CJ Foodville picks Arges PE as preferred negotiator to attract investment

CJ Foodville picks Arges PE as preferred negotiator to attract investment

Arges Private Equity has been chosen as the preferred negotiator for attracting investment in CJ Foodville, the food service subsidiary of South Kor...

Hyundai Transys' car seats rank in top 3 by US market survey

Hyundai Transys' car seats rank in top 3 by US market survey

A leading US consumer satisfaction survey has ranked car seats made by South Korea’s Hyundai Transys in the top three for the fourth consecuti...

Hanwha Q Cells expects windfall gain from Chinese rivals’ woes

Hanwha Q Cells expects windfall gain from Chinese rivals’ woes

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group, is expected to enjoy a windfall gain from the US government’...

Team Korea lands $447 mn solar power project in US

Team Korea lands $447 mn solar power project in US

A group of six South Korean companies dubbed "Team Korea," which comprises private companies such as SK Ecoplant, public companies and a government ...

POSCO Future M to produce nickel for cathodes in the Philippines

POSCO Future M to produce nickel for cathodes in the Philippines

South Korean battery materials maker POSCO Future M Co. is set to produce nickel in the Philippines to boost its cathodes supplies and improve profi...

LG bets big on promising technologies for future growth

 LG bets big on promising technologies for future growth

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate, is accelerating its investment in promising tech companies across the world despite the l...

CJ Olive Young to expand men's product line

CJ Olive Young to expand men's product line

South Korea's health and beauty store chain CJ Olive Young on Thursday said its study of customer data over the past three years found that the prop...

Samsung's new US chip fab wins first foundry order from Groq

Samsung's new US chip fab wins first foundry order from Groq

Samsung Electronics Co. has bagged the first foundry order for its new factory that will be up and running later next year in Taylor, Texas, from Am...

Samsung C&T sells 150-MW solar power project in US

Samsung C&T sells 150-MW solar power project in US

South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. on Wednesday said its US-based green energy affiliate Samsung C&T Renewables sold a project for construction...

Korean C&R Research to set up US, Thai units for global biz

Korean C&R Research to set up US, Thai units for global biz

C&R Research Inc., South Korea’s top contract research organization (CRO), plans to establish units in the US and Thailand this year while...

S.Korea's Qurient, US National Cancer Institute to develop anti-cancer drug

S.Korea's Qurient, US National Cancer Institute to develop anti-cancer drug

South Korea's Qurient Co. announced on Monday that it signed a research and development agreement with the US government agency National Cancer Inst...

Paradise City, Ctrip to jointly launch S.Korean travel packages

Paradise City, Ctrip to jointly launch S.Korean travel packages

Paradise City, an integrated resort in Incheon, announced on Monday that it has partnered with China's largest online travel agency Ctrip to introdu...

S.Korea's CGBio gets FDA approval for spinal implant

S.Korea's CGBio gets FDA approval for spinal implant

CGBio, a South Korean bio-regenerative medical company, announced on Monday that its "Advanced LumFix spinal fixation system," an implant and surgic...

Cosmax opens Asia's largest cosmetics plant in China

Cosmax opens Asia's largest cosmetics plant in China

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's biggest cosmetics maker using original design manufacturing (ODM), has opened Asia's largest cosmetics plant in China. ...

Falling on deaf ears: Costco Korea cart pusher's death

Falling on deaf ears: Costco Korea cart pusher's death

Costco Wholesale’s co-founder Jim Sinegal had said South Korea was a “fantastic market,” where it ran its largest store in terms o...

SK Hynix ships DRAM with world’s largest capacity to Oppo

SK Hynix ships DRAM with world’s largest capacity to Oppo

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, supplied DRAM chips with the industry’s largest capacity for mobile devices ...

S.Korea's largest investment forum to begin Sept. 11

S.Korea's largest investment forum to begin Sept. 11

South Korea’s largest investment conference will be held in Seoul Sept. 11-15 with around 100 chief executives from global financial services ...

Global fashion brands block Koreans' access to US websites

Global fashion brands block Koreans' access to US websites

Some global fashion brands such as Ralph Lauren Corp. and Tommy Hilfiger have blocked South Koreans’ access to their US websites to support bu...

Samsung materials suppliers Soulbrain, DNF to merge in $87 mn deal

Samsung materials suppliers Soulbrain, DNF to merge in $87 mn deal

Soulbrain Holdings Co., a South Korean high-tech materials supplier to Samsung Electronics Co., is in final talks to buy a controlling stake in anot...

SK Pharmteco secures 12 global pharma clients, sets up US R&D center

 SK Pharmteco secures 12 global pharma clients, sets up US R&D center

SK Pharmteco Co., South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has secured 12 global pharm...

Insatiable Hyundai Motor aspires to lead India with SUVs, EVs

Insatiable Hyundai Motor aspires to lead India with SUVs, EVs

Hyundai Motor Group must become “the first mover” in India, which has emerged as the next fierce battlefield for global car makers after...

Korea’s time deposit rates head north on higher bank bonds’ coupon

Korea’s time deposit rates head north on higher bank bonds’ coupon

South Korea’s commercial banks have joined thrifts and credit unions in a race to offer their time deposit holders higher interest to cover cl...

S.Korea's Lotte Department Store launches 'K-Beauty' tour service

S.Korea's Lotte Department Store launches 'K-Beauty' tour service

South Korea's Lotte Department Store on Monday announced the launch of a "K-Beauty tour" service for foreign tourists.The company will first give fr...

The North Face supplier Youngone hints at succession plan

The North Face supplier Youngone hints at succession plan

Youngone Corp., a South Korean outdoor clothing maker to global brands like The North Face and Patagonia, has given a clearer signal that Chairman...

Woori Bank teams up with BuildBlock on US real estate services

Woori Bank teams up with BuildBlock on US real estate services

South Korea's Woori Bank and US real estate platform operator BuildBlock have entered into a strategic memorandum of understanding to bolster overse...

S.Korean transformers invade US market on surging demand

S.Korean transformers invade US market on surging demand

South Korea’s heavy electrical equipment makers are expanding their presence in the US, the world’s second-largest electricity consumer,...

Dongwha Pharm to buy Vietnamese pharmacy chain at $30 mn

Dongwha Pharm to buy Vietnamese pharmacy chain at $30 mn

South Korea's Dongwha Pharm announced on Thursday that it signed an agreement to acquire a 51% stake in Trung Son Pharma, a leading pharmacy chain i...

S.Korean cosmetics overtake French as top imports in Japan

S.Korean cosmetics overtake French as top imports in Japan

South Korean cosmetics topped the Japanese import market for the first time in 2022, surpassing French brands, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Thursd...

GS25 becomes No. 1 convenience store chain in southern Vietnam

GS25 becomes No. 1 convenience store chain in southern Vietnam

South Korean convenience store chain GS25 announced on Thursday that it has become the top operator in southern Vietnam, surpassing rivals US' Circl...

K-pop girl group NewJeans tops US Billboard 200

K-pop girl group NewJeans tops US Billboard 200

South Korean K-pop girl group NewJeans topped the US Billboard 200 chart with their second mini-album "Get Up," since its debut a year ago. Acc...

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