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Virtual realms known as the metaverse that have become the hot topic for tech companies also are winning a new fan base among investors.SoftBank Gro...

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering Co. and Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C), both carmaker giant Hyundai Motor Gr...

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will launch a pilot service of its first autonomous robotaxi based on its electric SUV, the IONI...

Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled an electric variant of the GV70, a premium SUV under its standalone Genesis brand, for the first time globally at a C...

K-pop artists such as BTS and TWICE are set to resume global live concerts – suspended by the global pandemic for about two years – as c...

South Korea’s MBK Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in Asia, said it has raised $1.8 billion for its second special situations...

MBK Partners has sold Japan's largest golf course operator Accordia Next Golf to SoftBank's Fortress Investment Group for 400 billion yen ($3.5 bill...

“We know which companies to buy after playing the games a few times.”More and more South Korean game developers are pursuing mergers and...

Unlike Hawaii and Las Vegas, there is one thing missing on Jeju Island, South Korea's top tourist destination: premium outlets.The island hosted 15 ...

MBK Partners' first female partner Lee In-kyung has made it to the list of Forbes Asia's 20 power businesswomen published in its November issue. For...

LG Electronics Inc. has overtaken bigger home appliance rival Whirlpool Corp. after posting record quarterly sales, comfortably putting it on course...

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. has won the triple crown of the world’s three motorsport events – the FIA World Rally Championship...

KYOTO, Japan - Murata Manufacturing Co., the world's No. 1 producer of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) and other electronic components, will e...

South Korea’s SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), SK Innovation Co. 's battery material business subsidiary, plans to start commercial operation of ...

Hyundai Mobis Co., the auto parts unit of Hyundai Motor Group, on Thursday broke ground on a hydrogen fuel cell plant, part of its 1.32 trillion won...

South Korean millennials and Gen Zers have become the world's biggest spenders on mobile games with the MZers accounting for over 90% of domestic mo...

SK Innovation Co. and Ford Co. will invest a combined $11.4 billion to build an assembly and battery complex and two additional battery factories in...

South Korea’s CJ Cheiljedang Corp. will be sponsoring the Los Angeles Lakers (LA Lakers) as the first global partner of the American basketbal...

Samsung Bioepis Co., a leading South Korean biopharmaceutical company, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for its Byoovi...

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. successfully went public on Sept. 17 by closing at almost double its IPO price. The stock price closed at 111,500 won (...

The millennials have become the largest spenders on luxury goods at department stores in South Korea. According to joint research by The Korea Econo...

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. became the third-most subscribed stock in South Korea after its initial public offering drew 1,130 trillion won ($968 b...

South Korea’s leading soju maker HiteJinro Co. has captivated China with its fruit-flavored soju products, gaining much popularity among local...

Just like many other manufacturers around the world, 2020 was a turbulent year for Korea Zinc Co., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter.T...

Lee Ji-eun, a 30-year-old bride-to-be, was surprised at the prices of liquid-crystal display (LCD) TVs when she visited a home appliance store in ...

Samsung Electronics Co. has become the first company to launch a 200-megapixel mobile image sensor, giving the world’s No. 2 image sensor make...

Authoritie of the United States and South Korea officially endorsed the results of a joint research on Pyro-SFR, a cutting-edge technology that re...

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. plans to spend 70% of the proceeds from its initial public offering on the Korea Exchange, or about 760 billion won ($6...

South Korea’s only mass-producer of hydrogen tube trailers, Iljin Hysolus Co. made a strong debut on Kospi by reaching the price ceiling on it...

SK E&S Co., the natural gas business unit of SK Group, aims to turn into an eco-friendly company with an enterprise value of 35 trillion won ($3...