Cohen & Steers names Andrew Shin to lead S.Korea institutional business
US-based investment firm Cohen & Steers Inc. has appointed Andrew Shin, a 20-year veteran of the institutional investment market, as vice presid...
S.Korea to elevate science minister to deputy prime minister to lead in AI race
South Korea will elevate its new science minister to a deputy ministerial post, giving him authority to serve as the top coordinator of the governme...
Samsung Biologics drives foreign lead in Korea’s biotech supply chain
A surge in orders from Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, has propelled South Korea to the forefront of global rev...
Korean financial firms launch global IR blitz to woo foreign capital
Chiefs of South Korea’s major financial groups – Shinhan, Woori and iM – are ramping up global investor outreach with new sharehol...
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...
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...
Strong momentum in non-US markets, digital real estate: Principal AM CEO
It is time to shift focus toward non-US markets after years of stellar performance of US assets driven by the robust world’s No. 1 economy, sa...
Warburg Pincus-Wide Creek Asset JV picks up 2nd Korean logistics asset
US private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC and South Korean real estate manager Wide Creek Asset Management Co. are building a logistics center for l...
South Korea’s pension fund NPS risks massive loss from Homeplus fiasco
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the nation’s biggest institutional investor, could lose more than 1 trillion won ($692 mil...
Korean exports snap 15 months of gains in Jan despite higher chip sales
South Korea’s exports dropped in January on-year for the first time in 16 months due to more holiday days in the month, although overseas sale...
Sales of K-Beauty surges in US e-commerce
The popularity of South Korean cosmetics in the US has increased, with sales of the products growing at four to five times the rate of the market ...
Korean cosmetics beat Chanel, Lancôme to rank top in US, Japan
South Korea’s cosmetics products, also known as K-beauty, have gained global renown, overtaking French brands such as Chanel and Lancôme...
Lotte Chemical’s JV to boost specialty chemicals output
Lotte Chemical Corp.'s joint venture with Japan’s Tokuyama Corp. will ramp up specialty chemicals production to accelerate its shift from...
Korea Inc. to face refunding risks with record corporate bond maturities
South Korean companies are expected to face refunding risks thanks to record corporate bond maturities in the first half of 2025, as fundraising con...
NPS enjoys 9.2% return as of Q3 on bullish US stocks
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s largest institutional investor, reported a preliminary 9.18% return from investments, equiva...
US private equity giant Apollo opens Seoul office for APAC expansion
Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, said on Monday it has opened an office in Seoul to expand its business in the Asia Pa...
State-run think tank KDI slashes GDP forecast, urges BOK to cut rates
The Korea Development Institute (KDI), South Korea’s state-run think tank, has slashed its forecasts for the country’s economic growth f...
Daedong opens autonomous robot subsidiary Daedong Robotics
Daedong Group, South Korea's leading agricultural machinery manufacturer, said on Monday it established Daedong Robotics, an intelligent autonomous ...
SK Broadband to launch nationwide dedicated line service in S.Korea
South Korea's SK Broadband said on Thursday that it will establish a nationwide network using Internet Protocol-Multi Protocol Label Switching (IP-M...
LG NOVA hosts Innovation Festival in US
LG Electronics Inc. 's North American Innovation Center (LG NOVA) said on Monday that it held an Innovation Festival last Wednesday and Thursday at ...
NPS signals more say in Hanmi Pharmaceutical's family feud
South Korea’s National Pension Service is indicating more active involvement in the management of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group embroiled in a ye...
Shinhan Card tops S.Korea's EPG ranking for financial institutions
South Korea's Shinhan Card said on Monday it was ranked as the leading company in the domestic financial sector in an environment, population, and g...
Biotech stocks, foreigners’ top pick in Korea amid panic selling
Foreigners and institutional investors in the South Korean stock market picked biotechs as their favorite shares in hopes of a biopharma stock jump ...
Hana Card, Toss Bank jointly launch PLCC card
South Korea's Hana Card announced on Friday that it partnered with Toss Bank to launch its first private label credit card (PLCC), the Toss Bank Cre...
Samsung C&T to participate in basic design of Romania SMR
Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, will participate in the basic design of the Romanian ...
Lotte to halve basic chemicals in portfolio for profitability
South Korea’s No. 2 petrochemicals manufacturer Lotte Chemical Corp. is set to more than halve its basic chemicals business by 2030 in its por...
KHNP builds i-SMR operation simulator
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced on Friday that it established a simulator at its central research center to verify the operational ...
Noul, CDC to start Malaria diagnosis project in Kenya
South Korea's Noul Co., an in-vitro diagnostics maker and artificial intelligence (AI)-based blood and cancer diagnostic platforms company, said o...
Korea likely to lift short-selling ban in April after leveling playing field
South Korea’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), said on Thursday it will extend its blanket stock short-selling ba...
NongHyup likely to join $654 mn bid for Seoul D Tower office building
South Korea’s NongHyup Financial Group Inc. (NH Financial) is likely to join the race for the purchase of Donuimun D Tower, a landmark office ...
