Celltrion’s 4 new biosimilars win EU approval recommendation
Celltrion Inc. is one step closer to commercializing its four new biosimilars in Europe after a committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) rec...
CLO Virtual Fashion raises $35 mn
South Korea's 3D digital fashion solution startup CLO Virtual Fashion said on Monday it raised 50 billion won ($35 million).Atinum Investment Co. an...
Leonardo's Coulter named Hanwha Aerospace’s 1st foreign global chief
Hanwha Aerospace Co., a leading South Korean defense company, said on Monday it has hired Michael Coulter, a former senior executive at US-based Ita...
Musinsa, Zozo to support S.Korean fashion brands
South Korea's online fashion platform Musinsa said on Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Japan's Zozo, the operator of online...
S.Korea to hold IR session to unveil market-boosting steps
South Korea's government will host an overseas investor relations session to explain the country’s economic conditions and unveil market-boost...
Celltrion to allot cash, stock dividend at once
South Korea’s biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. on Friday announced a plan to allot cash and stock dividends simultaneously. The company wi...
SK Telecom invests $3 mn in AI-powered video analysis startup Twelve Labs
South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said on Friday it will invest $3 million in Twelve Labs Inc., a Korean AI-powered video analys...
Boryung, Lotus Pharma signs CDMO deal on anticancer injection
South Korea's Boryung Corp. said on Thursday it signed a contract with Lotus Pharmaceutical, a Taiwanese oncology firm, for contract development and...
Korea’s commercial vehicle sales tumble on economic slowdown
South Korea’s commercial vehicle sales are plunging on sluggish domestic demand amid a slowdown in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.Local s...
S.Korean game firms invest in Poland
South Korean game developers and publishers focus on investment in Poland. NCSoft Corp. said on Wednesday it signed a new intellectual property...
Samsung E&A enters SAF EPC market with $955 mn Malaysian bioplant deal
Samsung E&A Co., the construction and engineering unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, said on Wednesday it has clinched ...
Korean firms halt bond, share issues despite tighter liquidity
South Korean companies are postponing bond issues and initial public offerings on chilled investor sentiment in the aftermath of President Yoon Suk ...
China’s Mingyang to foray into Korean wind turbine market with Unison
China’s Mingyang Smart Energy, one of the top five global wind turbine suppliers, is gearing up for its advance into South Korea’s wind ...
Korea’s OCI, US partner CPS Energy sign 20-year energy storage deal
South Korean solar cell company OCI Holdings Co. said on Tuesday it has signed a deal with US power supplier CPS Energy to jointly build a 120-megaw...
Nexon to release The First Berserker: Khazan in China
South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. said on Monday it signed a deal with China's Tencent Games to publish its new action rol...
Boryung invests $10 million in Intuitive Machines
South Korea's Boryung Corp. said on Friday it bought $10.0 million in shares of US-based lunar lander company Intuitive Machines to expand its space...
LG H&H’s sales surge 156% on Amazon Black Friday
South Korea’s LG H&H Co. said on Thursday its sales on Amazon Black Friday this year surged 156% year over year.The Face Shop's Rice Water...
IFM Investors bets big on infrastructure investing: Gee-Grant
IFM Investors, a global investment manager owned by Australian pension funds, is looking to infrastructure as the fastest-growing asset segment for ...
Samsung invests in AI security platform Axiado
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Thursday it invested in the Series C funding round of Axiado, a US-based artificial intelligence (AI) security platf...
Sono International seeks IPO in 2025 with $2.1 billion in corporate value
South Korea’s top resort operator Sono International Co. is seeking an initial public offering of its shares on the Korean market next year, r...
S.Korea's Smilegate invests in GTA producer's studio
Smilegate, the South Korean developer of the world’s top first-person shooter game Crossfire, said on Tuesday it invested in the US-based medi...
BOK to buy repos to counter martial law-driven market tantrum
South Korea’s central bank will provide "unlimited" liquidity to the country’s financial markets by purchasing repurchase agreements, or...
LG CNS to enter US smart building biz
South Korea's LG CNS said on Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the US-based real estate management SomeraRoad and Mastern A...
Korean companies’ cash reserves swell to record high
Cash holdings at South Korean companies have soared to a record-high level, data showed on Monday. Companies are stepping up efforts to raise cash t...
Naver recruits 500 creators for Clip
South Korea's Naver Corp. said on Monday it will recruit 500 creators for Clip in the first half of 2025, the company's short-form platform from Dec...
Rebellions · Sapeon Korea merger, the first domestic AI chip unicorn
Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, officially merged with Sapeon Korea to form the first domestic AI chi...
China’s Alibaba acquires 5% of Ably in 1st equity investment in Korean firm
Chinese online shopping giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has invested 100 billion won ($71.4 million) in South Korea’s top women’s cloth...
Korea’s export growth at 14-month low, adds to BOK rate cut views
South Korea’s export growth fell to a 14-month low in November with shipments to the world’s two biggest markets the US and China down, ...
Controversy brews over HYBE Chair Bang’s investment deal with PEFs
Bang Si-hyuk, founder and chairman of HYBE Co., the South Korean entertainment giant behind K-pop global sensations BTS and NewJeans, is embroiled i...
Hanwha Ocean, Babcock to team up for submarine exports
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. said on Friday it signed a strategic partnership with the UK-based global defense industry giant Babcock Internationa...
