Winter is over? Samsung's Q3 chip sales beat Intel's

Winter is over? Samsung's Q3 chip sales beat Intel's

In August, a Morgan Stanley report on the semiconductor industry, “Winter is coming,” fueled debate on whether chip prices were peaking ...

End of No-Japanese boycott? Uniqlo Korea turns to black

End of No-Japanese boycott? Uniqlo Korea turns to black

Japanese companies operating in South Korea are making a comeback after being hit hard by a campaign that began in mid-2019 to boycott Japanese prod...

Halla’s autonomous driving unit HL Klemove eyes $3.4 bn sales by 2030

Halla’s autonomous driving unit HL Klemove eyes $3.4 bn sales by 2030

Halla Group’s newly-launched autonomous driving solutions subsidiary HL Klemove targets 4 trillion won ($3.4 billion) in revenue by 2030 by ac...

Hyundai Genesis, Kia attract record customers in US

Hyundai Genesis, Kia attract record customers in US

Hyundai Motor Co.’s premium car brand Genesis and its affiliate Kia Corp. have logged record sales in the US so far this year, helping Hyundai...

KTB Network to list at bottom of price range

KTB Network to list at bottom of price range

KTB Network Co., South Korea's first-generation venture capital firm, priced its public offering price at the bottom of the guidance range as the re...

Japan's Aeon proceeds with plan to sell Ministop Korea

Japan's Aeon proceeds with plan to sell Ministop Korea

Japan's Aeon Co. has received preliminary bids for its wholly-owned subsidiary of Ministop Korea, which is estimated at around 200 billion won ($170...

Domestic NFT art sale surpasses 3.5 bitcoin; concerns of market turbulence

Domestic NFT art sale surpasses 3.5 bitcoin; concerns of market turbulence

Last week, a piece of non-fungible token art by digital artist Jang Koal was sold for more than 3.5 bitcoin or around 200 million won ($168,314) on ...

CVC, Goldman among shortlisted investors in TVing

CVC, Goldman among shortlisted investors in TVing

CVC Capital and Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area (PIA) are among the shortlisted investors in South Korea's over-the-top (OTT) streaming serv...

S.Korea leaves Asian crisis behind with Woori privatization

S.Korea leaves Asian crisis behind with Woori privatization

Two decades after the onset of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, the state-run Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) is finally set to privat...

Korea closer to independent satellite technology

Korea closer to independent satellite technology

South Korea has developed its own signal control system for a radar reconnaissance satellite to be launched next year, the system being a key techno...

Hyundai launches electrified GV70’s global premiere in China to boost sales

Hyundai launches electrified GV70’s global premiere in China to boost sales

Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled an electric variant of the GV70, a premium SUV under its standalone Genesis brand, for the first time globally at a C...

Carlyle buys coffee franchise A Twosome Place for over $800 mn

Carlyle buys coffee franchise A Twosome Place for over $800 mn

The Carlyle Group has bought South Korea's No. 2 coffeehouse chain A Twosome Place from Anchor Equity Partners, saying it would "capture the signifi...

Fractional investing platforms for art to Rolex lure VCs

Fractional investing platforms for art to Rolex lure VCs

The growing popularity of fractional investment in celebrated artworks, music copyrights and luxury items has spurred a flurry of venture capital in...

Amazon poised for Fire tablet launch in Korea next year

Amazon poised for Fire tablet launch in Korea next year

Amazon, the world’s largest online shopping mall, is set to release its own Fire tablets in South Korea from as early as next year, penetratin...

Celltrion wins COVID-19 treatment approval from Europe

Celltrion wins COVID-19 treatment approval from Europe

South Korea’s pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. has won final approval for its COVID-19 treatment Regkirona from the European Commission, a ...

KTCU values working-level opinions for alternative investment

KTCU values working-level opinions for alternative investment

“The South Korean stock markets have barely risen since early this year, while the markets in Japan and Taiwan are hitting highs. I believe Ko...

Doosan near completing self-rescue plan with E&C sale

Doosan near completing self-rescue plan with E&C sale

South Korea's Doosan Group is near finalizing a deal to sell Doosan Engineering & Construction Co. (Doosan E&C) to a consortium led by Seoul...

Dongkuk eyes $1.7 billion sales from color steel business in 2030

Dongkuk eyes $1.7 billion sales from color steel business in 2030

Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., South Korea’s third-largest steelmaker, said on Monday that it aims to grow its color coated steel business to 2 trill...

[ASK 2021] European NPL market growth creates investment opportunities  

[ASK 2021] European NPL market growth creates investment opportunities  

Global asset managers will see great opportunities in the European non-performing loan market amid challenges facing the EU banking industry, such...

Korea’s Netmarble Neo drops listing plan as sentiment sours

Korea’s Netmarble Neo drops listing plan as sentiment sours

South Korea’s game developer Netmarble Neo decided to withdraw its initial public offering plan as sentiment in the primary market sours amid ...

SK Chem says no immediate plan to sell SK Bioscience stake

SK Chem says no immediate plan to sell SK Bioscience stake

SK Chemicals Co., the top shareholder of South Korea's SK Bioscience Co., is not considering reducing its stake in the vaccine maker in the immediat...

SK E&S in talks to sell ESS, solar energy projects

SK E&S in talks to sell ESS, solar energy projects

SK E&S Co. is in talks with a number of private equity firms and financial investors to sell energy storage systems (ESS) and solar energy devel...

Korea’s top mobile game to be launched in Taiwan in Q1 2022

Korea’s top mobile game to be launched in Taiwan in Q1 2022

South Korea’s top mobile game Odin: Valhalla Rising will be launched Taiwan in the first quarter of next year as its developer Lionheart Studi...

Hyundai Motor swings to profit in Q3 on Genesis, SUVs

Hyundai Motor swings to profit in Q3 on Genesis, SUVs

Hyundai Motor Co. South Korea’s top automaker, turned to an operating profit in the third quarter on strong sales of the premium Genesis model...

Citibank Korea to shut down retail business in phases

Citibank Korea to shut down retail business in phases

Citibank Korea has decided to close its consumer banking operations in phases, the bank said on Monday, after its attempt to find a buyer of the bus...

POSCO Chem Q3 profit surges as battery materials lift sales to fresh high

POSCO Chem Q3 profit surges as battery materials lift sales to fresh high

South Korea’s POSCO Chemical Co. enjoyed a surge in operating profit in the third quarter as higher sales of battery materials ramped up reven...

Yanolja likely to buy $250 mn stake in Interpark spin-off

Yanolja likely to buy $250 mn stake in Interpark spin-off

South Korea's top travel and accommodation platform Yanolja Inc., backed by SoftBank, was on Thursday named as the preferred buyer of a majority sta...

SK to form 'turquoise' hydrogen JV in Korea with Monolith

SK to form 'turquoise' hydrogen JV in Korea with Monolith

SK Inc., the holding and investment company of South Korea’s SK Group, agreed to establish a 'turquoise' hydrogen joint venture in the country...

LG Electronics Q3 profit halves on GM recalls, sales at record-high

LG Electronics Q3 profit halves on GM recalls, sales at record-high

LG Electronics Inc. said on Tuesday it expects its third-quarter operating profit to plunge as heavy costs for General Motors Co.’s recall of ...

ADT Caps seeks about $300 mn in pre-IPO funding

ADT Caps seeks about $300 mn in pre-IPO funding

ADT Caps Co., South Korea's No. 2 security services provider, is seeking to raise up to 400 billion won ($336 million) from private equity firms ahe...

Organic food chain Chorocmaeul up for sale amid liquidity woes Samsung to unveil 1st triple-folding smartphone by year’s end to rival Huawei’s Mate X2 Tri-Fold IMM Credit closes $700 mn blind credit fund backed by NPS Bok chief warns household debt near tipping point, keeps rates steady Cohen & Steers names Andrew Shin to lead S.Korea institutional business