MBK Partners to buy Belgian chocolate brand Pierre Marcolini

Private equity firm MBK Partners is set to acquire Pierre Marcolini, a Belgian chocolate brand called "Hermes of Chocolate."MBK bought the South Kor...

Shinhan Financial Chairman to hold overseas IR in Japan

Shinhan Financial Group's Chairman Jin Ok-dong is set to embark on his first overseas business trip since taking office as chairman last month. From...

S.Korea’s five major companies form data network alliance

South Korea's five major companies have joined forces to make a combined data product that consolidates their respective information, ranging from c...

China, India: Korean investors’ next stock investment targets

The US stock market has long been the prime investment destination for South Korean investors, lured by the dynamics of the global top economy.With ...

Lotte Biologics to invest additional $48 mn in US plant

South Korea’s Lotte Biologics Co. held a plaque ceremony on Monday to commemorate the acquisition of a pharmaceutical production plant from Br...

Orion’s Turtle Chips launches in Vietnam, India

South Korea's confectionary giant Orion Corp. is launching its popular snack "Kkobuk Chip" in Vietnam and India. Orion announced on Monday that it h...

LabGenomics, Amorepacific sign gene testing service supply deal

South Korea's molecular diagnostics company LabGenomics Co. announced on Monday that it has signed a gene testing service supply contract with Amore...

Krafton, Naver Z to establish metaverse joint company

Krafton Inc., a leading game developer in South Korea, is establishing a joint company for a metaverse platform business with Naver Z Corp., a metav...

Specialty income by preferred securities, commercial MBS

With a hamstrung US Federal Reserve, the global outlook for 2023 is one of cautious optimism for fixed income. As the Fed is unable to readily rescu...

Samsung Elec launches foundry package turnkey service

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 2 foundry player, has begun package turnkey service for contract chip manufacturing as it aims to tak...

S.Korea’s Musinsa sees sales grow 54% in 2022 to $537 mn

South Korea’s online fashion platform Musinsa saw sales last year surge over 50% to break the 700 billion won ($537.7 million) mark, though op...

Famed S.Korean pedometer app Cashwalk attracts first investment of $22 million

Nudge Healthcare, a startup that runs the South Korean health management app Cashwork, on Wednesday said it secured its first investment of 30 billi...

S.Korean GS, Daebo invest in domestic AI semiconductor firm

South Korea's Sapeon, artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor subsidiary of SK Telecom Co., said on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of ...

S.Korea's online voting service company exports its techs to Kyrgyzstan

South Korea's online voting service company Kevoting announced on Wednesday that its mobile voting platform service was adopted for the local counci...

NPS, Korea Investment to sell off stake in Brazilian miner CBMM

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) and Korea Investment Private Equity Co. are set to sell off their stake in a Brazilian rare metal...

Hyundai to spend $18 bn on EVs; Kia breaks ground on first PBV plant

South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Group has unveiled its 2030 vision to become one of the world’s top three electric vehicle...

LG CNS, Microsoft to jointly develop new ChatGPT-based services

South Korea’s largest cloud computing service provider LG CNS Co. announced on Tuesday that it will strengthen its strategic partnership with ...

S.Korean corporate investment in Vietnam plunges 70% in first quarter

South Korean corporate investment in Vietnam, which has led the economic development of the Southeast Asian nation, has plunged this year due to fac...

S.Korea to allocate 70% of annual R&D budget to eleven core tech areas

The South Korean government plans to allocate 70% of its annual R&D budget to 40 projects for research and development in eleven core industrial...

Samsung prepares for DRAM upturn with bold investment even after chip output cut

Samsung Electronics Co. has joined its peers in cutting memory chip production on its chip division’s anticipated first loss in more than a de...

Hanwha inks largest supply deal for US community solar biz

South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. is set to sell 2.5 million modules to US community solar programs through the largest-ever supply deal fo...

Korea's InnoGrid to collaborate with Hyosung for cloud business

InnoGrid Co., South Korea's cloud computing and digital transformation (DT) specialist, announced on Friday that it has signed an agreement with dat...

Lotte Group secures $3.8 bn funding from four major Korean banks

Lotte Group announced on Friday that it has signed a financial support agreement worth 5 trillion won ($3.8 billion) with four major South Korean ba...

Shared growth with startups essential for GS Group: Chairman Huh

GS Group, a South Korean energy-to-retail conglomerate, plans to aggressively invest in startups and venture companies with promising technology &nd...

Samsung unveils full 2023 new smart monitor lineup

Samsung Electronics Co. will release a new lineup of smart monitors with significantly enhanced home office and personalized features.According to S...

S.Korean AI startup Liner Launches multilingual AI chatbot

South Korean AI search platform Liner announced on Wednesday the launch of a groundbreaking interactive search chatbot called "Liner Chat," designed...

Saramin launches AI interview coaching service for job seekers

South Korean career matching platform Saramin (formerly SaraminHR Co.)  said on Tuesday that it has unveiled an AI interview coaching service t...

S.Korea to invest $24 mn in fostering future car industry workforce

South Korea will invest 31.5 billion won ($23.96 million) this year to train over 3,700 core personnel in future car technologies, including autonom...

Samsung Elec to invest $3.1 bn in S.Korean OLED plant

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone maker, is set to spend 4.1 trillion won ($3.1 billion) on a new organic light-emitting...

KT launches cloud-based engineering platform

KT Corp., South Korea's largest telecommunications company, announced the launch of its cloud-based high-performance engineering platform service on...