TPG’s sale of cosmetics packaging specialist Samhwa to KKR: A textbook turnaround story

TPG’s sale of cosmetics packaging specialist Samhwa to KKR: A textbook turnaround story

Global private equity firm TPG has struck one of this year’s standout mid-cap deals in South Korea, selling Samhwa Co., a cosmetics packaging ...

Samsung to unveil 1st triple-folding smartphone by year’s end to rival Huawei’s Mate X2 Tri-Fold

Samsung to unveil 1st triple-folding smartphone by year’s end to rival Huawei’s Mate X2 Tri-Fold

NEW YORK – Samsung Electronics Co. plans to release its first triple-folding smartphone by the end of this year to fend off growing competitio...

SK Hynix bets on 3D HBM as next game-changer in AI chip race

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 ...

Korean financial holding firms log record-high profits in 2024

Korean financial holding firms log record-high profits in 2024

South Korea’s top four financial holding firms are estimated to have posted their highest-ever profits in 2024, driven by hefty interest incom...

Hyundai Motor, Nvidia team up for AI development for future mobility

Hyundai Motor, Nvidia team up for AI development for future mobility

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group said on Friday that it has teamed up with Nvidia Corp. to accelerate the development of advanc...

Triple-A rated SK Telecom, KT tap 10-year bond market

Triple-A rated SK Telecom, KT tap 10-year bond market

South Korean companies with top-notch credit ratings such as SK Telecom Co. and KT Corp. are returning to the long-term bond market amid growing int...

Hyundai, Kia gets triple A credit rating from S.Korean agencies

Hyundai, Kia gets triple A credit rating from S.Korean agencies

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. said on Monday they received AAA ratings, with Stable outlooks for both companies, from Korea Ratings Corp., Nice In...

Samsung chip head vows drastic revamp after flagging weak Q3 earnings

Samsung chip head vows drastic revamp after flagging weak Q3 earnings

Jun Young-hyun, vice chairman and head of Samsung Electronics Co.'s semiconductor business, on Tuesday vowed to take drastic steps to improve profit...

Samsung develops health software development kit

Samsung develops health software development kit

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday introduced the Samsung Health Software Development Kit (SDK) Suite, aimed at helping developers and researchers ...

Korea’s Hana Financial Group targets foreign customers

Korea’s Hana Financial Group targets foreign customers

Hana Financial Group, South Korea’s third-largest financial holding company, is targeting foreign individual customers in the country with a d...

South Korean investors bet big on ETFs tracking Indian equities

South Korean investors bet big on ETFs tracking Indian equities

India has emerged as a new darling for South Korean investors actively searching for an alternative to China reeling from multiple economic setbacks...

Hyundai Department to triple healthcare sales by 2030 with Nestle

Hyundai Department to triple healthcare sales by 2030 with Nestle

Hyundai Department Store Group, a South Korean conglomerate controlling retail, fashion, healthcare and lifestyle businesses, aims to triple its hea...

Korea’s Ssangyong C&E exports eco-friendly limestone cement to US

Korea’s Ssangyong C&E exports eco-friendly limestone cement to US

Ssangyong C&E Co., a leading South Korean cement maker, said on Monday it has exported 30,000 tons of low-carbon limestone cement to the US &nda...

Hyundai Mobis lighting system wins triple crown of design awards

Hyundai Mobis lighting system wins triple crown of design awards

South Korea's auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis announced on Sunday that its Active Aero Lighting System (AALS) has received awards at the world's thre...

Korea mulls tripling NPS' advance dollar funding limit

Korea mulls tripling NPS' advance dollar funding limit

South Korea is considering tripling the maximum amount of dollars the National Pension Service (NPS) can buy from the domestic foreign exchange mark...

Booming AI industry boosts chip packaging equipment makers

Booming AI industry boosts chip packaging equipment makers

Global chip packaging equipment manufacturers are enjoying surging demand and skyrocketing share prices thanks to the rapid growth of the artificial...

Mirae Asset Indian subsidiary surpasses $21.8 bn in AUM

Mirae Asset Indian subsidiary surpasses $21.8 bn in AUM

South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. announced on Thursday that the total assets under management (AUM) of its Indian subsidiary have su...

Foreign VIP customers boost Korean department stores' sales

Foreign VIP customers boost Korean department stores' sales

Wei Liu, a 41-year-old Taiwanese businessman, snapped up 300 million won ($220,000) worth of luxury brand products at Hyundai Department Store&rsquo...

Korea Inc. nearly triples dividend payments in decade

Korea Inc. nearly triples dividend payments in decade

Cash dividend payments by companies listed on the Korea Exchange, the country's main bourse, have nearly tripled in a decade. They have returned a l...

LG Energy wins estimated $1 bn ESS battery deal from Qcells

LG Energy wins estimated $1 bn ESS battery deal from Qcells

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest battery maker, won an estimated $1 billion energy storage system (ESS) deal from the US uni...

Lotte Tour's Jeju Island casino triples revenue

Lotte Tour's Jeju Island casino triples revenue

Jeju Dream Tower Casino, located on South Korea's top tourist island of Jeju and run by Lotte Tour Development Co., surpassed $6 million in cumula...

HMM to sharply increase container ship fleet by 2030

HMM to sharply increase container ship fleet by 2030

HMM Co., South Korea’s flagship sea carrier, on Monday unveiled a plan to sharply increase the fleet of container and bulk carriers by 2030 to...

Samsung to produce 290-layer V9 NAND to win chip stacking war

Samsung to produce 290-layer V9 NAND to win chip stacking war

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is set to begin mass production of 290-layer ninth-generation vertical (V9) NAN...

Coupang's PB SMEs in S.Korea triple in five years

Coupang's PB SMEs in S.Korea triple in five years

Coupang Inc., South Korea's leading e-commerce platform, announced on Sunday that the number of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) manufacturer...

Kia to boost hybrid lineup to lead eco-friendly car market

Kia to boost hybrid lineup to lead eco-friendly car market

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, plans to strengthen its hybrid lineup and launch cheaper electric vehicles to lead the glob...

Samsung set to triple HBM output in 2024 to lead AI chip era

Samsung set to triple HBM output in 2024 to lead AI chip era

SILICON VALLEY – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will likely triple its high bandwidth memory (HBM) chip ...

Korea’s POSCO Int’l to work on CCUS, hydrogen businesses

Korea’s POSCO Int’l to work on CCUS, hydrogen businesses

POSCO International Corp., the general trading and resources exploration subsidiary of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., aims to ...

Interpark Triple launches travel platform Triple Korea

Interpark Triple launches travel platform Triple Korea

South Korea's retail and travel platform Interpark Triple announced on Tuesday that it launched the travel platform Triple Korea for foreign touri...

Samsung Elec triples new TV preorders powered by AI

Samsung Elec triples new TV preorders powered by AI

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top TV manufacturer, said on Sunday it is enjoying strong demand for new TVs, especially premium ultra-la...

Yanolja, Interpark Triple, Modetour to team up for package travel

Yanolja, Interpark Triple, Modetour to team up for package travel

South Korea’s top travel and accommodation platform Yanolja Co., its subsidiary Interpark Triple, and Modetour Network Inc. announced on Tuesd...

K-beauty boom propels APR ahead of LG H&H, closing gap with AmorePacific IMM joins $600 mn fund for K-beauty unicorn Goodai Global in M&A drive Blackpink’s Jump music video draws 100 mn YouTube views Seoul signals agricultural market access on tariff talks table amid intensifying US trade pressure Korea’s top four financial holding firms post stellar Q2 profit on won, non-interest gains