Korean core companies’ stocks underperform global peers

The world sought new opportunities in 2021, recovering from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. Global major companies have been in cutthroat compet...
The world sought new opportunities in 2021, recovering from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. Global major companies have been in cutthroat compet...
South Korea's SK Inc. on Thursday said it would co-invest $50 million in the US-based Fulcrum BioEnergy with a domestic private equity fund, in a bi...
K Auction, South Korea’s No. 2 art auction house, is set to go public in January 2022 as it aims to court the domestic leader Seoul Auction Co...
Starbucks Korea's sales are on course to exceed 2 trillion won ($1.7 billion) this year, the largest-ever annual revenue for a coffee franchise oper...
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is raising its market share in the global automotive electronics industry with the company’s audio, vi...
Just a couple of years ago, the prevalent market view on the cybersecurity industry was that it would go downhill rather than prosper as public orga...
Foreigners bought Kospi 200 futures contracts on “quadruple witching day," the quarterly simultaneous expiration of South Korean options and f...
China Securities Index Co. (CSI) and the Korea Exchange (KRX) are set to unveil three stock indices jointly developed for the first time on Dec. 20,...
Naviworks Co., a South Korean developer of virtual reality-based military training software, looks set to join a growing pool of metaverse-themed st...
South Korea’s textile sector is reviving as a high value-added growth business with advanced technology. The business, once a leading industry...
SK Gas Co., the top liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) company in South Korea, has invested in Series B funding for C-Zero Inc., a California-based start...
South Korea's brokerage companies are jumping into the outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) market, outmaneuvering asset management firms, as ...
Over the past decade, Samsung Electronics Co. ’s stocks have usually enjoyed a year-end rally every December on increasing dividends and hopes...
South Korea’s reopening stocks surged on Dec. 3 as US President Joe Biden’s plans to curb the Omicron variant of COVID-19 exclude lockdo...
Halla Group’s newly-launched autonomous driving solutions subsidiary HL Klemove targets 4 trillion won ($3.4 billion) in revenue by 2030 by ac...
Hyundai Motor Co. is gearing up to manage the Asia-Pacific markets, excluding China and India, from its home office. South Korea's top carmaker aims...
South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis Co., an auto parts unit of Hyundai Motor Group, has unveiled a foldable steering wheel along with other technologi...
Kurly Inc., an operator of South Korea's online grocery delivery service Market Kurly, has raised 250 billion won ($212 million) in pre-IPO funding ...
The Korea Exchange (KRX) on Nov. 30 approved a preliminary review of LG Energy Solution Ltd.’s listing, paving the way for one of the largest-...
Last week, a piece of non-fungible token art by digital artist Jang Koal was sold for more than 3.5 bitcoin or around 200 million won ($168,314) on ...
Lunit Inc., a South Korean developer of AI-based diagnostic tools for cancer screening, has surpassed 1 trillion won ($841 million) in value in over...
Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday unveiled exterior images of the new G90, a full model change version of the flagship sedan under its standalone premium...
Spring Health, a US-based mental health care provider, has emerged stronger in the prolonged pandemic era, with the five-year-old startup valued at ...
Samsung Electronics Co. has officially announced its plan to build a $17 billion chipmaking plant in Taylor, Texas, as the tech giant aims to overta...
LG Energy Solution Ltd. will list its shares on the main bourse around the end of January, valuing the top South Korean battery maker between 70 tri...
Foreign investors have absorbed $2 billion in South Korean stock markets so far in November, spurring hopes of a foreign comeback, although doubts r...
South Korean stocks related to secondary batteries, especially shares in cathode and anode materials producers, have rallied on strong growth in the...
The Carlyle Group has bought South Korea's No. 2 coffeehouse chain A Twosome Place from Anchor Equity Partners, saying it would "capture the signifi...
South Korean investors suffered a $5.7 billion loss in the third quarter from overseas stock investments on weak foreign shares. Individual investor...
South Korea’s state-run bank Korea Development Bank (KDB) launched its venture capital (VC) operations in California's Silicon Valley on Nov...