Korea emerges as growth market, design hub for global brands

Korea emerges as growth market, design hub for global brands

Global fashion and luxury goods brands are opening directly managed stores in South Korea, one of their growth markets, ending their decades-long re...

Home & Shopping, Teleken signs business agreement

Home & Shopping, Teleken signs business agreement

South Korea's TV and online shopping operator Home & Shopping Co. announced on Friday that it has signed a business agreement with the Japanese ...

Samsung Heavy to expand maritime business with CCS

Samsung Heavy to expand maritime business with CCS

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries announced on Thursday that it has secured Approval In Principle from a Norwegian classification so...

Hyundai to invest $398 mn in Korea Zinc for battery materials

Hyundai to invest $398 mn in Korea Zinc for battery materials

Hyundai Motor Group, the global No. 3 automaker, is set to invest $398 million in Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s top lead and zinc smelter, for ...

NPS likely to give full rights on asset managment to experts

NPS likely to give full rights on asset managment to experts

The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, is poised to give investment experts full rights ...

EuBiologics, GC Biopharma to jointly produce cholera vaccine

EuBiologics, GC Biopharma to jointly produce cholera vaccine

South Korea's EuBiologics Co., the world's leading cholera vaccine company, has signed a joint production agreement with GC Biopharma Corp. to produ...

Hanwha Ocean to raise $1.5 bn to boost warship business

Hanwha Ocean to raise $1.5 bn to boost warship business

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. will secure 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) in fresh capital through rights issues, the company said on Wednesday, as t...

LG Chem to sell film factories amid shift to new growth drivers

LG Chem to sell film factories amid shift to new growth drivers

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s chemical major, is seeking to sell its film factories at home amid accelerating business reorganization centered a...

Kyochon, Pablo Air to collaborate for commercializing drone delivery

Kyochon, Pablo Air to collaborate for commercializing drone delivery

South Korea's fried chicken chain Kyochon F&B announced on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the drone logistics...

SK Enmove partners with Dell, GRC for data center coolant business

SK Enmove partners with Dell, GRC for data center coolant business

South Korea’s lube oil maker SK Enmove Co. has partnered with US computer maker Dell Technologies Inc. and data center cooling system provider...

Lotte’s intra-group merger, business integration fare well

Lotte’s intra-group merger, business integration fare well

Lotte Mart and Lotte Super are leading Lotte Group’s efforts to streamline the overlapping businesses of its units. Their second-quarter resul...

Korea’s business lobby group FKI goes down in history in disgrace

Korea’s business lobby group FKI goes down in history in disgrace

The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), the voice of the conglomerates that formed the engine of the South Korean economy for more than five deca...

Samsung Securities decides not to rejoin Korea’s top business lobby

Samsung Securities decides not to rejoin Korea’s top business lobby

Samsung Securities Co., in a surprise move, has decided not to rejoin South Korea’s top business lobby, the Federation of Korean Industries (F...

Hanwha Life sees cumulative profit in 15 years in Vietnam

Hanwha Life sees cumulative profit in 15 years in Vietnam

Hanwha Life Insurance Co.’s Vietnamese subsidiary has reported a cumulative profit in 15 years, marking the first South Korean insurers’...

CJ CheilJedang, Kakao Healthcare sign business agreement

CJ CheilJedang, Kakao Healthcare sign business agreement

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Friday that it has signed a business agreement with Kakao Healthcare, a digital healthcare...

SK Telecom expands its Web3 ecosystem

SK Telecom expands its Web3 ecosystem

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. has joined hands with Polygon Labs, a New York-based global blockchain company, to expand its Web3 ecosystem.Both compa...

Celltrion to merge with global sales affiliate by end-2023

Celltrion to merge with global sales affiliate by end-2023

South Korean pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Group has begun procedures to merge biopharmaceuticals developer and producer Celltrion Inc. with global...

Kumho chief Park, other business leaders granted presidential pardons

Kumho chief Park, other business leaders granted presidential pardons

Park Chan-koo, honorary chairman of Kumho Petrochemical Co., and 11 other South Korean business leaders have been granted presidential pardons to ...

Tokio Marine seeks to sell SE Asia units to S.Korean companies

Tokio Marine seeks to sell SE Asia units to S.Korean companies

Japanese insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. is seeking to sell its units in Southeast Asia for $1 billion to major South Korean companies looking fo...

Cosmax opens Asia's largest cosmetics plant in China

Cosmax opens Asia's largest cosmetics plant in China

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's biggest cosmetics maker using original design manufacturing (ODM), has opened Asia's largest cosmetics plant in China. ...

BTS label HYBE to wholly own K-pop band Enhypen agency

BTS label HYBE to wholly own K-pop band Enhypen agency

HYBE Co., the agency of K-pop sensation BTS, is slated to acquire a controlling stake in music label Belift Lab Inc. as South Korean entertainment p...

LG Elec. showcases micro LED optimized for business spaces

LG Elec. showcases micro LED optimized for business spaces

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday that it has launched a micro light-emitting diode (LED) signage, LG MAGNIT All-in-One, to t...

POSCO changes brand slogan for first time in 23 years

POSCO changes brand slogan for first time in 23 years

POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding firm of South Korea’s largest steelmaker, on Wednesday announced a new brand slogan, “Green Tomorrow, w...

SK Pharmteco secures 12 global pharma clients, sets up US R&D center

 SK Pharmteco secures 12 global pharma clients, sets up US R&D center

SK Pharmteco Co., South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has secured 12 global pharm...

SK Telecom’s transition into AI company gains traction

SK Telecom’s transition into AI company gains traction

SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading telecom firm, reported solid earnings across the board in the second quarter, especially with steady gro...

LG Uplus to grow EV charging JV to be among Korea’s top 3

LG Uplus to grow EV charging JV to be among Korea’s top 3

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, aims to develop its electric vehicle charging joint venture with Kakao Mobility Co...

S.Korea, Laos boost partnership in global drive to cut CO2 emissions

S.Korea, Laos boost partnership in global drive to cut CO2 emissions

South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Tuesday held talks with Laos' Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment at the Seoul hea...

Bullet maker Poongsan chief Ryu’s new role: Korea’s top business lobbyist

Bullet maker Poongsan chief Ryu’s new role: Korea’s top business lobbyist

  Jin Roy Ryu, chairman of South Korea’s leading copper smelter and defense equipment maker Poongsan Corp., has been chosen to lead the ...

LG Uplus announces expansion of robot business from serving to logistics

LG Uplus announces expansion of robot business from serving to logistics

South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, LG Uplus Corp., said on Monday that it will expand its robot business from the existing serving se...

Woori Bank teams up with BuildBlock on US real estate services

Woori Bank teams up with BuildBlock on US real estate services

South Korea's Woori Bank and US real estate platform operator BuildBlock have entered into a strategic memorandum of understanding to bolster overse...

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