With Samsung’s new Bespoke lineup, it’s home made perfect

With Samsung’s new Bespoke lineup, it’s home made perfect

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled a new lineup of its flagship Bespoke home appliances, including a newly introduced premium line of Besp...

WeMade to retire WEMIX cryptocurrency for investor value

WeMade to retire WEMIX cryptocurrency for investor value

WeMade Co., a South Korean game developer, plans to retire 2% of its cryptocurrency WEMIX in the next two weeks to bolster its value for investors, ...

LG's AI designer debuts at New York Fashion Week

LG's AI designer debuts at New York Fashion Week

South Korean fashion label Greedilous showcased its 2022 Fall-Winter collection on the main stage of the New York Fashion Week on Monday local time....

Online platforms emerge as new battlefield for auto sales in Korea

Online platforms emerge as new battlefield for auto sales in Korea

Visiting a car dealer’s stylish showroom to touch, feel and sometimes test drive a car before purchase has for decades been a rite of passage ...

KAIST Holdings to open US offices with $8.4 bn value in mind

KAIST Holdings to open US offices with $8.4 bn value in mind

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on Tuesday announced the blueprint to strengthen its foothold in the United States an...

Kia: New king in J.D. Power’s most reliable auto brand rankings

Kia: New king in J.D. Power’s most reliable auto brand rankings

Kia Corp. is the top-ranked automaker in J.D. Power’s 2022 US Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) ahead of General Motor Co.’s Buick as we...

POBA taps former DB Insurance investment head as new CIO

POBA taps former DB Insurance investment head as new CIO

Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) of South Korea has named Huh Jang, former head of investment at DB Insurance Co. as its new chief inve...

Gallery Hyundai paints new chapter with NFT

Gallery Hyundai paints new chapter with NFT

South Korea’s Gallery Hyundai paints a new future by incorporating NFT (non-fungible token.)  The country’s first commercial art g...

Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Ultra: Setting new smartphone standard

Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Ultra: Setting new smartphone standard

Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday announced new additions to its Galaxy S series models as the world’s top smartphone maker by volume faces...

Construction Workers taps former Credit Union head as new CIO

Construction Workers taps former Credit Union head as new CIO

Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) has named Lee Seong-yeong as its new chief investment officer and is in the final stage of the no...

Korea Post to invest in overseas data centers and warehouses

Korea Post to invest in overseas data centers and warehouses

Korea Post will increase its alternative investment from 13.6 trillion won ($11.3 billion) at the end-2021 to 16.7 trillion won ($13.9 billion) in 2...

Hyundai to debut IONIQ 6 in July to rival Tesla Model 3

Hyundai to debut IONIQ 6 in July to rival Tesla Model 3

Hyundai Motor Co. will unveil the much-anticipated IONIQ 6, its first all-electric sedan on an exclusive EV platform, in July, to compete with the l...

Daewoo consortium to develop building complex in Hanoi new town

Daewoo consortium to develop building complex in Hanoi new town

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. has said it signed a contract on Jan. 26. to develop the H1HH1 block in Starlake, a new urban town in no...

Korea prosecutors probe alleged EcoPro BM insider trading

Korea prosecutors probe alleged EcoPro BM insider trading

EcoPro BM Co., South Korea’s top cathode material producer, is under probe by local prosecutors for allegations of insider trading, according ...

Time to buy Korean entertainment stocks?

Time to buy Korean entertainment stocks?

Hopes for a rebound in South Korea’s entertainment shares emerged as their earnings are expected to improve on new businesses and their valuat...

Kakao names new CEO to salvage reputation hurt by stock options scandal

Kakao names new CEO to salvage reputation hurt by stock options scandal

Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top mobile messenger KakaoTalk, on Thursday announced a new chief executive nominee as the company ...

Microsoft $69 bn bet spurs Korea game makers' search for metaverse deals

Microsoft $69 bn bet spurs Korea game makers' search for metaverse deals

South Korea’s game developers are expected to seek more acquisitions of the metaverse and non-fungible token (NFT) companies for new profit so...

NAVER revs up its NFT arm

 NAVER revs up its NFT arm

South Korea’s internet juggernaut NAVER Corp. is gearing up to enter the NFT business – through its affiliate LINE Corp.LINE NEXT, a ven...

Stonebridge Ventures to set up $168 mn new fund in H1

Stonebridge Ventures to set up $168 mn new fund in H1

Stonebridge Ventures Inc., South Korea’s most profitable venture capital firm, plans to establish a fresh fund of $168 million, the largest in...

KTCU names financial investment head as new CIO

KTCU names financial investment head as new CIO

Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) has named its former Financial Investment Department head Park Man-soo as its new chief investment officer,...

Hyundai Engineering’s new business keywords: Hydrogen, mini reactors

Hyundai Engineering’s new business keywords: Hydrogen, mini reactors

Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, is reorganizing its business struct...

Creditors to unveil new plans next week to sell DSME

Creditors to unveil new plans next week to sell DSME

Creditor banks of South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) are mulling new ways to find a new owner of the debt-ridden ...

Hyundai Heavy, DSME merger falls through on EU veto

Hyundai Heavy, DSME merger falls through on EU veto

The European Commission on Thursday vetoed the combination of the world’s two largest shipbuilders Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Daewoo Shi...

MBK sells 10% stake to Dyal Capital for around $1 bn

MBK sells 10% stake to Dyal Capital for around $1 bn

North Asia-focused MBK Partners has agreed to sell a roughly 13% stake to Dyal Capital Partners for about $1 billion, according to a Bloomberg repor...

LG Energy sets new IPO record with $9.65 trillion investor demand

LG Energy sets new IPO record with $9.65 trillion investor demand

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, has set a new record for an initial public offering with demand for its sha...

Korean REITs total assets surpass $58 bn in 2021

Korean REITs total assets surpass $58 bn in 2021

The combined total assets of real estate investment trusts (REITs) in Korea surpassed 70 trillion won ($58.4 billion) as of the end-2021, 20 years a...

Samsung's Q4 operating profit jumps on server chips

Samsung's Q4 operating profit jumps on server chips

Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday reported a 52.5% jump in preliminary fourth-quarter operating profit from a year earlier, powered by replacement d...

Export-Import Bank of Korea eyes $3 bn global bond sale

Export-Import Bank of Korea eyes $3 bn global bond sale

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) is planning to sell up to $3 billion worth of new global bonds this week, tipped to be the largest-ever bond...

SK Telecom taps AI expert as new technology chief

SK Telecom taps AI expert as new technology chief

SK Telecom Co., South Korea's top mobile carrier, has tapped its e-commerce arm's chief executive and artificial intelligence (AI) expert Lee Sang-h...

From TV to window: New displays from Samsung and LG

From TV to window: New displays from Samsung and LG

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Display Co., the two archrivals in the TV panel market, are unveiling new displays with enhanced picture and sound qu...

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