BTS’ Suga, MLB star Chan Ho Park to join Oakland Athletics as shareholders

BTS’ Suga, MLB star Chan Ho Park to join Oakland Athletics as shareholders

BTS member Suga and former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher Chan Ho Park are putting their money on the Athletics, formerly the Oakland Athletics...

Hong Kong to list world’s 1st Samsung single-stock leveraged ETF

Hong Kong to list world’s 1st Samsung single-stock leveraged ETF

A pair of leveraged exchange-traded funds tracking only Samsung Electronics Co. will make a debut on the stock exchange in Hong Kong next week, whic...

In China’s waterway city Hangzhou, K-beauty redefines ‘shuiguang'

In China’s waterway city Hangzhou, K-beauty redefines ‘shuiguang'

HANGZHOU – The capital of China’s Zhejiang province, Hangzhou, is the southern terminus of the ancient Grand Canal waterway, which origi...

LG Electronics breaks ground on $600 mn home appliance plant in India

LG Electronics breaks ground on $600 mn home appliance plant in India

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. has broken ground on its third home appliance manufacturing plant in India with a $600 million investment to...

S.Korean gaming giant Netmarble eyes headquarters building sale

S.Korean gaming giant Netmarble eyes headquarters building sale

Netmarble Corp., a leading South Korean gaming company, is seeking to sell its headquarters building in Seoul, which could fetch up to 800 billion w...

LG CNS breaks into US smart city market

LG CNS breaks into US smart city market

LG CNS Co., the information technology service unit of South Korea’s LG Group, has won its first public-sector smart city contracts in the US,...

Colliers to lead $689 million sale of IGIS Asset-owned Signature Tower

Colliers to lead $689 million sale of IGIS Asset-owned Signature Tower

Colliers Korea, a unit of global real estate asset management group Colliers, has been chosen as the adviser for the sale of Signature Tower in cent...

Wycombe Abbey to establish 1st Korean campus in Incheon’s Midan City

Wycombe Abbey to establish 1st Korean campus in Incheon’s Midan City

Wycombe Abbey, one of the UK’s leading independent boarding schools, has been chosen as the top bidder to establish an international school in...

Kumho Petrochemical's Seoul headquarters put on market

Kumho Petrochemical's Seoul headquarters put on market

IGIS Asset Management Co., has put Kumho Petrochemical Group’s headquarters building, Signature Tower in central Seoul, up for sale – a ...

Hyundai Motor launches future strategy division overseeing M&As

Hyundai Motor launches future strategy division overseeing M&As

Hyundai Motor Group has created a future business strategy division that serves as a control tower for the automotive group’s expansion into n...

SPC to establish bakery plant in Texas

SPC to establish bakery plant in Texas

South Korea's SPC Group, the operator of the bakery franchise Paris Baguette said on Thursday it plans to build a plant in the City of Burleson, Joh...

S.Korea-Philippines FTA to boost car and food exports

S.Korea-Philippines FTA to boost car and food exports

South Korea and the Philippines free trade agreement (FTA) is expected to increase exports to the Philippines, especially cars and parts, which will...

Daesang launches kimchi brand with three-Michelin-star chef

Daesang launches kimchi brand with three-Michelin-star chef

South Korean leading food maker Daesang Corp., the operator of kimchi brand Jongga, said on Thursday it launched San Ho Won with three-Michelin-star...

Hanwha E&C to resume $10.4 billion Bismayah new city project in Iraq

 Hanwha E&C to resume $10.4 billion Bismayah new city project in Iraq

Hanwha Engineering & Construction Co., an affiliate of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, said on Friday it is set to fully resume a $10.4 billio...

Korean Air gets EU approval for Asiana merger

Korean Air gets EU approval for Asiana merger

The European Commission (EC), the European Union (EU) antitrust body, approved the merger between Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. on N...

Lotte puts department store in Centum City, Busan on market

Lotte puts department store in Centum City, Busan on market

Lotte Shopping Co. has put one of its core department stores, Lotte Department Store Centum City in Busan, on the market in line with its parent gro...

Hyundai Glovis to build logistics complex in Korea’s top port city

Hyundai Glovis to build logistics complex in Korea’s top port city

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of the world’s third-largest carmaker Hyundai Motor Group, plans to establish a logistics complex in Bu...

SFH, where foreign firms build networks in Korea

SFH, where foreign firms build networks in Korea

It can be daunting to do business in a new city in a distant country. But foreign companies seeking to open businesses in South Korea’s capita...

S.Korea mulls fines on Barclays, Citi for short-sale violations

S.Korea mulls fines on Barclays, Citi for short-sale violations

South Korea’s financial authorities are considering fining British multinational investment bank Barclays plc and US investment banking group ...

Genesis partners with Tate Modern in London

Genesis partners with Tate Modern in London

Hyundai Motor Co. 's premium brand Genesis announced on Friday that it partnered with the Tate Modern Art Museum in London and will sponsor "The Gen...

Cosmax China to build new headquarters in Shanghai

Cosmax China to build new headquarters in Shanghai

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's cosmetics original development and design manufacturer (ODM), will build a new headquarters in Shanghai's Xinzhuang Indus...

Shinsegae, Paramount to build $3.39 billion theme park complex in S.Korea

Shinsegae, Paramount to build $3.39 billion theme park complex in S.Korea

South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group said on Thursday it has partnered with US media group Paramount Global on a 4.57 trillion won ($3.3...

Yanolja Cloud Solution relocates headquarters to India

Yanolja Cloud Solution relocates headquarters to India

South Korea’s top travel and accommodation booking platform operator Yanolja Co. said on Tuesday that it relocated its global solution subsidi...

Hyundai Motor sells over 1,000 Elec City FCEV

Hyundai Motor sells over 1,000 Elec City FCEV

Hyundai Motor Co. said on Sunday it has sold more than 1,000 units of its hydrogen fuel cell bus Elec City Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) with cu...

Naver to set up Middle Eastern headquarters in Saudi Arabia

Naver to set up Middle Eastern headquarters in Saudi Arabia

Naver Corp., which has been actively seeking to unlock opportunities in the Middle East with its new growth engines artificial intelligence, cloud a...

Daishin Securities shelves main office building sale to NH-Amundi

Daishin Securities shelves main office building sale to NH-Amundi

Daishin Securities Co. has called off a plan to sell its headquarters building in a central business district of Seoul to NH-Amundi Asset Management...

STIC to buy Korean flooring firm Nox from TPG for $336 mn

STIC to buy Korean flooring firm Nox from TPG for $336 mn

Seoul-based private equity firm STIC Investments has agreed to acquire global leading luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring firm Nox Corp. at 450 billion...

Shinhan Financial opens new headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City

Shinhan Financial opens new headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City

South Korea's Shinhan Financial Group opened a new headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.Shinhan Financial held an inauguration ceremony for t...

LG Uplus to support smart city transformation in Hwasun

LG Uplus to support smart city transformation in Hwasun

South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. announced on Wednesday that it will support the smart city transformation of Hwasun-gun in South Jeolla Province,...

S.Korea, Vietnam complete Smart City Cooperation Center in Hanoi

S.Korea, Vietnam complete Smart City Cooperation Center in Hanoi

The South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on Tuesday that it completed the construction of the Korea-Vietnam Smart C...

K Shipbuilding up for sale as Korean shipyards enter new boom cycle Samsung to buy US health tech firm Xealth in digital health push Korean waste management firm Koentec on market for $730 mn US unveils 25% tariffs on S.Korea, sets Aug. 1 deadline for agreement Samsung’s Q2 operating profit halves amid sluggish chip sales