Carlyle, Keppel, IMM stay in final race for Ecorbit

Carlyle Group, a union of Hong Kong-based Keppel Corp. and Gaw Capital Partners and a consortium of IMM Investment and IMM Private Equity are the th...

The new Kia K8: A high-tech, modern and innovative sedan

South Korea’s second-largest automaker Kia Corp. on Friday unveiled a new K8 large-size sedan, its first drastic facelift in three years.Kia, ...

HD Hyundai Mipo to build Korea’s first LCO₂ carrier

HD Hyundai Mipo Co., formerly Hyundai Mipo Dockland Co., has embarked on the construction of South Korea’s first liquefied CO₂ (LCO₂) carrier,...

Half of EV imports in Korea run on Chinese batteries as EV fires rise

Of 58 electric vehicle models running on the streets of South Korea, 22 models are equipped with Chinese batteries, a survey showed on Friday.Accord...

Korea seeks to curb China's offshore wind farm dominance

South Korea will prioritize non-price factors such as economic security and contributions to the domestic supply chain over bidding prices when sele...

KOGAS executes first simultaneous LNG bunkering in Korea

South Korea's state-run Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) said on Friday that its subsidiary, Korea LNG Bunkering, successfully carried out the country’...

HD Hyundai secures Korea's hydrogen engine generator project

HD Hyundai Infracore Co., a construction equipment and engine manufacturer, said on Thursday it has won the government's first project to develop ge...

Samsung SDS gains AI management system certification

Samsung SDS Co. announced on Thursday that it has become the first company in South Korea's IT service industry to receive the ISO/IEC 42001 certifi...

Gas maker Air Products Korea put on sale for around $3.6 bn

US industrial gas maker Air Products and Chemicals Inc. has put its South Korean unit up for sale for an estimated 5 trillion won ($3.6 billion), in...

LG unveils Korea’s 1st open source AI to take on Meta, Google

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-biggest conglomerate, on Wednesday introduced the country’s first open-sourced artificial intelligence la...

Samsung signs wind turbine structure supply deal with Equinor

South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said on Wednesday that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Norway's state-owned energy company Equi...

S.Korea’s current account at near 7-year high on strong chip exports

South Korea reported its biggest monthly current account surplus in six years and nine months thanks to robust exports of semiconductors. But the gr...

South Korea enjoys record-high kimchi exports in first half

South Korea's kimchi exports surged to an all-time high for a six-month period in the first half of this year, according to data from the Korea Agro...

Slowing economy creates opportunity for S. Korean used car sellers

South Korea’s used car sellers hope to take advantage of the slowing economic growth at home and abroad to expand their market shares.Lotte Re...

Jeju Air seeks M&A, igniting race for top place in Korea's LCC market

Jeju Air Co., a leading South Korean low-cost carrier (LCC), will likely seek the acquisition and merger of a rival small airline operator amid inte...

Korea's warehouses suffer oversupply, rising vacancies

Logistics centers in Seoul suburbs are suffering oversupply and rising vacancy rates, according to a report from South Korean commercial real estate...

Hyundai Tucson HEV posts record US sales as hybrids catch on

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. saw sales of the hybrid version of its flagship Tucson SUV hit an all-time monthly high in July in the US, the...

S.Korea, China's technology leak, anti-dumping disputes surge

South Korean companies are getting tough on anti-dumping and patent infringement cases as they feel threatened by the intensifying price competition...

South Korea’s Inflation reaccelerates in July

South Korea’s headline inflation picked up at a stronger-than-expected pace in July, reaccelerating due to higher prices for agricultural and ...

S.Korea’s July household debt grows at fastest pace in over 3 years

South Korea’s household debt is expanding at the fastest pace in over three years, clouding growth in Asia’s fourth-largest economy and ...

Korea Investment manages Vista Land $50 mn global bond issuance

Korea Investment & Securities Co. announced on Thursday that its Hong Kong subsidiary KIS Asia managed the issuance of $50 million in global bon...

Woori Financial Group relaunches brokerage arm

Woori Financial Group has returned to South Korea’s brokerage service market after a decade with the launch on Thursday of Woori Investment &a...

Central Asia emerging as South Korea’s new used car export market

South Korea’s export volume of secondhand vehicles to Central Asia is increasing for an unexpected reason: Russia.According to the Korea Inter...

Korean commercial real estate market to show slow recovery in H2

South Korea’s commercial real estate market will post a slow recovery in the second half of this year due to rate cut delays and no big correc...

South Korea to develop gas-cooled reactor with POSCO, SK, Daewoo

South Korea has embarked on a 44.5 billion won ($32.3 million) project to jointly develop an advanced gas-cooled nuclear reactor with related domest...

Kia’s Chinese business makes turnaround as it becomes export base

South Korean automaker Kia Corp.'s Chinese business has been struggling for years amid escalating tension between the US and China – Korea&rsq...

TMON, WeMakePrice file for court receivership amid liquidity troubles

TMON Inc. and WeMakePrice Co. – the e-commerce platforms owned by Singapore-based Qoo10 Pte. – have filed for court receivership amid co...

S.Korea relinquishes control to China in smaller OLED market

LG Display Co. and Samsung Display Co. lost ground to their Chinese rivals in the global small and mid-sized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) pan...

Kia posts highest-ever profit margin, double Tesla's

Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 carmaker, on Friday posted its highest-ever operating profit margin of 13.2% in the second quarter, more than d...

E-Mart’s No Brand success story: A Korean snack chain goes global

When South Korean convenience store operator E-Mart Inc. launched its low-budget house label No Brand in 2015, few thought it would last long.Under ...