Louis Vuitton to launch fourth pop-up restaurant in Seoul

The French luxury brand Louis Vuitton will open a pop-up restaurant in South Korea. This is the fourth one since May this year.According to company ...

Kolon set to host Aramco Team Series golf event in Korea

South Korea’s Kolon Group said on Thursday it has signed a non-binding agreement with Golf Saudi, a unit of Saudi Golf Federation, to jointly ...

Hyundai Motor, Kia's US electric vehicle sales at record-high in October

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group set a historic sales record in the US electric vehicle market, posting its best-ever performance in October. The a...

KG Mobility, BYD to team up for battery pack, hybrid car

South Korea's KG Mobility Corp. has partnered with China's largest electric vehicle company BYD to build a battery pack factory in South Korea. They...

Hillhouse to up investment in S.Korea with new hires

Hillhouse Investment Management Ltd., one of the largest private equity firms in Asia, is set to create an investment team dedicated to the South Ko...

S.Korea’s HMM expands bulk carrier fleet for stable profit

HMM Co., South Korea’s top shipping company, is expanding its fleet, especially bulk carriers, for stable profits amid the sluggishness of the...

Asiana Airlines to sell cargo business for merger with Korean Air

Asiana Airlines Inc. on Thursday decided to carve out its lucrative cargo business, clearing a major hurdle to its merger with bigger rival Korean A...

Doosan Enerbility secures contract for cask design from KHNP

South Korea's Doosan Enerbility Co. announced on Thursday it secured a contract for dry storage systems of spent nuclear fuel comprehensive design s...

Hyundai Motor Group units’ profits double as Chung enters 4th year

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group saw the combined operating profit of its 11 affiliates more than double in the third quarter as Chairman Chu...

S.Korea mulls plan B as Indonesia falls behind on KF-21 project payments

Indonesia, a partner of South Korea’s KF-21 fighter jet development project, has failed again to notify the Korean government of its plan to p...

Korea exports snap year-long slide as chips regain momentum

South Korean exports rose in October for the first time in 13 months as semiconductors, the country’s top export item, are on course to regain...

KHNP submits final bid for Czech Republic’s new nuclear power unit

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) has submitted a final bid to the Czech Republic’s state-run Elektrarna Dukovany II (EDU II) to cons...

SK Innovation, ENEOS to co-work for low-carbon energy

SK Innovation Co. said on Wednesday it will bolster its alliance with Japan's largest petroleum refiner ENEOS. This decision builds on their histor...

POSCO International, Lotte Energy in $4.4 bn battery materials supply deal

POSCO International Corp. has signed a 6 trillion won ($4.4 billion) deal to supply raw materials used to make copper foil, a battery component, to ...

Hyundai bets big on deep discounts to survive EV plateau

Hyundai Motor Co. is going all out to revive drivers’ interest in electric vehicles with significant price cuts in the US, the world’s s...

Korea Investment raises $400 mn to expand US assets

Seoul-based brokerage firm Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS) has raised $400 million in new bonds to strengthen its investments in the US ...

HD Hyundai Oilbank secures bio-based material supply network

South Korea's HD Hyundai Oilbank announced on Tuesday it signed contracts with Indonesia's Korindo Group and Korea's LX International for the purcha...

Korea plans wider crackdown on foreigners’ short-selling

South Korea’s financial regulator plans wider investigations into illegal short-selling trades by major foreign investment banks to ease conce...

S.Korea's SKC to sell fine ceramic business for $270 mn

South Korea's SKC Ltd. announced on Tuesday it will sell the fine ceramics business of its subsidiary SK enpulse, a semiconductor materials investme...

S.Korea sees record of beverage exports in Q1~Q3

South Korea's exports of beverages from Jan. to Sept. this year exceeded $500 million to break all-time record.Export data released on Thursday by t...

SK E&S to pursue cross-border CCS with Australia’s Santos

SK E&S, the clean energy affiliate of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has signed a deal on cross-border carbon capture and st...

S.Korea to add India, Lithuania to list of nations eligible for E-9 visa

South Korea plans to allow non-professional workers from India and Lithuania to apply for the E-9 visa as the country struggles with a shrinking wor...

Lotte builds US antibody-drug conjugate plant with $82 mn

South Korea’s Lotte Biologics Co. is establishing an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) factory in Syracuse, New York, with an investment of 110 bi...

HD Hyundai joins $14 mn offshore wind power project

HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical equipment and energy solution company under South Korea’s shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Co., has joine...

LG Uplus to build robot-friendly building with Hyundai

South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. has teamed up with Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Robotics Lab to build a communications infrastructure ecosystem at a...

S.Korea to put self-developed lander on moon by 2032

South Korea plans to put its first lunar lander on the moon by 2032.  In a meeting of the National R&D Project Evaluation Advisory Commit...

BBQ's Chicken Camp gets popularity from foreign tourists

Foreign tourists looking for Chicken Camp, operated by BBQ, a South Korean fried chicken brand, have been increasing noticeably. Chicken Camp is a c...

Hyundai unveils world’s first commercial LTE train signaling system

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean manufacturer of rolling stock, defense products and plant equipment, in a world first has commercialized a train s...

SK Group to step up renewable energy push in Vietnam

SK Group will strengthen its partnership with the Vietnamese government to boost eco-friendly business in areas ranging from carbon capture to waste...

S.Korea leads world in patent applications for robot vacuum cleaners

South Korea leads the world in the number of patent applications for robot vacuum cleaners.The Korean Intellectual Property Office on Sunday said th...