Medipost acquires Canada’s OmniaBio for CDMO business
Medipost Co., a South Korean biotechnology company, has acquired a 39.6% stake in OmniaBio Inc., a Canada-based cell and gene therapy contract devel...
LUNA 2.0 skyrockets to $30 before losing 80% in first day of trade
The price of LUNA 2.0 (LUNA), the brand-new token of the controversial Terraform Labs Ltd., has been on a tumultuous ride since its debut a couple o...
VA Corp. to build Asia’s largest virtual studio with LG’s LED displays
VA Corp. (VAC), a South Korean visual effects production startup, is building Asia’s largest virtual studio complex equipped with super-large ...
Terra debacle: For whom the blockchain bell tolls
In capitalism and the market economy, one’s monetary compensation is measured by his or her degree of contribution to improving the lives of o...
POSCO Group looks to treble corporate value by 2030
South Korea’s POSCO Group will invest 53 trillion won ($42 billion) by 2026 primarily in its steel, rechargeable battery materials and hydroge...
SK takes aim at chips, batteries, bio with $195 billion investment
SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate after Samsung, on Thursday announced a plan to invest 247 trillion won ($195 billion) in k...
KT Cloud targets $792 million with new stock issuance
KT Cloud is working to raise 1 trillion won ($792 million) by issuing new shares. The cloud arm of telecom juggernaut KT Corp. plans to use the...
Military fund steps up premium asset investment in developed countries
The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) of South Korea will focus on portfolio diversification this year while increasing investment in growth se...
Hyundai to invest $10.5 bn in US EV, future mobility sectors
Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, unveiled plans to spend $10.5 billion on the auto industry in the US through 2025 as it aims...
Former NPS real estate chief named Allianz RE's Asia head
Kim Hyun-soo, a former real estate investment head of South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), has been named Asia head of Allianz Real Estate,...
SK On bolsters M&A team with new executive hires
SK On Co., an electric vehicle battery maker of SK Innovation Co., is bolstering its M&A team by hiring M&A experts from a leading law firm ...
Samsung to make mobile AP chip dedicated to Galaxy smartphones
Samsung Electronics Co. is working on a mobile application processor chip, which will be used exclusively for its flagship Galaxy smartphone series ...
Lotte Chemical raises stake in Fine Chemical amid merger talk
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has raised its stake in affiliate Lotte Fine Chemical Co. amid speculation that the two companies may merge...
NCSOFT profit beats forecasts as Lineage W drives sales to record
NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s leading game developer, surprised investors with stronger-than-expected profit in the first quarter as Lineage W, ...
LG Chem receives FDA nod for CUE-102 cancer treatment phase 1 trials
LG Chem Life Sciences, the biopharmaceutical unit of LG Chem Ltd., has received the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval for phase 1 cli...
Yoon admin to expand KIC's fund management base
South Korea's new president Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office on Tuesday, is set to push the expansion of sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corpor...
SK On to build $2.3 bn EV battery plant for Hyundai in US
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery manufacturer, plans to build a new US factory to supply batteries to a planned E...
Celltrion to sell biosimilar products via its own channel in Europe
South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. plans to sell all of its biosimilar products through its own sales channels in Europe to impr...
South Korea’s new president offers Pyongyang economic aid for denuclearization
SEOUL—South Korea’s new president said he would keep the door open for dialogue with North Korea and provide support for its fragile econo...
Time for Samsung to get another Fukuda Report
Eight years ago today, the late Samsung Group leader Lee Kun-hee collapsed at his home following a heart attack, a harbinger of doom six years later...
GS Retail shares tumble as new services widen losses
Shares in South Korea's GS Retail Co. suffered their worst percentage fall in nearly five years on May 6, after the convenience store operator's fir...
Doosan Enerbility turns around with reform, new orders
South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. has significantly improved its financial health, with its debt-to-equity ratio tumblin...
Lotte Duty Free to open downtown store in Sydney
South Korea's Lotte Duty Free Co. is slated to open a downtown store in Sydney on May 5, after Australia reopened its international borders to forei...
Korea’s new govt. aims to export 10 nuclear power plants
South Korea’s incoming administration seeks to export 10 nuclear power plants by 2030 as President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol pledged to rescind the ...
Nongshim eyes top spot in global instant noodle market
South Korea’s No. 1 noodle maker Nongshim Co. is aiming for top place in the world’s instant noodle market, looking to beat the current ...
Baring PEA to refinance two Korean lenders to recoup investment
Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia is planning to raise a total of 674 billion won ($532 million) in loans for South Korea's Acuon Capital a...
Korea's big three trading firms log record profit in Q1
South Korea’s top three general trading companies, LX International Corp., POSCO International Corp. and Samsung C&T Corp. achieved record...
Korean golf course price likely to set new record per hole
The price of a public golf course in South Korea has surged 35% in one and a half years to set the highest per-hole selling price for a Korean golf ...
CJ steps up US exports with new instant rice bowls
South Korea's food and beverage giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. on April 21 began shipment of its new Hetbahn instant rice products for US consumers from...
CJ integrates AI infrastructure and data to launch CJ AI center
CJ Corp. launched an artificial intelligence center Wednesday, which it hopes will lead the conglomerate's digital innovation. The new CJ AI Cente...
