Hanwha heir apparent named senior advisor at US energy investor

Hanwha heir apparent named senior advisor at US energy investor

Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan, the heir apparent of the South Korean energy-to-defense conglomerate, has been named a senior advisor at S...

What’s the next K-sensation after rise of 60-year-old K-ramen?  

What’s the next K-sensation after rise of 60-year-old K-ramen?  

It was not easy for latecomer Samyang Foods Co. to come up with a recipe for its own instant ramen noodle 60 years ago when Japanese rival Nissin ...

LG tops in market cap gain, beating Samsung, SK, Hyundai Motor

LG tops in market cap gain, beating Samsung, SK, Hyundai Motor

The total market value of companies under South Korea’s fourth-largest business group LG increased the most in a year, beating out its bigger ...

Korean won at 1-yr low vs yen; end of boon for exporters

Korean won at 1-yr low vs yen; end of boon for exporters

The South Korean won has extended its losses against the yen, with the Japanese currency highly sought after as a safe haven asset in the wobbly fin...

Singapore-based Qoo10 acquires South Korean e-tailer WeMakePrice

Singapore-based Qoo10 acquires South Korean e-tailer WeMakePrice

The Singapore-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 has acquired South Korea's online shopping site WeMakePrice, making Qoo10 fourth in domestic online co...

Investors ready their return to Korean stock market but with bet on declines

Investors ready their return to Korean stock market but with bet on declines

Investors are readying their return to the stock market in South Korea, encouraged by the rosy outlook for secondary battery stocks, but more retail...

FarmHannong's new herbicide enters the Pakistani market

FarmHannong's new herbicide enters the Pakistani market

South Korea's agricultural chemical company FarmHannong Co. announced on Thursday that its new herbicide Terrad'or will enter the Pakistani market. ...

S.Korea's Yanolja Cloud acquires US solution company InSoft

S.Korea's Yanolja Cloud acquires US solution company InSoft

South Korea's Yanolja Cloud announced on Thursday that it has acquired InSoft, a US hospitality solution company, to establish a base for expanding ...

Samsung Galaxy S23 to land in Japan to take on iPhone

Samsung Galaxy S23 to land in Japan to take on iPhone

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, will launch its flagship Galaxy S23 series in Japan later this month to compete wit...

Hyundai Motor wins Newsweek World’s Greatest Auto Disruptors Awards

Hyundai Motor wins Newsweek World’s Greatest Auto Disruptors Awards

Hyundai Motor Group announced on Wednesday that it won two categories at the "World's Greatest Auto Disruptors 2023" awards ceremony by Newsweek, a ...

NongHyup opens office in Vietnam to strengthen K-food exports

NongHyup opens office in Vietnam to strengthen K-food exports

South Korea's NongHyup, or the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, announced on Wednesday that it has opened an office in Vietnam with pla...

Shinhan Financial, KOSME to support startups for expanding Japanese market

Shinhan Financial, KOSME to support startups for expanding Japanese market

Shinhan Financial Group announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) to support Korean startups' ent...

KG Mobility focuses on electric vehicle platform, self-driving tech

KG Mobility focuses on electric vehicle platform, self-driving tech

South Korea's KG Mobility (formerly Ssangyong Motor Co.) says it will actively target not only Europe and the US but also niche markets in emerging ...

LS Electric wins order $94 mn for energy storage system in UK

LS Electric wins order $94 mn for energy storage system in UK

LS Electric Co. announced on Tuesday that it has secured a contract for a £73.6 million ($93.5 million) energy storage system (ESS) project in...

Maeil cracks China’s alternative milk market with Starbucks deal

Maeil  cracks China’s alternative milk market with Starbucks deal

South Korea’s Maeil Dairies Co. has jumped into China’s alternative milk market, worth $17 billion in 2022, by supplying Almond Breeze B...

Kurly seeks fresh funding at half its peak valuation

Kurly seeks fresh funding at half its peak valuation

Kurly Inc., South Korea’s leading food delivery platform, has embarked on a new funding round to raise 100 billion won ($76 million) at about ...

LG Energy tops global EV battery market excluding China

LG Energy tops global EV battery market excluding China

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. in January and February maintained its No. 1 position on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batteries...

Innocean's subsidiary D&G opens Brooklyn office

Innocean's subsidiary D&G opens Brooklyn office

Innocean, a Hyundai Motor Group-affiliated advertising agency, announced on Monday that it has opened a Brooklyn office of creative subsidiary David...

Doosan, Ionic Materials collaborate in liquid crystal polymer

Doosan, Ionic Materials collaborate in liquid crystal polymer

Doosan Corp., the holding company of South Korea's Doosan Group, said on Monday that it has entered a joint development agreement (JDA) with US-base...

VIP Asset’s new mutual fund to forgo operating fees if it posts losses

VIP Asset’s new mutual fund to forgo operating fees if it posts losses

VIP Asset Management Co., a leading South Korean asset manager, said on Friday it is launching a new mutual fund, and its managers won’t take ...

Hyundai Mipo wins $184 mn order four mid-sized PC carriers

Hyundai Mipo wins $184 mn order four mid-sized PC carriers

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., a subsidiary of HD Hyundai Group's shipbuilding division, has secured a construction contract for four medium-sized PC (p...

CJ Haechandle Gochujang acquires Europe's V-Label

CJ Haechandle Gochujang acquires Europe's V-Label

CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s flagship fermented food brand Haechandle Gochujang (hot pepper paste) is set to expand into the global market, backed by its ...

Rolex resale prices tumble as the wealthy young tighten belts

Rolex resale prices tumble as the wealthy young tighten belts

The most sought-after luxury items such as Rolex watches and Chanel bags are selling at a much lower premium, or even below their original prices in...

Hugel names ex-CEO of LG Household & Health Care as chairman

Hugel names ex-CEO of LG Household & Health Care as chairman

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Hugel Inc. on Friday said it appointed Cha Suk-yong, former CEO and vice chairman of LG Household & Heal...

Budget Galaxy A34 5G to be released in domestic market

Budget Galaxy A34 5G to be released in domestic market

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release the budget smartphone Galaxy A34 5G in the domestic market starting tomorrow.The ...

Hanwha Life acquires Indonesia's Lippo General Insurance

Hanwha Life acquires Indonesia's Lippo General Insurance

South Korea's Hanwha Life Insurance said on Thursday that it has acquired a 62.6% stake in Indonesian insurer Lippo General Insurance, in collaborat...

S.Korea's exports of instant noodles exceed $800 mn mark in 2022

S.Korea's exports of instant noodles exceed $800 mn mark in 2022

South Korea's exports of instant noodles such as ramen last year exceeded $800 million to break an all-time record.Export data released on Thursday ...

SGI Insurance signs MOU with IADB to revitalize guarantee insurance

SGI Insurance signs MOU with IADB to revitalize guarantee insurance

Seoul Guarantee Insurance Company (SGI) announced on Wednesday that it had entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Inter-American Develo...

LX Hausys partners with Belgian firm for premium window market

LX Hausys partners with Belgian firm for premium window market

South Korean company LX Hausys, specializing in building materials and interior products, has signed a strategic partnership agreement for aluminium...

LG Innotek unveils new 5G communication module for self-driving cars

LG Innotek unveils new 5G communication module for self-driving cars

South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. on Wednesday unveiled its second-generation 5G communication module for use in autonomous driving cars.Based on Q...

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