LG Uplus analyzes ad performance with GenAI

LG Uplus analyzes ad performance with GenAI

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Monday that it has introduced generative AI technology to its integrated advertising platform U+AD, adding...

CJ Logistics shares logistics expertise with Saudi Arabian firm

CJ Logistics shares logistics expertise with Saudi Arabian firm

A delegation from Special Integrated Logistics Zone (SILZ), the operator of Saudi Arabia's integrated logistics hub, recently visited CJ Logistics' ...

NPS logs 5.8% return in Q1 led by US tech stock rally

NPS logs 5.8% return in Q1 led by US tech stock rally

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, posted a 5.82% investment return for the first quarter ...

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...

Ex-Porsche engineer Harrer to lead Hyundai’s high-performance push

Ex-Porsche engineer Harrer to lead Hyundai’s high-performance push

Hyundai Motor Group is upping the ante to lead in the luxury and high-performance car market and speed up electrification by tapping a high-profile ...

Risk management is more important than ever, GPs say

Risk management is more important than ever, GPs say

Risk management and investment firms' operational capabilities have become more important than ever amid economic uncertainties, said speakers at th...

World’s No.1 magnet wire maker SPSX mulls Korean IPO

World’s No.1 magnet wire maker SPSX mulls Korean IPO

Superior Essex Inc. (SPSX), the world’s top magnet wire provider under South Korea’s LS Group, is mulling an initial public offering in ...

HD Hyundai Marine Solution builds ship smartcare center in Busan

HD Hyundai Marine Solution builds ship smartcare center in Busan

South Korea's HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co. established an HD SmartCare Busan Center for ship lifecycle management services and begun full-scale op...

Korean banks broaden horizons to Mexico, Poland, Africa

Korean banks broaden horizons to Mexico, Poland, Africa

South Korean banks are broadening their horizons beyond Asia into Mexico, Poland and Africa in step with Korean manufacturing companies’ globa...

Samsung SDS taps generative AI to counter logistics risks

Samsung SDS taps generative AI to counter logistics risks

Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit under Samsung Group, actively incorporates generative artificial intelligence and machine...

KB Kookmin Bank, Cambodian Central Bank to build payment system

KB Kookmin Bank, Cambodian Central Bank to build payment system

South Korea's KB Kookmin Bank announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the National Bank of Cambodia to establish...

Korea’s LX Pantos, China’s Sinotrans agree to launch logistics JV

Korea’s LX Pantos, China’s Sinotrans agree to launch logistics JV

LX Pantos Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s LX Group, said on Thursday it will launch a multimodal transport joint venture with Sinotra...

SK Signet to supply EV chargers to Gilbarco

SK Signet to supply EV chargers to Gilbarco

SK Signet Inc., South Korea's electric vehicle (EV) charger manufacturer, announced on Thursday that it partnered with Gilbarco Veeder-Root, the wor...

LX International joins UNGC

LX International joins UNGC

South Korean trading firm LX International Corp. announced on Tuesday that it joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) to strengthen its envi...

Woori Bank offers internship for SE Asian students in S.Korea

Woori Bank offers internship for SE Asian students in S.Korea

South Korea's Woori Bank announced on Tuesday that it is recruiting interns targeting Southeast Asian students studying in Korea.This program aims t...

S.Korea-Malaysia central banks renew currency swap agreement

S.Korea-Malaysia central banks renew currency swap agreement

Central banks of South Korea and Malaysia renewed a bilateral local currency swap arrangement for an additional three years, the Bank of Korea (BOK)...

Deutsche Bank's Korea IB head quits after country head resigns

Deutsche Bank's Korea IB head quits after country head resigns

Cho Man Chul, managing director and head of investment banking at Deutsche Bank in Korea, has resigned, according to people with knowledge of the ma...

Lotte Global Logistics, KOBC to partner for global logistics

Lotte Global Logistics, KOBC to partner for global logistics

South Korea's Lotte Global Logistics announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Ocean Business Corporatio...

Hyundai beats Volkswagen with world's 2nd-largest Q1 profits

Hyundai beats Volkswagen with world's 2nd-largest Q1 profits

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group surpassed Volkswagen Group to claim the second-highest operating profit in the global automotive industry for the ...

SKC to build world's top biodegradable plastic plant in Vietnam

SKC to build world's top biodegradable plastic plant in Vietnam

SKC Ltd., a chemicals arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, said on Sunday its biodegradable material unit has broken g...

Samsung Welstory completes new Vietnam logistics center

Samsung Welstory completes new Vietnam logistics center

South Korean food and beverage company Samsung Welstory announced on Thursday that it completed a new logistics center with a cold chain system in B...

Near-zero interest rate deposits swell at Korean banks

Near-zero interest rate deposits swell at Korean banks

Demand and short-term deposits at South Korea’s top five banks have expanded 5% to 657 trillion won ($480 billion) in the first quarter of thi...

APR completes second factory in Pyeongtaek

APR completes second factory in Pyeongtaek

South Korea's cosmetic and clothing company APR announced on Wednesday that it completed its second plant, the APR Factory Pyeongtaek 2 Campus. ...

SK E&S builds world’s largest hydrogen liquefaction plant

SK E&S builds world’s largest hydrogen liquefaction plant

SK E&S Co., a South Korean liquefied natural gas importer, has built the world’s largest hydrogen liquefaction plant in Incheon, west of S...

Aekyung Chemical develops hard carbon of SIB

Aekyung Chemical develops hard carbon of SIB

South Korea's Aekyung Chemical Co. announced on Wednesday that it developed a high-performance hard carbon material that functions as the main anode...

Hyundai to expand US hydrogen truck business with California nonprofit

Hyundai to expand US hydrogen truck business with California nonprofit

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, is gearing up its hydrogen truck business in the US by teaming up with a California nonprofit ...

BOK's rate policy back to square one after GDP, Fed comments

BOK's rate policy back to square one after GDP, Fed comments

TBILISI, Georgia – The Bank of Korea (BOK) will go back to square one on monetary policy as stronger-than-expected economic growth in the...

Woori Financial acquires Korea Foss Securities to offer brokerage services

Woori Financial acquires Korea Foss Securities to offer brokerage services

Woori Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest financial services group, has acquired Korea Foss Securities Co., paving the way for ...

Osstem to buy Brazil’s No. 3 dental implant maker Implacil

Osstem to buy Brazil’s No. 3 dental implant maker Implacil

South Korea’s Osstem Implant Co., the world’s fourth-largest dental implant maker, is slated to acquire Brazilian peer Implacil De Borto...

LG Chem, Saudi’s Alkhorayef join hands for seawater project

LG Chem, Saudi’s Alkhorayef join hands for seawater project

LG Chem Ltd. on Wednesday signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Alkhorayef Group to build a water treatment plant in the Middle Eastern nati...

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 GEPS taps former KB Asset chief risk officer as new CIO Affinity Equity nets $220 mn from block sale of Shinhan Financial F&F’s bid for TaylorMade complicates Centroid's exit