Korea’s IPO market renews record highs

South Korea’s initial public offering market continues to rewrite history this year. More than 20 million people have participated in the...

China’s tighter grip on supply chain hurts Korean battery makers

While the recent urea crisis laid bare South Korea’s heavy dependence on China for the basic raw material, concerns are growing that the count...

S.Korea's car output tumbles to lowest in 17 years

South Korea's car output in 2021 is estimated to have tumbled to its lowest level in 17 years as a global shortage of semiconductors slowed down pro...

HK inno.N’s K-CAB a blockbuster drug with $843 million exports

South Korea’s HK inno.N Corp. has signed a 640 billion won ($540 million) contract to license out its technology for K-CAB, a gastroesophageal...

Korea battery makers suffer under growing China dominance

South Korean battery manufacturers are suffering from the growing dominance of their Chinese competitors in the world’s electric vehicle marke...

SK Hynix wins China’s approval for $9 billion Intel NAND acquisition

SK Hynix Inc. has received approval from China’s antitrust regulator for its $9 billion deal to acquire Intel Corp.’s NAND memory chip b...

Korea’s No.1 bakery franchise successfully settles in US

Paris Baguette, South Korea’s top bakery franchise, has successfully settled in the US market, paving the way to expand its business throughou...

Naver Webtoon to acquire Korea’s virtual human maker

Naver Webtoon Ltd., the digital comics platform of South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp., is set to acquire the management rights of d...

VCs in Korea shell out in search of next unicorns

2021 has been a heyday for Korea’s startup ecosystem – especially for the VCs that invest in it. In the first three quarters of this ye...

Indian startups: Korean VCs' new target after China

South Korean venture capital firms and online giants are flocking to startups in India, a country with the world's second-largest population and low...

LG Display OLED TV panel sales top 20 mn units on strong demand

South Korea’s major display panel maker LG Display Co. is estimated to have sold more than 20 million units of organic light-emitting diode (O...

Unicorns like Socar and Kurly to dominate Q2 IPOs

Korea’s first mobility unicorn Socar and an online grocery delivery service operator Kurly Inc. are scheduled to begin the process of an IPO e...

Korea's gaming industry turns to blockchain, unwavered by Seoul’s policy

Come next year, Korea’s online game developers are poised to release a number of games on blockchain platforms.The companies have lined up the...

Pangyo, Bundang among Asia's hot office areas, DWS says

Many cities across the Asia-Pacific are springing up with exciting urban office districts, which offer attractive office investment opportunities,...

Korean unicorns jump fivefold in four years with record investment in 2021

Investment in South Korean startups hit an all-time high in 2021 as the number of new unicorns, unlisted companies with a valuation topping $1 billi...

Money moves back to safe assets in Korea amid rising interest rates

With stock and cryptocurrency fevers subsiding amid a monetary tightening bias, South Koreans are moving their money back to safe assets, as banks s...

Samsung Elec launches dedicated team for China

Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s top tech giant, has established a dedicated team for the Chinese market, where its smartphone and home ...

Hyundai Motor reshuffles overseas units to deal with changing markets

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, has reorganized its overseas units, reducing the number of business sectors to five from nine,...

Korea’s DL Energy to expand US power plant business

South Korea’s DL Energy is set to expand its power plant business in the US.DL Energy, formerly known as Daelim Energy, said on Dec. 17 that i...

Cosmax’s China arm targets late-2022 Kosdaq listing

Cosmax East, which owns and manages Cosmax’s business in China in its entirety, has announced plans to seek listing on the Korea Stock Exchang...

Korea’s No. 2 art auction house to go public in Jan

K Auction, South Korea’s No. 2 art auction house, is set to go public in January 2022 as it aims to court the domestic leader Seoul Auction Co...

Korean Air to fly high on China’s cargo conversion ban

Korean Air Lines Co. is expected to benefit from China’s ban on conversion of airliners into freighters since the measure is likely to further...

Starbucks Korea secures No.1 spot in crowded market

Starbucks Korea's sales are on course to exceed 2 trillion won ($1.7 billion) this year, the largest-ever annual revenue for a coffee franchise oper...

Korea’s MedPacto, Merck plan phase 3 trials of colorectal cancer drug

MedPacto Inc., a South Korean biotechnology company that develops therapeutics for cancer and autoimmune diseases, has agreed with global drugmaker ...

Magnachip, Chinese PEF Wise Road end $1.4 bn buyout deal

US-listed chipmaker Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. and Chinese private equity firm Wise Road Capital terminated their $1.4 billion buyout agreement...

EQT chairman sees technology and services as attractive sectors in Korea

High price tags of target companies can be justified if you understand long-term trends of the industry and have expertise in the sectors, Conni Jon...

Korea approves export of Samsung Biologics-made Moderna vaccine

South Korea approved exports of Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine produced by Samsung Biologics Co. in a move that will help the country’s...

Hyundai’s new Genesis G90: Epitome of luxury design identity

After an exterior peek of its new Genesis sedan G90 last month, Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday fully unveiled the flagship luxury model, its first mod...

Korea exports hit record to top $640 bn in 2021

South Korea’s exports have reached an all-time high thanks to strong overseas demand for key products such as semiconductors amid the global e...

South Korea moves to join CPTPP free trade pact as China fears ease

South Korea has officially declared its plan to join a mega Trans-Pacific free trade deal, called the CPTPP, following China’s application to ...