Lotte Chilsung, E&J Gallo to jointly boost soju sale in US

Lotte Chilsung, E&J Gallo to jointly boost soju sale in US

South Korea’s Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co. announced on Tuesday that it partnered with the world's largest winery E&J Gallo to expand its...

Hyungji, Dishang Group to co-work for market development

Hyungji, Dishang Group to co-work for market development

South Korea’s Fashion Group Hyungji and China’s largest clothing exporter Dishang Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to te...

HSBC, BNP Paribas reported to Korean prosecutors for naked shorting

HSBC, BNP Paribas reported to Korean prosecutors for naked shorting

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. (HSBC) and BNP Paribas CIB have been reported to South Korean public prosecutors in violation of ...

IONIQ 5, Sportage named safest cars by IIHS

IONIQ 5, Sportage named safest cars by IIHS

Hyundai Motor Co. 's crossover electric vehicle (EV) sport-utility vehicle (SUV) IONIQ 5 and Kia Corp. 's best-selling SUV Sportage earned a Top S...

Kia EV9 sweeps European awards, sees strong US pre-orders

Kia EV9 sweeps European awards, sees strong US pre-orders

The Kia EV9, the flagship large all-electric sport utility vehicle of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, is sweeping major industrial awards in Eu...

Korean digital comics boost Naver Webtoon’s biz in Japan

Korean digital comics boost Naver Webtoon’s biz in Japan

Naver Webtoon Ltd., the world’s top digital comics provider, enjoyed robust business in Japan with a record gross merchandise value (GMV) this...

GM asks LG Energy to share huge portion of US EV tax benefits

GM asks LG Energy to share huge portion of US EV tax benefits

General Motor Co., the leading US automaker, has asked LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery manufactur...

Samsung, SK Hynix expect high 2024 profits as memory market returns

Samsung, SK Hynix expect high 2024 profits as memory market returns

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, expect to post decent chip profits next year as DRAM pri...

Flexibility unlocks opportunities: M&G Investments

Flexibility unlocks opportunities: M&G Investments

As central banks fight with post-COVID inflation, the repricing of global interest rates continues to add to global market volatility across both bo...

Celltrion Healthcare's Remsima SC to be launched in US in 2024

Celltrion Healthcare's Remsima SC to be launched in US in 2024

Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Thursday that its autoimmune disease treatment Zymfentra (the US product name for Remsima SC) is set to be lau...

KHNP eyes Canada's nuclear energy project with ARC, NB Power

KHNP eyes Canada's nuclear energy project with ARC, NB Power

Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) said on Wednesday it has signed a non-binding agreement with ARC Clean Technology Canada Inc. and New Bruns...

Hyundai Elevator, ERBUD forge partnership for Ukraine's rebuilding efforts

Hyundai Elevator, ERBUD forge partnership for Ukraine's rebuilding efforts

South Korea's Hyundai Elevator Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with ERBUD, a leading Polish construction company, on November 28, in ...

Seoul office leasing turns lender’s market as vacancy rates at 2023 low

Seoul office leasing turns lender’s market as vacancy rates at 2023 low

Office vacancy rates in South Korea’s capital city of Seoul fell to their lowest level this year last month as people returned to work follo...

JW Holdings starts to export Winuf to Mongolia

JW Holdings starts to export Winuf to Mongolia

South Korea's JW Holdings corporation announced on Tuesday that it started to export the multi-nutritional liquid Winuf Central 736·1085ml to...

Iljin Electric bags $333 mn high-voltage transformer deal in US

Iljin Electric bags $333 mn high-voltage transformer deal in US

Iljin Electric Co. has won its largest-ever 431.8 billion won ($333.2 billion) order to supply high-voltage transformers to a US energy company, the...

LG Uplus to spur generative AI service for new growth: CEO

LG Uplus to spur generative AI service for new growth: CEO

LG Uplus Corp., a leading mobile carrier in South Korea, is accelerating its generative artificial intelligence business as a new growth driver amid...

LG H&H to boost marketing of makeup brands in Japan

LG H&H to boost marketing of makeup brands in Japan

South Korea's LG H&H Co. announced on Tuesday that it will boost marketing of its premium makeup brands "Glint by VDIVOV" (Glint) and "freshian"...

Samsung’s Harman ups ante in home audio market with Roon

Samsung’s Harman ups ante in home audio market with Roon

Harman International has taken over Roon Labs, the multi-device and multi-room audio technology company popular among audiophiles for its streaming ...

Korean defense sector to offset semiconductor downturn: FT

Korean defense sector to offset semiconductor downturn: FT

South Korea’s defense sector is enjoying booming demand from countries across the world that are cutting their reliance on Russian weapons, of...

EcoPro Materials' Kospi debut draws investors for short-term gains

EcoPro Materials' Kospi debut draws investors for short-term gains

Shares in EcoPro Materials Co., South Korean battery materials maker EcoPro Group’s unit that went public on Nov. 17, are skyrocketing as reta...

Car sales may sputter in 2024 amid EV policy risk: Research

Car sales may sputter in 2024 amid EV policy risk: Research

The global automobile market is on track to recover to pre-pandemic levels this year and is expected to grow at a moderate pace amid a prolonged eco...

SK Telecom to expand metaverse market in SE Asia

SK Telecom to expand metaverse market in SE Asia

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that it partnered with three IT companies in Southeast Asia to accelerate its metaverse market st...

Delivery Hero-backed Baemin to exit Vietnam on low returns

Delivery Hero-backed Baemin to exit Vietnam on low returns

Baemin, the top food delivery platform in South Korea, will exit Vietnam on Dec. 8 after four years of operations there amid fierce market competiti...

Apple to open sixth store in S.Korea

Apple to open sixth store in S.Korea

Apple Inc. said on Monday that it will open its sixth store in South Korea on Dec. 9. The new store will be located in the Starfield Hanam shop...

Korean ELS investors biting nails over sharp falls in Hong Kong shares

Korean ELS investors biting nails over sharp falls in Hong Kong shares

Chinese shares listed on the Hong Kong bourse have fallen sharply so far this year, placing the city’s main stock index, the HSCEI, among the ...

Taihan Cable to bid for power distribution network in UK

Taihan Cable to bid for power distribution network in UK

South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the global infrastructure ...

Daewoo E&C seeks energy infrastructure biz in Yemen

Daewoo E&C seeks energy infrastructure biz in Yemen

South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Yemeni Minis...

S.Korea to pour $26 bn in UK’s renewables, infrastructure

S.Korea to pour $26 bn in UK’s renewables, infrastructure

South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund, banks and other private sector companies plan to pour £21 billion ($26.3 billion) in renewables, in...

CJ Logistics’ Indian operation Darcl taps IPO with SEBI

CJ Logistics’ Indian operation Darcl taps IPO with SEBI

CJ Darcl Logistics, CJ Logistics Corp.'s Indian operation, is seeking to go public in the South Asian country to expand its footprint in the world&r...

Compelling investment opportunity in US data center market: Principal

Compelling investment opportunity in US data center market: Principal

Current tenant demand for data centers has never been stronger and is growing at an unprecedented rate. Investors have started to take notice and ma...

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