Hyundai Mobis pushes into robotics for edge in humanoid era
Hyundai Mobis Co., the auto parts arm of Hyundai Motor Group, will expand into robotics and automotive semiconductors in a bid to secure new growth ...
Hanwha raises bet on MASGA with $5 bn investment in Philly Shipyard
Hanwha Group will expand its shipbuilding capacity in the US far beyond earlier plans with a $5 billion investment in Hanwha Philly Shipyard as Seou...
Netmarble’s Vampir sinks fangs into App Store’s No. 1 slot at launch
In less than a day – only eight hours after its debut – Netmarble Corp.'s Vampir had already drained the competition.The gothic-themed n...
HD Hyundai Robotics to raise $144.3 mn to bolster AI-powered robots
HD Hyundai Robotics Co., an industrial robot producer under South Korea’s shipbuilding and machinery giant HD Hyundai Co., will raise 200 bill...
South Korea’s president to visit US with 15 business leaders after Japan
South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Japan and the US starting on Aug. 23, accompanied by 15 business leaders from the country...
Samsung’s US profit triples in H1 thanks to Galaxy phones
Samsung Electronics Co.'s US unit nearly tripled its profit in the first half of the year, defying concerns about steep US tariffs on foreign electr...
KHNP in joint venture talks with Westinghouse to target US nuclear market
South Korea's state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) is in talks with Westinghouse Electric Co. to form a joint venture (JV) with an a...
UK’s TeraView wins preliminary nod for South Korea listing
TeraView Ltd., a British developer of terahertz imaging inspection systems, has received preliminary approval to list in South Korea, moving a step ...
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...
Hyundai Motor to up ante in US with full hybrid lineup in 2026
Hyundai Motor Group plans to expand hybrid offerings across its entire US lineup to cushion profitability from US tariff fallout while hoping to nar...
Kospi-listed firms underperform in Q2 with gloomy H2 forecast
South Korean firms suffered steeper losses in the second quarter as hefty US import tariffs took a toll, fueling fears of a tougher road ahead as th...
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 ...
AWS, Upstage deepen ties in AI drive across Asia-Pacific, US
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reinforced its partnership with South Korean artificial intelligence startup Upstage, backing the company with a minor...
Yuhan’s lung cancer drug eyes blockbuster sales by 2027
A novel lung cancer therapy developed by South Korea’s Yuhan Corp. is on track to become a global blockbuster drug, with annual sales projecte...
POSCO, JSW to build 6 million-ton steel plant in India
South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO Group has agreed with JSW Steel Ltd. to build an integrated steel mill with an annual capacity of 6 mil...
HD Hyundai to build quantum-secure network for shipbuilding, defense
HD Hyundai Co., the parent of the world’s largest shipbuilder, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., will build a quantum cryptography communicatio...
Hyundai, Kia take crown as Saudi Arabia’s best-selling cars in H1
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp.'s subcompact models took the top two spots in Saudi Arabia’s automobile market in the first half of this year ...
Samsung to set up chip packaging R&D center in Yokohama, raise stakes vs TSMC
Samsung Electronics Co. will set up an advanced chip packaging research and development center in Yokohama, Japan with an investment of 25 billion y...
South Korea taps new heads for finance and competition regulators
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has nominated a former senior finance ministry official, a veteran lawyer and an academic economist to lead thr...
Disney, Marvel, Star Wars stories to get Korean webtoon makeover
Webtoon Entertainment Inc. is bringing Iron Man, Spider-Man, Darth Vader and Beauty and the Beast to life in vertical web panels, reimagined in the ...
LG CNS to build AI data center in Vietnam, accelerating Southeast Asia push
LG CNS Co. will build a hyperscale artificial intelligence data center for Vietnam’s state-run telecom giant Vietnam Posts and Telecommunicati...
South Korea’s EV sales jump, hinting at end to market slump
South Korea’s electric vehicle market is showing signs of recovery after a prolonged slowdown, with both new and used car sales rebounding fas...
KT reports record operating profit on robust AI business in Q2
South Korea’s major mobile carrier KT Corp., which has picked artificial intelligence as its next growth engine, posted record-high quarterly ...
From ramen to skincare, Samyang beats Toyo Suisan in market cap; APR nears Shiseido
As Korean food and beauty products ride a wave of enduring global demand, Samyang Foods Co. has overtaken Japan’s Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd., the...
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...
China’s free-roaming tourists reshape South Korea’s visitor economy
For decades, megacity malls in Myeongdong and other neon hearts of Seoul have been the must-visit places for Chinese tourists, mostly in large group...
LG Chem sells dermal filler business to VIG Partners for $144 mn
South Korea’s leading chemical company LG Chem Ltd. has agreed to sell its dermal filler business to the country’s major buyout fund VIG...
Celltrion in talks to buy Eli Lilly plant in US for $504 million
Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s biosimilar-developing leader, is in talks with Eli Lilly and Company to buy the American multinational pharmaceu...
Air Liquide in exclusive talks for South Korea’s DIG Airgas for over $3.3bn
Air Liquide SA, a French multinational industrial gas and services company, is eyeing a return to South Korea after its exit a decade ago, as it is ...
Musicow sells out 1st US music equity offering backed by Kelly Clarkson hit
Musicow Inc., a South Korean music copyright trading platform pioneer, has sold out its debut US music royalty-backed securities offering in less th...
