BMW overtakes Mercedes-Benz as top-selling foreign carmaker in S.Korea

BMW overtakes Mercedes-Benz as top-selling foreign carmaker in S.Korea

BMW has overtaken Mercedes-Benz in the South Korean market, regaining the top spot in the foreign automobile sales segment for the first time in eig...

Hyundai Motor, Kia post record US sales in 2023, to rank 4th in US

Hyundai Motor, Kia post record US sales in 2023, to rank 4th in US

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group saw its vehicle sales in the US rise to an all-time high in 2023, driven by its latest models of recreationa...

Celltrion to sell portfolio of Takeda drugs to CBC Group

Celltrion to sell portfolio of Takeda drugs to CBC Group

South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. will divest of a portfolio of Takeda Pharmaceutical's prescription medicines sold in Asia to CBC Group, a Singapo...

Shinsegae to close whisky business to focus on profits

Shinsegae to close whisky business to focus on profits

Shinsegae Inc., South Korea’s largest department store and supermarket company, will pull out of the whisky market, bucking the trend of the r...

Hyundai, Kia’s tech sets them apart with record hybrid vehicle sales

Hyundai, Kia’s tech sets them apart with record hybrid vehicle sales

Like their global peers, Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Corp. recently turned their sights back to hybrid vehicles as electric vehicle uptakes ...

Celltrion applies for approval of Xolair biosimilar in Canada

Celltrion applies for approval of Xolair biosimilar in Canada

South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has applied for CT-P39, a biosimilar of the treatment of asth...

HD Hyundai Construction, Infracore to use integrated machinery platform

HD Hyundai Construction, Infracore to use integrated machinery platform

HD Hyundai Co., a South Korean shipbuilding and machinery conglomerate, is building an integrated equipment manufacturing platform for its two const...

NGeneBio gets approval for cancer diagnostic device in Thailand

NGeneBio gets approval for cancer diagnostic device in Thailand

South Korean medical diagnostic company NGeneBio Co. announced on Friday that it has received approval for the sale of its in-vitro diagnostic medic...

Korea’s troubled kimchi fridge maker Winia seeks new owner

Korea’s troubled kimchi fridge maker Winia seeks new owner

Winia Co., South Korea’s troubled kimchi refrigerator manufacturer under court receivership, is looking for a new owner to save the company fr...

Shinsegae Gangnam stands out among department stores with $2.3 bn sales

Shinsegae Gangnam stands out among department stores with $2.3 bn sales

Shinsegae Department Store, South Korea’s leading retail business operator, said on Thursday its flagship store in Gangnam, an upscale distric...

CJ Olive Young opens pop-up at @cosme Tokyo

CJ Olive Young opens pop-up at @cosme Tokyo

South Korea's health and beauty store chain CJ Olive Young announced on Thursday that it opened a pop-up store at @cosme Tokyo, Japan’s larges...

Hyundai to sell Russian car plants at about $100 for exit

Hyundai to sell Russian car plants at about $100 for exit

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top carmaker, has decided to sell its plants in Russia for only about $100 to a local company although it has...

Korea’s 1st institutionalized fractional art offering a smash hit

Korea’s 1st institutionalized fractional art offering a smash hit

South Korea’s first institutionalized fractional investing in a work of art proffered by Yeolmae Company, operator of South Korea’s frac...

Poultry processor Harim to buy Korean top sea carrier HMM for $5 bn

Poultry processor Harim to buy Korean top sea carrier HMM for $5 bn

South Korea’s leading poultry processor Harim Group is set to acquire the country’s No. 1 sea flag carrier HMM Co. for about 6.4 trillio...

Korea Zinc to up sales to $19 billion by 2033 with green energy

Korea Zinc to up sales to $19 billion by 2033 with green energy

Korea Zinc Inc., South Korea’s and the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, will accelerate its drive to foster its new growth engines...

GM Korea’s exports surpass 10 mn units Jan-Nov 2023

GM Korea’s exports surpass 10 mn units Jan-Nov 2023

GM Korea Co. said on Thursday its vehicle exports have surpassed 10 million units this year as of the end of November with shipments of 10,082,281 u...

LG H&H’s sales surges 300% on Qoo10 in 6 months

LG H&H’s sales surges 300% on Qoo10 in 6 months

South Korea’s LG H&H Co. announced on Thursday that its sales in November this year in Megawari, a shopping event organized by Qoo10, th...

E-Mart opens 3rd store in Vietnam, spurs K-food marketing

E-Mart opens 3rd store in Vietnam, spurs K-food marketing

South Korea’s E-Mart Inc. will open its new hypermarket in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 7, accelerating sales of its private label No Brand produc...

Hyundai, Kia support Korean exports hit by weak chip sales

Hyundai, Kia support Korean exports hit by weak chip sales

Two affiliates of Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker by sales, ranked as the top South Korean exporters in the one-year ...

Global NAND chip sales up in Q3 amid Samsung output cut

Global NAND chip sales up in Q3 amid Samsung output cut

Global sales of NAND flash chips slightly grew in the third quarter as industry leaders such as Samsung Electronics Co. cut output, a report showed ...

Lotte Chilsung, E&J Gallo to jointly boost soju sale in US

Lotte Chilsung, E&J Gallo to jointly boost soju sale in US

South Korea’s Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co. announced on Tuesday that it partnered with the world's largest winery E&J Gallo to expand its...

S.Korea to put $3.6 bn shares in gaming giant NXC on sale

S.Korea to put $3.6 bn shares in gaming giant NXC on sale

The South Korean government said on Monday it will launch a tender offer to sell off a 29.3% stake, valued at around 4.7 trillion won ($3.6 billion)...

Hyungji Elite selected as official partner of FC Barcelona

Hyungji Elite selected as official partner of FC Barcelona

South Korea’s school and corporate uniform company Hyungji Elite announced on Monday that it was selected as the official partner of FC Barc...

Kia EV9 sweeps European awards, sees strong US pre-orders

Kia EV9 sweeps European awards, sees strong US pre-orders

The Kia EV9, the flagship large all-electric sport utility vehicle of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, is sweeping major industrial awards in Eu...

Celltrion Healthcare's Remsima SC to be launched in US in 2024

Celltrion Healthcare's Remsima SC to be launched in US in 2024

Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Thursday that its autoimmune disease treatment Zymfentra (the US product name for Remsima SC) is set to be lau...

SK gives up e-commerce platform management

SK gives up e-commerce platform management

SK Group, South Korea's No. 2 conglomerate, gave up its online retail platform 11Street Co. as financial investors are now able to sell off their st...

LG H&H to boost marketing of makeup brands in Japan

LG H&H to boost marketing of makeup brands in Japan

South Korea's LG H&H Co. announced on Tuesday that it will boost marketing of its premium makeup brands "Glint by VDIVOV" (Glint) and "freshian"...

Car sales may sputter in 2024 amid EV policy risk: Research

Car sales may sputter in 2024 amid EV policy risk: Research

The global automobile market is on track to recover to pre-pandemic levels this year and is expected to grow at a moderate pace amid a prolonged eco...

L&F to invest $1.9 bn to build key battery materials plants

L&F to invest $1.9 bn to build key battery materials plants

DAEGU, South Korea – L&F Co., South Korea’s major cathode supplier seeking to transform into a comprehensive battery materials produ...

Hanwha Ocean wins $125.5 mn order for VLAC

Hanwha Ocean wins $125.5 mn order for VLAC

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. announced on Monday that it secured an order for one very large ammonia carrier (VLAC) from a shipowner in Oceania fo...

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