South Korea’s EV exports rebound in June after 16-month decline

South Korea’s EV exports rebound in June after 16-month decline

South Korea’s exports of electric vehicles bounced back last month, snapping a 16-month decline streak as robust demand from Europe helped off...

Kia's Lego-like PV5 with 16 variants to hit market in July

Kia's Lego-like PV5 with 16 variants to hit market in July

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest carmaker under Hyundai Motor Group, is set to redefine mobility solutions with its modular electric pl...

Deal graveyard: S.Korean F&B franchise sales left without takers

Deal graveyard: S.Korean F&B franchise sales left without takers

Korean food is making waves globally, but back home, the story is different for food and beverage franchise operators. Franchisors in South Korea ar...

Korean waste management firm Koentec put on market for $730 mn

Korean waste management firm Koentec put on market for $730 mn

Korea Environment Technology Co. (Koentec) is up for sale in a deal that could fetch up to 1 trillion won ($730.4 million) with global private equit...

JKL Partners to acquire $150 mn cult-favorite bagel chain London Bagel

JKL Partners to acquire $150 mn cult-favorite bagel chain London Bagel

JKL Partners Inc., a Seoul-based private equity firm, is set to acquire London Bagel Museum, a growing sensation in South Korea’s booming prem...

F&F’s bid for TaylorMade complicates Centroid's exit

F&F’s bid for TaylorMade complicates Centroid's exit

South Korean fashion retailer F&F Co., the largest strategic investor in TaylorMade Golf Co., has announced a bid for the golf equipment and app...

Dongwon Industries to delist wholly owned Dongwon F&B

Dongwon Industries to delist wholly owned Dongwon F&B

Dongwon Industries Co., the holding company of South Korea’s seafood-to-logistics Dongwon Group, will delist its canned tuna-manufacturing sub...

NPS pours $3.9 bn to buttress Korean stock market

NPS pours $3.9 bn to buttress Korean stock market

South Korea’s National Pension Service, the country’s largest institutional investor, has come to the rescue of the domestic stock marke...

L&F to invest $10 mn in Mitra Chem for US LFP production

L&F to invest $10 mn in Mitra Chem for US LFP production

L&F Co., a South Korean electric vehicle battery materials supplier, plans to invest $10 million in Mitra Chem, a US lithium-ion battery ingredi...

JPMorgan, Jefferies picked to manage TaylorMade Golf sale

JPMorgan, Jefferies picked to manage TaylorMade Golf sale

Centroid Investment Partners, a Seoul-based private equity firm, has selected JPMorgan and Jefferies as lead managers for the sale of TaylorMade Gol...

Hyundai Motor vows record investment of $16.7 bn in South Korea

Hyundai Motor vows record investment of $16.7 bn in South Korea

Hyundai Motor Group will invest 24.3 trillion won ($16.7 billion) this year in South Korea, the largest-ever annual investment in its home country, ...

L&F to supply ultra-high nickel cathodes to Korean, US EV makers

L&F to supply ultra-high nickel cathodes to Korean, US EV makers

South Korea’s leading battery materials maker L&F Co. plans to begin mass production of nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) battery cathodes wit...

LG Electronics logs highest-ever Q3 revenue

LG Electronics logs highest-ever Q3 revenue

LG Electronics Inc. posted its highest-ever sales in the third quarter this year because of the updated home appliances business portfolio, which fo...

S.Korea’s KF-21, Lockheed's F-16 shortlisted for Philippine fighter jet deal

S.Korea’s KF-21, Lockheed's F-16 shortlisted for Philippine fighter jet deal

South Korea’s homegrown fighter jet KF-21 is competing against US defense firm Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-16 for the Philippine governmen...

Galaxy S24 Ultra named best cellphone in US by consumer magazine

Galaxy S24 Ultra named best cellphone in US by consumer magazine

Samsung Electronics Co. 's Galaxy S24 Ultra was ranked as the best-performing smartphone in the US, surpassing Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro Max in a ...

Jeju Air launches new Batam, Bali routes

Jeju Air launches new Batam, Bali routes

Jeju Air Co., South Korea's leading low-cost carrier (LCC), said on Tuesday that it will launch the routes to Batam and Bali, Indonesia. It's t...

Alternative investment experts to gather Oct. 16-17 at ASK 2024

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 Motor Group’s software unit launches cybersecurity division

Hyundai Motor Group’s software unit launches cybersecurity division

Hyundai AutoEver Corp., Hyundai Motor Group’s software unit, is set to boost its automotive cybersecurity business by launching a new division...

AI startup MarqVision raises $16.5 mn to close Series A round

AI startup MarqVision raises $16.5 mn to close Series A round

MarqVision Inc., a startup developing an artificial intelligence-powered intellectual property (IP) protection platform, raised 22 billion won ($16....

Hyundai Steel set to supply iron powder to Korean LFP cathode makers

Hyundai Steel set to supply iron powder to Korean LFP cathode makers

Hyundai Steel Co., a unit of South Korean automotive group Hyundai Motor Co., is set to enter the battery materials business by supplying iron powde...

Paradise opens VIP-only casino at Walkerhill Hotel

Paradise opens VIP-only casino at Walkerhill Hotel

Paradise Co., a South Korean casino operator, unveiled a new VIP section at its Walkerhill Hotel casino, aiming to capitalize on its recent performa...

Samsung strives to prevent musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace

Samsung strives to prevent musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is striving to prevent musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in its workplace to imp...

Woori signs $1.16 bn deal to acquire Tongyang, ABL Life from China’s Dajia

Woori signs $1.16 bn deal to acquire Tongyang, ABL Life from China’s Dajia

Woori Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest financial services provider, said on Wednesday it has signed a deal to acquire Tongya...

Korea's KEDI-based ETFs boom; net assets double in 2 months

Korea's KEDI-based ETFs boom; net assets double in 2 months

South Korean exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking KEDI, an index set created by The Korea Economic Daily, are booming on growing investor demand fo...

SK Telecom releases Liberation Day remastering video

SK Telecom releases Liberation Day remastering video

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. restored footage and audio from around the time of the country's liberation in 1945, allowing modern audiences to share...

Korea's warehouses suffer oversupply, rising vacancies

Korea's warehouses suffer oversupply, rising vacancies

Logistics centers in Seoul suburbs are suffering oversupply and rising vacancy rates, according to a report from South Korean commercial real estate...

F&F to expand Discovery brand across Asia

F&F to expand Discovery brand across Asia

F&F Co., a South Korean clothing company, said on Monday it signed an exclusive deal with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) to bring the outdoor bran...

LG to foster smart factory business as new B2B growth driver

LG to foster smart factory business as new B2B growth driver

PYEONGTAEK, Gyeonggi Province -- LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, aims to foster its smart factory business as a new gr...

F&F to expand Discovery clothing business across Asia

F&F to expand Discovery clothing business across Asia

F&F Co., a South Korean clothing company, has secured exclusive rights to use the Discovery Channel brand across Asia to reinvent the documentar...

GC Biopharma sells HK subsidiary to CR Pharm Group for $254 mn

GC Biopharma sells HK subsidiary to CR Pharm Group for $254 mn

South Korea’s GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Wednesday that it signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) to sell all its shares in its Hong Kon...

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