Korea trade deficit jumps as chip exports fall on Aug. 1-10
South Korea suffered from a larger trade deficit in the first 10 days of the month as semiconductor exports declined on weaker demand for memory chi...
Korea's small PE firms putting fundraising plans off to 2023
South Korea’s small and mid-sized private equity firms are increasingly postponing fundraising schedules for their project-based funds to the ...
Korea game sector hopes for better profits with new titles
South Korea’s game developers aimed to improve earnings with the release of new titles in the second half after reporting disappointing quarte...
Starbucks Korea conducts voluntary recall on giveaway items
Starbucks Korea, owned by South Korean retail juggernaut E-Mart, conducts a voluntary recall of its line of summer travel bags, following health c...
Korea suffers from foreign workers shortage in farming
South Korea’s agricultural product prices are expected to increase this year as the agriculture industry is suffering chronic labor shortages....
S.Korea’s SPAC IPOs eclipse company public listings
Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are gaining momentum in South Korea’s initial public market on the back of eased regulations and...
Hanwha Life to spur global real estate investment via US subsidiary
South Korea’s Hanwha Life Insurance Co. is set to kick off direct investment in overseas real estate via its subsidiary in the US, according t...
Korea Inc. rushes to cut debt as interest rates surge
South Korean companies scrambled for lowering debts and borrowing costs with new financial and business strategies as interest rates on corporate lo...
TiumBio inks licensing deal with China's Hansoh for endometriosis drug
South Korean biotech TiumBio Co. has signed a technology transfer agreement of its endometriosis and uterine myoma treatment candidate with China&rs...
Korea Zinc to invest $7.5 billion in green hydrogen, battery materials
Korea Zinc Co., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, plans to spend 9.74 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in renewable energy, green hydrogen...
Hong Kong-based Crypto.com acquires South Korean exchange OK-BIT
Hong Kong-based Crypto.com announced Monday it finalized the acquisition of a 100% stake in South Korea’s cryptocurrency exchange operator OK-...
Korea Ginseng Corp. intensifies marketing efforts in the UAE
South Korea’s Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC) said on Tuesday it recently hosted its second annual conference for large retail pharmacy chains in th...
Golf apparel goes trendy and upmarket in Korea on rise of young golfers
As the popularity of golf grows in South Korea, particularly among young people, golf clothes are becoming increasingly more expensive and fashionab...
Four chip alliance: S.Korea's courage to overcome Chinaphobia
“I'm gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”Ahn Cheol-soo, a senior lawmaker of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party, c...
Carlyle CEO Lee’s sudden exit puts the PE’s Korea strategy in spotlight
The sudden resignation of The Carlyle Group Inc. Chief Executive Kewsong Lee has not just surprised the global investment community but raised quest...
Korea's SeAH joins hands with Saudi Aramco on special steel
South Korea’s steel conglomerate SeAH Group has tied up with Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's energy giant, to accelerate its expansion in the Mid...
LG CNS chosen design consultant for Indonesia's $38 bn smart city project
LG CNS Co., a South Korean major information technology service provider, is set to consult on the design of an Indonesian smart city project worth ...
S.Korea to ease internship visa rules for foreign talent
South Korea will introduce an internship visa program for foreigners studying at overseas universities to ease a shortage of talent in the fields of...
Korea's Vestas launches second $231 mn European warehouse fund
South Korea’s Vestas Investment Management Co. has created a 300 billion won ($231.2 million) blind pool fund for Europe-based logistics cente...
Kakao to bolster open chat, ad services for growth
South Korea’s leading online platform operator Kakao Corp. on Thursday unveiled plans to bolster its open chat and advertising businesses to a...
S.Korea’s first mission to the Moon, Danuri, enters transfer orbit
South Korea’s first lunar orbiter, Danuri, has been launched onto a ballistic lunar transfer orbit as planned, the country’s science min...
US private equity giant Apollo making inroads into Korea
Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to launch a credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lendi...
US private equity giant Apollo to make inroads into Korea
Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to start the credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lend...
DeFi platform Neopin unveils plan for Web 3.0, NFT, multichain services
Blockchain firm Neopin announced its strategy to strengthen its foothold in the global DeFi Market on Thursday with four keywords: Web 3.0, multicha...
Seoul kicks off efforts to sell submarines to Australia
South Korea has embarked on efforts to export domestically designed submarines weighing more than 3,000 tons to Australia, while also in the final s...
Kakao Games posts record-high operating profit in Q2
Kakao Games Corp., the game publishing unit of South Korean web service giant Kakao Corp., said on Wednesday it achieved record-high operating profi...
Six major Korean firms tie up with Petronas for carbon biz
South Korea’s six biggest companies joined hands with Malaysia’s state energy firm Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) for the carbon c...
Korea to further lag China on self-driving cars
South Korea is expected to lag behind China further on autonomous vehicle technology as Shenzhen, the technology hub in Guangdong province, allowed ...
Popular app operators in South Korea race to create super apps
App operators in South Korea are in stiff competition to create super apps – as clear winners have emerged in different business sectors.The d...
S.Korea edges closer to joining US-led chip alliance
August could mark a turning point for South Korea’s semiconductor industry.The country has been keeping tight-lipped on whether or not to join...
