F&F may pay $350 mn for TaylorMade without Korean sales license

F&F may pay $350 mn for TaylorMade without Korean sales license

South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. may not be able to sell apparel of TaylorMade Golf Co. in the country even after a $350 million t...

Growing pains: Korea’s smaller crypto exchanges face shutdown

Growing pains: Korea’s smaller crypto exchanges face shutdown

In mid-July, a small obscure South Korean cryptocurrency exchange posted a notice on its website at midnight, saying it is suspending trading of 57 ...

Naver Financial, SoftBank invest $25 mn in blockchain startup TBCASoft

Naver Financial, SoftBank invest $25 mn in blockchain startup TBCASoft

South Korea-based Naver Financial, the fintech arm of online giant Naver Corp., has invested $20 million in a Series B funding round for the US-base...

War for bio talent intensifies as S.Korea works on mRNA vaccines

War for bio talent intensifies as S.Korea works on mRNA vaccines

As concerns rise over a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war for talent in South Korea’s pharmaceutical industry is intensifying as th...

Hyundai, Kia US sales slower despite strong growth

Hyundai, Kia US sales slower despite strong growth

Hyundai Motor Group reported a near 30% rise in US sales last month, but the growth is decelerating as the world’s second-largest automobile m...

Samsung Group joins Kakao in Bank of Korea’s digital currency project

Samsung Group joins Kakao in Bank of Korea’s digital currency project

Samsung Group will be working together with Kakao Corp. on the digital currency simulation project led by South Korea’s central bank. Accordin...

Daewoong Pharmaceutical aims to top $4 bn in sales by 2027

Daewoong Pharmaceutical aims to top $4 bn in sales by 2027

South Korea-based Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. is hoping to achieve 5 trillion won ($4.4 billion) in sales by 2027, meaning that the company aims to ...

Hanwha, Korea Western Power to test mixed hydrogen combustion

Hanwha, Korea Western Power to test mixed hydrogen combustion

Hanwha General Chemical Co. and Korea Western Power Co. joined hands for the first test in the country to use mixed hydrogen combustion technologies...

Samsung joins 200 other firms in Korea’s metaverse alliance

Samsung joins 200 other firms in Korea’s metaverse alliance

Samsung Electronics Co. has onboarded South Korea’s government-led metaverse alliance in a move to strengthen partnership in virtual reality (...

China's top travel agency to join bid for Korea's online retail platform

China's top travel agency to join bid for Korea's online retail platform

China’s leading online travel agency (OTA) Trip.com will be joining the race to acquire South Korea’s online retail platform Interpark C...

Mid-sized Korean groups pave way for PEFs' stalled exits

Mid-sized Korean groups pave way for PEFs' stalled exits

Hoban Group, started as a small residential rental company in Gwangju in 1989, has now emerged as a major player in South Korea's M&A market, in...

Korean startups raise record-high Series A funding in H1

Korean startups raise record-high Series A funding in H1

South Korea's startup ecosystem has been booming with companies raising over 1 trillion won ($870 million) in the first half of this year -- an all-...

Korea’s Samyang to manage 30% assets globally by 2025

Korea’s Samyang to manage 30% assets globally by 2025

Samyang Group, a South Korean food and chemicals producer, aims to manage 30% of its total assets overseas by 2025, while fostering nutrition, medic...

MBK seeks to exit Japan's top golf course operator

MBK seeks to exit Japan's top golf course operator

MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity firm, is seeking to exit Japan's largest golf course operator Accordia Next Golf to capitalize on ...

Korea’s big 3 shipbuilders aim to hike newbuilding prices

Korea’s big 3 shipbuilders aim to hike newbuilding prices

South Korea’s three major shipbuilders are looking to raise new shipbuilding prices to enhance their profitability following hefty second-quar...

Korea July exports hit record on strong chip, auto demand

Korea July exports hit record on strong chip, auto demand

South Korea’s exports hit a record high in July on strong shipments of both main products such as cars and chips, as well as new growth ones i...

Korea manufacturers’ trillion won club to nearly triple

Korea manufacturers’ trillion won club to nearly triple

The number of the trillion won club of South Korean manufacturing sector is set to nearly triple this year even as a resurgence in the COVID-19 is...

Hahn & Co’s $270 mn deal to buy Namyang Dairy at risk of collapse

Hahn & Co’s $270 mn deal to buy Namyang Dairy at risk of collapse

South Korean private equity (PE) firm Hahn & Co.’s deal to acquire Namyang Dairy Products is at risk of collapse as the owner and his fami...

Korea’s only shipyard under creditor protection to be sold this year

Korea’s only shipyard under creditor protection to be sold this year

A sale of Daehan Shipbuilding Co., South Korea’s only shipbuilder under creditor protection, is to be completed within this year through a sta...

Korea redefines dining experience with meal kits and delivery food

Korea redefines dining experience with meal kits and delivery food

A good old-fashioned, home-cooked meal is becoming a thing of the past in Korean households, with a wide range of home meal replacements (HMRs) an...

Apple adds LG Elec to iPhone vendor list in Korea

Apple adds LG Elec to iPhone vendor list in Korea

LG Electronics Inc. will begin to sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone at its retail stores across South Korea from mid-August, as the Korean home appliance mak...

Investors revalue E-Mart after owning two-thirds of Starbucks Korea

Investors revalue E-Mart after owning two-thirds of Starbucks Korea

Shares of E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s largest retailer, are rallying after the company bought an extra stake in Starbucks Korea to control two-...

Korea’s steel stocks make big rebound with rosy H2 outlook

Korea’s steel stocks make big rebound with rosy H2 outlook

The share prices of South Korea’s major steelmakers, which observed a period of a downturn over the last two months, is making a rebound amid ...

Korea's sole AI chip designer takes on automotive chip market

Korea's sole AI chip designer takes on automotive chip market

South Korea-based semiconductor intellectual property provider Openedges Technology Inc. has come into the limelight with global automaker Hyundai M...

Tencent, Korea Value poised to see sixfold return from KakaoBank

Tencent, Korea Value poised to see sixfold return from KakaoBank

Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings, Korea Value Asset Management Co. and South Korea's top lender Kookmin Bank are among a group of sharehold...

Strong Korea Q2 growth keeps rate hike stance despite COVID-19 risks

Strong Korea Q2 growth keeps rate hike stance despite COVID-19 risks

South Korea's economy reported strong growth on healthy private consumption in the second quarter, keeping expectations of an interest rate hike lat...

Metaverse platform Maxst makes strong debut on Kosdaq

Metaverse platform Maxst makes strong debut on Kosdaq

South Korea-based metaverse platform Maxst Co. made a strong debut on the country’s tech-heavy junior bourse Kosdaq on July 27 with its share ...

Korea’s major banking groups post record-high earnings in H1

Korea’s major banking groups post record-high earnings in H1

South Korea’s major banking groups have posted the highest-ever net profit figures in the first half of this year. Shinhan Financial Group rep...

SK Hynix sees robust chip demand for rest of year after strong Q2 sales

SK Hynix sees robust chip demand for rest of year after strong Q2 sales

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, on Tuesday posted its highest quarterly profit and sales in nearly three years on ...

Food Delivery in Korea 101

Food Delivery in Korea 101

With the recent spike in daily new Covid-19 cases, it’s a good time to review the great delivery options that are available in Korea. Delivery...

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