BTS’ Jungkook, IU crowned most-loved K-pop artists worldwide

BTS’ Jungkook, IU crowned most-loved K-pop artists worldwide

BTS’ Jungkook and IU, a singer and actress, have claimed the top spots on the most-favorite K-pop artist charts in both the male and female ca...

Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman courts Korean AI startups as Riyadh, Abu Dhabi vie to build tech hubs

Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman courts Korean AI startups as Riyadh, Abu Dhabi vie to build tech hubs

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, the Middle East was a land of opportunity for many South Korean construction workers, who labored there under the scorc...

LG, Samsung vie for crown in wheeled TV market

LG, Samsung vie for crown in wheeled TV market

The market for TVs mounted on a rollable stand has emerged as a new battleground between South Korea’s top two TV brands, LG and Samsung, four...

Samsung fends off Apple to reclaim global smartphone crown in Q1

Samsung fends off Apple to reclaim global smartphone crown in Q1

Samsung Electronics Co. has regained its position as the world’s top smartphone vendor in the first quarter, outpacing Apple Inc. despite the ...

Lotte Wellfood eyes merger with trading arm; firms indecisives

Lotte Wellfood eyes merger with trading arm; firms indecisives

South Korea’s Lotte Corp. is considering a merger of its confectionery unit Lotte Wellfood Co. and agricultural product trading arm Lotte Inte...

Hyundai Mobis lighting system wins triple crown of design awards

Hyundai Mobis lighting system wins triple crown of design awards

South Korea's auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis announced on Sunday that its Active Aero Lighting System (AALS) has received awards at the world's thre...

Korea reclaims crown from China as world’s top shipbuilder

Korea reclaims crown from China as world’s top shipbuilder

South Korea reclaimed the crown from the Chinese as the world’s largest shipbuilder after three years last quarter, sweeping global orders for...

LG Uplus Sporki to be featured in Toyota's car Infotainment

LG Uplus Sporki to be featured in Toyota's car Infotainment

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Friday that its sports community platform Sporki will be featured in Toyota Connect, the U+Drive-based inf...

Lotte Wellfood to produce Pepero in India

Lotte Wellfood to produce Pepero in India

South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Wednesday that it plans to build a Pepero production line in India. Pepero is a thin cookie stick with...

Lotte Wellfood enters Costco stores in Canada, Mexico

Lotte Wellfood enters Costco stores in Canada, Mexico

South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Tuesday that it is expanding exports to Mexico and Canada through Costco. It marks the first entry o...

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...

Lotte Wellfood ups Choco Pie India sales target to $60 mn with new factory

Lotte Wellfood ups Choco Pie India sales target to $60 mn with new factory

Lotte Wellfood Co., formerly Lotte Confectionery Co., has revised up this year’s Choco Pie sales forecast in India to 80 billion won ($60 mill...

Nanotech startup Deepsmartech crowned at D.Day’s July demo day

Nanotech startup Deepsmartech crowned at D.Day’s July demo day

Nanotech startup Deepsmartech celebrated its victory Thursday at July D.Day, held on Jeju Island, a South Korean resort isle poised to become the co...

Lotte Confectionery to rebrand as Lotte Well Food

Lotte Confectionery to rebrand as Lotte Well Food

South Korea's Lotte Confectionery Co. will change its name to Lotte Well Food, effective April 1, according to an announcement made on Thursday. The...

Lotte to invest $55 mn in Indian ice cream subsidiary for 5 years

Lotte to invest $55 mn in Indian ice cream subsidiary for 5 years

South Korea-based Lotte Confectionery Co. will invest  4.5 billion rupees ($55.1 million) in its Indian unit Havmor Ice Cream in the next five ...

Korean confectionery and snack co. Orion enjoys brisk sales in Vietnam

Korean confectionery and snack co. Orion enjoys brisk sales in Vietnam

South Korea’s confectionery and snack maker Orion Corp. is enjoying rapid growth in Vietnam, thanks to brisk sales of the Choco-Pie, a chocola...

Saudi crown prince to meet Korean business leaders in Seoul

Saudi crown prince to meet Korean business leaders in Seoul

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is known to be planning meetings with leaders of major South Korean conglomerates, including S...

S-Oil to OK $6 billion Shaheen project as Saudi prince heads to Seoul

S-Oil to OK $6 billion Shaheen project as Saudi prince heads to Seoul

S-Oil Corp., the South Korean unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., will approve the much-touted 8 trillion won ($6 billion) Shaheen project to expand its ...

Korea's KB Securities to earn market's 1st quadruple crown

Korea's KB Securities to earn market's 1st quadruple crown

In a first for a Korean brokerage, KB Securities has led all major performance categories this year and could achieve the domestic sector's first "q...

Hyundai Oilbank, Lotte Confectionery tie up for biodiesel business

Hyundai Oilbank, Lotte Confectionery tie up for biodiesel business

Hyundai Oilbank Co., a South Korean refiner backed by Saudi Aramco, and food maker Lotte Confectionery Co. have forged a strategic partnership to jo...

Lotte Group’s confectionery and food shares jump 5% on merger news

Lotte Group’s confectionery and food shares jump 5% on merger news

Shares of both Lotte Confectionery and Lotte Food rose more than 5% Thursday on expectations of synergy effects from their upcoming merger. A d...

Lotte Confectionery to merge with Lotte Food

Lotte Confectionery to merge with Lotte Food

Lotte Group will merge its confectionery and foodstuff businesses, South Korea's fourth-largest conglomerate announced Wednesday.Lotte Confectionery...

Hyundai Motor wins triple crown of world rally championships

Hyundai Motor wins triple crown of world rally championships

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

Orion boosts presence in India's $15 bn confectionery market

Orion boosts presence in India's $15 bn confectionery market

South Korea-based confectionery Orion Corp. has set up a plant in India, the second-most populous country in the world, to respond quickly to local ...

Naver, Kakao wrestle for crown in webtoon market

Naver, Kakao wrestle for crown in webtoon market

South Korea’s leading webtoon (digital comics) platforms are wrestling to secure the No. 1 position in the global market as they work to tak...

Saudi crown prince to be top shareholder of Seoul-listed gaming firm

Saudi crown prince to be top shareholder of Seoul-listed gaming firm

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman has agreed to buy 240 billion won ($217 million) worth of shares in the South Korea-listed game...

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