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...

Korean ETP market doubles amid increasing distrust of fund managers

South Korea’s exchange-traded product (ETP) market has doubled in four years as more investors preferred their own trades to discretionary inv...

S.Korea's Naver gets global compliance certification

South Korea’s top search portal Naver Corp. said on Friday that it had received a global certification for its compliance management system fr...

ISS, Glass Lewis urge shareholders to veto activist fund's requests on JB

Proxy advisers Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. are urging shareholders of JB Financial Group Co., a South Ko...

Korea EV cell makers unveil new products to expand market

South Korea’s electric vehicle battery makers on Wednesday unveiled prototypes of new products, especially lithium iron phosphate (LFP) models...

S.Korea’s NPS taps investment strategy head as NY office chief

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is slated to undergo a management reshuffle for the first time since Chief Investment Officer Seo...

F&F bets on China's beauty market under MLB brand

F&F Co., a South Korean retailer of Western brands such as Major League Baseball (MLB), has been rapidly penetrating China's cosmetics market, w...

Kolon Industries showcases hydrogen fuel cell materials at Tokyo Expo

Kolon Industries Inc., a Korean manufacturer of chemical and textile products, said on Wednesday that it was exhibiting its hydrogen fuel cell parts...

S.Korea’s jobs in February grow at slowest pace in 2 years

South Korea’s jobs grew at the slowest pace in two years last month partly owing to a slowdown in the country’s manufacturing sector due...

S.Korea's individual investors buy bonds this year worth $5.3 billion

Individual investors in South Korea this year have made net bond purchases, or the difference between the buying and selling amounts, worth over 7 t...

Korea Ginseng Corporation opens new R&D center in California

Korea Ginseng Corporation (KGC), a leading producer of Korean ginseng products, said on Wednesday that it has opened a new research and development ...

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...

Global macro investing to revive for more volatile age: M&G

The value of investments will fluctuate, which will cause prices to fall as well as rise and investors may not get back the original amount they inv...

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...

Lotte Fine Chemical, OCI Global join hands for clean ammonia business

Lotte Fine Chemical Co., a subsidiary of Lotte Chemical Corp., and Europe’s No.1 clean ammonia producer OCI N.V., or OCI Global, will collabor...

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 ...

S.Korean biotech NKMax’s unit aims for US IPO

NKMax Co., a South Korean cancer drug maker, is in talks with local and foreign investors in a bid to list its California-based unit NKGen Biotech I...

Boeing’s Korean supplier targets UAV market with guided weapons

Boeing Co.’s leading South Korean contractor aims to develop unmanned aerial vehicles with guided weapons, given the rapidly growing military ...

S.Korean sovereign wealth fund KIC to set up Mumbai office

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has kicked off procedures to open a Mumbai-based office later this year, The Korea Economic...

CJ Group adopts AI-based copywriter for producing marketing content

South Korea's CJ Group on Tuesday said it will develop and run a personalized artificial intelligence (AI) copywriter that automatically produces ma...

S.Korea's Krafton, Naver to set up JV for metaverse services in H1

Krafton Inc., a leading game developer in South Korea, is slated to establish a joint venture with Naver Z Corp., a metaverse unit of the country&rs...

Hyundai to boost India presence via takeover of GM plant

Hyundai Motor Co., the leading South Korean carmaker, is set to expand its presence in India with a takeover of General Motors Co.’s plant in ...

Kakao, HYBE shares rally on reconciliation but SM shares tank

Investors welcomed the end of a fierce month-long battle between HYBE Co. and Kakao Corp. over control of South Korea’s K-pop pioneer SM Enter...

Hankook Tire halts fire-hit Korean plant, threatens a fifth of global capacity

South Korea’s top tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co. shut down a local production complex on Sunday due to a fire, stoking concerns ...

SK Chemicals, Yonwoo to develop eco-friendly cosmetic containers

South Korean chemical company SK Chemicals and Yonwoo Co., a subsidiary of Kolmar Korea, which is a leading domestic cosmetic container manufacturer...

Pulmuone looks to enter US plant-based convenience food market

Pulmuone, a leading South Korean producer of plant-based foods such as tofu and bean sprouts, is trying to expand the K-food territory in the global...

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 ...

Korea's Smilegate to launch PC-mobile cross-play game globally

Smilegate, a South Korean game developer and publisher, said on Friday that it will launch its new cross-play game "Wonderers: Eternal World" global...

SK Ecoplant targets European waste battery recycling market

SK Ecoplant Co., its Singaporean subsidiary TES-AMM, and domestic eco-friendly business and secondary battery materials leader Ecopro Co. are poised...

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...