SK Geo Centric produces sustainable synthetic fiber

SK Geo Centric produces sustainable synthetic fiber

South Korea’s SK Geo Centric Co. will collaborate with global companies in the petrochemical, textile, and apparel sectors from Japan, Finland...

S.Korea's Vegan J. enters Amazon USA

S.Korea's Vegan J. enters Amazon USA

South Korean eco-friendly cosmetic brand Vegan J. announced on Friday that it sells its products on Amazon, the largest e-commerce platform in the U...

S.Korea promotes export of $3.8 bn railcars to Morocco

S.Korea promotes export of $3.8 bn railcars to Morocco

The South Korean government is promoting exporting Korean-style railway cars (K-rail), including high-speed trains worth $3.8 billion, to Morocco.Th...

Samsung launches dedicated HBM, advanced chip packaging teams

Samsung launches dedicated HBM, advanced chip packaging teams

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has officially launched a team dedicated to developing advanced high-bandwidth ...

Cosmax mulls building cosmetics factory in Latin America

Cosmax mulls building cosmetics factory in Latin America

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's biggest cosmetics original development and design manufacturer (ODM), is considering building a new offshore plant in Lat...

SK Square to ramp up chip investment with new CEO

SK Square to ramp up chip investment with new CEO

South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group said on Thursday that its investment arm SK Square Co., led by new CEO Han Myung-jin, will ramp ...

Time to revive innovator spirit: LG Energy Solution CEO

Time to revive innovator spirit: LG Energy Solution CEO

South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., also the world’s No. 3, must accelerate innovation and prop up fundamentals to ...

Doosan Tesna to invest $160 mn in chip testing plant in Korea

Doosan Tesna to invest $160 mn in chip testing plant in Korea

South Korea’s Doosan Tesna Inc. will build a semiconductor testing factory in the country with an investment of 220.6 billion won ($159.7 mill...

Kyobo Life, Japan’s SBI to team up on security token, digital finance

Kyobo Life, Japan’s SBI to team up on security token, digital finance

South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Group and Japan’s SBI Group have entered into a strategic business partnership agreement to expand th...

Korea’s No. 1 flea market app Karrot expands services across Canada

Korea’s No. 1 flea market app Karrot expands services across Canada

Danggeun Market Inc., South Korea’s largest online flea market service provider, is expanding its online used-goods marketplace app Karrot acr...

Korea slaps Credit Suisse with largest ever short-sale penalty

Korea slaps Credit Suisse with largest ever short-sale penalty

South Korea's financial regulator said on Wednesday it has officially imposed Credit Suisse Group AG and its affiliate a combined 27.2 billion won...

Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis to buy e-commerce 11Street

Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis to buy e-commerce 11Street

South Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis Corp. is poised to acquire the country’s leading e-commerce operator 11Street Co. to ramp up its ...

Jollibee to acquire Korea’s Compose Coffee in $340 mn deal

Jollibee to acquire Korea’s Compose Coffee in $340 mn deal

Jollibee Foods Corp., the Philippines’ largest fast-food chain, is set to take over a majority stake in Compose Coffee Co., South Korea’...

Korea’s top resort operator Sono buys T'way stake for $76 mn

Korea’s top resort operator Sono buys T'way stake for $76 mn

South Korea’s top resort operator Sono International Co. has bought a stake in T'way Air Co., a local low-cost carrier (LCC), for 105.6 billio...

Korea's LG Uplus aims for $1.4 bn in B2B AI sales by 2028

Korea's LG Uplus aims for $1.4 bn in B2B AI sales by 2028

South Korea’s leading mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp., which is set to unveil its first artificial intelligence chip by the end of this year, ai...

Korea Eximbank to provide $150 mn PF to Australia

Korea Eximbank to provide $150 mn PF to Australia

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) announced on Tuesday that it will provide $150 million in project financing (PF) for developing a rare ea...

S.Korea’s Hanwha, Doosan to develop fighter jet engines

S.Korea’s Hanwha, Doosan to develop fighter jet engines

Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s top defense manufacturer, and Doosan Enerbility Co., a major local power plant builder, are set to develop...

Samsung Electronics tops in S.Korea's after-sales service

Samsung Electronics tops in S.Korea's after-sales service

Samsung Electronics Service, a service subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co.,  announced on Tuesday that it topped all categories - home applia...

S.Korea’s inflation holds below 3% for 3rd straight month

S.Korea’s inflation holds below 3% for 3rd straight month

South Korea’s headline inflation stayed in the 2% range for the third straight month in June after its slowest rate of increase in 11 months, ...

LG Energy signs multi-billion-dollar LFP battery deal with Renault

LG Energy signs multi-billion-dollar LFP battery deal with Renault

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, has clinched a multi-billion-dollar deal to supply LFP batteries for low-en...

UBS tops Korea’s M&A advisor list on Asiana, Affinity deals

UBS tops Korea’s M&A advisor list on Asiana, Affinity deals

UBS Group AG topped the South Korean mergers and acquisitions (M&A) league table in the second quarter as the global investment bank worked on m...

SK Group, led by SK Hynix, to invest $77 billion in AI, chips

SK Group, led by SK Hynix, to invest $77 billion in AI, chips

SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate after Samsung, is investing 106.4 trillion won ($77 billion) in artificial intelligence an...

Korea Eximbank provides $810 mn credit to Bangladesh

Korea Eximbank provides $810 mn credit to Bangladesh

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) announced on Sunday that it will provide a credit of $810 million for the construction of the Karnaphuli ...

Korea’s military fund taps ex-president of Woori Financial as CIO

Korea’s military fund taps ex-president of Woori Financial as CIO

South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), which managed 10.4 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in assets as of the end of 2023, has tapp...

South Korea sets sights on fostering EDA tech to win HBM chip war

South Korea sets sights on fostering EDA tech to win HBM chip war

In an escalating war in the semiconductor industry, insiders know there’s one technology critical for gaining chip supremacy: Electronic desig...

S.Korea sees foreign visitors 95% of pre-pandemic

S.Korea sees foreign visitors 95% of pre-pandemic

The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) announced on Friday that the number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea in May was 1.42 million, an increa...

Naver Whale features in Renault Korea vehicles

Naver Whale features in Renault Korea vehicles

South Korea’s homegrown web browser Whale, developed by Naver Corp., will be installed in Renault Korea cars. Naver Cloud announced on Friday...

Duty-free stores: Golden goose gone for Korean retailers

Duty-free stores: Golden goose gone for Korean retailers

South Korea welcomed a record-high number of post-pandemic foreign tourist arrivals for a single quarter in the first three months of this year, but...

S.Korea’s consumer goods exports to top $100 bn in 2024: KOTRA

S.Korea’s consumer goods exports to top $100 bn in 2024: KOTRA

South Korea is projected to reap more than $100 billion from selling the country’s consumer goods overseas this year. Exports of such products...

SK Hynix develops SSD for AI PCs to be mass-produced this year

SK Hynix develops SSD for AI PCs to be mass-produced this year

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. introduced a solid-state drive (SSD) for on-device artificial intelligence PCs for mass production this year, to e...

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 F&F’s bid for TaylorMade complicates Centroid's exit