Hyundai Motor hits 15 mn vehicle sales milestone in US

Hyundai Motor hits 15 mn vehicle sales milestone in US

South Korea’s auto giant Hyundai Motor Co.'s cumulative sales in the US surpassed 15 million units since entering the market in 1986, the comp...

Celltrion applies for FDA approval for Remsima SC

Celltrion applies for FDA approval for Remsima SC

Celltrion Ltd. said on Friday it had applied the previous day for permission from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Remsima SC, an autoi...

Korean confectionery and snack co. Orion enjoys brisk sales in Vietnam

Korean confectionery and snack co. Orion enjoys brisk sales in Vietnam

South Korea’s confectionery and snack maker Orion Corp. is enjoying rapid growth in Vietnam, thanks to brisk sales of the Choco-Pie, a chocola...

Lunit to export breast cancer detecting solutions to Hong Kong, Mongolia

Lunit to export breast cancer detecting solutions to Hong Kong, Mongolia

South Korea's AI-based medical imaging equipment firm Lunit will export AI breast cancer diagnosis solutions to large hospitals in Hong Kong and Mon...

Commercial building transactions plummet to 2008 financial crisis level

Commercial building transactions plummet to 2008 financial crisis level

In October, commercial building sales in Seoul plunged to the level of the 2008 global financial crisis.According to an analysis of actual transacti...

Samsung Chairman Jay Y. Lee flies to Vietnam for global business

Samsung Chairman Jay Y. Lee flies to Vietnam for global business

Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee embarked on a business trip to Vietnam on Wednesday to attend an opening ceremony for a research and dev...

Korea to allow investors to sell stocks at pre-split-off values

Korea to allow investors to sell stocks at pre-split-off values

South Korea is set to allow individual shareholders to sell their stocks at prices before a split-off if they oppose a company’s separation pl...

KKR to buy 100% stake in SK E&S' Busan City Gas for $561 mn

KKR to buy 100% stake in SK E&S' Busan City Gas for $561 mn

Private equity giant KKR & Co. is slated to buy a 100% stake in Busan City Gas Co., wholly owned by South Korean energy company SK E&S Co., ...

Samsung Elec's green heat pump takes energy-starved Europe by storm

Samsung Elec's green heat pump takes energy-starved Europe by storm

Samsung Electronics on Monday said its heat pump Eco Heating System (EHS), a green heating and cooling system, has seen explosive sales growth on th...

LG Energy to spend $3.1 bn on 4680 battery plant in S.Korea

LG Energy to spend $3.1 bn on 4680 battery plant in S.Korea

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s No. 2 electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, is poised to spend $3.1 billion on facilities in South Korea t...

S.Korea's LS Mtron opens center to reinforce global logistics

S.Korea's LS Mtron opens center to reinforce global logistics

LS Mtron, the heavy machinery and advanced parts-making unit of South Korea's LS Group, on Monday said it completed the LS Mtron Parts and Solution ...

Glenwood to sue Baring PEA over buyout deal cancellation

Glenwood to sue Baring PEA over buyout deal cancellation

South Korea’s Glenwood Private Equity is set to take legal action against Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Partner over the cancellation ...

Korean PE firm Hahn & Co to sell used-car platform K Car

Korean PE firm Hahn & Co to sell used-car platform K Car

South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. is set to sell a majority stake in local used-car trading platform K Car Co. as its initial public o...

KCC's paint selected as World-Class Product for 14 consecutive years

KCC's paint selected as World-Class Product for 14 consecutive years

South Korea's leading chemical and auto parts supplier KCC Corp. said on Thursday that its anti-rust and anti-fouling paints for ships and ceramics ...

Korean stocks with healthy earnings to shine in H2 2023

Korean stocks with healthy earnings to shine in H2 2023

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Securities Co. expected local shares with strong earnings including growth stocks to rally in the second half of nex...

KSOE joins race to buy marine engine maker STX Heavy Industries

KSOE joins race to buy marine engine maker STX Heavy Industries

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) has joined the race to acquire South Korean marine engine and equipment maker STX Heavy Ind...

Korean startup Epikar succeeds in attracting series A investment

Korean startup Epikar succeeds in attracting series A investment

Epikar, a car retail digital conversion solution company, said on Thursday that it has succeeded in attracting Series A investment from a number of ...

Gabriela Hearst, Veronica Beard, Toteme to launch in Korea

Gabriela Hearst, Veronica Beard, Toteme to launch in Korea

US designer brands Gabriela Hearst and Veronica Beard, as well as Swedish premium Toteme are set to open exclusive stores in South Korea to allure f...

S.Korea's Bespin Global, Daewoo E&C sign smart city deal with Aussie company

S.Korea's Bespin Global, Daewoo E&C sign smart city deal with Aussie company

South Korea's cloud management company Bespin Global on Wednesday said its subsidiary Bespin Global Vietnam formed a strategic partnership with Daew...

Shin Hanul revives Korea’s aim to become global nuclear powerhouse

Shin Hanul revives Korea’s aim to become global nuclear powerhouse

  South Korea put a newly built nuclear reactor into full operation on Wednesday to reinforce energy stability, reviving its goal of becoming ...

CJ Logistics expands global e-commerce shipping services

CJ Logistics expands global e-commerce shipping services

South Korea’s CJ Logistics Corp. is ramping up its cross-border e-commerce (CBE) businesses as its local rival Coupang Inc. is increasing domi...

Samsung’s foundry revenue exceeds mainstay NAND chip sales

Samsung’s foundry revenue exceeds mainstay NAND chip sales

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, saw its foundry business revenue exceed that of its mainstay NAND flash chips f...

Curious completes second Samsung Heavy drillship sale

Curious completes second Samsung Heavy drillship sale

South Korean private equity firm Curious Partners has recently completed selling an undelivered drillship constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries Co...

Naver Webtoon, digital comics case for global MBA study

Naver Webtoon, digital comics case for global MBA study

Naver Webtoon Ltd., the world’s top digital comics provider, is set to be a textbook case study for global students as a prominent business sc...

S.Korea's Bespin Global secures $107 mn from Middle East

S.Korea's Bespin Global secures $107 mn from Middle East

South Korea's cloud management company Bespin Global said on Monday that it has secured 140 billion won ($107 million) in investment from e& Ent...

S.Korea's Shinsegae Int'l secures domestic sales rights of Laura Mercier

S.Korea's Shinsegae Int'l secures domestic sales rights of Laura Mercier

South Korea's major retailer Shinsegae International said on Monday that it would acquire the exclusive domestic sales rights of Laura Mercier, a Fr...

S.Korean Proteina gets offers from global pharmaceutical companies

S.Korean Proteina gets offers from global pharmaceutical companies

Global pharmaceutical companies are expressing keen interest in the South Korean diagnostics company Proteina. Unlike companies that search for sp...

Hyundai, Kia on course for record EV sales in Europe

Hyundai, Kia on course for record EV sales in Europe

Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top carmaker, is on course for record electric vehicle sales in Europe, with its new models' expansion in t...

Dajia Insurance likely to put Korea's ABL Life up for sale again

Dajia Insurance likely to put Korea's ABL Life up for sale again

China’s Dajia Insurance Group Co. seeks to divest of a full stake in its South Korean subsidiary ABL Life Insurance Co. with an estimated valu...

Hyundai Motor signs MOU with OECD's International Transport Forum

Hyundai Motor signs MOU with OECD's International Transport Forum

Hyundai Motor Co. joined hands with the International Transport Forum under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to strengthen ...

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