South Korea’s Lee completes cabinet lineup with IT executive, lawmaker

South Korea’s Lee completes cabinet lineup with IT executive, lawmaker

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has tapped an information technology firm executive as culture minister and a ruling party lawmaker as land min...

Yonsei University: Unlikely yet adroit dealmaker in S.Korea’s M&A market

Yonsei University: Unlikely yet adroit dealmaker in S.Korea’s M&A market

For decades, or probably for centuries, Yonsei University has been seen as an ivory tower – a place for academics – in South Korea.One o...

DB Group eyes Hanyang Securities amid KCGI deal uncertainty

DB Group eyes Hanyang Securities amid KCGI deal uncertainty

DB Group, which owns DB Securities Co. and DB Insurance Co., is considering acquiring Hanyang Securities Co., as a deal by South Korean private equi...

Korea's science ministry picks 10 AI, digital startups to back global growth

Korea's science ministry picks 10 AI, digital startups to back global growth

South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT on Thursday announced that it has selected 10 startups founded by Koreans in a program to support th...

Samsung seeks tech alliance with top US universities for robotics, AI, 6G

Samsung seeks tech alliance with top US universities for robotics, AI, 6G

In an ambitious bid to shape the future of technology, Samsung Electronics Co. is launching a sweeping initiative to collaborate with elite North Am...

Political crisis ups downside risk to S.Korea’s economy: S&P, Moody’s

Political crisis ups downside risk to S.Korea’s economy: S&P, Moody’s

Global credit rating agencies are warning of looming downward pressure on South Korea’s sovereign credit rating about a month after Asia&rsquo...

Yanolja launches NOL Universe after merging OTA platforms

Yanolja launches NOL Universe after merging OTA platforms

SoftBank-backed Yanolja Co., South Korea’s top travel and accommodation booking platform operator, on Friday introduced a new platform called ...

KCGI buys control of Hanyang Securities for $166 mn

KCGI buys control of Hanyang Securities for $166 mn

KCGI, a South Korean private equity firm, has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Hanyang Securities Co. for 220.3 billion won ($166 million), slig...

Hyundai Motor Group to nurture young talent in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Group to nurture young talent in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Group said on Wednesday that it held the inaugural ceremony for the first cohort of H-Jump School Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia, the...

Activst fund KCGI struggles to fund Hanyang Securities deal

Activst fund KCGI struggles to fund Hanyang Securities deal

KCGI, a South Korean private equity firm, has been struggling to raise funds for its 244.9-billion-won ($183 million) purchase of a controlling stak...

Samyang Roundsquare to recruit foreign interns

Samyang Roundsquare to recruit foreign interns

Samyang Roundsquare, the holding company of South Korea's Samyang Group, said on Friday that it recruits foreign interns with the potential for full...

Activist fund KCGI to buy Hanyang Securities for $180 mn

Activist fund KCGI to buy Hanyang Securities for $180 mn

South Korean private equity firm KCGI Co. is expected to acquire local brokerage house Hanyang Securities Co. for 244.9 billion won ($179.8 million)...

Hanwha, Univ. of Surrey to team up for space business

Hanwha, Univ. of Surrey to team up for space business

Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s major aerospace and defense system developer, announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understan...

Hanyang Securities stake draws bids without sale manager

Hanyang Securities stake draws bids without sale manager

Hanyang Securities Co. has received preliminary bids from four to five South Korean companies or consortia for its 11.3% stake after its controlling...

HD KSOE partners with University of Michigan to foster US ship engineers

HD KSOE partners with University of Michigan to foster US ship engineers

South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) has joined hands with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (UM) a...

Brokerage firm Hanyang Securities' 11.3% stake up for sale

Brokerage firm Hanyang Securities' 11.3% stake up for sale

South Korea’s Hanyang University Foundation has decided to sell 11.3% of common shares and all the preferred stocks it holds in brokerage arm ...

Hanyang Securities up for sale; in talks with KCGI, Woori

Hanyang Securities up for sale; in talks with KCGI, Woori

Hanyang Securities Co., a small South Korean brokerage firm, has been put on the market as its parent Hanyang University Foundation scrambles to kee...

LG Uplus, GIST to build metaverse campus

LG Uplus, GIST to build metaverse campus

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday a business agreement with the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) to develop a uni...

Hyundai Motor, Kia to develop alternative to rare earth materials

Hyundai Motor, Kia to develop alternative to rare earth materials

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have partnered with South Korea's universities to secure materials for vehicle electrification components.Hyundai Mo...

NPS corp governance committee taps SNU professor as member

NPS corp governance committee taps SNU professor as member

A corporate governance committee of South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, has named a Seoul Na...

LG Uplus unveils Yonsei Univ. Metaverse Campus

LG Uplus unveils Yonsei Univ. Metaverse Campus

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Tuesday that its university metaverse platform Uverse unveiled a dedicated metaverse campus called Meta Yo...

Universal Music acquires 10-year distribution rights to HYBE music

Universal Music acquires 10-year distribution rights to HYBE music

The world’s largest music company Universal Music Group (UMG) has struck an exclusive deal to distribute music from HYBE Co., the South Korean...

Samsung to release pianist Seong-Jin Cho’s 8K video

Samsung to release pianist Seong-Jin Cho’s 8K video

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release the worldwide famous pianist Seong-Jin Cho’s live performance video in 8K...

Orion, VNUA to team up for potato production

Orion, VNUA to team up for potato production

South Korea’s confectionery and snack maker Orion Corp. announced on Friday that it signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Institut...

KAIST, MIT jointly open Quantum Winter School

KAIST, MIT jointly open Quantum Winter School

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Monday that it is partnering with the Massachusetts Institute of Techn...

Hanyang, Air Products to co-work for green ammonia

Hanyang, Air Products to co-work for green ammonia

South Korea's Hanyang Corporation announced on Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the US industrial gas company Air Product...

Hyundai partners with University of London for African market strategy

Hyundai partners with University of London for African market strategy

Hyundai Motor Group announced on Friday its plan to establish two research centers in conjunction with the University of London (UoL) to delve int...

Lotte's chemical units look for talent from US universities

Lotte's chemical units look for talent from US universities

Lotte Group's two chemical units in South Korea searched for talent in US universities.Lotte Chemical Corp. and Lotte Fine Chemical Co. organized ...

Hyundai, Kia to launch solution for mobility impaired in Singapore

Hyundai, Kia to launch solution for mobility impaired in Singapore

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are extending their Universal Mobility Project to Singapore with a new initiative aimed at aiding the ...

Moderna signs mRNA access deals with S.Korea's universities

Moderna signs mRNA access deals with S.Korea's universities

The US biotech and pharmaceutical company Moderna on Friday announced signings of contracts with the academic-industry cooperation foundations of Ko...

Kakao Pay backs out of acquisition deal for SSG Pay, Smile Pay Hanwha in talks to buy five-star hotel Paraspara Seoul 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