HYBE Chair Bang referred to prosecutors over alleged unfair trading

South Korea’s financial watchdog has referred Bang Si-hyuk, founder and chairman of K-pop powerhouse HYBE Co., to prosecutors over alleged fra...

HYBE Bang under financial watchdog’s scrutiny for alleged unfair trading

Bang Si-hyuk, founder and chairman of HYBE Co., the South Korean entertainment giant behind K-pop global sensation BTS, could face investigation by ...

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...

Etech System attracts $130 mn investment

South Korea's integrated IT solution consulting company Etech System attracted an investment of 180 billion won ($130 million) from private equity f...

Coupang Play to livestream 2024 Masters Tournament

Coupang Play, a video streaming service provided by South Korea's largest e-commerce company Coupang Inc., will broadcast the first major golf tourn...

NPS to vote in favor of KT&G CEO candidate Bang

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is slated to vote in favor of the KT&G Corp. b...

ISS urges KT&G shareholders to vote against CEO candidate Bang

Global leading proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) has recommended that stakeholders of South Korean tobacco maker KT&G ...

KT&G’s No. 1 shareholder IBK vetoes naming Bang as CEO

South Korea’s KT&G Corp., the world’s leading tobacco maker, is facing challenges in its chief executive appointment as the firm&rsq...

Tobacco maker KT&G names its COO as final CEO candidate

South Korea’s KT&G Corp., the world’s leading tobacco maker, appointed its Chief Operating Officer Bang Kyung-man as the final candi...

Big Bang deregulation poised to bolster S.Korean ST market

South Korea’s fractional investment market is gearing up for a grand opening after the government earlier this year unveiled security token of...

HYBE bets big on AI; to unveil generative AI project in May: Chairman Bang

HYBE Co. is set to wow the world again but this time with the much-hyped generative artificial intelligence technology as it plans to unveil an unpr...

Naver, techfins poised to spark Korean loan market's Big Bang

South Korea's online giant Naver Corp. is preparing to join a government-initiated fintech platform, on which individual borrowers can directly sear...