Vuno, Canon to target AI diagnostic market in Japan

South Korea's medical device startup Vuno announced on Monday that its Japanese partner M3AI signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Canon M...

Korean botox sales gain momentum in US, China

South Korea is ramping up exports of botulinum toxin to the US and China, the world’s two top consumers of the neurotoxin protein, with its pr...

Kia logs record profit, revenue in Q1 on weak won

Kia Corp., the second-largest automaker in South Korea, posted record quarterly profit and revenue for the first three months of this year, backed b...

Korea builds system to speed up naked short-selling ban

South Korea’s top financial regulator is set to build a centralized digital system to strengthen the prevention of naked short-selling as the ...

Hyundai to produce hybrid cars at EV-only plant in US state of Georgia

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, plans to manufacture hybrid models at its electric vehicle and battery plant in the US state o...

SK Hynix, latest chipmaker to emerge victorious with record Q1 sales

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Thursday it has swung to a profit in the fir...

Hyundai Mobis to build battery pack plant in Spain for Volkswagen

NAVARRA, Spain -- Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Wednesday it has broken ground for an electric vehicle battery pack plant in Spain for stable supply to ...

Korea's Lotte Insurance put on market for around $1.5 bn

Lotte Group’s non-life insurance affiliate Lotte Insurance Co., has been put up for sale at around 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion), according to...

CJ CheilJedang's K-style rice gains popularity in N.America

South Korea’s CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Tuesday that its sales of the flagship brand Bibigo’s Cooked Sticky White Rice in North Ameri...

Korean banking group's Q1 profits drop on ELS sales

The combined net profit at South Korea’s four largest financial services firms, including KB Financial Group, are estimated to have dropped ne...

Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Dior post weak profits in Korea post-pandemic

Global luxury brands Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Dior saw worsening profitability of their South Korean operations last year after a few years of dece...

SK Chemicals' bond oversubscribed with $526 mn demand

SK Chemicals Co., a unit of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, is set for a successful debt issue as the company’s bond sale has...

LG Elec sees AI air conditioner sales 30% increase in Q1

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday that the sales of air conditioner models equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) features in the Whisen l...

McDonald’s Korea sees record sales in 2023

Fast food giant McDonald’s Corp. achieved record revenue of 1.29 trillion won ($815.9 million) last year in Korea, according to its regulatory...

LG to double global built-in appliance sales to $722 mn

MILAN, ITALY – LG Electronics Inc. eyes 1 trillion won ($722 million) in global built-in appliance sales in three years by winning the hearts ...

Korea’s Celltrion, SK Biopharmaceuticals benefit from direct US sales

Celltrion Inc. and SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. are witnessing improving sales revenue and profitability by selling their products through their own ma...

LH issues $193 mn Brazilian bonds

Korea Land & Housing Corporation (LH) announced on Tuesday that it had issued Brazilian real-denominated bonds worth approximately 270 billion w...

Brokerage firms' bonds draw investors amid rate cut hopes

South Korean brokerage firms are ramping up sales of long-term bonds to refinance their loans by repaying short-term debts in hopes of a rate cut by...

Shinsegae's baseball team on the rise: SSG Landers

Many professional sports teams are not profitable as they incur significant operating costs to secure star players and run related facilities while ...

Power transformer sales explode on AI boom: HD Hyundai Electric CEO

Cho Seok, chief executive of HD Hyundai Electric Co., is an outsider at Korea Inc.When he was named CEO of the power equipment maker in December 201...

Manyo’s Pure Cleansing Oil to hit US Costco shelves in July

South Korea’s naturalism cosmetics company Manyo Co. has hit the jackpot in a deal to supply its best-selling face cleansing product, Pure Cle...

RVs, SUVs sweep top 4 spots in South Korea’s first-quarter auto sales

Recreational vehicles (RVs) and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) achieved an unprecedented feat by claiming the top four spots on the list of best-sell...

LG Electronics seeks to sell global bonds, 1st time in 12 yrs

LG Electronics Inc. is seeking to issue dollar-denominated bonds, its first global bond sale in 12 years, according to people with knowledge of the ...

Kia to boost hybrid lineup to lead eco-friendly car market

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, plans to strengthen its hybrid lineup and launch cheaper electric vehicles to lead the glob...

Korean firms' bond sales hit record in Q1 amid rate cut signal

Corporate bond issuance in South Korea hit a record in the first quarter of this year amid growing expectations of the Federal Reserve’s rate ...

LG Electronics logs record-high revenue in Q1 on B2B push

LG Electronics Inc. raked in its largest-ever quarterly revenue in the first quarter of this year, maintaining upward momentum after a stellar 2023,...

Chanel to open after-sales service center in Seoul

French luxury label Chanel is planning to open a dedicated after-sales service center in South Korea, one of the world’s largest markets for h...

BGF to vigorously expand convenience stores in Kazakhstan

BGF Retail Co., South Korea’s biggest convenience store chain operator, will expand aggressively in Kazakhstan, creating the potential to cran...

Hyosung TNC to invest $1 bn in new bio-fiber plants in Vietnam

Hyosung TNC Corp., the world’s top spandex maker, plans to invest $1 billion in new bio-textile materials plants in Vietnam to accelerate its ...

Korea’s factory output rebounds in February on chip recovery

South Korea’s factory activity last month bounced back in three months thanks to strong recovery in the country’s semiconductor sector b...