Asan Nanum Foundation to hold startup competition in November

The Asan Nanum Foundation announced on Wednesday that it will hold a demo day for “The Chung Ju-yung Startup Competition” on Nov. 7 at C...

Airbnb Korea to evict listings not submitting business license

Airbnb Korea announced on Tuesday that it will require new listings on the platform to submit business registration information and a business licen...

CJ CheilJedang to provide dumplings for Qantas Airways’ in-flight meals

CJ CheilJedang Corp. expands its K-food territory with Australia's largest airline.CJ CheilJedang announced on Tuesday that it will introduce Bibigo...

Korea’s Hana Financial Group targets foreign customers

Hana Financial Group, South Korea’s third-largest financial holding company, is targeting foreign individual customers in the country with a d...

Osstem Implant to boost digital dentistry business

South Korea's Osstem Implant Co., the world’s fourth-largest dental implant maker, will enhance its software system of digital dentistry. ...

Korea’s MeatBox to go public despite other failed grocery platform IPOs

MeatBox Global Inc., South Korea’s online livestock product sales platform operator, aims for an initial public offering valued at up to 28.5 ...

Korean banks post significant H1 profit drop at overseas operations

South Korea’s top four banks saw a significant drop in their overseas earnings in the first half as they focused more on domestic businesses s...

Koramco puts Hyundai Motor Securities building on market

Koramco Asset Management Co. has put the Hyundai Motor Securities building in Seoul's Yeouido business district (YBD) on the market. The deal is exp...

LG Elec, Ricoh to team up for B2B DX business

LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with global office solutions company Ricoh to discover servi...

Rising overseas trips to raise Korea’s travel account deficit

Demand for overseas travel among South Koreans during the upcoming holiday grew, while the number of inbound tourists from China is expected to shri...

SK E&S mulls sale of real estate to boost clean energy biz

SK E&S Co., the natural gas business unit of South Korea’s SK Group, is considering selling its real estate asset in Seoul, which is expec...

Shinsegae Department Store expands its diamond business

South Korea's Shinsegae Department Store is expanding its diamond business.Shinsegae announced on Thursday that it has entered into a strategic part...

Hanwha teams up with Australian startup for space business

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. has joined hands with Australian startup Gilmour Space Technologies in the space business, bolstering coope...

Korea's Woori Bank adds two more branches in India

South Korea’s Woori Bank announced on Thursday that It has opened additional branches in Pune and Ahmedabad, India.These are the bank's fourth...

Krafton diversifies its business by investing in Spoon Labs

South Korea's gaming giant Krafton Inc. said on Wednesday that it invested in SpoonLabs, a domestic short-form drama platform companySpoonLabs is th...

CJ Logistics joins hands with Affinity for third-party logistics

CJ Logistics announced on Wednesday that it has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Affinity Equity Partners.Affinity is a glo...

SPC, SK Telecom to collaborate on AI business

South Korea's SPC Group and SK Telecom Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate in various areas such as membership and busines...

Lotte to restructure bio business to focus on CDMO

South Korea’s retail-to-chemical conglomerate Lotte Group will restructure its bio business to focus on the profit-making medicine bio develop...

SK Ecoplant sells off stake in Ascend Elements for $98 million

SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company under SK Group, has unloaded all its holdings in US-based lith...

Tokyo Electron: Chip machinery giant with ‘tireless animal spirit’

TOKYO – In the 1980s, Japanese chipmakers dominated the world’s semiconductor industry.Companies like NEC, Toshiba, Fujitsu and Mitsubis...

S.Korea's NPS opens fourth overseas office in Silicon Valley

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, opened an office in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, on Septembe...

Hana Bank opens overseas office in Monterrey, Mexico

Hana Financial Group announced on Thursday that it opened the Monterrey Office, the first business channel of Hana Bank Mexico, in Monterrey, Mexico...

LVMH, OpenAI, LG deepen ties with S. Korean startups   

South Korean startups and established corporations are seeking to deepen their partnerships to ensure win-win outcomes, by tapping into funds and ot...

Daewoo E&C, CSCEC to collaborate on overseas projects

South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) said on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) the prev...

Shinsegae Int'l opens Swiss Perfection pop-up in Tokyo

Shinsegae International, the cosmetics and fashion division of South Korea's Shinsegae Group, entered Japan's ultra-luxury beauty market by promot...

Samsung, SK Hynix ramp up DRAM business on rapid AI growth

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc.,the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, are expanding their dynamic random access memory business...

Will Samsung take over Nokia’s mobile network assets?

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, has expressed interest in the mobile networks business of Nokia Oyj, a global telec...

Hana Card's debit card overseas payment reaches 50%

South Korea's Hana Card reported on Friday that its domestic market share in overseas debit card payments has reached nearly 50%.The number of sub...

KT&G to sell Korean office tower to Pebblestone for $90 mn

KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, is set to sell an office tower in South Korea to a local asset manager for an estimat...

Korea to launch regular K-content festival in June

South Korea plans to host a regular event showcasing its cultural products such as K-pop and foods in June of next year with the goal of making the ...