S.Korean companies in renewed push for Kosdaq listings

S.Korean companies in renewed push for Kosdaq listings

South Korean companies are making renewed pushes to go public this year even at the expense of reduced IPO values.Zaram Technology Inc., a chip desi...

Silicon Valley, Korean startups’ choice for global business

Silicon Valley, Korean startups’ choice for global business

Silicon Valley was the favorite place for South Korean startups for their global business as more of them were established in other countries for th...

Kolmar Korea to establish new cosmetics production base in Sejong City

Kolmar Korea to establish new cosmetics production base in Sejong City

South Korea's cosmetic original design manufacturer Kolmar Korea said Wednesday that it would establish a cosmetics production base equipped with ar...

SK Hynix unveils industry’s fastest mobile DRAM chip LPDDR5T

SK Hynix unveils industry’s fastest mobile DRAM chip LPDDR5T

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it has developed the world’s fastest mobile DRAM chip and ...

S.Korean stock issuance volume declines 24% in 2022

S.Korean stock issuance volume declines 24% in 2022

The volume of stock issuance in South Korea declined sharply last year due to the softening stock market. Amid rising interest rates, the amount of ...

Hyundai, Kia vow to crack Japan-dominated SE Asian market with EVs

Hyundai, Kia vow to crack Japan-dominated SE Asian market with EVs

For more than four decades, Japanese automakers, led by Toyota Motor Corp., have reigned as undisputed champions in the Southeast Asian auto marke...

Koh Young to showcase 3D inspection tech at IPC APEX EXPO

Koh Young to showcase 3D inspection tech at IPC APEX EXPO

Koh Young Technology Inc., a leading 3D optical inspection devices maker in South Korea, is set to participate in IPC APEX EXPO 2023 in San Diego to...

Kakao Pay and Hanwha Aerospace likely to be added to MSCI Korea Index

Kakao Pay and Hanwha Aerospace likely to be added to MSCI Korea Index

South Korea's Kakao Pay Corp. and Hanwha Aerospace Co. next month are expected to get newly incorporated into the MSCI Korean Index, which measures ...

HK inno.N's K-CAB to get insurance benefits in China

HK inno.N's K-CAB to get insurance benefits in China

South Korea’s 30th novel medicine K-CAB Tab (active ingredient: tegoprazan), a gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) treatment of HK inno.N, ...

LG Chem completes acquisition of US biotech firm AVEO

LG Chem completes acquisition of US biotech firm AVEO

LG Chem Ltd. is set to complete its $571 million purchase of the US biotech firm AVEO Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Friday, which would strengthen its ant...

S.Korea's Paris Baguette opens first outlet in Malaysia

S.Korea's Paris Baguette opens first outlet in Malaysia

To SPC Group, which hopes to tide over difficulties in the domestic market facing sagging growth potential and troubles caused by a series of safety...

Samsung Heavy, MISC to jointly develop floating CO2 storage units

Samsung Heavy, MISC to jointly develop floating CO2 storage units

South Korea's major shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries said on Thursday that it has signed an agreement with MISC Berhad, a Malaysian offshore ene...

SK On, graphite processor Urbix to jointly produce anode materials

SK On, graphite processor Urbix to jointly produce anode materials

South Korea's SK On Co. and US graphite processor Urbix Inc. have signed an agreement to jointly develop high-performance anode materials, Korea's l...

KAI signs agreement with Northrop Grumman to develop UAVs

KAI signs agreement with Northrop Grumman to develop UAVs

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) said on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) in relation to "technical cooperation on verti...

Doosan Enerbility acquires US design approval for metal nuclear cask

Doosan Enerbility acquires US design approval for metal nuclear cask

South Korea's energy equipment maker Doosan Enerbility Co. has obtained the green light in participating in the domestic nuclear storage cask market...

Cosmax to make inroads into Japanese market in earnest

Cosmax to make inroads into Japanese market in earnest

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's cosmetics original design manufacturing (ODM) company, said on Thursday that it would start targeting the Japanese market...

SK E&S moves into EV charging market

SK E&S moves into EV charging market

South Korea's liquefied petroleum gas supplier SK E&S said on Wednesday that its subsidiary Parking Cloud will begin electric vehicle charging s...

BC Card eyes Central Asian payment market entry this year

BC Card eyes Central Asian payment market entry this year

South Korea's financial services company BC Card said on Wednesday that it would seek to enter the Central Asian market this year on the back of its...

MedPacto's anti-cancer substance designated as US FDA fast-track item

MedPacto's anti-cancer substance designated as US FDA fast-track item

South Korean biotech company MedPacto Inc. ’s Vactosertib monotherapy for osteosarcoma patients has been designated as a fast-track developmen...

Kolon, Hyosung to give up control over nylon material maker Capro

 Kolon, Hyosung to give up control over nylon material maker Capro

South Korea’s Hyosung Group and its longtime rival Kolon Group in the fiber, textile and petrochemical businesses are poised to give up their ...

CMG Pharma acquires animal nutrition company ING Medix

CMG Pharma acquires animal nutrition company ING Medix

CMG Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of South Korea's CHA Biotech, said on Monday that it is moving into the pet nutrition supplement market by acquirin...

Kookmin Bank launches foreign currency trading platform KB Star FX

Kookmin Bank launches foreign currency trading platform KB Star FX

South Korea's largest lender Kookmin Bank on Monday launched its new contactless platform for foreign exchange transactions dubbed KB Star FX.The on...

Samsung hires ex-Yogiyo CEO to lead online sales as rivals axe jobs

Samsung hires ex-Yogiyo CEO to lead online sales as rivals axe jobs

Samsung Electronics Co. has hired Kang Shin-bong, former chief executive of Yogiyo, South Korea’s second-largest food delivery platform, to le...

Hanwha, LG Energy team up for US battery production

Hanwha, LG Energy team up for US battery production

South Korea’s Hanwha Group will invest in LG Energy Solution Ltd.'s battery production lines for energy storage systems (ESS) in the US, some ...

Ssangyong Motor takes part in Brussels Motor Show

Ssangyong Motor takes part in Brussels Motor Show

Ssangyong Motor Co. said on Monday that it would participate in the 2023 European Motor Show Brussels and begin to move into the European market in ...

UAE’s sovereign funds to invest $30 billion in South Korea

UAE’s sovereign funds to invest $30 billion in South Korea

ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates will invest $30 billion in South Korea across strategic sectors, including the nuclear power, defense, hy...

SK-Ford JV likely to raise $4 bn via US loan program

SK-Ford JV likely to raise $4 bn via US loan program

Glendale, Kentucky -- A battery joint venture between South Korea’s SK On Co. and Ford Motor Co. is likely to raise about $4 billion in a US g...

LG Energy, Honda to build $4.4 billion battery plant in Ohio

LG Energy, Honda to build $4.4 billion battery plant in Ohio

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Honda Motor Co. have launched their first US joint venture to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Ohio, LG said o...

Aespa's first VR concert unveiles at the US music festival

Aespa's first VR concert unveiles at the US music festival

AmazeVR, a virtual reality (VR) concert production and distribution platform company, said on Friday that "Aespa VR Concert at Kwangya" was official...

Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis set for February IPO

Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis set for February IPO

South Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis Corp. aims to raise up to $166 million through a listing next month, becoming the country’s first...

JKL Partners to acquire $150 mn cult-favorite bagel chain London Bagel Museum Kolon's early bets on para-aramid recovery pays off amid AI boom Shinsegae chair likely to head Asian arm of pro-Trump Rockbridge S.Korea’s leading ERP player Douzone Bizon up for sale; EQT Partners in talks MSCI maintains S.Korea’s emerging-market status; level playing field required