South Korean airlines bank on China routes for profit recovery
South Korean airlines are ramping up international routes, particularly to China, Japan and Southeast Asian countries, in a bid to boost profitabili...
K-style strikes back to win over China’s Gen Z with Musinsa at helm
Musinsa, South Korea’s fashion unicorn backed by KKR Co., is set to bring the K-style wave to China with Anta Sports Products Ltd., China's le...
Roborock’s privacy policy fuels data leak fears over Chinese goods
A new personal data processing policy from Chinese robot vacuum maker Roborock is raising fears that consumer data could be leaked to or misused by ...
Kia to make, sell China-launched EV5 in Korea to keep top spot
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, plans to manufacture and sell the EV5, its first China-made all-electric vehicle, at home t...
LG Display to invest $925.4 mn in smaller, high-end OLED
LG Display Co., the world’s top large-sized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, will invest 1.26 trillion won ($925.4 million) to...
CJ CGV under pressure to shed China, Vietnam cinema assets
MBK Partners and Mirae Asset Securities Co. are considering divesting of their holdings in CGI Holdings Co., which oversees CJ CGV Co.’s multi...
LG Energy cracks China's cylindrical battery market with Chery deal
LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Monday it has signed a six-year contract with Chery Automobile Co. to supply 8 gigawatts per hour (GWh) of next-gene...
Want to look beautiful? – Here’s the 'Made In Korea' mask pack
South Korean face mask packs – a flagship product of K-beauty – are staging a dramatic revival in popularity.Rising to fame alongside K-...
Hyundai Steel to displace Baoshan as GM Korea's supplier
Hyundai Steel Co. is poised to displace Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. as a key supplier to GM Korea Co., a unit of General Motors Co., as the US carm...
IFEZ to apply for designation of southern Ganghwa as free economic zone
The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority is set to submit its application by the end of June to designate the southern end of Ganghwa Island ...
POSCO Future M breaks with China in cathode supply chain
GWANGYANG, SOUTH JEOLLA – POSCO Future M Co., South Korea’s leading battery materials maker, has secured itself a China-free cathode mat...
South Korea’s Lee, China’s Xi agree on closer ties, peace on peninsula
South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to strengthen strategic ties and enhance coop...
S.Korea’s mid-tier shipbuilders sail into new supercycle as China struggles
BUSAN – On a sunny May morning in Busan’s Yeongdo shipyard, the clang of steel and the rhythmic pounding of welders was telling the new ...
In China’s waterway city Hangzhou, K-beauty redefines ‘shuiguang'
HANGZHOU – The capital of China’s Zhejiang province, Hangzhou, is the southern terminus of the ancient Grand Canal waterway, which origi...
RedotPay lands in Seoul with crypto cards
RedotPay, a Hong Kong-based blockchain fintech company, has arrived in South Korea with its cryptocurrency-based payment cards and is poised to disr...
US auto parts tariffs take effect; Korea avoids heavy hit
The US has eased tariffs on automotive parts that took effect on May 3, offering a sigh of relief to South Korean suppliers, who said a worst-case s...
CJ CheilJedang scraps $3.5 bn green bio sale, shifts gears to expansion
CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food and beverage company, said on Wednesday it has scrapped a planned sale of its green bio busin...
K-pop stocks surge as China set to loosen cultural ban after 9 years
Shares in South Korea’s leading entertainment companies are rallying amid growing signs that China will likely lift its longstanding ban on Ko...
Mirae Asset bets on China as Korean investors’ US focus draws concern
South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group is increasingly unveiling China-focused investment products as Chairman P...
POSCO Future M to make spherical graphite as it cuts dependence on China
POSCO Future M Co., South Korea’s leading battery materials maker, is set to manufacture spherical graphite – a critical material for ba...
China bans export of Korean goods containing its rare earth metals to US
The Chinese government has warned South Korean companies of retributions for exporting any product containing its critical metals to US military con...
LG Display eyes turnaround on China's shift to OLED
LG Display Co., the world’s top large-sized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, will likely swing to profit this year for the fir...
India: Tantalizing frontier for K-food’s global ambitions beyond China
South Korea’s processed food exports to India have surged to a record 6 trillion won ($4.1 billion), marking a significant milestone in the gr...
Kumho Tire eyes Poland, Serbia, Portugal for 1st European plant
Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, is evaluating Poland, Serbia and Portugal as a potential site for its first plant in Europe as...
S.Korean shipbuilders rally as Trump hints at buying foreign ships
South Korean shipbuilding stocks soared on Friday on news that US President Donald Trump indicated that the world’s No. 1 economy may purchase...
POSCO eyes deeper steel, energy ties with global peers
POSCO Group, South Korea’s steelmaking giant, will further bolster its competitiveness in the global steel market and energy value chains thro...
K-beauty defies trade headwinds as exports to China, US lead sales growth
South Korea’s beauty industry is mounting a powerful global push, defying trade pressures and economic uncertainties with a surge in exports t...
HD Hyundai on course for $1.55 bn order amid US-China trade war
HD Hyundai Co., the world’s largest shipbuilding group, is emerging as a key beneficiary of the Trump administration’s tariff policies a...
K-beauty exports to China rebound after 4-month slump
South Korea’s beauty industry is showing signs of recovery in China, with exports rebounding after four months of decline.The turnaround follo...
China says it is aiming to coordinate tariff response with Japan, South Korea
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