K-beauty contract manufacturers see record Q2 profits; rally likely to continue

South Korea’s major original design manufacturers (ODMs) for cosmetics, led by Cosmax Inc. and Kolmar Korea Co., are estimated to have posted ...
South Korea’s major original design manufacturers (ODMs) for cosmetics, led by Cosmax Inc. and Kolmar Korea Co., are estimated to have posted ...
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., a leading South Korean electronics parts maker, has abandoned plans to build a new manufacturing plant in Mexico and ...
J.P. Morgan, a leading US investment bank, has thrown its weight behind South Korea’s landmark commercial act revision, saying that the new go...
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate by assets, should step up its efforts to foster future growth with promising technologies,...
Factory activity slowed across much of Asia in May as uncertainty over U.S. tariffs continued to cause steep declines in new orders, purchasing ma...
Samsung Electronics Co. plans to power its upcoming foldable smartphone with its new in-house application processor (AP), marking a significant step...
South Korea’s leading telecommunications service provider KT Corp. said on Tuesday it has signed a 130 billion won ($95 million) strategic par...
SK Earthon Co., the petroleum exploration and production (E&P) unit of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., has secured rig...
Global private market investor Hamilton Lane Inc. has acquired a stake in Seoul-based alternative investment firm IMM Investment’s infrastruct...
Greystar Real Estate Partners, the largest housing investment firm in the US, has hired Kang Junghwan, former managing director and head of portfoli...
Prices of certain used sport utility vehicles in South Korea are defying the broader economic slowdown, with used models like Hyundai Motor Co.'s Pa...
JAKARTA – Last Thursday, Baik Art gallery in Jakarta, Indonesia, was crowded with well-heeled art patrons eager to meet a revered artist from ...
Meritz Financial Group Inc., one of South Korea’s most aggressive alternative asset managers, has committed 150 billion won ($105 million) to ...
Foreign visitors to South Korea jumped nearly 20% early this year, largely driven by a sharp depreciation in the country’s currency value agai...
Young South Korean millionaires, placing bold wagers on unconventional financial assets such as cryptocurrencies and art, are gaining ground fast, g...
The South Korean defense industry's current heyday is expected to continue for a while as global demand for Korean-made weapons and combat systems h...
South Korea’s Constitutional Court permanently removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, making him the country’s second pr...
Seoul-based real estate investment firm Asia Property has been picked as the sole preferred bidder for an office building currently occupied by cowo...
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy arrived in South Korea on Monday to hold a series of one-on-one meetings with top executives from Korean energy and st...
New York-based Apollo Global Management and London-based Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) have joined the ranks of global private equity firms that ...
Hyundai Motor Co. will build a local fuel cell plant in South Korea, accelerating its bid to create an entire hydrogen fuel cell value chain in line...
Defense stocks in key Asian markets jumped on Tuesday, buoyed by expectations that European nations will boost security spending amid fears that the...
South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem Co. said on Wednesday it has won a 2.2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) train order from Morocco, the biggest single de...
Korea Investment & Securities Co. will step up its asset management business by launching innovative global investment products, aiming to surpa...
PAG, an Asia Pacific-focused alternative investment firm, on Friday announced the final close of its 10th opportunistic real estate fund at $4 billi...
MBK Partners, the largest private equity firm in North Asia, will acquire a controlling stake in FICT Ltd., a semiconductor printed circuit board (P...
Global credit rating agencies are warning of looming downward pressure on South Korea’s sovereign credit rating about a month after Asia&rsquo...
Foreign direct investments in South Korea hit a record high in 2024, driven by Chinese and Japanese investors in the manufacturing sector, the Minis...
South Korea’s foreign exchange reserves shrank to a five-year low at the end of last year after the country’s foreign exchange authoriti...
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments said on Sunday it invested $200 million in Essex Solutions, a US magnet wire manufacturing affiliate un...