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...

Test case looms for Korea’s revised Commercial Act as VIP Asset challenges Lotte Rental’s rights issue to Affinity

Test case looms for Korea’s revised Commercial Act as VIP Asset challenges Lotte Rental’s rights issue to Affinity

Lotte Rental Co., South Korea’s No. 1 car rental and leasing company, is facing a backlash from a key minority shareholder over its planned ri...

Hyundai Motor’s high-stakes gambit in US: Cut vehicle prices as rivals hike theirs

Hyundai Motor’s high-stakes gambit in US: Cut vehicle prices as rivals hike theirs

As global automakers raise prices in the US market to respond to new Washington import tariffs, South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group is taking th...

With waning MZ interest, is heyday over for S.Korea’s golf apparel market?

With waning MZ interest, is heyday over for S.Korea’s golf apparel market?

South Korea’s once-dominant golf apparel market, the largest in the world at its peak, is rapidly losing steam, as sales tumble and brands scr...

South Korea moves to mandate treasury share cancellation

South Korea moves to mandate treasury share cancellation

South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party is accelerating its push to boost shareholder value by requiring listed companies to cancel treasury sha...

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...

LG Group executives to meet with Honda CEO to explore partnership

LG Group executives to meet with Honda CEO to explore partnership

LG Group is accelerating its efforts to build a partnership with Honda Motor Co. as South Korea's fourth-largest conglomerate beefs up its automotiv...

Korean commercial act revision to drive reevaluation of equities: J.P. Morgan

Korean commercial act revision to drive reevaluation of equities: J.P. Morgan

J.P. Morgan, a leading US investment bank, has thrown its weight behind South Korea’s landmark commercial act revision, saying that the new go...

Samsung Asset leads H1 AUM rankings amid ETF boom

Samsung Asset leads H1 AUM rankings amid ETF boom

South Korea’s asset management industry posted stellar growth in the first half of 2025, buoyed by a 28% surge in the country’s benchmar...

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...

Naver Webtoon’s Eleceed: Now anime by studio behind The First Slam Dunk

Naver Webtoon’s Eleceed: Now anime by studio behind The First Slam Dunk

High school student Seo Jiwoo knows nothing of the hidden world around him. Terrified of his own mysterious powers, he lives quietly, concealing his...

NH, KB Securities, Kookmin Bank, Kim & Chang lead capital markets in H1

NH, KB Securities, Kookmin Bank, Kim & Chang lead capital markets in H1

NH Investment & Securities Co. retained its lead in South Korea’s equity capital market (ECM) in the first half, riding a surge in large-s...

From G-Dragon to Ibuki: Dongmyo emerges as global fashion hotspot

From G-Dragon to Ibuki: Dongmyo emerges as global fashion hotspot

Once a humble thrift market popular among older locals in Seoul, Dongmyo Market, often dubbed Dongmyo flea market, has become a vibrant hotspot for ...

MSCI maintains S.Korea’s emerging-market status; level playing field eyed

MSCI maintains S.Korea’s emerging-market status; level playing field eyed

South Korea’s years-long bid for developed-market status has suffered yet another setback after global index provider MSCI Inc. declined to ad...

SK Hynix joins Samsung in 200 trillion won market cap club

SK Hynix joins Samsung in 200 trillion won market cap club

SK Hynix Inc. surpassed 200 trillion won ($147 billion) in market capitalization on Tuesday, becoming the second Korean stock in history to cross th...

Lockheed Martin, KAI to expand partnership to future defense, aerospace tech

Lockheed Martin, KAI to expand partnership to future defense, aerospace tech

Global defense giant Lockheed Martin Corp. and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) on Tuesday agreed to expand their collaboration into futur...

LG Energy Solution, Toyota Tsusho launch battery recycling JV in US

LG Energy Solution, Toyota Tsusho launch battery recycling JV in US

LG Energy Solution Ltd. has set up a battery recycling joint venture with Toyota Tsusho Corp. in the US, deepening the South Korean battery giant&rs...

US-South Korea talks scrapped after Trump's early G7 exit

US-South Korea talks scrapped after Trump's early G7 exit

A planned meeting between South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and US President Donald Trump was canceled on Monday after Trump unexpectedly left ...

Affirma Capital to acquire Equis’ Korean waste assets for $294 million

Affirma Capital to acquire Equis’ Korean waste assets for $294 million

Affirma Capital, a Singapore-headquartered buyout private equity firm, has agreed to acquire the entire portfolio of South Korean waste processing a...

Miri Capital closes in on STIC Investments chairman’s stake

Miri Capital closes in on STIC Investments chairman’s stake

Miri Capital Management LLC has steadily raised its stake in STIC Investments Inc., narrowing the ownership gap with the firm’s founder and Ch...

CJ CGV under pressure to shed China, Vietnam cinema assets

CJ CGV under pressure to shed China, Vietnam cinema assets

MBK Partners and Mirae Asset Securities Co. are considering divesting of their holdings in CGI Holdings Co., which oversees CJ CGV Co.’s multi...

LG Energy cracks China's cylindrical battery market with Chery deal

LG Energy cracks China's cylindrical battery market with Chery deal

LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Monday it has signed a six-year contract with Chery Automobile Co. to supply 8 gigawatts per hour (GWh) of next-gene...

Hyundai Motor-backed Motional names AI veteran Laura Major as CEO

Hyundai Motor-backed Motional names AI veteran Laura Major as CEO

Motional Inc., the autonomous driving joint venture backed by Hyundai Motor Group, has appointed Laura Major, an artificial intelligence and robotic...

President Lee: Businesses at center of policy priorities for economic growth

President Lee: Businesses at center of policy priorities for economic growth

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Friday pledged strong government support for the country’s businesses, while emphasizing the need for ...

Partners Group sees infrastructure secondaries quadrupling to $60 bn

Partners Group sees infrastructure secondaries quadrupling to $60 bn

Infrastructure secondaries are gaining momentum as the infrastructure sector attracts investors seeking stable and predictable returns amid heighten...

S.Korea’s No.1 dried seaweed firm Kwangcheonkim on market for $295 mn

S.Korea’s No.1 dried seaweed firm Kwangcheonkim on market for $295 mn

Kwangcheonkim Co., South Korea’s largest seaweed producer with a history spanning over 50 years, is up for grabs in a deal that could fetch up...

S.Korea eases path for foreign REITs in senior housing push

S.Korea eases path for foreign REITs in senior housing push

South Korea, grappling with a fast-aging population, has relaxed development and ownership rules for senior housing, opening the sector to foreign h...

Lee vows policy overhaul to spur dividend payouts

Lee vows policy overhaul to spur dividend payouts

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said on Wednesday that the government is preparing tax and regulatory reforms to spur dividend payouts as part ...

Coupang bids for Korean luxury market dominance with Farfetch

Coupang bids for Korean luxury market dominance with Farfetch

Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce player, is set to seize control of the country’s online luxury market with Farfetch amid ...

LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess

LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate by assets, should step up its efforts to foster future growth with promising technologies,...

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