Aussie developer The Living Company targets Korean residential market
The Living Company, a leading Australian housing developer, on Thursday opened an office in Seoul to target South Korea’s residential market. ...
Posco Future M ships 1st cathodes made with domestic precursors to Ultium Cells
POSCO Future M Co., South Korea’s leading battery materials maker, has begun shipping cathode materials produced entirely with domestically so...
Celltrion in talks to buy Eli Lilly plant in US for $504 million
Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s biosimilar-developing leader, is in talks with Eli Lilly and Company to buy the American multinational pharmaceu...
BTS label BigHit to debut new boy band CORTIS on Aug. 18
BigHit Music, the powerhouse behind global K-pop acts BTS and Tomorrow X Together (TXT), has unveiled the name of its new boy group, CORTIS. The fiv...
Trump’s chip tariff threat stirs jitters; impact on Samsung, SK Hynix limited given MFN status
NEW YORK – A revived threat from US President Donald Trump to impose a 100% tariff on imported semiconductors has reignited concerns in South ...
Musicow sells out 1st US music equity offering backed by Kelly Clarkson hit
Musicow Inc., a South Korean music copyright trading platform pioneer, has sold out its debut US music royalty-backed securities offering in less th...
S.Korea-US summit likely set for Aug. 25; Vietnam’s top leader to fly to Seoul for state visit
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will likely have a summit meeting with his US counterpart Donald Trump later this month amid a flurry of high-l...
Samsung to produce Apple’s next-gen chips at US foundry plant
The global memory chip powerhouse Samsung Electronics Co. will produce chips for Apple Inc. at its semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the US,...
Hyundai, GM to co-develop five brand new vehicles, seek joint sourcing
Hyundai Motor Co. and General Motors Co. will jointly develop five brand new vehicles and source materials and car components, the two companies sai...
Global investment banks raise S.Korea’s growth forecasts as trade tensions with US ease
Global investment banks are revising up their growth forecasts for South Korea, citing easing trade uncertainties and signs of a consumer-led recove...
Coupang ramps up Taiwan push amid K-beauty boom, US tariffs
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, said on Wednesday it will expand investment to strengthen overnight delivery services...
Millennium Management to invest $252 mn in Korean stocks for first time
Millennium Management LLC, a US major hedge fund, is set to invest about $252 million in South Korean stocks for the first time, local asset managem...
HD Hyundai Heavy wins US Navy ship MRO deal, 1st under MASGA accord
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., one of the world’s leading shipbuilders, has secured its first-ever maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) co...
LG CNS to build AI data center in Indonesia, first for Korean firm
LG CNS Co., the information technology services unit of South Korea’s LG Group, has bagged a deal to build an artificial intelligence-ready da...
Dollar store Daiso bucks retail slump, surpasses E-Mart, Lotte in valuation
Daiso, the largest discount store chain in South Korea, has turned the broader slump in offline retail into a growth opportunity, emerging as a game...
K-beauty diversifies markets for global growth amid US tariffs
South Korean beauty brands are diversifying overseas markets to accelerate global expansion, as 15% US tariffs and intensifying competition may hind...
S.Korea’s top 3 shipbuilders launch MASGA TF, eye 2-track strategy
South Korea’s three leading shipbuilders – HD Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Hanwha Ocean Co. and Samsung Heavy Industries...
Seoul’s tax reform hits top firms as US tariffs, tighter rules loom
South Korea’s finance ministry has finalized a tax reform plan that raises the top corporate tax rate by one percentage point to 25% and incre...
Investors dump Korean shares after tax reform; won plunges
Investors rushed to sell off South Korean stocks across the board, which dragged down the Korean currency value on Friday after the government annou...
Winners & losers: S.Korean industries navigate uneven US tariff terrain
From a shipbuilding boon to steel-sector gloom, South Korea’s export-reliant industries face diverging paths after Seoul struck a tariff deal ...
South Korea, US agree to 15% tariff rate; shipbuilding central to deal
South Korea and the United States have reached a trade agreement setting the new US tariff rate at 15%, down from the previously announced 25%, with...
Seoul rallies corporate titans in all-out bid to dodge steep US tariffs
South Korea is mounting a last-ditch effort to finalize a tariff agreement with the US ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline, with direct backing from the co...
LG Energy secures $4.3 bn LFP battery deal from Tesla in shift from CATL
LG Energy Solution Ltd. on Wednesday announced a $4.3 billion deal to supply lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries to a foreign client, identified ...
S.Korea to hike corporate taxes, broaden shareholder tax base
South Korea’s government and ruling Democratic Party on Tuesday agreed to raise the top corporate tax rate and lower the capital gains thresho...
Samsung Chairman Lee heads to US as chips become key trade leverage
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong departed for the US on Tuesday, just days before the US-set Aug. 1 deadline for a trade deal, si...
Korea Investment & Securities, Muzinich & Co. explore strategic partnership on global credit portfolio
Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), the brokerage unit of Korea Investment Holding Co., is exploring a strategic partnership with US privat...
Bundang Doosan Tower up for sale; Doosan Group holds right of first refusal
Bundang Doosan Tower, a landmark office building in the Seoul metropolitan area, is up for sale as its owner, Koramco REITs Management & Trust C...
Celltrion nears deal for 1st US biologic manufacturing plant
Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s biosimilar-developing leader, is closing in on its first US acquisition, which is expected to enable the company...
Bain Capital set to acquire HS Hyosung Advanced Materials' tire cord business
US private investment firm Bain Capital is poised to acquire HS Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp.'s tire steel cord business in a deal estimated...
Kayne Anderson Real Estate: Don't wait for clarity – the time to invest is now
Amid persistent economic uncertainty, rising development costs, and shifting US trade policies, Kayne Anderson Real Estate is showing high convictio...
