Resumption of LG Energy Solution's JV in Canada gets green light

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. has received the green light to resume construction of an electric-vehicle battery joint venture in Ca...

JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon to visit S.Korea on June 5

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon is set to visit Seoul on June 5 and discuss South Korea’s overseas investments with exec...

MLB apparel by Korea's F&F finds favor in China

F&F Co., a South Korean outdoor fashion retailer, has notched a success selling US Major League Baseball (MLB) apparel in China. This comes desp...

UAE state funds gear up for $30 bn S.Korean investment

Senior officials of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and other major sovereign funds of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) met with executives ...

LG leader Koo seeks new growth drivers at group strategy meetings

Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, is seeking new growth drivers by hosting strategy meetings groupwide.L...

Foreigners gobble up chip stocks in S.Korea, buoying overall Kospi

Foreign investors' appetite for South Korean stocks remains insatiable, mainly for semiconductor heavyweights, underscoring their high expectations ...

Hanwha Systems soon to install radar on S.Korea fighter jet

The active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar developed jointly by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and defense contractor Hanwha Sys...

Korea's SK E&S plans $14 bn joint investment in hydrogen biz

South Korea’s SK E&S Co. is poised to spend 18.5 trillion won ($13.9 billion) with partners by 2025 to set up a hydrogen industry value ch...

S.Korea's Osteonic starts sports medicine exports to Japan

South Korea's surgical and medical instruments maker Osteonic Co. on Thursday announced the start of exports of its Kinex sports medicine products t...

Hanmi Semiconductor named world’s top 10 chip equipment maker

South Korean chip equipment maker Hanmi Semiconductor Co. on Thursday said it made the world’s top 10 in the rankings of TechInsights, a globa...

LG Energy Solution secures lithium concentrate in N.America

South Korea's battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Friday that it has signed a lithium concentrate supply contract with Australian c...

S.Korea business lobby group regrets past political role

The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) on Thursday said it deeply regretted the political role it took in the previous governments and vowed to b...

Hanwha Systems, KAI sign contracts to develop SAR satellites

Hanwha Systems Co. and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., Korea’s two leading aerospace and defense companies, have clinched deals with a govern...

LG Electronics to participate in Frieze Art Fair in New York

LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday that it will participate in Frieze New York, one of the world's three major contemporary art fairs, from May 17...

Sartorius to build $600 mn Korea facilities, open to more investment

Sartorius AG, a global pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment supplier, plans to spend $600 million on its first facilities in South Korea, about s...

LG Chem secures exclusive deal for Israeli desalination project

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. revealed on Thursday that it has been awarded the exclusive contract as the sole supplier of reverse osmosis (RO) membran...

Korea's E-Mart shares tumble despite push for profitability

South Korea’s largest hypermarket chain E-Mart Inc., a unit of a local retail giant Shinsegae Group, suffered a drop in its share prices to a ...

Samsung to launch Galaxy A24 in S.Korea to target low-end market

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release the Galaxy A24, a budget phone model in the domestic market on Friday to targetin...

S.Korea's i-Sens buys US glucose-measuring device maker for $27 mn

South Korean maker of diabetes-related devices i-Sens Inc. on Wednesday announced its planned acquisition of AgaMatrix, an American manufacturer of ...

S.Korea's top 3 telecom companies boost pet-related services

South Korea's top three telecommunication companies are expanding their pet-related services to attract as customers the estimated 15 million owners...

S.Korea to send $130 mn in aid for Ukraine’s reconstruction

South Korea will aid the reconstruction of Ukraine, which is at war with Russia, through loans worth $130 million from the Economic Development Coop...

N.Korea's military reconnaissance satellite launch imminent

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un broke a month of stealth to visit the site of preparations for the launch of the first military reconnaissance satel...

Get away from it all? Korea is a must-visit, says Airbnb's strategy officer

This summer is expected to be one of the busiest travel seasons seen in a while.Trapped in the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown over the past couple of ye...

S.Korea, Canada to bolster key minerals supply partnership

South Korea and Canada will make close cooperation to strengthen their supply chains of critical minerals such as uranium and nickel, key materials ...

Chevrolet Trailblazer tops in US small SUV market

Chevrolet Trailblazer claimed the top spot in the subcompact crossover SUV market in the United States in the month of April. It maintained its posi...

Amkor to top semiconductor packaging sector with better tech

Amkor Technology Inc., the world’s No. 2 semiconductor packaging company, aims to take the sector throne by improving technology competitivene...

S.Korea’s popular donut brand Knotted to enter US market

South Korean lifestyle hospitality startup Good Food For Good (GFFG) announced on Wednesday a strategic plan called "New GFFG 2.0." The plan aims to...

LG Electronics enters antibacterial glass powder sector

LG Electronics Inc. on Wednesday said it will promote as one of its new growth engines antibacterial glass powder, or fine particles made with cru...

Korea to require pre-disclosure of major shareholder stake sales

South Korea is set to require pre-disclosures of major shareholders’ listed company stake sales in an aim to prevent tumbles in stock prices.A...

Samsung’s Galaxy Book3 controls more than half of Korea’s laptop market

When Samsung Electronics Co. reported the worst quarterly loss for its semiconductor business last month, it found hope and relief in its mobile bus...