SKC to sell unit to Glenwood PE at $390 mn for future biz

SKC to sell unit to Glenwood PE at $390 mn for future biz

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials maker, is set to sell a subsidiary to Glenwood Private Equity in a deal estimated at 500 billion won ($3...

Celltrion to expand biosimilar portfolio to 11 by 2025

Celltrion to expand biosimilar portfolio to 11 by 2025

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. announced on Tuesday that it plans to beef up its portfolio by applying for regulatory approv...

BTS 10th anniversary stamps available at Korea Post from June 13

BTS 10th anniversary stamps available at Korea Post from June 13

South Korea's state-run postal service agency Korea Post announced on Monday that BTS commemorative stamps will be available at post offices from Ju...

S.Korea's game companies wage all-out offensive to recruit AI talent

S.Korea's game companies wage all-out offensive to recruit AI talent

The race in South Korea to secure artificial intelligence (AI) know-how in the video game industry, the hottest trend in the field, is intensifying ...

Korea’s cathode supplier L&F aims to make it big with anodes: CEO

Korea’s cathode supplier L&F aims to make it big with anodes: CEO

DAEGU – L&F Co., a former LCD backlight unit maker, has long been a stranger even to locals in Daegu, a provincial city 165 km away from S...

Korea’s current account swings to deficit, four-month figures worsen

Korea’s current account swings to deficit, four-month figures worsen

South Korea ran a current account deficit in April, swinging from the previous month’s surplus, as Asia’s fourth-largest economy continu...

OpenAI’s Sam Altman seeks help from Korean startups, chipmakers

OpenAI’s Sam Altman seeks help from Korean startups, chipmakers

Sam Altman, chief executive of Microsoft-backed OpenAI and ChatGPT creator, said on Friday that he hopes to collaborate with South Korean developers...

Crutches can't slow SK Chair Chey’s zeal for 2030 Expo in Busan

Crutches can't slow SK Chair Chey’s zeal for 2030 Expo in Busan

The largest business chambers of South Korea and Japan have agreed to cooperate on Korea’s bid to host World Expo 2030 in Busan and to deepen ...

S.Korea not ready for developed market status: MSCI

S.Korea not ready for developed market status: MSCI

MSCI Inc. regards the South Korean stock market as not ready for its developed market status despite a series of reforms, dampening the country&rsqu...

S.Korea to discuss bilateral currency swap with Japan

S.Korea to discuss bilateral currency swap with Japan

South Korea plans to discuss with Japan the re-establishment of their bilateral currency swap line, said its finance minister on Thursday, as the di...

US emerges key to Korea’s nuclear power plants exports to Saudi Arabia

US emerges key to Korea’s nuclear power plants exports to Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, which is seeking to build two 1.4 gigawatts (GW) nuclear power plants, is demanding that the US allow uranium enrichment, according to...

S.Korea’s Handsome releases brand book with Assouline

S.Korea’s Handsome releases brand book with Assouline

South Korean fashion company Handsome Corp., a division of Hyundai Department Store Group, said on Thursday that it has partnered with Assouline, on...

SK Hynix steps up chip stacking war with 238-layer 4D NAND

SK Hynix steps up chip stacking war with 238-layer 4D NAND

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., has begun mass production of the industry’s hi...

S.Korea's Jeju Dream Tower Casino exceeds $7.6 mn in net monthly sales

S.Korea's Jeju Dream Tower Casino exceeds $7.6 mn in net monthly sales

Jeju Dream Tower Casino, located on South Korea's top tourist island of Jeju and run by Lotte Tour Development Co., broke the 10 billion won ($7.6 m...

Craft brewery startups poised to revolutionize brew scene in South Korea

Craft brewery startups poised to revolutionize brew scene in South Korea

Craft beers and highballs from emerging breweries and distilleries are poised to disturb the South Korean alcoholic beverage market dominated by gia...

Samsung Biologics, Pfizer sign $411.3 mn agreement for long-term CDMO

Samsung Biologics, Pfizer sign $411.3 mn agreement for long-term CDMO

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s No. 1 contract drugmaker, announced a groundbreaking strategic partnership with Pfizer on Thursday, marking...

S.Korea to ease regulations for foreign investor in domestic market

S.Korea to ease regulations for foreign investor in domestic market

South Korea is set to raise the annual cap for individuals' overseas fund transfers without prior notice from $50,000 to $100,000, thereby easing th...

Glonet: A case of Korea's logistics David vs Japan’s shipping Goliath

Glonet: A case of Korea's logistics David vs Japan’s shipping Goliath

TOKYO – Glonet Co. is a novice logistics company hardly known in Japan’s time-honored shipping industry.The small South Korean shipping ...

S.Korea to design proven type reactor of nuclear fusion power

S.Korea to design proven type reactor of nuclear fusion power

South Korean government has initiated the design phase for a nuclear fusion power proven type reactor, taking a significant step toward harnessing n...

Affinity Equity Partners’ Korea head Sam Lee resigns

Affinity Equity Partners’ Korea head Sam Lee resigns

Affinity Equity Partners’ Seoul office head Sam Lee has left the global investment firm, sources familiar with the matter told The Korea Econo...

Samsung to supply new Exynos auto chip to Hyundai in close tie-up

Samsung to supply new Exynos auto chip to Hyundai in close tie-up

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it will supply one of its latest automotive chips to Hyundai ...

LS Cable, Hanwha to build S.Korea’s largest offshore wind farm

LS Cable, Hanwha to build S.Korea’s largest offshore wind farm

South Korea's LS Cable & System announced on Wednesday that it has been selected as the priority negotiator for the supply of submarine cables f...

LG, FuriosaAI to jointly develop next-generation AI chip

LG, FuriosaAI to jointly develop next-generation AI chip

LG AI Research Institute announced on Wednesday its strategic alliance with FuriosaAI, South Korea’s fabless chip designer. The partnership ...

Samsung Biologics to double production by 2032; eyes ADCs, M&As

Samsung Biologics to double production by 2032; eyes ADCs, M&As

BOSTON – Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s No. 1 contract drugmaker, plans to more than double its total annual production capacity to ...

Korean Air says it can conclude Asiana takeover via big concessions

Korean Air says it can conclude Asiana takeover via big concessions

The head of Korean Air Lines Co. has expressed confidence over the airliner's proposed acquisition of Asiana Airlines, saying, "We will make it happ...

LG CNS, Honeywell collaborate on smart factory

LG CNS, Honeywell collaborate on smart factory

LG CNS Co., the information technology service arm of LG Group, is enhancing production efficiency and security in smart factories through collabora...

Hyundai Mobis to expand vehicle module facility in S.Korea

Hyundai Mobis to expand vehicle module facility in S.Korea

South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis Co. will build its third automotive module plant in Ulsan, South Korea, where its parent Hyundai Motor Group opera...

KT, Naver chosen as suppliers of S.Korea’s hyperscale AI project

KT, Naver chosen as suppliers of S.Korea’s hyperscale AI project

South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Information Society Agency (NIA) have enlisted four tech enterprises — KT Corp., Nav...

S.Korea to seek expansion of healthcare package export

S.Korea to seek expansion of healthcare package export

South Korean government has set a goal to expand medical service exports by attracting 700,000 foreign patients and receiving 70 applications of ove...

POSCO launches first product from its low-carbon Greenate brand

POSCO launches first product from its low-carbon Greenate brand

South Korea's top steelmaker POSCO on Sunday launched the first product from its low-carbon brand Greenate.Greenate features distribution-type produ...

S.Korean game developer Krafton acquires Japan’s ADK for $517 million S.Korea's stablecoin frenzy fuels stock rally despite regulatory uncertainty SK Hynix joins Samsung in 200 trillion won market cap club Samsung on hiring spree to bolster US foundry sales LS Electric poised to join Nvidia's supply chain via Vertiv deal