Frozen kimbap market emerges as new K-food battlefield
South Korean fishery processing and seafood major Sajo Daerim Corp. has forayed into the frozen kimbap market, becoming a new big player in the coun...
BNK Capital opens microfinance organization in Uzbekistan
South Korea’s BNK Capital announced on Friday that it established a microfinance organization in Uzbekistan the previous day.Since entering Ca...
Korea to put poison pill adoption on new policy agenda
South Korea will put the adoption of poison pills and dual-class shares on the new policy agenda at a meeting with business leaders this month, wher...
Korean food firms chase sizzling K-food demand with expansion
South Korean food companies are scrambling to ramp up factory output at home and abroad to meet the insatiable appetite for Korean flavors and aroma...
KGC enters Malaysian healty functional food market
Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp., announced on June 13 that it sells its red ginseng brand Jung ...
Korea likely to lift short-selling ban in April after leveling playing field
South Korea’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), said on Thursday it will extend its blanket stock short-selling ba...
SK Energy to cut emissions with combined heat power system
SK Energy Co., a unit of South Korean oil refiner and battery maker SK Innovation Co., has begun operation of its gas combined heat power (CHP) syst...
Asia's largest startup fair NextRise 2024 held in Seoul
The Korea International Trade Association and Korea Development Bank announced on Thursday that the Asia's largest startup fair "NextRise 2024 Seoul...
Affluent Gen Xers lead e-commerce shopping in South Korea
Affluent Generation Xers, also pioneers in the digital landscape who navigated the early days of personal computing and witnessed the advent of the ...
MBK drops out of Air Premia’s Asiana cargo unit takeover bid
Asian private equity firm MBK Partners has dropped out of a plan to back 300 billion won ($217.9 million) for South Korean budget airline Air Premia...
RideFlux wins temporary Level 4 self-driving permit
RideFlux Inc., a South Korean autonomous driving technology startup, has received a temporary permit to operate a driverless car at normal speed for...
SK, Geely join forces for EV battery, component production
SK Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, will join forces with Chinese auto giant Zhejiang Geely Holding Gro...
Doosan Bobcat to buy ex-sibling Mottrol for $178.6 million
Doosan Bobcat Inc., a major compact construction machinery and equipment maker under South Korean conglomerate Doosan Group, will buy back its forme...
KB Securities sees wealth management assets surpass $43.6 bn
South Korea's KB Securities announced on Wednesday that its wealth management assets surpassed 60 trillion won ($43.6 billion) this month.This is fi...
Rebellions-Sapeon Korea merger to challenge Nvidia’s AI chip dominance
Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, is merging with its crosstown rival Sapeon Korea Inc., an AI chip firm ...
Hanwha picked to develop KF-21’s unmanned escort plane radars
Hanwha Systems Co., a South Korean aerospace and defense contractor, has been picked as a preferred developer by the state-run Korea Institute for D...
Hana Securities services S.Korean stock investment in Hong Kong
South Korea's Hana Securities announced on Tuesday that it launched a service allowing Hong Kong investors to open its accounts through Hong Kong's ...
Korea may mandate pension plans for all workplaces from 2025
South Korea is seeking to introduce corporate pension plans to all workplaces in stages starting next year, alongside mandatory contributions to the...
Shinhan Financial units to reside under one roof in Vietnam
Shinhan Financial Group Co. is upping the ante in the Vietnamese financial market to further widen the gap with rivals as the country’s leadin...
S.Korea’s current account swings to deficit on higher dividend payouts
South Korea logged a current account deficit in April, ending a streak of surpluses for the past 11 months, on seasonal factors such as increased di...
HYBE accelerates transition into platform company
HYBE Co. is accelerating its push to transform into a platform company as it prepares to launch a new digital fan community platform. This platform ...
Hyundai Motor to restore forest ecosystem
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Restoration Project with...
Korean retail investors’ US stockholdings at record high
South Korean individual investors’ US stockholdings swelled to a record $82.19 billion as of early June amid the US stock market rally, while ...
Southeast Asia, Korea Inc’s new IT outsourcing powerhouse
PHNOM PENH – South Korean technology companies grappling with prolonged software developer shortages are actively broadening their search for ...
Korea's short-selling ban impedes MSCI index upgrade
South Korea is expected to retain its MSCI’s emerging market status as the global index provider said in its June 6 report that the country&rs...
Samsung Biologics eyes windfall gain amid US-China row
SAN DIEGO – Samsung Biologics Co. is enjoying a stream of contract development and manufacturing order inquiries from big pharmaceutical compa...
Affinity fails in Lock&Lock tender offer; eyes equity swap
Hong Kong-based Affinity Equity Partners is planning for an equity swap between its new entity and South Korean food container maker Lock&Lock...
S.Korea beats Japan in GNI per capita for 1st time in 2023
South Korea outstripped Japan in terms of per capita gross national income (GNI) for the first time in 2023, central bank data showed, with the Japa...
Shinsegae, CJ to tie up for product delivery, food launch
Retail-focused Shinsegae Group is set to outsource delivery services and logistics management for its e-commerce platforms such as SSG.COM and Gmark...
Korea's KDB widens gap in VC fundraising in H1; NPS to fund in July
The capital commitments of state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) have widened the gap for South Korean venture capital firms in fundraising over ...
