Starbucks Korea conducts voluntary recall on giveaway items

Starbucks Korea, owned by South Korean retail juggernaut E-Mart, conducts a voluntary recall of its line of summer travel bags, following health c...

Korea suffers from foreign workers shortage in farming

South Korea’s agricultural product prices are expected to increase this year as the agriculture industry is suffering chronic labor shortages....

S.Korea’s SPAC IPOs eclipse company public listings

Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are gaining momentum in South Korea’s initial public market on the back of eased regulations and...

Hanwha Life to spur global real estate investment via US subsidiary

South Korea’s Hanwha Life Insurance Co. is set to kick off direct investment in overseas real estate via its subsidiary in the US, according t...

Megazone Cloud receives $343 mn from MBK, IMM PE in Series C funding

Megazone Cloud Corp., South Korea’s largest managed cloud service provider (MSP), has completed its Series C funding round with a combined 450...

Korea Inc. rushes to cut debt as interest rates surge

South Korean companies scrambled for lowering debts and borrowing costs with new financial and business strategies as interest rates on corporate lo...

TiumBio inks licensing deal with China's Hansoh for endometriosis drug

South Korean biotech TiumBio Co. has signed a technology transfer agreement of its endometriosis and uterine myoma treatment candidate with China&rs...

Korea Zinc to invest $7.5 billion in green hydrogen, battery materials

Korea Zinc Co., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, plans to spend 9.74 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in renewable energy, green hydrogen...

Hong Kong-based Crypto.com acquires South Korean exchange OK-BIT

Hong Kong-based Crypto.com announced Monday it finalized the acquisition of a 100% stake in South Korea’s cryptocurrency exchange operator OK-...

Mobility platform Socar slashes price to push ahead with IPO

South Korea’s first mobility unicorn Socar Inc. has cut its IPO price by 18% to push ahead with its stock market debut, according to industry ...

Korea Ginseng Corp. intensifies marketing efforts in the UAE

South Korea’s Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC) said on Tuesday it recently hosted its second annual conference for large retail pharmacy chains in th...

Golf apparel goes trendy and upmarket in Korea on rise of young golfers

As the popularity of golf grows in South Korea, particularly among young people, golf clothes are becoming increasingly more expensive and fashionab...

Four chip alliance: S.Korea's courage to overcome Chinaphobia

“I'm gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”Ahn Cheol-soo, a senior lawmaker of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party, c...

Carlyle CEO Lee’s sudden exit puts the PE’s Korea strategy in spotlight

The sudden resignation of The Carlyle Group Inc. Chief Executive Kewsong Lee has not just surprised the global investment community but raised quest...

Korea's SeAH joins hands with Saudi Aramco on special steel

South Korea’s steel conglomerate SeAH Group has tied up with Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's energy giant, to accelerate its expansion in the Mid...

Harim seeks Genofocus purchase to enter biotechnology business

Harim Co., South Korea’s top poultry processing company, is seeking to acquire Genofocus Inc., a Kosdaq-listed industrial and pharmaceutical e...

Investor sentiment on Korean IPOs remains chilly in H2

Investors are staying away from South Korea’s initial public offering markets as sentiment remains sour on global interest rate hikes, the sus...

LG CNS chosen design consultant for Indonesia's $38 bn smart city project

LG CNS Co., a South Korean major information technology service provider, is set to consult on the design of an Indonesian smart city project worth ...

S.Korea to ease internship visa rules for foreign talent  

South Korea will introduce an internship visa program for foreigners studying at overseas universities to ease a shortage of talent in the fields of...

Korea's Vestas launches second $231 mn European warehouse fund

South Korea’s Vestas Investment Management Co. has created a 300 billion won ($231.2 million) blind pool fund for Europe-based logistics cente...

SK Discovery to control affiliates’ entire biotechnology business

SK Discovery Co., an intermediate holding company of South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate SK Group, will take charge of the entire biotech...

Kakao to bolster open chat, ad services for growth

South Korea’s leading online platform operator Kakao Corp. on Thursday unveiled plans to bolster its open chat and advertising businesses to a...

S.Korea’s first mission to the Moon, Danuri, enters transfer orbit

South Korea’s first lunar orbiter, Danuri, has been launched onto a ballistic lunar transfer orbit as planned, the country’s science min...

US private equity giant Apollo making inroads into Korea

Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to launch a credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lendi...

US private equity giant Apollo to make inroads into Korea

Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to start the credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lend...

DeFi platform Neopin unveils plan for Web 3.0, NFT, multichain services

Blockchain firm Neopin announced its strategy to strengthen its foothold in the global DeFi Market on Thursday with four keywords: Web 3.0, multicha...

Seoul kicks off efforts to sell submarines to Australia

South Korea has embarked on efforts to export domestically designed submarines weighing more than 3,000 tons to Australia, while also in the final s...

Kakao Games posts record-high operating profit in Q2

Kakao Games Corp., the game publishing unit of South Korean web service giant Kakao Corp., said on Wednesday it achieved record-high operating profi...

Six major Korean firms tie up with Petronas for carbon biz

South Korea’s six biggest companies joined hands with Malaysia’s state energy firm Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) for the carbon c...

Korea to further lag China on self-driving cars

South Korea is expected to lag behind China further on autonomous vehicle technology as Shenzhen, the technology hub in Guangdong province, allowed ...