Woori Financial takes over Franklin Templeton’s retail fund business

Woori Financial Group has been selected to acquire Franklin Templeton Investments’ retail fund business in South Korea, less than a month sinc...

Hanwha Group secures $4.4 bn from KDB to finance ESG business

South Korea’s Hanwha Group has clinched a 5 trillion won ($4.4 billion) commitment from the state-run Korea Development Bank over the next fiv...

Korea’s major firms look for M&A targets in battery materials business

South Korea’s major companies are looking for merger and acquisition opportunities in the rechargeable battery materials sector, which is grow...

Korean Air joins race for flying car business to rival Hyundai, Hanwha

Korean Air Lines Co. is entering into the business of urban air mobility (UAM), which is emerging as one of the most futuristic modes of transportat...

LG Electronics expects auto parts business to turn profitable in H2

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday it expects its loss-making auto parts business to turn to profit in the second half of this...

LG Chem delivers Q1 earnings surprise on cash-cow petrochem business

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. said on Wednesday that its quarterly revenue and operating profit rose to all-time highs in the January-March perio...

Hyundai Motor chairman visits US, seeks business opportunities

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun is visiting the United States seeking business opportunities in one of the South Korean automotive group&r...

KOTAM raises $185 mn for BlackRock's new energy fund

Korea Transportation Asset Management (KOTAM) has raised $185 million from five domestic institutional investors to commit to BlackRock's new renewa...

SK Hynix co-vice chairman hints at expanding foundry business

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, may expand its foundry business as a growing number of industries are suffering fr...

Naver mulls US listing for webtoon business

South Korea’s top online portal Naver Corp. is considering more dollar bond sales after it raised $500 million last month in its first foreign...

Doosan sets sights on hydrogen business as future growth engine

South Korea’s Doosan Group has launched a task force to foster its hydrogen fuel cell business as one of its key growth drivers.The heavy mach...

Posco Chemical to supply EV battery materials to GM-LG Energy JV

Posco Chemical Co., the secondary battery materials unit of POSCO, will supply anodes, a key material used in electric car batteries, to the joint v...

LG Elec to fold mobile phone business in 26 yrs

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday its exit from the loss-making mobile phone business, which has accumulated operating losses of 5 trillion wo...

Hydrogen, aerospace, materials: key words for Korean business leaders

South Korea’s top conglomerates have enjoyed their domestic market leadership for decades with a focus on the steel, shipbuilding and petroche...

ITC rules in favor of SK Innovation over LG Energy in US battery patent suit

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled in favor of SK Innovation Co. in a US battery patent suit filed by LG Energy Solution Ltd., which...

Hyundai Mobis expands mobility business, reveals concept cars

South Korea’s largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis will undergo significant reforms in its business model to become a future mobility platfo...

SK acquires 70% stake in Yposkesi to jump into cell, gene CMO business

SK Inc., the holding and investment company of SK Group, South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate, has acquired a 70% stake in Yposkesi, a Fre...

BlackRock sheds $620 mn Korean retail fund business

BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, has sold its retail business in South Korea to a small domestic investment firm to concentr...

Consulting firms enjoy boom as pandemic drives new business strategies

Slightly more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic upended the business world, the role of management consultants has become important more than ...

Lotte advances into bio business, to acquire stake in Enzychem

South Korea’s Lotte Group is entering the bio business for the first time in its history by acquiring a significant stake in Enzychem Lifescie...

POSCO CEO enters 2nd term with focus on eco-friendly markets

South Korean steelmaker POSCO Co. will put its efforts into gaining dominance in new growth markets such as eco-friendly vehicles and steel bars use...

LG Energy to invest over $4.5 bn to expand US battery facilities

LG Energy Solutions Ltd. announced on Friday that it will invest more than 5 trillion won ($4.5 billion) by 2025 to expand its US battery business, ...

LG Energy may build US, Europe plants to supply new batteries to Tesla

LG Energy Solution Ltd. may build an electric vehicle battery plant in the US to supply advanced battery cells to Tesla Inc. for its new models to b...

S-Oil invests in fuel cell maker to enter hydrogen energy market

South Korea-based oil refiner S-Oil Corp. is readying to expand its business into the hydrogen energy sector by investing around 8.2 billion won ($7...

Hanwha launches group-wide task force to bolster space business

Hanwha Group has created an internal task force headed by the group's heir apparent to strengthen its presence in the fast-growing global space sect...

LG Energy, GM in talks to build 2nd EV battery plant in Tennessee

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. is exploring building a second electric car battery plant in the US with joint venture partner General M...

Hyundai, LG Energy agree to split EV recall costs, reflect in Q4 results

Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd. have agreed on how to split the costs of replacing the electric vehicle batteries made by the LG Group...

Hyundai Motor hires US aerospace expert as UAM business CTO

Hyundai Motor Co. has hired a US aerospace expert as the chief technology officer of its urban air mobility (UAM) business as part of the automotive...

SK Bioscience eyes $900 mn annual sales from vaccine business

South Korea’s SK Bioscience Co. is looking to post 1 trillion won ($900 million) in annual revenue from its vaccine business as the biopharmac...

Doosan to spin off No. 1 forklift business to Bobcat

South Korea-based power plant builder Doosan Group is planning to spin off its profitable forklift business into construction equipment affiliate Do...