LB Investment submits preliminary IPO assessment request to KRX
LB Investment has submitted a preliminary assessment request to the Korea Stock Exchange, the first step to an initial public offering. It chose Mir...
Renault confident of Korean sales recovery; looks to larger cars
When French carmaker Groupe Renault dropped Samsung from its South Korean unit's company name in March, it aroused worries that the firm may not be ...
LG Display to target 3 billion gamers with dedicated OLED
South Korea’s major display panel maker LG Display Co. aims to attract 3 billion gamers worldwide by fostering products dedicated to gaming as...
McDonald’s to sell Korea operation, heating up burger M&As
McDonald’s Corp., the world’s top fast-food restaurant operator, is seeking to sell its South Korean business, heating up the mergers an...
Korea's small webtoon platforms eye global adult markets
South Korea’s smaller webtoon platforms are targeting the world’s digital adult comics market, in which industry leaders Naver Corp. and...
Naver to enter smart building market with 5G, AI robots
South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp. is set to enter the local smart building market with its cloud-based 5G networks and artificia...
Kakao to focus on interest-based platform for global market
South Korea’s online platform giant Kakao Corp. plans to shift its focus to an interest-based platform from its existing acquaintance-based me...
Private markets embrace wider swath of economy: Partners Group CEO
Private equity is regarded as an alternative asset class while shares of listed companies are known as traditional assets. This classification may n...
F&B giant SPC Group acquires Lina’s to ramp up global expansion
South Korea’s food and beverage conglomerate SPC Group announced Tuesday it has acquired French casual coffee chain Lina’s Déve...
Hyundai Heavy, Glovis to make world's largest liquefied CO2 carrier
South Korea’s shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries Group and shipping company Hyundai Glovis Co. have joined forces to develop the worl...
Korean firms increase share in domestic office market
The International Finance Center in Seoul (IFC Seoul) drew interest from only six bidders at the end of last year, and Singapore-based ARA Korea was...
Costco enters dawn delivery service market in S.Korea
Costco Wholesale Corp, a big-box retail giant, has begun dawn delivery services in South Korea as e-commerce is becoming the norm in the nation's gr...
Hana Financial scores big with Son Heung-min sports marketing
South Korea’s national soccer team, led by captain Son Heung-min, lost to Brazil 1-5 in a pre-World Cup friendly on Thursday, much to 65,000 K...
SKC to sell plastic film business to Hahn & Co. for $1.3 billion
SKC Ltd., the chemical materials unit of South Korea’s SK Group, is selling its plastic film business to private equity firm Hahn & Co. fo...
Lemon Healthcare aims for IPO and triple jump in revenue
Imagine making a doctor’s appointment with a click of a button on a smartphone app. Once at the clinic or hospital, the app will guide the use...
Startups serving specific markets thrive: SaaS, fantech, veganism
Vertical service providers are dominating South Korea’s venture business ecosystem, in a study of the country’s early stage startups by ...
Why batteries were left out of Samsung's huge investment plan
Citigroup Global Markets on Monday slashed its target price for Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea's top three battery makers, by almost half and d...
Hyundai, Kia speed up expansion in European EV market
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s top two automakers, are expanding their presence in Europe, the world’s second-largest el...
Bull market rhymes
Bull market rhymes While I employ a great many adages and quotes in my writings, my main go-to list consists of a relatively small number. One ...
Market Kurly's sales surge 49% on-year in Q1
South Korea’s Kurly Inc., the operator of grocery delivery platform Market Kurly, achieved 641.7 billion won ($511.6 million) in gross merch...
LG Energy, SK On to raise yields with smart factory solutions
LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK On Co., the world’s No. 2 and No. 5 electric vehicle battery makers, plan to adopt smart factory solutions to i...
Bio, mobility to top Lotte's $30 bn spending list by 2026
South Korea’s Lotte Group will spend a total of 37 trillion won ($29 billion) on its businesses over the next five years, a chunk of which wil...
Hyundai to spend $30 bn on improving quality of combustion engine cars
Hyundai Motor Group will invest 63 trillion won ($50 billion) in its domestic businesses through 2025 to strengthen its competitiveness in electrifi...
Samsung further expands global TV market share in Q1
Samsung Electronics Co. further expanded its market share in the global TV market in the first quarter of this year, while LG Electronics Inc. deliv...
Alternative investment market at inflection point, says Suhyup CIO
Some major institutional investors in South Korea are set to increase alternative investments this year to hedge inflation and stabilize cash flows....
Hanwha Systems joins hands with Italy's Leonardo for radar exports
South Korea’s Hanwha Systems Co. joined forces with Italy’s major defense maker Leonardo SpA on exports of advanced aircraft radars to i...
Winia Electronics sharpens marketing efforts in Mexico
Winia Electronics Co., a medium-sized South Korean consumer electronics company, is the top microwave brand in Mexico. It is a little-known fact tha...
POBA targets upper-middle market in North America for PD investment
Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) of South Korea will keep its conservative stance in both private equity and private debt investment, whi...
HR startups outwit job posting sites for IT workers
The growing trend toward personalized hiring and the rising demand for technology developers are encouraging South Korea’s human resources tec...
KT maintains throne in Korea pay TV market in H2 2021
KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications company, and its affiliates had the largest subscribers of the country’s pay TV services, ma...
