Yeolmae and Company emerges as major player in secondary art market

Yeolmae and Company emerges as major player in secondary art market

South Korean startup Yeolmae and Company, which operates ArtnGuide, has recently emerged as a significant player in the art market.ArtnGuide is an o...

Daesang Welllife forms joint venture with Sinopharm Group

Daesang Welllife forms joint venture with Sinopharm Group

Daesang Welllife on Thursday said it has concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China Sinopharm International, an affiliate of China's l...

HYBE and Kakao Games to be released from mandatory escrow this month

HYBE and Kakao Games to be released from mandatory escrow this month

The Korea Securities Depository said on Wednesday that 225.5 million shares of a total of 58 listed stocks registered as mandatory escrow will be li...

Samsung Elec expands 5G network solution supply to NTT Docomo

Samsung Elec expands 5G network solution supply to NTT Docomo

Samsung Electronics Co. is expanding its presence in Japan’s telecommunications market with a supply of 5G network equipment to NTT Docomo Inc...

Biden hails SK Siltron’s investment in Michigan as 'game changer'

Biden hails SK Siltron’s investment in Michigan as 'game changer'

BAY CITY, Michigan – For the first time since taking office, United States President Joe Biden toured a US subsidiary of South Korean conglome...

NPS posts 7% investment loss in Q1-Q3 as equities, bonds plunge

NPS posts 7% investment loss in Q1-Q3 as equities, bonds plunge

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea said Tuesday it saw a cumulative loss of 7.1% on investment, or 68 trillion won ($51.3 billion), betwe...

UK grants de facto approval of Korean Air's Asiana takeover

UK grants de facto approval of Korean Air's Asiana takeover

The UK's top watchdog for market competition on Monday accepted corrective measures submitted by Korean Air Lines Co. on its proposed takeover of As...

Market volatility creates opportunities for secondary buyers: Stafford

Market volatility creates opportunities for secondary buyers: Stafford

Equity and bond portfolios' shrinking assets are major challenges currently faced by global investors in terms of asset allocation. But the situatio...

Korea to reform market rules to boost foreign investment

Korea to reform market rules to boost foreign investment

South Korea will reform financial market regulations to attract more foreign investments and to achieve MSCI Inc.’s developed market status fo...

Gaming firm NCSOFT wins S.Korea’s largest AI R&D competition

Gaming firm NCSOFT wins S.Korea’s largest AI R&D competition

South Korean game developer NCSOFT Corp. announced on Friday that it won first place at this year’s Artificial Intelligence Grand Challenge, h...

LG HelloVision, S-1 to jointly enter home security market

LG HelloVision, S-1 to jointly enter home security market

South Korea's cable TV provider LG HelloVision and security company S-1 Corp.  announced they will jointly develop a home-based platform using ...

BOK takes 25-bp rate hike as won rebounds against dollar

BOK takes 25-bp rate hike as won rebounds against dollar

South Korea’s central bank raised the base interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.25% during its monetary policy board meeting on Nov. 24, slow...

Korea to revise dividend policy to ease ‘Korea discount’ concerns

Korea to revise dividend policy to ease ‘Korea discount’ concerns

South Korea plans to revise its stock dividend policy as part of a broader financial market reform to help attract foreign investors and obtain MSCI...

Korea's SK Inc. revs up power semiconductor value chains via M&As

Korea's SK Inc. revs up power semiconductor value chains via M&As

SK Inc., the investment arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, is ramping up its value chain of third-generation semicondu...

Samsung, LG make over two-thirds of premium TVs sold worldwide

Samsung, LG make over two-thirds of premium TVs sold worldwide

More than three in five premium TVs sold worldwide are made by either Samsung Electronics Co. or LG Electronics Inc. – a decent feat that help...

KEPCO turns from bonds to banks for money on govt plans

KEPCO turns from bonds to banks for money on govt plans

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) is set to raise 600 billion won ($442 million) from a local bank in a plan to seek loans to secure money instead ...

Vertu, Motorola, Xiaomi eye Korean smartphone market as LG exits

Vertu, Motorola, Xiaomi eye Korean smartphone market as LG exits

South Korea’s smartphone market is notoriously hard for foreign mobile phone makers to crack. So hard that some people call it the “grav...

Mobility startup Poen takes first place at Geeks Show Up event in Jeju

Mobility startup Poen takes first place at Geeks Show Up event in Jeju

South Korea’s mobility startup Poen secured first place at the first-ever Geeks Show Up on Nov. 17, a demo day hosted by The Korea Economic Da...

Hyundai Glovis joins hands with Lion Group to move into Malaysian logistics market (edited)

Hyundai Glovis joins hands with Lion Group to move into Malaysian logistics market (edited)

Hyundai Glovis will enter the Southeast Asian logistics market in partnership with a large Malaysian company. The company, Hyundai Motor Group's log...

Hyundai Glovis, Malaysia’s Lion Group to enter ASEAN logistics market

 Hyundai Glovis, Malaysia’s Lion Group to enter ASEAN logistics market

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, said on Wednesday it has signed an initial agreement with Malaysi...

Hyundai launches fully revamped Grandeur; pre-orders jump

Hyundai launches fully revamped Grandeur; pre-orders jump

South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled a new Grandeur sedan – the first fully revamped model in six years – to strengthen...

South Korean burger franchise Lotteria looks to the US for expansion

South Korean burger franchise Lotteria looks to the US for expansion

South Korea’s fast food franchise Lotteria is planning to enter the United States, home to the world’s best-known burger franchises.&nbs...

Hyundai Motor, Indonesia to jointly enter ASEAN air mobility market

Hyundai Motor, Indonesia to jointly enter ASEAN air mobility market

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group and Indonesia’s Nusantara Capital City Authority have agreed to jointly enter the Southe...

NCSOFT unveils trailer of new shooting game LLL

NCSOFT unveils trailer of new shooting game LLL

NCSOFT Corp. on Monday unveiled the gameplay trailer for LLL, its new shooting game for PCs and consoles to be released worldwide in 2024, for the f...

Game design and development studio SHIFT UP eyes IPO

Game design and development studio SHIFT UP eyes IPO

SHIFT UP Corp., known for its subculture games, is eyeing an initial public offering (IPO.) The game design and development studio confirmed th...

LG Elec to bet on healthcare, mobility, metaverse in N.America

LG Elec to bet on healthcare, mobility, metaverse in N.America

LG Electronics Inc., the global top home appliance maker, will bet on the healthcare, mobility and metaverse sectors in North America through invest...

Danggeun Market launches professional advertising solution

Danggeun Market launches professional advertising solution

South Korean startup Danggeun Market, the operator of the country’s largest neighborhood marketplace app Karrot, is ramping up efforts to incr...

Korean retail brand F&F’s Chinese sales seen above $800 million

Korean retail brand F&F’s Chinese sales seen above $800 million

South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. is expected to post 1.1 trillion won ($807 million) in sales revenue in China this year, emerging...

US water treatment juggernaut Culligan eyes Chungho Nais stake

US water treatment juggernaut Culligan eyes Chungho Nais stake

Culligan, the biggest water treatment company in the United States, is set to become a major shareholder in South Korean water purifier rental firm ...

E-book platform Millie's Library drops IPO plan on tepid market interest

E-book platform Millie's Library drops IPO plan on tepid market interest

South Korean e-book platform Millie’s Library dropped its listing plan on Nov. 8 due to tepid demand from institutional investors, marking the...

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