EcoPro Group nearly doubles sales target to $7.8 billion this year

South Korea's EcoPro Group has set its sales target this year at 10 trillion won ($7.8 billion), nearly double that of last year, under a strategy t...

Korean law firm creates startup investment association

The Law Office of Choi & Lee, a small-sized law firm, became Korea's first law firm to invest in startups. In one of the most difficult times wh...

Hyundai Motor Group to make debuts of innovative startups at CES

Hyundai Motor Group's open innovation platform Zero1ne will showcase innovative technologies from ten South Korean startups at CES 2023, the world's...

Privatization of Korea’s top container line HMM to gain traction

South Korea’s move to privatize container shipping line HMM Co. to recover taxpayer money is gaining traction as government officials start lo...

Shipbuilding expected to lead manufacturing sectors in export growth

South Korea's shipbuilding exports this year are expected to jump 76.1% from last year to $32.4 billion to lead all major manufacturing industries i...

S.Korea's automotive unit Kolon Mobility Group reborn as separate entity

South Korea's Kolon Mobility Group has been launched with Lee Kyu-ho, the great grandson of the Kolon Group founder Lee Won-man, as co-CEO. Formerly...

S.Korea’s IPO market sours as Kurly postpones listing

South Korea’s initial public offering market has soured as gourmet food delivery platform Kurly Inc. delayed its listing amid deteriorating in...

Novarex, Riman sign agreement to jointly develop health-functional food

South Korea's health functional foods company Novarex and cosmetics company Riiman Korea met to promote the health-functional foods business togethe...

Korean LCCs cancel China-bound flights due to COVID-19

Toughened COVID-19 testing requirements on Chinese travelers will likely dent hopes for South Korea's low-cost airlines to recover from three years ...

Korea's coffee brand Ediya to open 1st overseas branch in Guam

Ediya Coffee, South Korea's home-grown low-priced coffee brand, will open a branch in Guam in the first half of this year to seek growth through exp...

Com2verse attracts investment of $9.4 million from strategic partners

Com2verse, Com2uS Corp.'s metaverse subsidiary said on Tuesday that it has secured a strategic investment of 4 billion won ($3.1 million) each from ...

S.Korea fines Tesla $2.2 mn for alleged false advertising

South Korea’s antitrust body has decided to impose a fine of 2.9 billion won ($2.2 million) on Tesla Inc., the world’s top electric vehi...

S.Korea Inc. ramps up cash reserves amid economic woes

South Korean companies are rushing to raise cash from the beginning of the new year amid growing concerns over a global economic downturn and market...

SK Networks completes acquisition of local EV charging platform operator

SK Networks Co., a South Korean general trading firm, said on Jan. 3 it has completed the acquisition of SS Charger Co., a leading electric car char...

Hyundai, Kia aim to outpace industry growth in 2023

The Hyundai Motor Group is aiming to boost sales by 10% this year from 2022, above an estimated single-digit growth in the global automotive market....

Korea proposes bigger tax breaks for chipmakers, key industries

The South Korean government plans to raise tax breaks for facility investments by big companies, including chipmakers, to as much as 25% following P...

S.Korea's Daehan Green Power invests in energy superstation biz

South Korea's Daehan Green Power has entered the green hydrogen sector, a new growth engine, through an energy super station project.The company on ...

KT, E-mart warm up S.Korea's corporate bond market

South Korea's KT Corp. and E-mart Inc. are the frontrunners in the new year's corporate bond demand forecasts, attracting attention on if they can b...

Naver, Kakao to hold off M&As to pursue profits

Naver Corp. and Kakao Corp., South Korea’s two leading online platforms, will put on hold acquisition-oriented growth strategies and instead p...

S.Korea's gaming industry reaches $15.7 billion in scale

South Korea's game industry in 2021 saw sales of over 20 billion won ($15.7 billion), ranking the country fourth on the global market. The Kore...

S.Korea ranks as 6th most powerful country, beating Japan

TOKYO - South Korea ranked the world’s sixth most powerful country, beating Japan, while the peninsular nation was far behind its neighbor in ...

GS Retail to introduce forex kiosks in convenience stores

South Korea's convenience store franchiser GS Retail said on Monday that it would introduce foreign currency exchange kiosks at its convenience st...

S.Korea's top 2 LPG importers E1 and SK Gas cut supply price

South Korea's two major importers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), E1 Corp. and SK Gas Corp., have both cut their supply price of LPG in the first ...

Samsung Elec seen as 2023 top outperformer in Korea

Samsung Electronics Co. topped the list of stocks expected to outperform the South Korean stock market in 2023 on the prospect of a rebound in the m...

Korea's Traders Wholesale Club launches paid membership program

S.Korea's big-box store Traders Wholesale Club officially launched its paid membership program called Traders Club on Sunday.The store has secured...

Shinhan Bank to completely scrap mobile, online balance transfer fees

Beginning on New Year's day, Shinhan Bank started waiving all balance transfer fees to other bank accounts and automated transfer fees for its mobil...

S.Korea begins PCR testing of all passengers coming from China

South Korea on Monday implemented tougher quarantine measures on arrivals from China like a PCR test for COVID-19.Thus quarantine authorities requir...

Korea’s NPS to be in red in 2022 with 5.3% loss in Jan-Oct

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest such fund, is poised to report an annual loss in 2022 for the fi...

S.Korea logs record trade deficit in 2022; outlook dim

South Korea suffered a record trade deficit last year as the ongoing war in Ukraine ramped up energy import bills, while the outlook remained dark w...

Hyundai Motor to boost EV leasing in US for tax credits from 2023

South Korean electric vehicles for lease are forecast to receive US tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as new guidelines of the law...