11, Air Premia Inc. is slated to launch service to Oslo, Norway, the longest-haul route for a South Korean low-cost carrier (LCC). The LCC...

Nara Space selected as IPEF's top-100 climate startups

Nara Space selected as IPEF's top-100 climate startups

South Korea's micro-satellite startup Nara Space Technology Inc. announced on Friday that it was selected as one of the top-100 climate tech startup...

Samsung Biologics eyes windfall gain amid US-China row

Samsung Biologics eyes windfall gain amid US-China row

SAN DIEGO – Samsung Biologics Co. is enjoying a stream of contract development and manufacturing order inquiries from big pharmaceutical compa...

Affinity fails in Lock&Lock tender offer; eyes equity swap

Affinity fails in Lock&Lock tender offer; eyes equity swap

Hong Kong-based Affinity Equity Partners is planning for an equity swap between its new entity and South Korean food container maker Lock&Lock...

YouTube, Coupang offer Shopping affiliate program in Korea

YouTube, Coupang offer Shopping affiliate program in Korea

YouTube has started offering its Shopping affiliate program in South Korea in partnership with the country’s No. 1 e-commerce platform company...

South Korean steelmakers run plants only at night as demand plummets

South Korean steelmakers run plants only at night as demand plummets

South Korea’s major steelmakers are running their plants only at night to cut costs as demand for rebars, or reinforced bars, widely used in t...

CJ Logistics, Libiao Robotics partner to co-work for robotic system

CJ Logistics, Libiao Robotics partner to co-work for robotic system

South Korea's CJ Logistics said on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a strategic partnership with global rob...

Sampyo Group enters automated robotic parking business

Sampyo Group enters automated robotic parking business

South Korea's SP&Mobility, a robotics unit of Sampyo Group, unveiled its MPSystem on Monday, an automated robotic parking system designed to rep...

SK Gas eyes commercial operations of LNG power plant in 2nd half

SK Gas eyes commercial operations of LNG power plant in 2nd half

SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier seeking to transform into a clean energy company, has moved a step c...

Korean Air expects US approval for Asiana merger by end-Oct: report

Korean Air expects US approval for Asiana merger by end-Oct: report

Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s No. 1 full-service carrier, expects to gain full approval from the US government by the end of October to ...

South Korea finds massive crude oil, gas prospects in East Sea: Yoon

South Korea finds massive crude oil, gas prospects in East Sea: Yoon

South Korea, which heavily relies on imports for its energy use, has found a potentially massive reserve of oil and gas offshore close to its southe...

NPS to cut Korean stock allocation to 13% by 2029

NPS to cut Korean stock allocation to 13% by 2029

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), also the world’s third-largest pension fund, will gradually reduce the proportion of its l...

South Korea to build 3 nuclear plants, 1 SMR under new energy policy

South Korea to build 3 nuclear plants, 1 SMR under new energy policy

South Korea plans to build as many as three new nuclear power plants by 2038 and put into operation at least one small modular reactor (SMR) by 2035...

Korean catering firm Ourhome CEO to leave amid sibling feud

Korean catering firm Ourhome CEO to leave amid sibling feud

South Korea’s catering service provider Ourhome Ltd. Chief Executive and Vice Chairwoman Koo Ji-eun has failed in her attempt to serve another...

Nara Space attracts $14.5 mn series B investment

Nara Space attracts $14.5 mn series B investment

South Korea's micro-satellite startup Nara Space Technology Inc. announced on Friday that it attracted a 20 billion won ($14.5 million) series B inv...

Korean shopping mecca Dongdaemun Market's vacancy rates soar

Korean shopping mecca Dongdaemun Market's vacancy rates soar

Store vacancy rates in South Korea’s largest shopping mecca Dongdaemun Market have soared to as high as 86%, with Chinese e-commerce platfor...

Kakao Mobility, Archer to collaborate for K-UAM commercialization

Kakao Mobility, Archer to collaborate for K-UAM commercialization

South Korea's Kakao Mobility Corp. announced on Friday that it signed an agreement with Archer Aviation, the US-based urban air mobility (UAM) aircr...

Line Games to launch The Play of Genesis in Taiwan, Hong Kong

Line Games to launch The Play of Genesis in Taiwan, Hong Kong

South Korea's Line Games Corp. announced on Friday that it signed a publishing agreement with Vietnam's tech giant VNG for the mobile game The Play ...

Samsung gets new tech certification for air purifier filter

Samsung gets new tech certification for air purifier filter

Samsung Electronics Co.'s air purifier filter technology obtained the New Excellent Technology (NeT) certification from the Korea Agency for Technol...

KOTRA opens K-Tech Camp in Paris

KOTRA opens K-Tech Camp in Paris

The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Thursday that it established the Paris K-Tech Camp in Paris, France on May 23.KOTRA...

Nvidia beats Tesla to emerge as top foreign stock held by Koreans

Nvidia beats Tesla to emerge as top foreign stock held by Koreans

Nvidia Corp., the global top artificial intelligence chip leader, overtook Tesla Inc., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle maker, to b...

LX Pantos to enter Indonesian resource logistics market

LX Pantos to enter Indonesian resource logistics market

South Korea's LX Pantos said on Thursday that it signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with KSA, Indonesia's largest bulk carrier, to tap into the S...

Kim Jong Un’s Balloon Barrage: Bags of Excrement Fly Into the South

Kim Jong Un’s Balloon Barrage: Bags of Excrement Fly Into the South

SEOUL—An unusual sight drifted into South Korean skies on Wednesday: Large white balloons carrying plastic bags of North Korean trash. Some co...

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