LG Innotek develops wireless BMS for EVs

LG Innotek develops wireless BMS for EVs

South Korean electronic parts maker LG Innotek announced on Sunday that it developed a cutting-edge wireless battery management system (BMS), a cr...

Hyundai Motor, UAE’s Mubadala to collaborate on future business projects

Hyundai Motor, UAE’s Mubadala to collaborate on future business projects

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and the United Arab Emirates’ sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co. have agreed to...

Hyundai's Kona included on French EV subsidy eligibility list

 Hyundai's Kona included on French EV subsidy eligibility list

Hyundai Motor Co.'s sports utility vehicle Kona is the only Korean EV included on a list of 78 electric vehicle models eligible for French subsidies...

Samsung tech leak suspects allegedly bribed by Chinese firm

Samsung tech leak suspects allegedly bribed by Chinese firm

A former senior manager at Samsung Electronics Co. and an ex-subcontractor employee are among those accused of receiving several tens of million dol...

MBK raises Hankook bid price, asks FSS to probe Cho's stock purchase

MBK raises Hankook bid price, asks FSS to probe Cho's stock purchase

The sibling rivalry for control of Hankook & Company Co., the holding firm of South Korea’s largest tire maker Hankook Tire & Techno...

SK Ecoplant, Korea South-East Power tap UAE as green energy base

SK Ecoplant, Korea South-East Power tap UAE as green energy base

SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management firm under SK Group, is accelerating a plan to set up a major green en...

Korea Housing Finance Corp. opens New York office

Korea Housing Finance Corp. opens New York office

Korea Housing Finance Corporation announced on Wednesday that it has opened a New York office to serve as a hub for its overseas fund procurement ac...

HD KSOE wins deal for 3 ultra-large ethane carriers at $500 mn

HD KSOE wins deal for 3 ultra-large ethane carriers at $500 mn

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), an intermediate holding company of HD Hyundai, announced on Friday that it has secured a co...

Korea's agro-food exports reach $8.3 bn milestone in just 11months

Korea's agro-food exports reach $8.3 bn milestone in just 11months

South Korea's agricultural and food exports hit a record high in 2023, fueled by strong demand for instant noodles, strawberries, and other staples....

KKR promotes Keith Kim in Seoul office to partner

KKR promotes Keith Kim in Seoul office to partner

KKR & Co. Inc. has promoted Keith Kim (Kim Yang-han), managing director at the private equity giant’s Seoul office, to partner.Kim, who ma...

S.Korea to spend $2.3 bn to quadruple robot market by 2030

S.Korea to spend $2.3 bn to quadruple robot market by 2030

South Korea’s public and private sectors will together invest more than 3 trillion won ($2.3 billion) by 2030 to nearly quadruple the domestic...

KAI inks support deals for exported fighter jets to Poland

KAI inks support deals for exported fighter jets to Poland

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, agreed with Polish companies on follow-up support me...

Korea's NPS taps Jun Ahn as real estate investment head

Korea's NPS taps Jun Ahn as real estate investment head

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, appointed Jun Ahn (Ahn Jun-sang) as its real estate inv...

NCSOFT included in DJSI Asia Pacific Index

NCSOFT included in DJSI Asia Pacific Index

South Korea’s major game developer and publisher NCSOFT Corp. announced on Thursday that it was listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/...

Hyundai Motor to offer China-made Sonata taxis in S.Korea

Hyundai Motor to offer China-made Sonata taxis in S.Korea

Hyundai Motor Co. will import Sonata taxis manufactured in China to South Korea in response to strong demand from local taxi drivers less than five ...

Kakao taps venture capital unit head as new CEO to lead reform

Kakao taps venture capital unit head as new CEO to lead reform

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s top mobile platform under fire for its extremely aggressive business expansion, tapped its venture capital unit hea...

China's CICC enters S.Korea with its private equity fund

China's CICC enters S.Korea with its private equity fund

BEIJING – CICC Capital, a unit of China International Capital Corp. (CICC), has entered the South Korean market with the launch of a private e...

Korea’s top dollar store chain Daiso buys out Japanese shareholder

Korea’s top dollar store chain Daiso buys out Japanese shareholder

South Korea’s AsungHMP Co. has bought a 34.2% stake in Asungdaiso Corp., which operates the country’s top dollar store chain Daiso, from...

S.Korea’s labor gains slow in November with fewer jobs for young people

S.Korea’s labor gains slow in November with fewer jobs for young people

South Korea’s nonfarm payroll growth slowed in November after the country with the world’s lowest fertility rate marked its 13th straigh...

ASML, Samsung to build R&D center in Korea for $760 mn

ASML, Samsung to build R&D center in Korea for $760 mn

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Samsung Electronics Co. and ASML Holding N.V. have reached a preliminary agreement to build a research and development fac...

Saudi Arabia partners with Korea's LS to spur non-petrochem sectors

Saudi Arabia partners with Korea's LS to spur non-petrochem sectors

South Korean conglomerate LS Group and the government of Saudi Arabia will jointly seek business opportunities in a number of non-petrochemical sect...

S.Korea’s GC Cell targets global cell therapy CDMO business

S.Korea’s GC Cell targets global cell therapy CDMO business

GC Cell Corp., an affiliate of South Korea’s major pharmaceutical company GC Biopharma Corp., is targeting the cell therapy contract developme...

Celltrion’s Vegzelma listed on US PBM preferred drug list

Celltrion’s Vegzelma listed on US PBM preferred drug list

South Korea's Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Tuesday that its anti-cancer biosimilar Vegzelma (active ingredient: bevacizumab) was listed as ...

Toho buys 25% stake in CJ ENM’s Fifth Season for $225 mn

Toho buys 25% stake in CJ ENM’s Fifth Season for $225 mn

Toho Co. has acquired a 25% stake in Fifth Season for $225 million, a move expected to be a win for not only the money-losing US-based producer-dist...

Kakao to tighten grip over units, rethink horizontal culture

Kakao to tighten grip over units, rethink horizontal culture

Kim Beom-soo, founder and chairman of South Korea’s largest mobile platform Kakao Corp., said on Monday it will abandon its autonomous managem...

South Korea to launch $7.6 bn supply chain fund, make urea locally

South Korea to launch $7.6 bn supply chain fund, make urea locally

South Korea plans to set up a supply chain stabilization fund of up to 10 trillion won ($7.6 billion) to effectively cope with sudden supply disrupt...

UAE, Korea’s Naver Z join hands for virtual reality tech

UAE, Korea’s Naver Z join hands for virtual reality tech

South Korea’s Naver Z Corp., the operator of virtual world platform Zepeto, said Monday it will join forces with the United Arab Emirates&rsqu...

Korea’s Growth Champions 2024 by Statista, Korea Economic Daily

Korea’s Growth Champions 2024 by Statista, Korea Economic Daily

Statista, the world’s leading data and intelligence company, has teamed up with The Korea Economic Daily to identify South Korea’s faste...

Korea’s Growth Champions 2024 list by Statista, Korea Economic Daily

Korea’s Growth Champions 2024 list by Statista, Korea Economic Daily

List of Korea’s Growth Champions 2024 Rank Company Absolute Growth Rate Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) Revenue 2019 Revenu...

Carmakers to expand affordable EV, hybrid lineups in Korea

Carmakers to expand affordable EV, hybrid lineups in Korea

Carmakers in South Korea are slated to unveil new electric vehicle models at cheaper prices next year to revive the sputtering EV market and also ro...

Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman courts Korean AI startups as Riyadh, Abu Dhabi vie to build tech hubs K Shipbuilding up for sale as Korean shipyards ride new boom Samsung to buy US health tech firm Xealth in digital health push Korean waste management firm Koentec put on market for $730 mn US unveils 25% tariffs on S.Korea, sets Aug. 1 deadline for agreement