Meritz leaps to No. 2 financial holding firm in South Korea
Meritz Financial Group Inc., once a medium-sized financial service firm in South Korea, has become the second-most valuable publicly traded financia...
Korea’s Cactus PE to buy stake in Kosdaq-listed EV parts firm
South Korea’s Cactus Private Equity is set to acquire a stake in YM Tech Co., a Kosdaq-listed electric vehicle (EV) parts maker, for nearly 20...
SK Hynix develops high-capacity SSD for AI data center
SK Hynix Inc. unveiled on Wednesday its high-capacity solid-state drive (SSD) product PS1012 U.2, designed for AI data centers with 61 terabyte (TB)...
E-Land sets sights on Vietnam as its next China, to open 10 outlets by 2025
South Korea’s retail giant E-Land Group has set its sights on Vietnam as its next target market after China, planning to open 10 outlets there...
Kim Jong Un’s Message to Trump: We’re Not Interested
SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared to rebuff the prospect of reviving his nuclear diplomacy with President-elect Do...
Indian stock market gears up for leap: NSE CEO
India’s stock market is gearing up for a leap thanks to an influx of retail investors seeking better returns and the lower barriers for small ...
S.Korea’s reshoring companies pale amid lack of support, incentives
Reshoring, or a corporate U-turn to the home country from an overseas location, has been the global trend since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemi...
Colosseum poised for next leap with global expansion drive
Colosseum Corporation Inc., a fulfillment startup based in South Korea, has set its sights on global conquest with its nationwide and international ...
LG Uplus analyzes ad performance with GenAI
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Monday that it has introduced generative AI technology to its integrated advertising platform U+AD, adding...
HL Holdings wins exclusive AS parts deal from Stellantis
HL Holdings Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s construction-to-auto parts conglomerate HL Group, will be the exclusive supplier of af...
While the World Was Looking Elsewhere, North Korea Became a Bigger Threat
SEOUL—In March 2022, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walked out of a massive hangar wearing a bomber jacket and dark sunglasses. He pointed to t...
Jay Y. Lee heads to Middle East, Malaysia for next Samsung takeoff
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee has embarked on a business trip to the Middle East in his first overseas trip since a South Korean court...
SK Telecom gears up for AI leap in 2024
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, will expedite its transition into an artificial intelligence company this year after its...
South Korean bio, pharma industry set to take leap
South Korea’s chemical maker LG Chem Ltd. is expected to reap more than 1 trillion won ($768.5 million) in sales this year from its new growth...
E-Land eyes another leap forward in China under new strategy
SHANGHAI – E-Land World Ltd., a South Korean fashion and retail company, is gearing up for another leap forward in China, where the company&rs...
Russia Pushes Security Talks With North Korea, China
SEOUL—Russia said it supports holding regular security talks with North Korea and China to address the threat posed by the U.S. on the Korean ...
Corning stepping stone for Samsung's global leap: Chairman Lee
Their relationship dates back to 1973 when Samsung founder Lee Byung-chull and Amory Houghton Jr., then-chairman of Corning Inc., met to discuss a b...
SK Pharmteco gears up for big leap in advanced biotherapies
SK Pharmteco Co., South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), is upping the ante in its b...
Camp David Summit to Unite U.S., South Korea, Japan
WASHINGTON—A new trilateral alliance linking the U.S., South Korea and Japan will enhance cooperation among the nations in key areas, includin...
LG Uplus to equip Toyota Highlander’s infotainment platform
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Friday its strategy to outfit Toyota's Highlander, a seven-seater SUV, with Toyota Connect, powered by t...
Kia’s Gwangju auto plant gears up for 2nd heyday with EVs
GWANGJU, South Jeolla Province -- Kia Corp.'s plant in Gwangju, about 270 kilometers south of Seoul, bustled with workers and cars, including its be...
POSCO readies for leap to carbon-neutral steel
South Korea’s POSCO Group is preparing to produce carbon-neutral steel, using hydrogen instead of fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas, w...
CJ dreams to build new kingdom in US with massive investment
CJ Group, a major South Korean conglomerate with a wide range of businesses spanning everything from food to bio, livestock feed, logistics, enterta...
Hansae: Hidden Korean champion in global OEM apparel market
Hansae is an unfamiliar name to many South Koreans for sure.But among original equipment manufacturing (OEM) companies in the apparel industry, Hans...
Celltrion drops bid to acquire Baxter’s biopharm unit
Celltrion Inc. announced on Tuesday it has decided not to pursue the acquisition of the biopharmaceutical unit of U.S. medical device maker Baxter I...
Hyundai’s quantum leap: how it shines through in crisis
Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. are slated to log a combined 150 million units of car sales this month. The carmakers of Hyundai Motor...
South Korea to Probe Circumstances Around Reported Leak of Classified U.S. Documents
SEOUL—A South Korean official said the government was investigating the circumstances around a leak of highly classified U.S. documents that a...
LG tops in market cap gain, beating Samsung, SK, Hyundai Motor
The total market value of companies under South Korea’s fourth-largest business group LG increased the most in a year, beating out its bigger ...
U.S., South Korea Vie Over Extradition of Crypto Fugitive Do Kwon
The U.S. and South Korea are both seeking to extradite captured crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon from Montenegro, authorities in the tiny European nation...
Korea's Kooksoondang sees its makgeolli exports surpass $10 mn mark
Kooksoondang Co., a South Korean brewery that produces traditional rice-based wines, announced on Tuesday that its exports reached an all-time high ...
