Even barcodes copied: Counterfeits invasion threatens K-brands
Counterfeit Korean beauty, fashion and food products are surging on overseas e-commerce platforms, with lookalike packaging making them hard to dist...
EQT taps ex-DHK Management CEO to lead S.Korea's real estate push
Swedish asset manager EQT Partners, also the largest private equity firm in Europe, has named David Kim, chief executive of South Korean real estate...
KAI seals $700 mn FA-50 fighter jet export deal with the Philippines
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) on Tuesday signed a $700 million contract to supply 12 FA-50 fighter jets to the Philippines, marking the larg...
MBK’s Lotte Card sale gains momentum amid Homeplus fallout
North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners’ second attempt to exit Lotte Card Co., South Korea’s fifth-largest car issuer, is g...
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...
Korea Investment & Securities to sell Goldman Sachs funds
Korea Investment & Securities Co. said on Tuesday it is set to sell funds operated by Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP in South Korea, offering...
Hanwha develops cutting-edge stealth paint for next-generation warships
Hanwha Ocean Co., a leading South Korean warship builder, has developed and tested an advanced stealth paint designed for the country’s KDDX n...
Hyundai Motor taps ex-CPPIB private equity head Suyi Kim for board role
Hyundai Motor Co. has tapped Suyi Kim, former private equity head of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Benjamin Tan, an ex-portfo...
EQT targets healthcare, technology, business service providers in Korea
EQT, the largest private equity firm in Europe, is setting its sights on healthcare, technology companies and business service providers in South Ko...
KT to sell financial security unit for $59 mn for restructuring
South Korea’s KT Corp. is set to sell Initech Co., its Kosdaq-listed financial security unit, for 85 billion won ($59.1 million) as the leadin...
Korea’s export growth at 14-month low, adds to BOK rate cut views
South Korea’s export growth fell to a 14-month low in November with shipments to the world’s two biggest markets the US and China down, ...
Controversy brews over HYBE Chair Bang’s investment deal with PEFs
Bang Si-hyuk, founder and chairman of HYBE Co., the South Korean entertainment giant behind K-pop global sensations BTS and NewJeans, is embroiled i...
LS Electric shares jump on $358mn HVDC transformer order news
LS Electric Co., a South Korean industrial energy facility and systems supplier, is expected to sign a 500 billion won ($358 million) deal with a GE...
Gaon Cable takes over LS Cable & System's US arm
Gaon Cable Co. said on Tuesday it has taken over the US arm of parent company LS Cable & System Ltd. to beef up its business of mid-to-low volta...
Tesla asks Samsung, SK Hynix to supply HBM4 chip samples
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. are said to each be developing a sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) chip prototype for Tesla In...
LG to expand appliance subscriptions to India to speed up leasing business
LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, is considering expanding its subscription service into new overseas markets, such as I...
Global sportswear brands race to ride on Korea’s running craze
Global sportswear makers have stepped up competition in South Korea to take advantage of the country’s growing running craze with major brands...
Fila sportswear brand downsizes loss-making US business
South Korean-owned sportswear brand Fila said on Tuesday it scaled back its loss-making US business to improve earnings through a restructuring in N...
Nvidia asks SK Hynix to bring forward HBM4 supply by 6 months
Nvidia Corp.’s Chief Executive Jensen Huang has asked SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won to supply 12-layer HBM4 chips, the most advanced AI chips...
Korea to join FTSE Rusell bond index to attract $66 bn inflows
South Korea will be included in a global major bond index next year to attract an estimated $66 billion in capital inflows to Asia’s fourth-la...
Alternative investment experts to gather Oct. 16-17 at ASK 2024
South Korea’s major institutional investors and global asset managers will gather at the ASK 2024 global alternative investment conference on ...
Hyundai's accumulated production hits 100 mn unit milestone
Hyundai Motor has achieved the 100 million-unit milestone for its accumulated production 57 years after its inception, led by the Avante compact sed...
Celltrion chairman announces venture into CDMO market
South Korea’s biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. will venture into the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) market, the com...
LG Group publishes 2023 ESG Report
LG Group announced on Thursday that it has published the "2023 ESG Report," detailing its sustainability management achievements in 2023 and its fut...
S.Korean travel retailers face downturn without Chinese big spenders
Before COVID-19 swept the world, South Korea’s top two travel retailers Lotte Duty Free and Shilla Duty Free Shop ascended to the world’...
S.Korea to launch sustainable biojet fuel initiative
South Korea will require airlines to replace a portion of their jet fuel with environmentally friendly alternatives such as cooking oil, palm oil an...
Korean Telco giant KT’s Midas touch with hotel business
KT Corp., one of South Korea’s top three mobile carriers, is on a roll in the hotel business despite its late foray into the hospitality indus...
Korean pension subscribers show ultra-low risk tolerance
South Korean pension plan subscribers prefer to protect their money rather than taking risks for capital gains despite the government's effort to en...
Korea seeks to curb China's offshore wind farm dominance
South Korea will prioritize non-price factors such as economic security and contributions to the domestic supply chain over bidding prices when sele...
LG Chem emerges as global No. 4 chemicals maker: C&EN
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. has emerged as the world’s fourth chemicals producer, the second Asian company to be among the five largest a...
