Secondaries, debt attractive for portfolio stability: Korean CIOs

Secondaries, debt attractive for portfolio stability: Korean CIOs

South Korean institutional investors find secondaries and private debt attractive amid the darkening economic outlook, chief investment officers (CI...

Kumho Petrochem signs MOU with Japanese second-largest refiner

Kumho Petrochem signs MOU with Japanese second-largest refiner

South Korea's Kumho Petrochemical Co. and Idemitsu Kosan Co., a Japanese refining and petrochemical company, announced on May 17 that they have sign...

SK Hynix seeks to raise $373 million as chip recovery looms large

SK Hynix seeks to raise $373 million as chip recovery looms large

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is seeking to raise as much as 500 billion won ($373 million) in bank loans to sec...

LG Electronics enters antibacterial glass powder sector

LG Electronics enters antibacterial glass powder sector

LG Electronics Inc. on Wednesday said it will promote as one of its new growth engines antibacterial glass powder, or fine particles made with cru...

Korea to require pre-disclosure of major shareholder stake sales

Korea to require pre-disclosure of major shareholder stake sales

South Korea is set to require pre-disclosures of major shareholders’ listed company stake sales in an aim to prevent tumbles in stock prices.A...

Hanwha Q Cells to unveil soundproof solar module

Hanwha Q Cells to unveil soundproof solar module

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group, announced on Wednesday that it will participate in the upcoming "W...

Hyundai Motor holds Brand Day in Tokyo

Hyundai Motor holds Brand Day in Tokyo

Hyundai Motor Co., in celebration of the first anniversary of its reentry into the Japanese market, is introducing a locally tailored "assurance pro...

Samsung Engineering, OMV sign agreement for modular project

Samsung Engineering, OMV sign agreement for modular project

South Korea's Samsung Engineering has partnered with global integrated energy company OMV for project collaboration. Samsung Engineering announced T...

LG CNS’ AI-based marketing platform greatly boosts results

LG CNS’ AI-based marketing platform greatly boosts results

The trial application of South Korea's information and communications technology company LG CNS of artificial intelligence (AI) to marketing and adv...

Cuchen links rice cookers to Samsung Electronics’ IoT

Cuchen links rice cookers to Samsung Electronics’ IoT

South Korea’s kitchen appliance maker Cuchen on Monday said it will link two rice cookers possessing Internet of Things (IoT) technology to Sa...

POSCO DX to team up with PwC Consulting for smart factory business

POSCO DX to team up with PwC Consulting for smart factory business

POSCO DX Co., formerly POSCO ICT Co.,  the IT services subsidiary of South Korean steelmaker POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Monday that it h...

HL Holdings, Veluga Brewery to digitalize Korean liquor market

HL Holdings, Veluga Brewery to digitalize Korean liquor market

HL Holdings Corp., a major South Korean automotive parts logistics specialist with a three-decade history, has joined hands with Veluga Brewery Inc....

SK Chemicals, Comex jointly develop eco-friendly food storage containers

SK Chemicals, Comex jointly develop eco-friendly food storage containers

South Korea's SK Chemicals announced on Monday the launch of "Eco Clear," an airtight container developed in collaboration with Comex Industrial Co....

Yanolja acquires Israeli tourism tech company Go Global Travel

Yanolja acquires Israeli tourism tech company Go Global Travel

South Korea's tourism platform unicorn Yanolja has acquired Go Global Travel (GGT), an Israel-based company for global business-to-business (B2B) tr...

Kolon Industries to expand high-value specialty petroleum products plant

Kolon Industries to expand high-value specialty petroleum products plant

Kolon Industries Inc., a leading industrial materials maker in South Korea, announced on Monday that it will invest 24 billion won ($17.94 million) ...

CJ CheilJedang plans to globalize Korean street food

CJ CheilJedang plans to globalize Korean street food

South Korea's food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is set to launch a range of Korean street food as new products, aiming for global expansion. The compa...

KT to open medical checkup center in Hanoi, Vietnam

KT to open medical checkup center in Hanoi, Vietnam

South Korea's KT Corp. next year will launch a medical checkup center in Hanoi, Vietnam, under a strategy to advance its digital healthcare business...

Samsung's Lee to redefine growth roadmap with focus on new drivers

Samsung's Lee to redefine growth roadmap with focus on new drivers

Samsung Group leader Lee Jae-yong wrapped up a 22-day US business trip on Friday after meeting with nearly two dozen chief executives of multination...

HD Hyundai Energy Solutions to develop ultra-high efficiency solar panel

HD Hyundai Energy Solutions to develop ultra-high efficiency solar panel

South Korea's HD Hyundai Energy Solutions, HD Hyundai Co.'s solar power subsidiary, has set a goal to mass produce ultra-high efficiency solar panel...

Hanwha Systems wins $34.5 mn CMS order from Philippine Navy

Hanwha Systems wins $34.5 mn CMS order from Philippine Navy

South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. revealed on Friday its bid to provide its domestically developed combat management system (CMS) to six 2,400-t...

Kia, Kakao Mobility to jointly develop PBV for ride-hailing

Kia, Kakao Mobility to jointly develop PBV for ride-hailing

Kia Corp. and Kakao Mobility announced on Friday that they have signed the previous day a memorandum of understanding for the development of a purpo...

Korean KT Cloud to raise $452 mn from IMM via rights offering

Korean KT Cloud to raise $452 mn from IMM via rights offering

KT Cloud Corp., a subsidiary of South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp., is set to raise 600 billion won ($452 million) from a unit of Seoul-base...

SK Chemicals to show eco-friendly cosmetic containers in China

SK Chemicals to show eco-friendly cosmetic containers in China

South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. will participate in the China Beauty Expo 2023, hold in Shanghai, China, from May 12 for three days. This event is ...

KGC promotes S.Korean top red ginseng brand CheongKwanJang in China

KGC promotes S.Korean top red ginseng brand CheongKwanJang in China

Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp. , announced on Thursday its participation in the "2023 TFWA Wor...

CJ Logistics to establish global distribution center in Saudi Arabia

CJ Logistics to establish global distribution center in Saudi Arabia

South Korea's CJ Logistics unveiled plans on Thursday to construct a Global Distribution Center (GDC) in Saudi Arabia, a burgeoning logistics hub in...

Samsung Electronics to open flagship store in Seoul's Gangnam district

Samsung Electronics to open flagship store in Seoul's Gangnam district

Samsung Electronics Co. in late June will open its new flagship store Samsung Gangnam near Gangnam Station, a posh area of Seoul.Sources from the in...

US eyes new rules for Samsung, SK to bring chip machines to China

US eyes new rules for Samsung, SK to bring chip machines to China

The US government is considering establishing new rules for South Korea’s chipmakers to import advanced equipment to China to upgrade their fa...

LS Electric targets Southeast Asian microgrid market

LS Electric targets Southeast Asian microgrid market

South Korea's LS Electric Co. will join hands with Thailand's second-largest company Siam Cement Group (SCG) to target the Southeast Asian market fo...

Hanwha Q Cells holds No.1 position in US solar module market

Hanwha Q Cells holds No.1 position in US solar module market

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group, secured the top position in the US resid...

Virtual human YT debuts as SSG.COM’s shopping host

Virtual human YT debuts as SSG.COM’s shopping host

SSG.COM, the e-commerce brand of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Inc., announced on Tuesday that virtual human YT has been named the official sh...

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