S.Korea’s exports drop for 5th straight month in Feb on plunging chip sales

S.Korea’s exports drop for 5th straight month in Feb on plunging chip sales

South Korea’s exports shrank 7.5% year over year in February on a plunge in shipments of its mainstay export item semiconductors amid the glob...

S.Korea's KGC to spur ginseng sales in China with state-run CR Group

S.Korea's KGC to spur ginseng sales in China with state-run CR Group

Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp., is set to accelerate sales of its ginseng products across Chin...

Korean e-commerce Coupang logs profits in Q3-Q4 2022

Korean e-commerce Coupang logs profits in Q3-Q4 2022

South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. achieved record-high yearly revenue and operating profits for two consecutive quarters between July to De...

Korea’s L&F in $2.9 billion deal to supply battery material to Tesla

 Korea’s L&F in $2.9 billion deal to supply battery material to Tesla

South Korea’s leading battery materials maker L&F Co. said on Tuesday it has signed a $2.91 billion deal to supply cathode, a key electric...

Affinity refinances $130 mn debt as Burger King sale delayed

Affinity refinances $130 mn debt as Burger King sale delayed

Affinity Equity Partners has refinanced 170 billion won ($130 million) in debt borrowed to acquire Burger King’s operations in South Korea and...

Hyundai Motor Group's 23 vehicle models win Editor's Choice Awards

Hyundai Motor Group's 23 vehicle models win Editor's Choice Awards

Hyundai Motor Group made an announcement on Thursday, saying that its major vehicles had been selected as the best models at the 2023 Editor's Choic...

LG Electronics plans sales blitz on US market for induction ranges

LG Electronics plans sales blitz on US market for induction ranges

LG Electronics Inc. this year has launched an all-out sales offensive for induction ranges and cooktops in the US, the world's leading market for pr...

S.Korea hits historic low fertility rate in 2022, adding to economic woes

S.Korea hits historic low fertility rate in 2022, adding to economic woes

South Korea saw its fertility rate, which has been already the world’s lowest in the past few years, hit its historic low of 0.78 last year, a...

S.Korea sees first decline in household loans in 20 years

S.Korea sees first decline in household loans in 20 years

Household loans in South Korea last year fell from 2021 for the first time in 20 years because of high interest rates, but credit card debt hit a re...

Lessons from Korean Air’s botched mileage program reform

Lessons from Korean Air’s botched mileage program reform

Korean Air Lines Co. has suspended a plan to revamp its mileage program after it drew harsh criticism from both its customers and government officia...

BOK sees interest rate as tight amid continued drop in exports

 BOK sees interest rate as tight amid continued drop in exports

South Korea’s central bank said on Tuesday it regards the current interest rate as tight, suggesting the monetary authority may hold the polic...

Will CATL’s bargain sales hurt Korean EV battery makers?

Will CATL’s bargain sales hurt Korean EV battery makers?

China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL), the leading global electric vehicle battery manufacturer, has started a price war in the w...

Kosdaq-listed Daebo Magnetic’s 46% stake up for sale, its shares swing

Kosdaq-listed Daebo Magnetic’s 46% stake up for sale, its shares swing

South Korea’s leading secondary battery equipment player Daebo Magnetic Co. is set to sell its owner family’s controlling stake of about...

Lexus, Volvo: Koreans' top picks among foreign brands in after-sales service

Lexus, Volvo: Koreans' top picks among foreign brands in after-sales service

Lexus, the premium brand of Japanese carmaker Toyota Corp., offers the best after-sales service among imported cars in South Korea, followed by Swed...

S.Korea's KT CS reports record sales in 2022

S.Korea's KT CS reports record sales in 2022

On Friday, KT Corp.'s customer service unit, KT CS, announced that its sales revenue for the previous year reached a record high of 591.6 billion wo...

S.Korea's Hwajin Medical gets FDA sales approval for syringes

S.Korea's Hwajin Medical gets FDA sales approval for syringes

HLB Therapeutics Co. announced Thursday that Sofjec, a syringe produced by its subsidiary Hwajin Medical, has been approved for sale by the US Food ...

AI medical software company Lunit to open subsidiary in Europe

AI medical software company Lunit to open subsidiary in Europe

South Korea's Lunit, an artificial intelligence (AI) medical software company, on Friday said its board meeting held on the previous day decided to ...

Hanwha Solutions projects over $778 mn operating profit in 2023

Hanwha Solutions projects over $778 mn operating profit in 2023

Hanwha Solutions Corp. projects its operating profit for this year would exceed 1 trillion won ($778 million) on an anticipated solar energy boom in...

SM puts cash cows up for sale as conflict with founder heats up

SM puts cash cows up for sale as conflict with founder heats up

SM Entertainment Co., mired in conflict with its founder and former Chief Producer Lee Soo-man, is seeking to sell its shares in three key arms, wor...

POSCO Int'l's pharmaceutical biz in Sudan attains No. 2 market ranking

POSCO Int'l's pharmaceutical biz in Sudan attains No. 2 market ranking

A pharmaceutical company in Sudan set up by South Korea's POSCO International to find business opportunities in and make social contributions to the...

SK Biopharm holds sales meeting for marketing Cenobamate in US

SK Biopharm holds sales meeting for marketing Cenobamate in US

On Wednesday, SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. announced that its US subsidiary, SK Life Sciences Inc., held a "National Sales Meeting" in San Diego. The p...

KAI expects 2023 sales to grow by a third, driven by fighter jets

KAI expects 2023 sales to grow by a third, driven by fighter jets

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, said on Wednesday it aims to achieve 3.83 trillion w...

Korean sovereign wealth fund KIC logs record loss in 2022

Korean sovereign wealth fund KIC logs record loss in 2022

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) posted the largest annual loss last year since its inception in 2005, according to its 20...

Plain sailing for LS with record earnings under Chairman Koo’s leadership

Plain sailing for LS with record earnings under Chairman Koo’s leadership

LS Group’s plan to groom new growth engines from batteries to electric vehicles and semiconductors is set to gain impetus after South Korea&rs...

S.Korea's EcoPro boosts raw material plant for cathode materials

S.Korea's EcoPro boosts raw material plant for cathode materials

South Korea's EcoPro Co., a leading cathode supplier for global battery makers, is expanding its plant for raw materials used in secondary battery c...

Hyundai Green Food breaks $1.5 billion in sales for first time in 2022

Hyundai Green Food breaks $1.5 billion in sales for first time in 2022

Hyundai Green Food Co., an affiliate of Hyundai Department Store Group, saw its main business unit of food surpass 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) in ...

DSME, INPEX end $970 mn dispute over FPSO

DSME, INPEX end $970 mn dispute over FPSO

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) and INPEX Corp. have agreed to end a $970 million dispute less than a year since the damage ...

SK Plasma, Janssen Korea sign sales, distribution agreement

SK Plasma, Janssen Korea sign sales, distribution agreement

SK Plasma Co. Ltd., a South Korean company specializing in the production of plasma derivatives from human plasma, is expanding its product portfoli...

Husteel raked in record-high operating profit in 2022

Husteel raked in record-high operating profit in 2022

South Korea's Husteel, the steel affiliate of Shinan Group, posted incredible results last year with operating profit breaking a company record of c...

GC Biopharma, Sanofi to jointly market Plavix

GC Biopharma, Sanofi to jointly market Plavix

GC Biopharma Co. (formerly Green Cross Corp.) said on Monday it has entered into a joint sales partnership with Sanofi-Aventis Korea, the South Kore...

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