Samsung Biologics posts record 2024 sales, operating profit as it goes global

Samsung Biologics posts record 2024 sales, operating profit as it goes global

South Korea's Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, on Wednesday posted its largest-ever annual sales and operating p...

Sales of K-Beauty surges in US e-commerce

Sales of K-Beauty surges in US e-commerce

The popularity of South Korean cosmetics in the US has increased, with sales of the products growing at four to five times the rate of the market ...

Coupang, Naver in dead heat for South Korea’s e-commerce market lead

Coupang, Naver in dead heat for South Korea’s e-commerce market lead

Coupang Inc. and Naver Corp., South Korea's top two e-commerce players, are expected to further narrow the gap in their race for the market lead thi...

DIG Airgas, Air Products Korea: Two Korean megadeals in the offing

DIG Airgas, Air Products Korea: Two Korean megadeals in the offing

South Korea’s mergers and acquisitions market is gearing up for two megadeals involving specialty gas makers, worth 5 trillion won ($3.4 billi...

Korea seeks tighter control over digital coins, mulls mandatory disclosures

Korea seeks tighter control over digital coins, mulls mandatory disclosures

South Korea plans to tighten its controls over cryptocurrency trade in the country by mandating information disclosures for listed virtual assets an...

Macquarie kicks off sale of DIG Airgas estimated at over $3.4 billion

Macquarie kicks off sale of DIG Airgas estimated at over $3.4 billion

Macquarie Asset Management has embarked on a process to sell off its 100% stake in South Korea’s third-largest industrial gas producer DIG Air...

Hyundai Mobis to boost US production to cope with Trump

Hyundai Mobis to boost US production to cope with Trump

LAS VEGAS -- Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s fifth-largest auto parts maker, plans to beef up its US production to cope with President-elect Do...

NCSOFT’s NC Tower up for sale with its value estimated at $272 million

NCSOFT’s NC Tower up for sale with its value estimated at $272 million

The sales of several office buildings along Teheran-ro in Seoul's upscale Gangnam Business District (GBD) are gaining momentum.The bidding for the...

Hyundai Motor: First auto brand available for purchase on Amazon Autos

Hyundai Motor: First auto brand available for purchase on Amazon Autos

You can now buy a Hyundai on Amazon.You read that right. You can buy a vehicle on the same site where you purchase dinosaur balloons and roller skat...

POSCO’s new bond sale seven times oversubscribed

POSCO’s new bond sale seven times oversubscribed

South Korean steelmaker POSCO’s new bond issue for 500 billion won ($343 million) was seven times oversubscribed, which may encourage the comp...

Mirae Asset invests $200 mn in LS Group affiliate in US

Mirae Asset invests $200 mn in LS Group affiliate in US

South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments said on Sunday it invested $200 million in Essex Solutions, a US magnet wire manufacturing affiliate un...

Hyundai, Kia sell 7.23 mn units together in 2024, eye more sales in 2025

Hyundai, Kia sell 7.23 mn units together in 2024, eye more sales in 2025

Hyundai Motor Co. and its sibling Kia Corp. have set a target to sell a combined 7.39 million units around the globe this year with greater focus on...

Seoul office sales rebound for first time in 4 years in 2024

Seoul office sales rebound for first time in 4 years in 2024

The Seoul office market bounced back for the first time in four years in 2024, with transaction volume soaring 78.7% to 13.4 trillion won ($9.1 bill...

S.Korea's webtoon industry sales surpasses $1.36 bn

S.Korea's webtoon industry sales surpasses $1.36 bn

South Korea's webtoon market size surpassed 2 trillion won ($1.36 billion) for the first time. The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and...

E-Land manages New Balance’s record $689 mn in Korean sales

E-Land manages New Balance’s record $689 mn in Korean sales

South Korea’s retail giant E-Land Group has achieved 1 trillion won ($689 million) in Korean sales of the global sports footwear and apparel b...

GIC drops Seoul landmark building sale on Korea’s political woes

GIC drops Seoul landmark building sale on Korea’s political woes

Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund, dropped the sale of a landmark building in Seoul due to t...

Celltrion BioSolutions launched to venture into CDMO

Celltrion BioSolutions launched to venture into CDMO

Celltrion Inc. on Tuesday launched its contract development and manufacturing organization unit Celltrion BioSolutions Co. in its foray into the CDM...

Korea’s commercial vehicle sales tumble on economic slowdown

Korea’s commercial vehicle sales tumble on economic slowdown

South Korea’s commercial vehicle sales are plunging on sluggish domestic demand amid a slowdown in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.Local s...

Mirae Asset rises to 12th-largest ETF manager with $141 billion in assets

Mirae Asset rises to 12th-largest ETF manager with $141 billion in assets

South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group has emerged as the world’s 12th-largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) manag...

GIC to open 2nd tender for Seoul landmark building sale as bids disappoint

GIC to open 2nd tender for Seoul landmark building sale as bids disappoint

Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund, is set to seek more proposals from bidders to sell a land...

Samyang Foods releases export-only ramyun brand in Thailand

Samyang Foods releases export-only ramyun brand in Thailand

South Korea's Samyang Foods Co. said on Wednesday it launched the new export-only ramyun brand Mep in Thailand. Mep is the second brand for the...

LX Pantos IPO delayed as Mirae Asset sells stake

LX Pantos IPO delayed as Mirae Asset sells stake

South Korea’s leading brokerage firm Mirae Asset Securities Co. is poised to sell its stake in LX Pantos Co., adding to expectations of more d...

LG CNS to use IPO proceeds to buy foreign IT firm

LG CNS to use IPO proceeds to buy foreign IT firm

LG CNS Co., the information technology service unit of South Korea’s LG Group, plans to acquire a foreign IT company with the proceeds from it...

Hong Kong-based PEF Affinity Equity to acquire control of Lotte Rental

Hong Kong-based PEF Affinity Equity to acquire control of Lotte Rental

Affinity Equity Partners, a Hong Kong-based investment firm, will acquire a controlling stake in South Korea’s No. 1 car rental and leasing co...

LG H&H’s sales surge 156% on Amazon Black Friday

LG H&H’s sales surge 156% on Amazon Black Friday

South Korea’s LG H&H Co. said on Thursday its sales on Amazon Black Friday this year surged 156% year over year.The Face Shop's Rice Water...

Hyundai, Kia on course for record 2024 US sales, led by SUVs, hybrids

Hyundai, Kia on course for record 2024 US sales, led by SUVs, hybrids

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister firm Kia Corp. saw their US vehicle sales surge in November, driven by large SUVs, hybrids and ...

S.Korea's foreign reserves amount to $415.4 bn in Nov

S.Korea's foreign reserves amount to $415.4 bn in Nov

South Korea's official foreign reserves at the end of November amounted to $415.4 billion.According to the Bank Of Korea (BOK) on Wednesday, the nat...

Celltrion to retire $400 mn treasury stock in January

Celltrion to retire $400 mn treasury stock in January

South Korea’s biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. on Wednesday announced a plan to retire about a quarter of its treasury stock worth 563 billion ...

Kia vows to drastically raise shareholder returns, hike EV, hybrid sales

Kia vows to drastically raise shareholder returns, hike EV, hybrid sales

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, plans to drastically raise its shareholder return rates to bolster shareholder value. The c...

GIC to pick preferred bidder in $1.1 bn Seoul landmark building sale

GIC to pick preferred bidder in $1.1 bn Seoul landmark building sale

Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund, is set to select a preferred bidder for the sale of a lan...

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