Lotte Tour launches premium travel brand High&

Lotte Tour Development Co. announced on Tuesday that it launched the brand High& for high-quality premium package travel products.High& is a...

HYBE offers to sell $62 mn SM Entertainment shares

HYBE Co., the company behind global sensations BTS and NewJeans, has offered to sell some of its shares in K-pop pioneer SM Entertainment Co. in a b...

Korea intensifies rules on CB conversion price adjustment

South Korea will strengthen regulations on the conversion prices of convertible bonds (CBs) to protect stakeholders from excessive share dilution, t...

SK Hynix: More room for share price rise after bull run

SK Hynix Inc.'s market value broke through the roof to top 150 trillion won ($110 billion) on Monday, becoming the second stock in South Korea to re...

SK Innovation’s Ulsan plant goes smarter with AI, robot dog, AR tech

ULSAN, South Gyeongsang Province – At a petrochemical plant run by SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest oil refiner, Spot, a robot d...

Seaweed, dubbed ‘Korea’s black semiconductor,’ powers its economy

Dried seaweed, widely used to make kimbap, or seaweed-wrapped rice rolls, is often referred to as the “black semiconductor” in South Kor...

Hanwha Q Cells eyes solar power business diversification

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korean chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group, is striving for revenue stream diversificatio...

Kia premieres EV3 to boost global electrification push

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, on Thursday premiered the EV3, its low-cost electric sport utility vehicle (SUV), to reboot...

Block deals of Korean stocks surge ahead of tighter regulation

Block trades of South Korean listed shares have surged by six times so far this year from the same period in 2023, according to the Financial Superv...

Samyang tops Korean ramen makers by market cap, beating Nongshim

South Korean food maker Samyang Foods Co., globally renowned for its Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen, saw its stock hit a record high on Friday after it de...

Samsung, SK Hynix expect chip prices to stay firm in 2024

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chip makers, forecast the prices of DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (...

Netmarble sells stake in BTS label HYBE for $161 mn

South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. is selling a stake in HYBE Co., the label behind global K-pop sensation BTS, for 219.9 billion won ($161...

HD Hyundai Marine Solution stock price doubles on Kospi debut

HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co.'s debut on the Kospi, South Korea's largest initial public offering in more than two years, saw a near-doubling of st...

SK Hynix, Samsung set to benefit from explosive HBM sales growth

Sales of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), the red-hot DRAM product essential to artificial intelligence devices, will significantly grow in the coming y...

Korea’s Kookmin Bank raises $600 mn in global senior debts

South Korea’s largest bank Kookmin Bank said on Tuesday it has issued $600 million worth of global senior secured bonds. The debts were oversu...

MBK to delist Korean e-commerce Connectwave after tender offer

MBK Partners, one of the largest Asian private equity firms, is set to delist South Korea’s leading e-commerce operator Connectwave Co. from t...

Korchip sets IPO price above expected range

South Korea's micro secondary battery manufacturer Korchip set its IPO price at 18,000 won ($13.15), exceeding the upper end of the expected range (...

Korean banking group's Q1 profits drop on ELS sales

The combined net profit at South Korea’s four largest financial services firms, including KB Financial Group, are estimated to have dropped ne...

HD Hyundai, Hyundai Dept. Store to co-work for recycling plastic waste

South Korea's HD Hyundai Oil Bank Co. and Hyundai Department Store Co. have partnered to create a closed-loop plastic film recycling system, a first...

In Korean food prices, everything’s up: Now it’s dried seaweed's turn

First, it was groceries. Then came fried chicken and hamburgers. Now, it’s seasoned seaweed products, chocolate and ice creams.As in other cou...

HD Hyundai Oilbank kicks off biodiesel mass production

HD Hyundai Oilbank Co., South Korea’s refiner backed by Saudi Aramco, started mass production of biodiesel to expand its eco-friendly energy b...

McDonald’s Korea sees record sales in 2023

Fast food giant McDonald’s Corp. achieved record revenue of 1.29 trillion won ($815.9 million) last year in Korea, according to its regulatory...

SK Innovation to adjust business portfolios for long-term growth

SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top energy company, is slated to adjust its business portfolios for long-term growth while not planning to sl...

Burger, chicken franchises raise prices after elections

Fried chicken and hamburger franchises in South Korea have sharply bumped up their food prices following the parliamentary elections last week as th...

Manyo’s Pure Cleansing Oil to hit US Costco shelves in July

South Korea’s naturalism cosmetics company Manyo Co. has hit the jackpot in a deal to supply its best-selling face cleansing product, Pure Cle...

Korea leads global online shopping trend for used luxury goods

South Koreans are leading the trend of buying used luxury goods online with top-end products such as Rolex watches and Hermes bags among the hottest...

Samsung Electronics stock likely to climb in Q2, analysts say

South Korean analysts have recommended investors buy Samsung Electronics Co. stocks as the world’s top memory chipmaker, which reported higher...

S-Oil gets int’l certification for SAF

S-Oil Corp., the South Korean unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., announced on Thursday that it has achieved the International Sustainability and Carbon ...

LG Chem, Ansan City to team up for waste vinyl recycling

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. has decided to recycle waste vinyl generated in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, into plastic raw materials. The company announc...

Korea’s rate cut hope wanes with inflation above 3% in March

South Korea’s headline inflation stayed above 3% for two straight months in March on a surge in fruit and vegetable prices coupled with higher...