IMM consortium owns 100% of Hyundai LNG Shipping; Stake sale eyed

IMM consortium owns 100% of Hyundai LNG Shipping; Stake sale eyed

A consortium of IMM Private Equity Inc. and IMM Investment Corp. has secured full ownership of Hyundai LNG Shipping, South Korea’s top liquefi...

European student housing is top of the class: Savills IM

European student housing is top of the class: Savills IM

The appeal of European purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) to real estate investors is growing rapidly. In the recent 2025 INREV Investor Int...

Korean shipbuilders to benefit from rising LNG, oil tanker demand

Korean shipbuilders to benefit from rising LNG, oil tanker demand

South Korean shipbuilders are expected to benefit from a potential surge in demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and crude oil carriers as US Pres...

Noul's miLab registered FDA's Class I

Noul's miLab registered FDA's Class I

South Korea's Noul Co., an in-vitro diagnostics maker and artificial intelligence (AI)-based blood and cancer diagnostic platforms company, said on ...

Hanwha Ocean obtains AIP for liquefied hydrogen carrier

Hanwha Ocean obtains AIP for liquefied hydrogen carrier

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. said on Thursday that it obtained approval in principle (AIP) for an 80,000 cubic meter-class electric-propulsion liq...

Korean shipbuilders in talks for $3.3 bn Qatar LNG tanker deals

Korean shipbuilders in talks for $3.3 bn Qatar LNG tanker deals

South Korean shipbuilders are in talks with Qatari state companies for an estimated $3.3 billion in deals to manufacture additional liquefied natura...

Kumho Tire to supply tires for Alpine Class

Kumho Tire to supply tires for Alpine Class

South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. announced on Friday that it will exclusively supply high-performance tires for the Renault high-performance car one-mak...

Korea to put poison pill adoption on new policy agenda

Korea to put poison pill adoption on new policy agenda

South Korea will put the adoption of poison pills and dual-class shares on the new policy agenda at a meeting with business leaders this month, wher...

Samsung Heavy unveils eco-friendly ships, AI tech in Europe

Samsung Heavy unveils eco-friendly ships, AI tech in Europe

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., South Korea’s second-largest shipbuilder, showcased new eco-friendly ships and digital vessel technology to ride...

HD Hyundai Marine bags order to upgrade Chevron LNG tankers

HD Hyundai Marine bags order to upgrade Chevron LNG tankers

HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., a ship maintenance, retrofitting and digital solution provider under HD Hyundai Co., has won an order from Chevron C...

Mercedes-Benz unveils New E-Class in S.Korea

Mercedes-Benz unveils New E-Class in S.Korea

Mercedes-Benz Korea on Friday unveiled the 11th generation of its fully redesigned mid-sized The New E-Class sedan in South Korea.This latest iterat...

Naver Whalebook supply volume triples in 2023

Naver Whalebook supply volume triples in 2023

South Korea's Naver Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Naver Corp., announced on Friday that the distribution volume of Whalebook has tripled compa...

Grandeur regains Korean sedan crown after two-year hiatus

Grandeur regains Korean sedan crown after two-year hiatus

Hyundai Motor Co.'s Grandeur mid-to-large-sized sedan is poised to reclaim its crown as the best-selling Korean car in the domestic passenger car se...

Korean shipbuilders shrug off concerns over lower new ship prices

Korean shipbuilders shrug off concerns over lower new ship prices

South Korean shipbuilders shrugged off concerns of an industry peak-out boosted by the first fall of new vessel prices in 45 weeks and lower used sh...

New 2024 E-Class soon to arrive in Korea, land of Mercedes-Benz

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...

'World-class bispecific antibody technology of ABL Bio'

'World-class bispecific antibody technology of ABL Bio'

MADRID - "The clinical Phase 1 results of the immune-oncology candidate ABL111, developed in collaboration with ABL Bio, have been selected as the b...

Korean shipyards to beat Chinese rivals with green tankers

Korean shipyards to beat Chinese rivals with green tankers

South Korean dockyards aim to expand their presence in the global tanker market dominated by Chinese players with vessels designed to transport or s...

S.Korea’s HMM expands bulk carrier fleet for stable profit

S.Korea’s HMM expands bulk carrier fleet for stable profit

HMM Co., South Korea’s top shipping company, is expanding its fleet, especially bulk carriers, for stable profits amid the sluggishness of the...

Soju no longer working-class liquor

Soju no longer working-class liquor

HiteJinro Co., South Korea’s largest soju maker, will raise the price of its soju and beer products by about 7% next month to reflect higher c...

S.Korean HD Hyundai inks $3.9 bn Qatar LNG tanker deal

S.Korean HD Hyundai inks $3.9 bn Qatar LNG tanker deal

DOHA -- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world’s second-largest shipyard, has won a $3.9 billion deal to build 17 liquified natural gas ca...

KAI participates in International Astronautical Congress 2023

KAI participates in International Astronautical Congress 2023

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea's sole military aircraft manufacturer, participated in the 74th International Astronautical Congr...

BMW premieres new 5 Series in Korea, the model’s top market

BMW premieres new 5 Series in Korea, the model’s top market

German carmaker BMW Group on Thursday premiered its latest 5 Series premium sedan in South Korea, an indication of the growing importance of the Asi...

New Mercedes E-Class, world’s first to use LG’s SPM display  

New Mercedes E-Class, world’s first to use LG’s SPM display  

LG Display Co., the world’s leading organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker seeking to cement its market leadership, is supplying its ...

HD Hyundai to expand LNG tanker conversion biz with orders

HD Hyundai to expand LNG tanker conversion biz with orders

HD Hyundai Global Service, the ship retrofit subsidiary of the world’s second-largest shipbuilder HD Hyundai Co., is poised to bag orders to c...

Hanmi Pharm to develop obesity drug customized for S.Korean

Hanmi Pharm to develop obesity drug customized for S.Korean

South Korea's Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. plans to develop the GLP-1 class "Epeglenatide," which it received as a technology return from Sanofi S.A., i...

KIC up 8.3% in net value of stocks, debts in H1 2023

KIC up 8.3% in net value of stocks, debts in H1 2023

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) saw the net value of its traditional assets rise 8.25% in the first half of this year, backed by the strong perfo...

Samsung ties up with LG Display for 83-inch OLED TV in US

Samsung ties up with LG Display for 83-inch OLED TV in US

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top TV maker, has joined hands with its South Korean rival LG Display Co. for the large organic light-emi...

US to send Its biggest sub to Korean Peninsula in message to North and South

US to send Its biggest sub to Korean Peninsula in message to North and South

SEOUL—The U.S. plans to send its largest nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in four decades, in an effort to deter Nort...

Private real estate debt shines on banks' financing gaps: Savills

Private real estate debt shines on banks' financing gaps: Savills

More global investors are turning to the private debt market as bank loans are getting tougher under stricter lending regulations. Among a range of ...

Doosan to start demonstration of high-efficiency hydrogen turbine

Doosan to start demonstration of high-efficiency hydrogen turbine

South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility Co. is set to develop and demonstrate a high-efficiency H-class large hydrogen turbine technology utilizing pu...

Hanwha seeks to buy Paraspara Seoul from developer tied to Banyan Tree Busan fire Kia's Lego-like PV5 with 16 variants to hit market in July Stray Kids make K-pop history with landmark stadium show in Germany S.Korea’s most prominent business leader returns with all charges cleared Korea Investment & Securities, UBP seek private banking partnership