Korea’s No. 1 bookstore Kyobo seeks to acquire OTT platform Watcha
The Kyobo Book Centre, South Korea’s largest bookstore chain, is seeking to acquire over-the-top (OTT) platform Watcha Inc. to expand its busi...
Disney focuses on local content for global expansion
ANAHEIM, California -- The Walt Disney Co. is concentrating on local content to attract more viewers worldwide for its streaming services through do...
SM mulls ending producer contract with founder Lee Soo-man's firm
SM Entertainment Co. announced Thursday it is considering terminating the production contract with Like Planning, wholly owned by its founder Lee So...
SK Telecom-led consortium to commercialize air taxis on Jeju Island
Come 2025, visitors to South Korea’s resort island of Jeju will be able to hail air taxis while there – thanks to special air routes ded...
Cash-rich Nongshim pursues first-ever sizeable acquisition
Nongshim Co., South Korea’s No. 1 instant noodle brand, is looking to buy a domestic food supplement maker for up to $50 million, which would ...
LG Uplus' K-pop idol platform goes global via smart TVs
Fans of K-pop idols such as boyband sensation BTS and girl group Blackpink will be able to enjoy their live performances through smart TVs at home a...
South Korea’s tech giants bolster short-form video content services
South Korea’s tech behemoth Naver Corp. is poised to strengthen its short-form content service on surging demand for video content that is les...
K-pop, Toyota’s platform for marketing in the US
LOS ANGELES -- Toyota Motor Corp., the top global automaker, showcased its sports cars – the GR86 and the GR Supra – at the Los Angeles ...
China's high entry barriers for Korean films, dramas
“Oh! My Gran” was the only South Korean movie to hit the big screen in China in the past year. It was also the first Korean film to be p...
K-chicken chain BB.Q foresees stores quadrupling in N.America
Gourmands in North America will be able to enjoy South Korean fried chicken more conveniently as BB.Q Chicken, the country’s leading franchise...
Kurly enters Singapore grocery market, targeting SE Asia
South Korea’s Kurly Inc., the operator of grocery delivery service Market Kurly, made inroads into Singapore with an aim to expand its busines...
Home decoration app O!House launches a beta version in Japan
“Even though different countries have varying living conditions, we all share the common goal of decorating our spaces,” Jay Lee, CEO of...
CJ CheilJedang posts record-high operating profit in Q2
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. logged record-high quarterly operating profit in the second quarter of 2022 amid the growing popularity...
K-bio firms embrace gene therapy CDMO as Samsung looks the other way
South Korea’s major biopharmaceutical companies are rapidly embracing the cell and gene therapy business under a contract drug-making mechanis...
Naver says no growth sacrifice to cut costs with record sales
Naver Corp., South Korea’s largest online portal, on Friday reported its largest-ever quarterly revenue, led by webtoon and fintech services, ...
Samyang Foods' Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen sales surpass 4 bn
Samyang Foods Co. announced Monday it has sold more than 4 billion packets of its uber-popular Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen, or buldak-bokkeum-myeon, to...
China's lockdown slams Korean beauty giants' Q2 earnings
South Korea’s two major cosmetics firms, Amorepacific Corp. and LG H&H Co., posted their second-quarter earnings heavily impacted by Chi...
Daesang Life, China’s Sinopharm to launch health foods joint venture
Daesang Life Science Corp., a South Korean health foods maker, has signed an initial agreement with China’s Sinopharm International to launch ...
KT spurs content creation with hot Netflix drama Attorney Woo
On the heels of South Korea's successful Netflix drama "Squid Game" comes drama series “Extraordinary Attorney Woo." It has topped the streami...
Shinsegae to launch wholly owned US subsidiary on alternative meat
Shinsegae Food Inc. announced Thursday it will launch its US subsidiary focused on alternative meat. The food arm of Shinsegae Inc. will inject...
Science content provider Geekble raises $3.8 mn in bridge investment
Geekble, operator of the YouTube science channel of the same name, has raised 5 billion won ($3.8 million) in bridge investment, the company said on...
AI-powered translation startup XL8 raises $2.7 million in bridge investment
Artificial intelligence-powered translation startup XL8 Inc. said on Monday it raised 3.6 billion won ($2.7 million) in a bridge round prior to Seri...
Disney+ to run two BTS shows in HYBE's 1st global content collaboration
HYBE Co., the K-pop label best known for BTS, signed an agreement with Walt Disney Company in its first collaboration with an international content ...
Blackpink to hold K-pop’s first in-game concert on PUBG mobile game
Blackpink, the female K-pop idol group, will hold an in-game concert, the first such event by Korean pop artists, in collaboration with Krafton Inc....
South Korea’s merch-producing platforms target influencers
Digital content creators in South Korea – YouTube partners, Tiktok creators and webtoon writers – are no longer relying solely on subscr...
CJ CheilJedang to rev up Korean food sales in Europe
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is set to accelerate the expansion of its Korean food business in Europe. It aims to increase annual fo...
Online lender K Bank revs up for IPO in Nov on surging net profit
K Bank submitted a preliminary assessment request to the Korea Stock Exchange on Thursday, the first step to an initial public offering. The on...
LG Elec.-SM Ent. tie up to challenge Apple Fitness+
LG Electronics Inc. and SM Entertainment Co., South Korea’s giants in the home appliances and entertainment sectors, joined hands in the home ...
Korean startups rely on word-of-mouth marketing for overseas penetration
Thanks to what some economists dub a borderless economy, more South Korean startups than ever before are looking beyond the peninsula. Seoul-ba...
K-beauty sales see sharp drop at China's major shopping event
South Korean cosmetics giants failed to win over Chinese consumers at the 618 Shopping Festival, one of the largest online annual shopping events in...
