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Business & Politics
Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders ahead of G7 summit
South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung plans to meet with the country’s top business leaders before departing for the Group...
9 HOURS AGO
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Shareholder activism
Proxy voting rises in South Korea, but few vetoes cast
An increasing number of asset management firms in South Korea are more frequently exercising their voting rights at portfolio companies. Nevertheles...
Jun 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai Group joins S.Korea’s 100 trillion won market cap club
South Korean shipbuilding conglomerate HD Hyundai Group has joined South Korea’s elite club of conglomerates with a market capitalization exce...
May 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
OpenAI sets up entity in Korea with most paid ChatGPT users outside US
OpenAI Inc., the creator of generative AI ChatGPT, has established a legal entity in South Korea, which has the largest number of paying ChatGPT sub...
May 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Bold food tech R&D fuels global rise of Korean cuisine
South Korea’s processed food exports are expected to reach 6 trillion won ($4.4 billion) this year after Korean food companies have aggressive...
May 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG CNS, Cohere co-develop Korean-specific agentic AI
LG CNS Co., the information technology services arm of South Korea’s LG Group, has unveiled a lightweight Korean-specific large language model...
May 26, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kakao Pay in talks to acquire SSG.COM’s SSG Pay and Gmarket’s Smile Pay
Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment and digital wallet service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., is in advanced negotiations to acquire t...
May 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Europe looms large as K-beauty brands look to blue ocean; shares rise
South Korea’s beauty industry has been reaping decent gains from traditionally strong markets such as China and the US – the world&rsquo...
May 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
NPS gobbles up Korea’s top 4 financial holding stocks
South Korea’s largest institutional investor, the National Pension Service (NPS), remains a strong backer of the country’s top four fina...
May 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Q Cells eyes tandem cell mass production in 2027
Hanwha Q Cells Co., the solar panel manufacturing unit of South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp., is expected to commercialize tandem modules by 2027,...
May 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mirae Asset Global Investments’ AUM tops $288 bn as global push pays off
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. now manages more than 400 trillion won ($288 billion) in assets for the first time since its first global venture...
May 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Seoul’s prime office transactions rise 6% in Q1 despite weak sentiment
Despite mounting economic headwinds and heightened investor caution, the prime office market in Seoul posted a modest recovery in the first quarter,...
May 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Securities acquires stake in Vietnam’s top trading platform FireAnt
Shinhan Securities Co., a leading South Korean brokerage house, has acquired a strategic equity stake in FireAnt, Vietnam’s largest retail tra...
May 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung flexes financial muscle as insurance, card units top rankings
Samsung Group’s financial affiliates are closing in on KB Financial Group for the top spot in South Korea’s financial services sector, u...
May 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
South Korea’s Rznomics inks $1.3 bn out-licensing deal with Eli Lilly
Rznomics Inc., a South Korean RNA therapeutics developer, has signed an agreement worth more than $1.3 billion with US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lill...
May 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Group seeks to sell SK Signet as part of sweeping portfolio realignment
South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group is seeking to divest SK Signet Inc., four years after acquiring the EV charger manufacturin...
May 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea’s top cinema chains seek merger to counter box office slump
South Korea’s two leading multiplex operators Lotte Culture Works Co. and Contentree JoongAng Corp. have tentatively agreed to merge in a bid ...
May 08, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea’s GEPS to commit $143 million to foreign mid-cap buyout funds
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS), one of South Korea’s top three public pension programs, will commit up to 200 billion won ($1...
May 08, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
South Korea asks US for tailored approach to chip tariffs
South Korea has officially requested that the US take a distinct approach in its ongoing probe into foreign semiconductor technology and related dow...
May 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea’s pharmaceutical exports set to top $10 bn, led by ‘K-M7’ champions
South Korea’s pharmaceutical exports are on course to surpass $10 billion this year, underscoring the country’s growing clout in the glo...
May 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Mirae Asset to be named Korea Post’s core real estate fund operator
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is set to manage the mandate of more than 600 billion won ($416.8 million) in core real estate fund investment by...
Apr 29, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S.Korea’s top 4 financial holding firms cheer upbeat Q1 results
South Korea’s top four financial holding companies – Shinhan, KB, Hana and Woori – reported stellar earnings for the first quarter...
Apr 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Kakao shares sink on SK Telecom’s stake sell-off news
Kakao Corp. shares underperformed its peers and the broad market on Friday after SK Telecom Co. sold off its entire stake in the South Korean platfo...
Apr 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix makes strides in CXL technology, escalating rivalry
SK Hynix Inc., the leading global high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chip provider, has moved faster than its rivals in the commercialization of the next-g...
Apr 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Samsung seeks tech alliance with top US universities for robotics, AI, 6G
In an ambitious bid to shape the future of technology, Samsung Electronics Co. is launching a sweeping initiative to collaborate with elite North Am...
Apr 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix bets on 3D HBM as next game-changer in AI chip race
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s top DRAM memory chipmaker, aims to redefine the competitive landscape in artificial intelligence memory chips with ...
Apr 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Ex-US Congressman Drew Ferguson to head Hyundai's Washington office
Hyundai Motor Group has appointed former Republican Congressman Drew Ferguson as head of its Washington office, a strategic move designed to bolster...
Apr 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
South Korean defense industry thriving on strong overseas demand
The South Korean defense industry's current heyday is expected to continue for a while as global demand for Korean-made weapons and combat systems h...
Apr 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mirae Asset’s default option retirement funds top $700 mn in assets
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. now manages over one-third of South Korea’s default-option retirement funds, with the assets it operates un...
Apr 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Mirae, Koramco, Hana shortlisted for Korea Post’s core real estate fund
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Koramco REITs Management and Trust Co. and Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. were shortlisted for the mandat...
Apr 14, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 2 Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans
- 3 LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess
- 4 South Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties
- 5 Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet