STX to promote lithium business with Chinese company

STX to promote lithium business with Chinese company

South Korea's general trading company STX announced on Wednesday its plans to accelerate its lithium business with a leading Chinese lithium produce...

SK Energy, SK REIT to establish complex energy platforms

SK Energy, SK REIT to establish complex energy platforms

South Korea's SK Energy announced on Wednesday its partnership with Clean Energy REIT, a real estate subsidiary of SK REIT, to embark on the SK Eco-...

S.Korea's SK Bioscience to resume domestic flu vaccine output

S.Korea's SK Bioscience to resume domestic flu vaccine output

South Korea's SK Bioscience Co. will resume making domestic flu vaccines by year's end, two years after it stopped production to supply a vaccine fo...

Samsung SDI, GM to build JV plant for EV batteries in Indiana

Samsung SDI, GM to build JV plant for EV batteries in Indiana

South Korea's major secondary battery maker Samsung SDI Co. and General Motors (GM) of the US will set up a joint venture (JV) plant for electric ve...

S.Korea rejects Broadcom’s corrective steps on unfair biz

S.Korea rejects Broadcom’s corrective steps on unfair biz

South Korea’s antitrust body dismissed corrective measures proposed by US chipmaker Broadcom Inc. to avoid penalties over its alleged unfair b...

KBIZ holds SME export consultation meeting in Dubai

KBIZ holds SME export consultation meeting in Dubai

A large-scale business event was held in Dubai to support the expansion of Korean small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) into the Middle East.Th...

S.Korea launches its first offshore wind installation vessel

S.Korea launches its first offshore wind installation vessel

Hyundai Engineering & Steel Industries launched South Korea's premier offshore wind installation vessel, the Hyundai Frontier, on Tuesday. This ...

Yoon, Korea’s No. 1 salesman, at BIE to drum up support for 2030 Expo

Yoon, Korea’s No. 1 salesman,  at BIE to drum up support for 2030 Expo

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will attend the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris next week to drum up support for the Asian ...

POSCO breaks ground on lithium hydroxide plant in S.Korea

POSCO breaks ground on lithium hydroxide plant in S.Korea

POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of the world’s sixth-largest steel maker,held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday to mark the commen...

Foreign buying of Korean stocks, bonds at record high, boosting won

Foreign buying of Korean stocks, bonds at record high, boosting won

Foreigners bought a record $11.43 billion in South Korean stocks and bonds in May, boosting the value of the won versus the dollar amid the greenbac...

SKC to sell unit to Glenwood PE at $390 mn for future biz

SKC to sell unit to Glenwood PE at $390 mn for future biz

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials maker, is set to sell a subsidiary to Glenwood Private Equity in a deal estimated at 500 billion won ($3...

BTS 10th anniversary stamps available at Korea Post from June 13

BTS 10th anniversary stamps available at Korea Post from June 13

South Korea's state-run postal service agency Korea Post announced on Monday that BTS commemorative stamps will be available at post offices from Ju...

S.Korea's game companies wage all-out offensive to recruit AI talent

S.Korea's game companies wage all-out offensive to recruit AI talent

The race in South Korea to secure artificial intelligence (AI) know-how in the video game industry, the hottest trend in the field, is intensifying ...

Hyundai ramps up ties with Samsung, SK, LG for EVs, self-driving cars

Hyundai ramps up ties with Samsung, SK, LG for EVs, self-driving cars

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is strengthening its tech alliance with its local partners such as Samsung, LG and SK to stay ah...

Korea’s cathode supplier L&F aims to make it big with anodes: CEO

Korea’s cathode supplier L&F aims to make it big with anodes: CEO

DAEGU – L&F Co., a former LCD backlight unit maker, has long been a stranger even to locals in Daegu, a provincial city 165 km away from S...

Korea’s current account swings to deficit, four-month figures worsen

Korea’s current account swings to deficit, four-month figures worsen

South Korea ran a current account deficit in April, swinging from the previous month’s surplus, as Asia’s fourth-largest economy continu...

OpenAI’s Sam Altman seeks help from Korean startups, chipmakers

OpenAI’s Sam Altman seeks help from Korean startups, chipmakers

Sam Altman, chief executive of Microsoft-backed OpenAI and ChatGPT creator, said on Friday that he hopes to collaborate with South Korean developers...

Crutches can't slow SK Chair Chey’s zeal for 2030 Expo in Busan

Crutches can't slow SK Chair Chey’s zeal for 2030 Expo in Busan

The largest business chambers of South Korea and Japan have agreed to cooperate on Korea’s bid to host World Expo 2030 in Busan and to deepen ...

S.Korea not ready for developed market status: MSCI

S.Korea not ready for developed market status: MSCI

MSCI Inc. regards the South Korean stock market as not ready for its developed market status despite a series of reforms, dampening the country&rsqu...

LG Energy to expand EV battery care with 7 imported car dealers

LG Energy to expand EV battery care with 7 imported car dealers

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. has teamed up with seven imported car dealers in the country to expand the company's electric vehicle (EV) b...

S.Korea to discuss bilateral currency swap with Japan

S.Korea to discuss bilateral currency swap with Japan

South Korea plans to discuss with Japan the re-establishment of their bilateral currency swap line, said its finance minister on Thursday, as the di...

US emerges key to Korea’s nuclear power plants exports to Saudi Arabia

US emerges key to Korea’s nuclear power plants exports to Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, which is seeking to build two 1.4 gigawatts (GW) nuclear power plants, is demanding that the US allow uranium enrichment, according to...

S.Korea’s Handsome releases brand book with Assouline

S.Korea’s Handsome releases brand book with Assouline

South Korean fashion company Handsome Corp., a division of Hyundai Department Store Group, said on Thursday that it has partnered with Assouline, on...

Korean battery maker SK On attracts $400 mn from Hillhouse

Korean battery maker SK On attracts $400 mn from Hillhouse

South Korean battery maker SK On Co. has secured $400 million from Hillhouse, a Singapore-headquartered asset management firm, investment banking so...

SK Hynix steps up chip stacking war with 238-layer 4D NAND

SK Hynix steps up chip stacking war with 238-layer 4D NAND

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., has begun mass production of the industry’s hi...

S.Korea's Jeju Dream Tower Casino exceeds $7.6 mn in net monthly sales

S.Korea's Jeju Dream Tower Casino exceeds $7.6 mn in net monthly sales

Jeju Dream Tower Casino, located on South Korea's top tourist island of Jeju and run by Lotte Tour Development Co., broke the 10 billion won ($7.6 m...

Craft brewery startups poised to revolutionize brew scene in South Korea

Craft brewery startups poised to revolutionize brew scene in South Korea

Craft beers and highballs from emerging breweries and distilleries are poised to disturb the South Korean alcoholic beverage market dominated by gia...

Samsung Biologics, Pfizer sign $411.3 mn agreement for long-term CDMO

Samsung Biologics, Pfizer sign $411.3 mn agreement for long-term CDMO

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s No. 1 contract drugmaker, announced a groundbreaking strategic partnership with Pfizer on Thursday, marking...

S.Korea to ease regulations for foreign investor in domestic market

S.Korea to ease regulations for foreign investor in domestic market

South Korea is set to raise the annual cap for individuals' overseas fund transfers without prior notice from $50,000 to $100,000, thereby easing th...

SK Networks to invest $2 mn in Dutch agtech startup

SK Networks to invest $2 mn in Dutch agtech startup

SK Networks Co., a South Korean trading company, announced on Thursday that it will invest $2 million in the series A round of Source.ag, a smart fa...

Shinsegae chair tapped to head Asian arm of pro-Trump Rockbridge S.Korea’s leading ERP player Douzone Bizon up for sale; EQT Partners in talks MSCI maintains S.Korea’s emerging-market status; level playing field required GEPS taps former KB Asset chief risk officer as new CIO Affinity Equity nets $220 mn from block sale of Shinhan Financial