Hyundai Mobis defies tariff headwinds with 37% jump in Q2 profit

Hyundai Mobis defies tariff headwinds with 37% jump in Q2 profit

South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. posted a 36.8% year-on-year rise in second-quarter operating profit, buoyed by a strategi...

Baby Shark receives three Emmy nominations

Baby Shark receives three Emmy nominations

South Korea's The Pinkfong Company, popularly known for its "Baby Shark" character, said on Friday that "Baby Shark’s Big Movie" received thre...

Samsung Electronics to standardize global CI

Samsung Electronics to standardize global CI

Samsung Electronics Co. has standardized its corporate identity (CI) by implementing the SAMSUNG logo at all international business sites. This move...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition: slimmest, lightest of its kind

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition: slimmest, lightest of its kind

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Monday it is unveiling the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition (SE) — the thinnest and lightest among the company&rs...

Hyundai, Kia post record August US sales, driven by hybrids, EVs

Hyundai, Kia post record August US sales, driven by hybrids, EVs

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister firm Kia Corp. saw their US vehicle sales in August rise to all-time highs, driven by eco-frien...

CJ CheilJedang to sell feed, livestock unit for $1.4 bn

CJ CheilJedang to sell feed, livestock unit for $1.4 bn

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is seeking again to sell its loss-making feed and livestock subsidiary, Asia’s largest in the ind...

POSCO Int'l, NongHyup to team up for feed supply chain

POSCO Int'l, NongHyup to team up for feed supply chain

South Korea's POSCO International Corp. announced on Tuesday that it will collaborate with the largest domestic feed company NongHyup Feed to stabil...

Ably, Meta develop AI-based ad measurement tech

Ably, Meta develop AI-based ad measurement tech

South Korean fashion commerce platform Ably Corp. on Thursday announced the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-based technology for as...

Samsung Eng. wins $19.5 mn Saudi petrochemical plant design contract

Samsung Eng. wins $19.5 mn Saudi petrochemical plant design contract

South Korea's Samsung Engineering has secured a front end engineering design (FEED) project for a PDH·PP·UTOS Plant in Saudi Arabia, m...

Naver to launch short-form service on portal’s front page

Naver to launch short-form service on portal’s front page

South Korea’s top online portal Naver Corp. said on Wednesday it is strengthening its short-form content service on surging demand for video c...

Hyundai E&C to commercialize CCS for the first time in S.Korea

Hyundai E&C to commercialize CCS for the first time in S.Korea

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction announced that it has won the contract for the preliminary front-end engineering and design (Pr...

Samsung, LG, Sony vie for mixed-reality OLED display market

Samsung, LG, Sony vie for mixed-reality OLED display market

Samsung Display Co., LG Display Co. and Sony Corp. — the world’s three leading display panel makers — are ratcheting up efforts to...

Novarex, Riman sign agreement to jointly develop health-functional food

Novarex, Riman sign agreement to jointly develop health-functional food

South Korea's health functional foods company Novarex and cosmetics company Riiman Korea met to promote the health-functional foods business togethe...

Hilton Seoul to close business for redevelopment project

Hilton Seoul to close business for redevelopment project

Millennium Hilton Seoul, founded in 1983, will close down for business on Dec. 31 due to redevelopment plans for the property.The five-star hotel ...

Hyundai unveils Korea’s first heavy-feed petrochemical plant

Hyundai unveils Korea’s first heavy-feed petrochemical plant

Hyundai Chemical Co. on Wednesday held an official ceremony of completion of South Korea’s first heavy-feed petrochemical complex (HPC), desig...

ADB cuts Korea’s 2023 growth outlook as trade in deficit for sixth month

ADB cuts Korea’s 2023 growth outlook as trade in deficit for sixth month

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has slashed its 2023 growth outlook for the South Korean economy, citing daunting global risks, as the country is h...

Korea’s YNCC shuts petrochem plant after explosion kills four

Korea’s YNCC shuts petrochem plant after explosion kills four

YEOSU, South Jeolla Province -- Yeochun NCC (YNCC) Co., South Korea’s major petrochemical producer, shut down one of its plants on Friday afte...

Samsung Eng. enters Russia with €1 bn petchem plant deal

Samsung Eng. enters Russia with €1 bn petchem plant deal

South Korea’s Samsung Engineering made inroads into Russia’s plant engineering and construction market with a 1 billion euro ($1.1 billi...

LG Innotek shares rise despite mixed brokerage views

LG Innotek shares rise despite mixed brokerage views

LG Innotek Co. stocks have been on a rising trend over the past three months and are trading at their highest-ever prices. However, there are mixed ...

Hyundai to sell half of cars in US with eco-friendly models by 2030

Hyundai to sell half of cars in US with eco-friendly models by 2030

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, aims to sell half of the cars in the US with eco-friendly models by 2030, increasing sales of ...

Samsung, Hyundai race for $4 bn Indonesia petchem project

Samsung, Hyundai race for $4 bn Indonesia petchem project

South Korean builders Samsung Engineering and Hyundai Engineering Co. are in a tight race to win a $4 billion petrochemical project in Indonesia.Sam...

Hilton Seoul to be redeveloped as mixed-use complex

Hilton Seoul to be redeveloped as mixed-use complex

Millennium Hilton Seoul will likely join the ranks of five-star hotels in downtown Seoul that were sold for redevelopment into luxury residential or...

Hanwha, Korea Western Power to test mixed hydrogen combustion

Hanwha, Korea Western Power to test mixed hydrogen combustion

Hanwha General Chemical Co. and Korea Western Power Co. joined hands for the first test in the country to use mixed hydrogen combustion technologies...

Soaring metaverse stocks face mixed outlook in Korea

Soaring metaverse stocks face mixed outlook in Korea

The share prices of South Korean metaverse companies have skyrocketed throughout this year, in an environment where fan meetings, press conferences ...

POBA CIO advises against traditional asset mix, definition

POBA CIO advises against traditional asset mix, definition

Rapid technological change that is blurring the lines between industries has altered the definition of asset classes, forcing investment managers to...

CJ in renewed push to sell animal feed maker for over $1.8 bn

CJ in renewed push to sell animal feed maker for over $1.8 bn

CJ Cheiljedang Corp., South Korea’s top food company, has again put up for sale its animal feed assets, after talks to sell the fully owned un...

Hanwha loses to Chevron in a bid to acquire 50% stake in US-based ethane cracker

Hanwha loses to Chevron in a bid to acquire 50% stake in US-based ethane cracker

Hanwha Group has lost to US-based chemical company Chevron Phillips in a bid to acquire a 50% stake in global chemical company Sasol’s...

Korea pension funds show mixed reaction to Brexit decision – report

A savings fund in South Korea is studying raising its exposure to European equities, stocks and infrastructure assets after the Brexit decision, where...

IMM joins $600 mn fund for K-beauty unicorn Goodai Global in M&A drive Blackpink’s Jump music video achieves 100 mn YouTube views Seoul signals agricultural market access on tariff talks table amid intensifying US trade pressure Korea’s top four financial holding firms post stellar Q2 profit on won, non-interest gains KB Asset poised to buy Signature Tower in Seoul for over $700 mn