South Korean burger franchise Lotteria looks to the US for expansion

South Korea’s fast food franchise Lotteria is planning to enter the United States, home to the world’s best-known burger franchises.&nbs...

Why the global economy needs BOK’s Rhee to stand firm

Rhee Chang-yong could be excused for never wanting to hear the word 'Legoland' again.The Bank of Korea governor spent the first six months of his tenu...

Hyundai Motor, Indonesia to jointly enter ASEAN air mobility market

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group and Indonesia’s Nusantara Capital City Authority have agreed to jointly enter the Southe...

Hyundai Glovis signs $796 million shipping deal with global automaker

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, said on Friday it has clinched a 1.05 trillion won ($796 million)...

Danggeun Market launches professional advertising solution

South Korean startup Danggeun Market, the operator of the country’s largest neighborhood marketplace app Karrot, is ramping up efforts to incr...

Korean retail brand F&F’s Chinese sales seen above $800 million

South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. is expected to post 1.1 trillion won ($807 million) in sales revenue in China this year, emerging...

US water treatment juggernaut Culligan eyes Chungho Nais stake

Culligan, the biggest water treatment company in the United States, is set to become a major shareholder in South Korean water purifier rental firm ...

E-book platform Millie's Library drops IPO plan on tepid market interest

South Korean e-book platform Millie’s Library dropped its listing plan on Nov. 8 due to tepid demand from institutional investors, marking the...

NCSOFT invests $15 million in blockchain company Mysten Labs

NCSOFT Corp., which announced early this year plans to install non-fungible token (NFT) technology in the global version of its online role-playing ...

Lotte Chemical posts deficit for second straight quarter

Lotte Chemical on Tuesday announced that it suffered 423.9 billion won ($308 million) in operating loss on a consolidated basis in the third quarter...

Microsoft CEO Nadella to speak at developers' forum in Seoul

Microsoft Korea said on Tuesday that it will host Microsoft Ignite Spotlight on Korea, an annual conference for developers and IT professionals, on ...

Korean life insurer eases bond market woes with buyback

A South Korean small insurer will buy back dollar perpetual bonds as scheduled, reversing its earlier decision not to recall the notes, to ease conc...

Falling Korea current account surplus heightens economic woes

South Korea’s current account surplus has shrunk on falling exports, adding to concerns over a slowdown in Asia’s fourth-largest economy...

Korea's kimchi maker Daesang to build factory in Europe

South Korea's Daesang Corp. plans to build a kimchi factory in Poland as an outpost for entering the European market, where Korean food is hotter th...

Aekyung Chemical develops 1st domestically made refrigeration lubricant

Korea's Aekyung Chemical, an affiliate of Aekyung Group, along with GS Caltex, has made the nation's first localized refrigeration lubricant in line...

Intensify 'friend-shoring' to boost foreign direct investment: Baldwin

Global businesses are forecast to suffer supply chain disruptions next year amid worsening geopolitical risk, such as the Russia-Ukraine war and pro...

Samsung to only use Qualcomm’s AP for Galaxy S23 series

Samsung Electronics Co. is poised to release the Galaxy S23 series smartphones in mid-February, those familiar with the development told The Korea E...

Samsung Biologics in CDO deal talks with global pharma firm

FRANKFURT – Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, is in talks to develop medicines for a global pharmaceutical ...

S.Korea's shipbuilding order volume to plummet next year: report

South Korea's shipbuilders fear seeing their orders next year plummet by over 40% on-year due to disruptions in related financing amid surging inter...

S.Korea's LS Cable to become KT Submarine's largest shareholder

South Korea’s leading cable manufacturer LS Cable & System Ltd. is poised to become the largest shareholder of undersea cable construction...

SK IE Technology to embark on non-deal roadshow in Hog Kong, Singapore

SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), a unit of South Korea’s energy and battery maker SK Innovation Co., said on Friday it is embarking on a non-deal...

[ASK 2022] Unlocking Value in European Mid-Market Infrastructure

Infracapital invests in, builds and manages a diverse range of essential infrastructure to meet the changing needs of society and support long-te...

SK On may secure money for capex from parent company

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric battery maker, may receive money for capacity expansion from its parent company SK Innovation Co...

Korea's premium pet food market sees rapid growth

Korea's pet food market is getting more sophisticated, with brands appearing whose products are even more expensive than food for humans despite hav...

Korean LED maker marks 100th victory in global patent wars

Seoul Semiconductor Co., the world’s second-largest light-emitting diode (LED) display maker, won a patent lawsuit in Germany, setting a recor...

We’re in a ‘range of fairness’ in terms of normal balances: Howard Marks

When Oaktree Capital Management Co-Founder and Co-Chairman Howard Marks appears on TV, he is often asked whether to embrace a risk-on or risk-off st...

Korea's KB Securities to earn market's 1st quadruple crown

In a first for a Korean brokerage, KB Securities has led all major performance categories this year and could achieve the domestic sector's first "q...

Market Kurly drops Market from platform name to expand business scope

South Korea’s Kurly Inc. has changed the name of its grocery delivery service platform Market Kurly to Kurly as part of its corporate strategy...

Small Korean life insurer further rattles bond market

A South Korean small insurer has made a rare decision not to buy back dollar perpetual bonds, in the first such case for the country’s issuers...

S.Korea prepares to launch $7.6 bn stock market stabilization fund

South Korea last week completed the process needed to launch a stock market stabilization fund of 10.76 trillion won ($7.6 billion). The timing for ...