Apple Pay to shake up S.Korea's digital payment market

Apple Pay to shake up S.Korea's digital payment market

The launch of Apple Pay in South Korea on Tuesday is poised to shake up the country’s digital payment market as the sector leader Samsung Pay ...

Korea’s Micro Digital to supply bioreactors to major US firm

Korea’s Micro Digital to supply bioreactors to major US firm

Micro Digital Co., South Korea’s only bioreactor maker, is set to ink a supply deal with a major US biopharmaceutical producer to expand its g...

Two global shareholder voting advisors oppose activist funds in S. Korea

Two global shareholder voting advisors oppose activist funds in S. Korea

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the world's two biggest advisory bodies for shareholder voting rights, have recommended op...

S.Korea confirms easing inflation; BOK to hold rate

S.Korea confirms easing inflation; BOK to hold rate

South Korea confirmed that inflation eased while Asia’s fourth-largest economy continued to slow, adding to expectations that the government m...

Korea Eximbank teams up with US small nuclear reactor firm

Korea Eximbank teams up with US small nuclear reactor firm

The Export-Import Bank of Korea said on Thursday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with NuScale Power, a US company that develo...

Samsung Biologics to invest $1.5 bn for 5th CDMO factory

Samsung Biologics to invest $1.5 bn for 5th CDMO factory

Samsung Biologics Co. is slated to inject 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) to build its fifth plant in South Korea. It will be a fast follow-up investm...

Korean 3D tech firm Koh Young looks to US medical robot market

Korean 3D tech firm Koh Young looks to US medical robot market

Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean developer of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, is slated to enter the US me...

Wrtn Technologies joins latest AI fad, looking for prompt engineers

Wrtn Technologies joins latest AI fad, looking for prompt engineers

Wrtn Technologies Inc. has joined the latest generative artificial intelligence (AI) boom with its high-paying official job post for a prompt engine...

Kia unveils flagship EV9 design; world premiere in March

Kia unveils flagship EV9 design; world premiere in March

Kia Corp. on Wednesday showcased its large flagship electric sport utility vehicle EV9 as the No. 2 South Korean carmaker is extending its EV lineup...

Hyundai, other Korean steelmakers slim down Chinese units

Hyundai, other Korean steelmakers slim down Chinese units

Hyundai Steel Co. has decided to sell its Beijing arm, worth 400 billion won ($310 million) in asset value, hit by declining sales of its affiliates...

SK sells US car-sharing firm Turo stake to earn over $32 mn

SK sells US car-sharing firm Turo stake to earn over $32 mn

South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group exited from Turo, the US top peer-to-peer car-sharing company, to make an estimated return ...

Hanwha Energy sells Spanish solar plant project to Irish firm

Hanwha Energy sells Spanish solar plant project to Irish firm

South Korean energy company Hanwha Energy Corp. said on Wednesday that it had sold a solar power plant project in Spain to Amarenco Solar, an Irish ...

Once a videotape maker, Cosmo reborn as battery materials firm

Once a videotape maker, Cosmo reborn as battery materials firm

Cosmo Advanced Materials & Technology Co., once the world’s largest video and cassette tape maker, has transformed into a money-making man...

S.Korea's Prestige Biologics attracts $59 mn overseas investment

S.Korea's Prestige Biologics attracts $59 mn overseas investment

Prestige Biologics Co., a South Korean biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) company, announced on Tuesday th...

KB Financial Group injects $385.6 million into S.Korea’s real estate PF

KB Financial Group injects $385.6 million into S.Korea’s real estate PF

South Korea’s KB Financial Group on Monday said it will provide liquidity support for the domestic market for real estate project financing (P...

Ssangyong E&C wins contract for building ASML Korea campus

Ssangyong E&C wins contract for building ASML Korea campus

Ssangyong Engineering & Construction, a South Korean builder, said on Monday that it has secured a 200-billion-won ($170-million) contract to co...

BC Card applies for patent for offline asset authentication via NFT

BC Card applies for patent for offline asset authentication via NFT

South Korea's BC Card on Sunday said it applied for a domestic patent for a non-fungible token (NFT) that can verify a user's asset details using bl...

Hyundai L&C targets China’s interior materials market

Hyundai L&C targets China’s interior materials market

Hyundai L&C, a South Korean building materials company under the Hyundai Department Store Group, said on Sunday that it has entered the Chinese ...

BC Card signs contracts for Indonesia's digital payment project

BC Card signs contracts for Indonesia's digital payment  project

BC Card Co., a South Korean credit card company, said on Friday it has signed two contracts to provide digital payment services for Indonesia’...

ISS supports Shinhan Financial Group chairman nominee

ISS supports Shinhan Financial Group chairman nominee

Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) is supporting the appointment of Shinhan Financial Group chairman nominee Jin Ok-Dong as...

POSCO Engineering & Construction renames itself POSCO E&C

POSCO Engineering & Construction renames itself POSCO E&C

POSCO Engineering & Construction, the builder affiliate of South Korea's POSCO Group, has changed its name to "POSCO E&C" to mark the first ...

S.Korea pledges steps to attract more foreign investment

S.Korea pledges steps to attract more foreign investment

South Korea will boost foreign investment in the country through increased incentives and deregulation, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister C...

SK Earthon to be reborn as carbon-neutral company

SK Earthon to be reborn as carbon-neutral company

SK Earthon, an oil development subsidiary of South Korea's SK Innovation Co., plans to transform into a carbon-neutral company focused on oil explor...

Global PC, tablet market to shrink over 10% in 2023: research

Global PC, tablet market to shrink over 10% in 2023: research

The global market for personal computers and tablets is expected to shrink by more than 10% this year, as the demand for remote work and learning de...

S.Korea's KIC to strengthen responsible investments

S.Korea's KIC to strengthen responsible investments

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) plans to actively voice its opinions on portfolio companies' management over the next two years to tighten its re...

KT&G’s hidden saviors in activist fight: In-house funds

KT&G’s hidden saviors in activist fight: In-house funds

KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, will likely get support from in-house shareholders in a battle against activist funds...

Lotte Chairman to return to beverage unit's boardroom

Lotte Chairman to return to beverage unit's boardroom

Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is slated to return as an inside director of Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co., the group’s subsidiary and one of...

JB Financial refuses activist fund's request to increase dividends

JB Financial refuses activist fund's request to increase dividends

South Korea’s JB Financial Group Co. has refused a local activist fund’s request to raise dividend payouts, stressing such a measure wil...

Cha Biotech sells eye-cell technology to Japan's Astellas for $32 mn

Cha Biotech sells eye-cell technology to Japan's Astellas for $32 mn

Cha Biotech, a South Korean biotechnology company, said on Thursday that it agreed to sell its technology for developing eye-cell therapies to Astel...

S.Korea kicks off privatization of top container line HMM

S.Korea kicks off privatization of top container line HMM

South Korea has started the process to privatize the country’s No. 1 container line HMM Co. by tapping advisors for the sale of the controllin...

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