Big Hit, Naver to join with Universal Music to take K-pop platform global

Big Hit, Naver to join with Universal Music to take K-pop platform global

Big Hit Entertainment Co., the label behind K-pop sensation BTS, and portal giant Naver Corp. are set to team up with Universal Music Group, the wor...

SK E&S to sell 49% stake in city gas businesses; valued over $900 mn

SK E&S to sell 49% stake in city gas businesses; valued over $900 mn

South Korea-based energy company SK E&S Co. is pushing to liquidate its assets by carrying out a stake sale in its profitable city gas businesse...

SK E&S to sell 49% stake in city gas businesses; valued over $895 mn

SK E&S to sell 49% stake in city gas businesses; valued over $895 mn

South Korea-based energy company SK E&S Co. is pushing to liquidate its assets by carrying out a stake sale in its profitable city gas businesse...

Naver plans over $1 bn bond issue in H1 to finance platform investment

Naver plans over $1 bn bond issue in H1 to finance platform investment

Naver Corp., South Korea’s top online portal, plans a bond issue worth as much as 1.26 trillion won ($1.13 billion) in local and ove...

LG, Qualcomm to cooperate in 5G platforms for connected cars

LG, Qualcomm to cooperate in 5G platforms for connected cars

LG Electronics Inc. and Qualcomm Technologies Inc. have agreed to cooperate in the development of 5G wireless platforms for next-generation connecte...

S.Korea's online fashion platform eyes global expansion

S.Korea's online fashion platform eyes global expansion

Online fashion platform Musinsa Co., a familiar name among Gen Zers and millennials in South Korea, is ready to go global. This month, the Korean co...

Naver to acquire web novel platform Wattpad for $593 mn

Naver to acquire web novel platform Wattpad for $593 mn

South Korea’s portal giant Naver Corp. will acquire Wattpad, the world's largest web novel platform based in Toronto, for 653.2 billion wo...

NCSoft’s UNIVERSE fuels competition in K-pop entertainment platforms

NCSoft’s UNIVERSE fuels competition in K-pop entertainment platforms

South Korean game publisher NCSoft Corp. is fueling competition in the online entertainment platform market with the planned launch of its own app, ...

E-commerce giant eBay kicks off $4.6 bn sale of eBay Korea

E-commerce giant eBay kicks off $4.6 bn sale of eBay Korea

E-commerce giant eBay Inc. has officially kicked off the sale process of eBay Korea Co., valued up to 5 trillion won ($4.6 billion), with its sa...

Live commerce app Grip posts over $22 mn in transactions

Live commerce app Grip posts over $22 mn in transactions

South Korea-based live commerce app Grip saw its cumulative transaction amount surpass 24 billion won ($22.2 million), just two years after its ince...

Masks as fashion statement through art collaboration

Masks as fashion statement through art collaboration

Face masks have become essential in the COVID-19 era to prevent the spread of the virus. But aside from protecting users against the pandemic, masks...

Daewoo E&C wins $3.1 bn in orders from Iraq, Mozambique

Daewoo E&C wins $3.1 bn in orders from Iraq, Mozambique

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. has racked up two orders totaling $3.1 billion from Iraq and Mozambique to build a port and an LNG train, ...

Hyundai Motor unveils all-new electric vehicle platform E-GMP

Hyundai Motor unveils all-new electric vehicle platform E-GMP

Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled a new platform, which will underpin its electric vehicles in coming years as South Korea’s largest automotive g...

Fashion platforms Musinsa, Zigzag hit jackpot thanks to Gen Zers and millennials

Fashion platforms Musinsa, Zigzag hit jackpot thanks to Gen Zers and millennials

South Korea’s online fashion apps are booming thanks to their ability to attract Gen Zers and millennials. This year, the top five players&r...

Home interior platform nears unicorn status via $70mn funding

Home interior platform nears unicorn status via $70mn funding

South Korea-based startup Bucketplace, an operator of home interior app OHouse, has raised $77 million in Series C funding, moving a step closer to ...

Amazon, SK Telecom join hands in Korea e-commerce market

Amazon, SK Telecom join hands in Korea e-commerce market

SK Telecom Co. and online retail giant Amazon.com have agreed to team up in South Korea’s e-commerce market, in a deal that could lead to cross-...

Kakao webtoon platform Piccoma becomes No.1 grossing app worldwide

Kakao webtoon platform Piccoma becomes No.1 grossing app worldwide

Kakao Corp., South Korea's platform giant, announced on Nov. 9 that its webtoon (digital comics) platform Piccoma has become the No. 1 grossing mobile...

Kakao’s Q3 sales, operating profit soar on e-commerce, online ad gains

Kakao’s Q3 sales, operating profit soar on e-commerce, online ad gains

South Korea’s mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. said Thursday its operating profit and sales jumped to their all-time highs in the third quarter...

GS E&C challenges Hyundai Heavy in Doosan deal

GS E&C challenges Hyundai Heavy in Doosan deal

GS Engineering & Construction Co. (GS E&C) has joined the bidding for a stake in Doosan Infracore Co. after the bid submission deadline, a mov...

K-beauty, fashion companies ride ESG wave

K-beauty, fashion companies ride ESG wave

South Korea's fashion and beauty companies are jumping on the environmental, social, governance (ESG) bandwagon to lure more environmentally conscious...

Hyosung’s recycled yarn from PET bottles lures fashion brands

Hyosung’s recycled yarn from PET bottles lures fashion brands

Hyosung TNC Corp. is experimenting with something that may seem strange in the eyes of some: making recycled yarn from discarded PET bottles, in a pro...

Korean teachers' fund pockets sweet returns from US cloud-based platform

Korean teachers' fund pockets sweet returns from US cloud-based platform

The Korean Teachers' Credit Union (KTCU) has secured returns nearly four times its $37.6 million investment in the US cloud-based platform provider El...

Korean men in pink, disrupting traditional fashion

Korean men in pink, disrupting traditional fashion

Global K-pop sensation BTS made headlines when they all dressed in pink for their "Boy with Luv" music video. The color pink, a so-called feminine c...

Hyundai Motor unveils sustainable fashion collection from recycled car materials

Hyundai Motor unveils sustainable fashion collection from recycled car materials

Hyundai Motor Co. displayed fashion items made of discarded materials from the automotive manufacturing and scrapping process on Oct. 8, calling it a ...

Top Korean travel platform Yanolja to join startups lining up for IPOs

Top Korean travel platform Yanolja to join startups lining up for IPOs

South Korea’s largest travel platform Yanolja is planning to list on the domestic stock market in 2022, paving the way for Singapore’s GIC...

S. Korea's Kakao Work to rival Slack, messenger platform apps

S. Korea's Kakao Work to rival Slack, messenger platform apps

Kakao Enterprise Corp., the artificial intelligence service unit of South Korea’s Kakao Corp., has launched a business messenger platform to com...

Korea’s car-sharing platform becomes 12th unicorn following $42.5 mn injection

Korea’s car-sharing platform becomes 12th unicorn following $42.5 mn injection

South Korea’s leading car-sharing platform Socar Inc. has become the country's 12th unicorn valued at around 1.1 trillion won after re...

Studio Dragon sets sights overseas, $3.4 bn market cap possible: analyst

Studio Dragon sets sights overseas, $3.4 bn market cap possible: analyst

South Korea’s leading drama producer Studio Dragon Corp. is expected to post handsome earnings in coming years, boosted by a steady stream of jo...

How Korean platform giants disrupted the digital comics market with webtoons

How Korean platform giants disrupted the digital comics market with webtoons

South Korean webtoons (mobile and digital comics) are taking over the digital comics markets in Japan and the US. Market watchers claim it is&nbs...

[Interview] Manga platform Piccoma ready to take over Japan's comics market

[Interview] Manga platform Piccoma ready to take over Japan's comics market

Manga platform Piccoma is gearing up to take over Japan’s massive digital comics market as the company continues to see prominent growth in its ...

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