Fed rate cuts will be faster than market consensus: TCW
Investors tend to rush to fixed-income markets when recession risk rises. South Korean investors are no exception – retail investors have been...
Breezm lands in US with plan to open 100 stores in 5 years
Breezm, a South Korean startup making customized eyeglasses with artificial intelligence and 3D technologies, has opened its first offshore store in...
LG Uplus, Mobirix to jointly develop car infotainment
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the domestic mobile game developer Mobir...
LG Energy, GM’s 2nd Ultium Cells plant begins production in Tennessee
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Tuesday that the second plant of Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture ...
Korea, Japan lead Asia's buyout markets: MBK Partners
South Korea and Japan are the two most important markets for buyouts in Asia, and China is still a significant private market with potential for mid...
Hyundai Motor opens N brand tuning online shop
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Friday that it opened an online shop for its high-performance car N brand's tuning, The N Performance Shop. The ...
Korea yet to join global bond index for capital inflows
South Korea has so far failed to be included on a global major bond index, denting hopes for capital inflows into Asia’s fourth-largest econom...
Doosan Robotics, Bodyfriend to collaborate on marketing
South Korea's Bodyfriend Inc. announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Doosan Robotics Inc. for co-marketing th...
Kia, Hyundai sweep World Car Awards with EV9, IONIQ 5 N
NEW YORK – Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s No. 3 carmaker, has swept the 2024 World Car Awards, a global premier standard for automotiv...
Ferrari, SK On team up to innovate battery technology
Ferrari S.p.A. joined hands with SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery producer, to innovate cell technology as the It...
Genesystem enters Indian tuberculosis treatment market
Genesystem, a South Korean biotech company said on Tuesday that it will export 20 on-site tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic devices and 6,000 TB test kit...
SK Networks prepares to put SK Rent-a-Car on market
SK Networks Co. is preparing to put SK Rent-a-Car Co. on the market in a deal worth an estimated 600 billion won ($448 million) as part of efforts t...
Solus Advanced Materials poised to lead EV copper foil market: CEO
Solus Advanced Materials Co. is not a household name among ordinary electric vehicle drivers. But the South Korean company is a little giant to gl...
E-Mart offers voluntary retirement after 2023 loss
E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s largest supermarket chain, has launched a company-wide early retirement program for the first time in its 31-year h...
Korea’s IPO market heats up with HD Hyundai Marine, K Bank
South Korea’s initial public offering market is heating up as HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., which aims to raise 742.6 billion won ($553.4 mi...
STX to supply car CKD to Bangladeshi company
STX Corp., a South Korean general trading company, announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to supply the complete kno...
Weak property market cuts into Korean securities firms’ profits
dd South Korea’s securities firms suffered a 20% fall in overall net profit last year hurt by the weak property market, adding to bearish vie...
LG Uplus Sporki to be featured in Toyota's car Infotainment
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Friday that its sports community platform Sporki will be featured in Toyota Connect, the U+Drive-based inf...
S.Korea's drone market set for takeoff, led by startups
Starting in May, drones, not boats, will deliver parcels and even fried chicken to residents living on some of South Korea's remote islands unreacha...
Sephora to exit S.Korean market in May
Sephora, the world's leading multi-brand beauty retailer and an affiliate of French luxury conglomerate LVMH, announced on Tuesday that it will exit...
Korea's SPC to collaborate with Pascucci to enter Italian market
South Korea's SPC Group announced on Tuesday that it plans to collaborate with Italian coffee chain brand Pascucci to enter the Italian market. Hu...
Craft beer maker Jeju Beer sells stake to car repair company
South Korea’s leading craft beer maker Jeju Beer Co. has sold a controlling stake owned by its founder and family to a small domestic car main...
China exodus to elevate Korea to Asia hub: AmCham chief
South Korea has outstripped Hong Kong and Shanghai as a preferred Asia-Pacific headquarters destination for global companies, trailing only Singapor...
Renault to invest $523 mn to build green car hub in Korea
Renault Korea Motors Co., grappling with a protracted slump without new releases, plans to invest more than 700 billion won ($523 million) by 2027 t...
IL Science enters UK silicon lens market
South Korea's IL Science Co. said on Monday that it signed a contract with the US-based automotive electronics company Polymer Optics to supply an i...
Samsung tops global soundbar market for 10th consecutive year
Samsung Electronics Co. has held its ground as the leader in the global soundbar market for ten consecutive years, from 2014 through 2023, according...
Upstage establishes US subsidiary in Silicon Valley
South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage announced on Monday that it established the US corporation Upstage AI in Silicon Valley, ...
Labor reform urged in Korea with higher wages than Japan
Wages at South Korean companies, both large and small, have surpassed those of their Japanese counterparts.According to a report on wage comparisons...
Hankook Tire-sponsored Formula E São Paulo Round 4 to be held
The 2024 São Paulo E-PRIX, the fourth round of the 10th season of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, the world's premier electric vehi...
Cosmax NBT targets Halal health supplement market
Cosmax NBT, Inc., a health supplement original development manufacturing (ODM) affiliate of South Korea's Cosmax Group, announced on Friday that it ...
