Korea’s Shinhan to invest $180 mn in India’s HDFC Credila

Korea’s Shinhan to invest $180 mn in India’s HDFC Credila

South Korea’s Shinhan Bank is set to invest $180 million in HDFC Credila Financial Services Ltd., India’s largest education loan provide...

Hanwha's holding firm to hive off non-core businesses

Hanwha's holding firm to hive off non-core businesses

Hanwha Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate, will hive off its wind power and offshore plant building...

Hanwha Aerospace to spin off non-core units to focus on defense business

Hanwha Aerospace to spin off non-core units to focus on defense business

Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s answer to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is spinning off its non-core units to focus on defense and aerospace b...

Korea Zinc buys US Kataman for $55 mn for recycling business

Korea Zinc buys US Kataman for $55 mn for recycling business

Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, acquired Kataman Metals LLC, a US-based scrap metal trading company, at $55 millio...

LF’s fashion brand Dunst teams up with E-Land for China push

LF’s fashion brand Dunst teams up with E-Land for China push

South Korean clothing company LF Corp. said on Monday that its street fashion brand Dunst will build an offline presence in China in partnership wit...

Kangwon Land aims to revive casino business with $1.9 billion in spending

Kangwon Land aims to revive casino business with $1.9 billion in spending

Kangwon Land Inc., the operator of South Korea’s only casino open to locals, has long been struggling with declining visitors.Located in a rem...

Samsung establishes HBM team to up AI chip production yields

Samsung establishes HBM team to up AI chip production yields

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 1 memory chipmaker, recently set up a high bandwidth memory (HBM) team within the memory chip divisio...

Hyundai Motor opens N brand tuning online shop

Hyundai Motor opens N brand tuning online shop

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Friday that it opened an online shop for its high-performance car N brand's tuning, The N Performance Shop. The ...

POSCO Future M named Fortune Asia Future 30

POSCO Future M named Fortune Asia Future 30

South Korea’s POSCO Future M Co. has been named Asia Future 30 by the US economic media Fortune on Mar. 27, according to the company on Thursd...

LG CNS, Sinar Mas to form JV in Indonesia

LG CNS, Sinar Mas to form JV in Indonesia

LG CNS Co., an information technology service company under South Korean conglomerate LG Group, announced on Thursday that it signed an investment...

Korea’s POSCO Int’l to work on CCUS, hydrogen businesses

Korea’s POSCO Int’l to work on CCUS, hydrogen businesses

POSCO International Corp., the general trading and resources exploration subsidiary of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., aims to ...

Samsung begins new drug development for rare diseases

Samsung begins new drug development for rare diseases

Samsung Bioepis Co., a biosimilar development unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, has begun its new drug development busines...

SK Ecoplant, Vietnam’s BCGE tie up for 700 MW wind, solar projects

SK Ecoplant, Vietnam’s BCGE tie up for 700 MW wind, solar projects

SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company, said on Friday it has agreed with BCG Energy (BCGE), a wholly...

POSCO new chief vows to keep fostering battery materials business

POSCO new chief vows to keep fostering battery materials business

POSCO Holdings Inc.'s new Chairman Chang In-hwa on Thursday pledged to keep fostering its electric vehicle battery materials business, the group&rsq...

Krafton eyes mega M&A, PUBG franchise deals: Krafton chair

Krafton eyes mega M&A, PUBG franchise deals: Krafton chair

Krafton Inc., South Korea’s gaming behemoth, is gearing up for the second chapter of its business through “mega” M&A deals and...

Samsung Fire headquarters up for sale at about $746 mn

Samsung Fire headquarters up for sale at about $746 mn

The Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. headquarters building in Seoul is on the market at a valuation of more than 1 trillion won ($746 million...

Korea's SPC to collaborate with Pascucci to enter Italian market

Korea's SPC to collaborate with Pascucci to enter Italian market

South Korea's SPC Group announced on Tuesday that it plans to collaborate with Italian coffee chain brand Pascucci to enter the Italian market. Hu...

Solo Leveling: Arise, Netmarble's webtoon-based game to spur turnaround

Solo Leveling: Arise, Netmarble's webtoon-based game to spur turnaround

South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. said on Tuesday it is set to launch “Solo Leveling: Arise” — a new title based on a po...

Dubai Chamber of Commerce to open Seoul office

Dubai Chamber of Commerce to open Seoul office

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will open an office in Seoul, South Korea by May this year, according to industry so...

Korea business lobby group eyes tax reform in new parliament

Korea business lobby group eyes tax reform in new parliament

The Korea Enterprises Federation will reinforce efforts to win lawmakers’ nod to its long-desired campaign to slash corporate taxes and inheri...

Samsung faces dubious suit every 5 days from US patent trolls

Samsung faces dubious suit every 5 days from US patent trolls

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is battling an increasing number of patent infringement litigation cases from US patent trolls, the ...

Kia’s volume model EV3 to spearhead its electrification push: CEO

Kia’s volume model EV3 to spearhead its electrification push: CEO

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, said on Friday its upcoming volume electric model EV3 will spearhead the company’s el...

Korea Zinc, LG Chem team up for US recycling business

Korea Zinc, LG Chem team up for US recycling business

Korea Zinc Inc., the leading global zinc and lead smelter, and LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top petrochemical producer, joined hands for the pl...

Korean Air breaks ground on Asia’s largest aircraft engine MRO cluster

Korean Air breaks ground on Asia’s largest aircraft engine MRO cluster

Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s No. 1 full-service carrier, said on Thursday it has begun construction of a $439 million aircraft engine m...

Korea's Shinhan, Hana accelerate overseas push after record profits

Korea's Shinhan, Hana accelerate overseas push after record profits

South Korean major banks aim to accelerate their expansions in other countries as their overseas investments paid off with record profits last year ...

CJ Logistics gets IATA lithium battery transport certification

CJ Logistics gets IATA lithium battery transport certification

South Korea’s CJ Logistics said on Wednesday that it obtained the certification CEIV lithium battery, or the Center of Excellence for Independ...

LG Chem to close base chemical styrene monomer business

LG Chem to close base chemical styrene monomer business

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea's No. 1 petrochemical company, will shut down its styrene monomer (SM) production line this month and is mulling closing a...

Goldman Sachs Korea co-head Chung to move to Hyundai Capital

Goldman Sachs Korea co-head Chung to move to Hyundai Capital

Goldman Sachs’ Chung Hyung-Jin, co-head of the Seoul office and the leader of the firm’s investment banking (IB) business in South Korea...

Chung Yong-jin, now chairman, to bring Shinsegae back from doldrums

Chung Yong-jin, now chairman, to bring Shinsegae back from doldrums

Chung Yong-jin, vice chairman of South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group, has been promoted to chairman to strengthen his clout over the co...

JPMorgan Chase’s growth driver: offline community branches

JPMorgan Chase’s growth driver: offline community branches

NEW YORK -- Global banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co. has been expanding brick-and-mortar branches across the US with investments of billions of...

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