Korean oil refiners to bask in record profits with hefty bonuses

Korean oil refiners to bask in record profits with hefty bonuses

Employees at South Korea’s oil refiners are expected to receive hefty bonuses after their companies posted record earnings last year amid hi...

Samsung to drop A7 model as focus shifts to premium smartphones

Samsung to drop A7 model as focus shifts to premium smartphones

Samsung Electronics Co. is unlikely to release an A7 model this year as the South Korean tech giant is shifting its business focus to premium and lo...

Hyosung Chemical fails to sell any bonds in demand forecast

Hyosung Chemical fails to sell any bonds in demand forecast

South Korea's Hyosung Chemical has failed to receive a single purchase order in its demand forecast for corporate bond issuance.Investment banking s...

Woori Financial to acquire VC firm Daol Investment

Woori Financial to acquire VC firm Daol Investment

South Korea’s Woori Financial Group is set to acquire Daol Investment Co., a venture capital arm of the liquidity-strapped Daol Financial Grou...

SK-Ford JV likely to raise $4 bn via US loan program

SK-Ford JV likely to raise $4 bn via US loan program

Glendale, Kentucky -- A battery joint venture between South Korea’s SK On Co. and Ford Motor Co. is likely to raise about $4 billion in a US g...

Kookmin Card acquires Cambodian leasing firm at $5.2 mn

Kookmin Card acquires Cambodian leasing firm at $5.2 mn

KB Kookmin Card, a credit card unit of KB Financial Group, and its Cambodian local subsidiary KB Daehan Specialized Bank, acquired the Southeast Asi...

LG Elec sweeps 1st place in Best Washers chosen by US consumers

LG Elec sweeps 1st place in Best Washers chosen by US consumers

LG Electronics Inc. swept this year's top spot in all major categories of best washing machines evaluated by Consumer Reports, a leading US consum...

Korea’s Daol to sell another unit to secure liquidity

Korea’s Daol to sell another unit to secure liquidity

South Korea’s Daol Financial Group agreed to sell another unit as part of its efforts to raise money in preparations for a possible liquidity ...

Hyundai Motor to boost EV leasing in US for tax credits from 2023

Hyundai Motor to boost EV leasing in US for tax credits from 2023

South Korean electric vehicles for lease are forecast to receive US tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as new guidelines of the law...

South Korea doubles gov't fintech innovation fund to $781 million

South Korea doubles gov't fintech innovation fund to $781 million

The South Korean government will double the value of its Fintech Innovation Fund, a source of financial support for the financial technology or fint...

SK Innovation to inject $1.6 bn into SK On's rights offering

SK Innovation to inject $1.6 bn into SK On's rights offering

South Korea's top refiner SK Innovation Co. said on Dec. 21 it will invest 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in its electric battery maker unit SK On Co...

Samsung Electronics launches newsrooms in Swedish, Norwegian

Samsung Electronics launches newsrooms in Swedish, Norwegian

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chipmaker and major mobile device manufacturer, opened online newsrooms in Sweden and Norway, it...

LG Energy-GM JV secures $2.5 bn loan from US for EV battery production

LG Energy-GM JV secures $2.5 bn loan from US for EV battery production

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Wednesday its joint venture with General Motors Co. has attracted $2.5 billion via a loan...

KIC buys stake in US credit asset manager Golub Capital

KIC buys stake in US credit asset manager Golub Capital

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has made its first direct investment in an asset management firm, the South Korean sovereign wealth fund said on ...

Korea's CJ CheilJedang mulls rebrand with name change

Korea's CJ CheilJedang mulls rebrand with name change

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is considering a new name for the company in a bid to represent its main businesses and target global c...

LG Chem unveils eco-friendly bioplastic, supplies to US toy firm Mattel

LG Chem unveils eco-friendly bioplastic, supplies to US toy firm Mattel

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, has unveiled a new eco-friendly high-performance bioplastic and supplied it to Mattel Inc...

BNK Capital launches operations at Kyrgyzstan subsidiary

BNK Capital launches operations at Kyrgyzstan subsidiary

Korea's loan and financing company BNK Capital on Thursday said its subsidiary in Kyrgyzstan, MCC BNK Finance LLC, has launched operations as its si...

Korea inflation at 7-mth low; BOK may slow rate hike pace

Korea inflation at 7-mth low; BOK may slow rate hike pace

South Korea’s headline inflation hit a seven-month low in November as rises in agricultural and petroleum product prices slowed, adding to exp...

Industrial Bank of Korea provides Silicon Valley-style financing for startups

Industrial Bank of Korea provides Silicon Valley-style financing for startups

Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) on Friday launched the IBK Venture Loan, which provides bridge loans to promising startups struggling to borrow funds...

Korea adopts USB-C as unified connector for phone charging cable

Korea adopts USB-C as unified connector for phone charging cable

The Korean government has released guidelines on its designation of USB-C as the unified national standard for charging and data transfer connectors...

LG Chem to build $3.2 billion US cathode plant in Tennessee

LG Chem to build $3.2 billion US cathode plant in Tennessee

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, said on Tuesday it is building a $3.2 billion cathode plant in Tennessee, its first facto...

LG Display develops invisible speaker for automobiles

LG Display develops invisible speaker for automobiles

South Korea's LG Display on Monday said it has developed an in-vehicle sound solution that uses screen vibrations to produce sound, and that the dev...

SK Geo Centric secures $363 mn in sustainability loans on favorable terms

SK Geo Centric secures $363 mn in sustainability loans on favorable terms

SK Geo Centric Co., a South Korean petrochemical company, said on Tuesday it has secured 475 billion won ($363 million) in sustainability-linked loa...

Korean firms at risk of credit rating downgrade on Legoland woes

Korean firms at risk of credit rating downgrade on Legoland woes

South Korean companies are at risk of credit rating downgrades as the fallout of a debt default by the domestic developer of a Legoland theme park r...

Korean PE firms struggle with fundraising on illiquidity

Korean PE firms struggle with fundraising on illiquidity

South Korean private equity (PE) firms are having trouble fundraising as institutional investors' capital for new investment is drying up amid inter...

Lotte to spend $651 mn to save affiliate from Legoland woes

Lotte to spend $651 mn to save affiliate from Legoland woes

Lotte Group is set to inject a total of $651 million through its chemical units to save a construction affiliate from the fallout of a debt default ...

Korea, Hyundai Motor request 3-year reprieve on US EV tax credit law

Korea, Hyundai Motor request 3-year reprieve on US EV tax credit law

The South Korean government and the country’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. have requested the US government give Korean carmakers a three-y...

EcoPro BM to build battery materials plant in Canada

EcoPro BM to build battery materials plant in Canada

EcoPro BM Co., South Korea’s leading battery material producer, is set to build a plant in Canada with a $704 million investment in a partners...

KBIZ eyes value-added, senior loans for real estate

KBIZ eyes value-added, senior loans for real estate

The Korea Federation of SMEs (KBIZ) bet on value-added and senior loans in global real estate investment this year, the institutional investors&rsqu...

BOK to ease Legoland developer default-led credit crunch

BOK to ease Legoland developer default-led credit crunch

South Korea’s central bank joined rescue moves to improve liquidity in the local bond market and alleviate the fallout from a debt default by ...

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