top OLED panel maker
Scope
Date
~
-
Korean games
NCSOFT included in DJSI Asia Pacific Index
South Korea’s major game developer and publisher NCSOFT Corp. announced on Thursday that it was listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/...
Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Executive reshuffles
Kakao taps venture capital unit head as new CEO to lead reform
Kakao Corp., South Korea’s top mobile platform under fire for its extremely aggressive business expansion, tapped its venture capital unit hea...
Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Retail
Korea’s top dollar store chain Daiso buys out Japanese shareholder
South Korea’s AsungHMP Co. has bought a 34.2% stake in Asungdaiso Corp., which operates the country’s top dollar store chain Daiso, from...
Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Tech, Media & Telecom
IT device recovery to power Korean parts makers in 2024
Global sales of consumer information technology electronics such as smartphones, PCs and TVs are expected to rebound in 2024, fueling hopes of an ea...
Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Entertainment
HYBE ranks fifth in global tour revenue in 2023
The global tour revenue of HYBE Co., home to BTS and Seventeen, reached 250 billion won ($190 million) over the year.According to Hybe on Tuesday, t...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
ESG
POSCO Future M included in DJSI Asia Pacific Index
South Korea’s battery materials maker POSCO Future M Co. announced on Tuesday that it was listed on Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/Pacific In...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Corporate restructuring
Kakao to tighten grip over units, rethink horizontal culture
Kim Beom-soo, founder and chairman of South Korea’s largest mobile platform Kakao Corp., said on Monday it will abandon its autonomous managem...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia’s car exports to top 2 mn units for 1st time in 7 years
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s two largest automakers, are set to export more than 2 million cars in 2023 for the first time i...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Mergers & Acquisitions
LIG Nex1 to buy quadruped robot maker Ghost Robotics for $240 mn
LIG Nex1 Co., a South Korean weapons system developer, has agreed to buy a 60% stake in Ghost Robotics Corp (GRC), a Philadelphia-based robot develo...
Dec 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Automobiles
New 2024 E-Class soon to arrive in Korea, land of Mercedes-Benz
As with the launch of every new E-Class, the flagship model of luxury German car brand Mercedes-Benz, the phrase “evolution, not revolution&rd...
Dec 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Robotics
Doosan Robotics eyes top spot in cobot market after Oct IPO
SUWON – South Korea’s Doosan Robotics Inc. is aiming for the top spot in the collaborative robot market excluding China, zooming in on t...
Dec 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Electronics
LG collaborates with BoConcept for TV interior design
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Tuesday that it is collaborating with the European premium furniture brand BoConcept to showcase the interior desig...
Dec 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia support Korean exports hit by weak chip sales
Two affiliates of Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker by sales, ranked as the top South Korean exporters in the one-year ...
Dec 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korean chipmakers
Global NAND chip sales up in Q3 amid Samsung output cut
Global sales of NAND flash chips slightly grew in the third quarter as industry leaders such as Samsung Electronics Co. cut output, a report showed ...
Dec 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Chemical Industry
IMM among shortlisted bidders for special chemicals maker Songwon
Competition to acquire Songwon Industrial Co., one of the world’s top specialty chemicals makers, is heating up as the South Korean company an...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korean stock market
Chipmakers Samsung, SK Hynix among foreigners’ top picks in Korea
South Korea’s two largest chipmakers, Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., were among foreign investors’ top picks on the country&...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Automobiles
IONIQ 5, Sportage named safest cars by IIHS
Hyundai Motor Co. 's crossover electric vehicle (EV) sport-utility vehicle (SUV) IONIQ 5 and Kia Corp. 's best-selling SUV Sportage earned a Top S...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Electronics
ITC launches probe into Samsung’s suit vs China’s BOE over OLED
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided to launch an investigation into a complaint filed by South Korea’s Samsung Display Co....
Dec 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Batteries
STX acquires 20% stake in lithium iron phosphate battery maker IBT
STX Corp., a South Korean general trading company, announced on Friday that it has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire a 20% stake in the b...
Dec 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Batteries
GM asks LG Energy to share huge portion of US EV tax benefits
General Motor Co., the leading US automaker, has asked LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery manufactur...
Nov 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
E-commerce
SK gives up e-commerce platform management
SK Group, South Korea's No. 2 conglomerate, gave up its online retail platform 11Street Co. as financial investors are now able to sell off their st...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Travel & Leisure
Foreign visitors to S.Korea on course to top 10 mn milestone
The number of foreign visitors to South Korea spiked 158.3% to 1.23 million in October from the month previous, the Korea Tourism Organization said ...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Artificial intelligence
Hancom to unveil document creator like Mircrosoft's Copilot
Hancom Inc., a homegrown office suite developer in South Korea, is set to speed up its artificial intelligence business with a beta service of AI-po...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Batteries
Sodium-ion batteries emerge as alternative to lithium, LFP batteries
Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are emerging as an alternative to lithium-ion batteries, currently dominating the rechargeable battery market for electr...
Nov 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilders seek overseas yards for surging orders
South Korean shipbuilders are seeking overseas production bases through mergers and acquisitions to meet soaring demand across the world as they hav...
Nov 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korean stock market
Korean ELS investors biting nails over sharp falls in Hong Kong shares
Chinese shares listed on the Hong Kong bourse have fallen sharply so far this year, placing the city’s main stock index, the HSCEI, among the ...
Nov 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's KDB likely to tap top bidder for HMM in November
Competition to acquire HMM Co., the top container line in South Korea, is intensifying as the bidders are offering almost the same prices for the de...
Nov 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung closer to fully connected smart home vision
Samsung Electronics Co. is pushing forward with its goal of offering connected and customized services for 1.4 billion smartphones, TVs and home app...
Nov 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Food & Beverage
Hotel Shilla’s four restaurants selected on La Liste
South Korean leading luxury hotel and retail operator Hotel Shilla announced on Tuesday that its four restaurants were selected on the La Liste 2024...
Nov 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Automobiles
South Korea’s Hankook Tire looks to direct tire sales in Taiwan
Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire manufacturer, is launching a local corporation in Taiwan to directly sell tires in t...
Nov 21, 2023 (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