Korea Investment & Securities, UBP seek private banking partnership
Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), a unit of Korea Investment Holdings Co., said on Thursday it has discussed a strategic partnership with...
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...
S.Korea’s Bebesup earns China nod for baby skincare, eyes global expansion
Bebesup, a leading South Korean baby skincare and wipe brand, has secured a registration certificate from the China National Medical Products Admini...
LG links up with Chinese rivals for budget appliance supremacy
LG Electronics Inc. has turned its rivals into allies in an unlikely pact to win the budget appliance war and ward off Chinese competitors rapidly e...
India’s love for K-ice cream spurs Lotte to boost expansion
South Korean confectionery giant Lotte Wellfood Co. is targeting 15% sales growth in India this year, following the completion of a merger betw...
Korea Investment & Securities, Capital Group eye product launch in Korea
Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), a unit of Korea Investment Holdings Co., is exploring new offshore funds for individual investors in co...
POSCO sets sights on lithium production in US
POSCO Holdings Inc. has teamed up with Australia’s Anson Resources Ltd. to build a direct lithium extraction (DLE) demonstration plant in the ...
Xiaomi to open first offline store in S.Korea with premium products
Xiaomi Inc., a Chinese technology giant, will open its first offline store in South Korea next week, about six months after its virtual foray into t...
Loss-making Lotte Chemical to sell water treatment unit to Synopex
Lotte Chemical Corp., South Korea’s second-largest petrochemical company grappling with mounting losses amid a prolonged industry downturn, wi...
Lotte Biologics signs antibody drug CMO deal with UK’s Ottimo Pharma
BOSTON – Lotte Biologics Co. has signed a deal to manufacture an antibody therapy for British biotech startup Ottimo Pharma as the South Korea...
POSCO inducted into World Steel Dynamics’ Hall of Fame
South Korea’s POSCO Group has been permanently inducted into the Hall of Fame by the World Steel Dynamics (WSD), a US steel industry research ...
Lotte Chemical, HD Hyundai seek to combine naphtha cracking facilities
Lotte Chemical Corp. and HD Hyundai Co. are in talks to consolidate their naphtha cracking operations in South Korea’s Daesan petrochemical co...
Hanwha Q Cells eyes tandem cell mass production in 2027
Hanwha Q Cells Co., the solar panel manufacturing unit of South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp., is expected to commercialize tandem modules by 2027,...
UK chip testing device maker TeraView seeks Kosdaq debut
TeraView Ltd., a UK semiconductor inspection device maker, is aiming to list on South Korea’s Kosdaq market in the second half of this year, i...
Lotte to retake $269 mn stake in logistics arm after flopped IPO
Lotte Group, South Korea’s fifth-largest conglomerate by assets, will buy back a stake in Lotte Global Logistics Co. from the latter’s f...
With Ulta deal, APR steps up US beauty push
Medicube, the beauty-tech brand under South Korea’s fast-growing beauty company APR Co., will sell its products through both online and offlin...
MBK’s Lotte Card sale gains momentum amid Homeplus fallout
North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners’ second attempt to exit Lotte Card Co., South Korea’s fifth-largest car issuer, is g...
Samsung steps up AR race with advanced microdisplay for smart glasses
Samsung Electronics Co. has launched a major push into next-generation microdisplays for augmented reality (AR) glasses as it aims to position itsel...
Korea Investment & Securities to sell Goldman Sachs funds
Korea Investment & Securities Co. said on Tuesday it is set to sell funds operated by Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP in South Korea, offering...
Kia maintains double-digit margin in Q1 with record revenue
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, extended its double-digit profit margin streak to a 10th consecutive quarter, posting recor...
Hyundai Motor posts solid Q1; rough road ahead on Trump's auto tariffs
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. defied mounting global trade headwinds and a fresh round of US import tariffs to deliver record ...
India: Tantalizing frontier for K-food’s global ambitions beyond China
South Korea’s processed food exports to India have surged to a record 6 trillion won ($4.1 billion), marking a significant milestone in the gr...
Hyundai's nuclear-grade steel earns US quality certification
South Korean steelmaker Hyundai Steel Co. said on Wednesday it has received the Nuclear Material Supplier Quality System Certificate (QSC) from the ...
POSCO eyes investment in Hyundai Steel’s US plant
POSCO, the world’s seventh-largest steelmaker, is seeking to invest in smaller rival Hyundai Steel Co.'s first overseas plant in the US, in ex...
S.Korea’s foreigners-only casinos bask in return of Chinese high rollers
South Korea’s foreigners-only casinos are witnessing a significant rise in their sales revenue with the return of high rollers from China and ...
LG Electronics set for early-May Indian stock market debut
LG Electronics Inc. is set to list its wholly owned subsidiary in India on the country's stock exchange in early May, aiming to raise up to $1.5 bil...
UBS tops Korea’s buyout deal advisory in Q1 thanks to Lotte
UBS Group AG, the frontrunner in South Korea's M&A market last year, retained the top position in the country's buyout advisory market in the fi...
MicroDigital's Disco Pang Pang-inspired bioreactors debut in US
MicroDigital Co., a bio-instrument and diagnostic kit manufacturer, is set to launch single-use bioreactors in the US, marking the first shipment of...
Samsung SDI launches mass production of 46 mm-diameter batteries
Samsung SDI Co. has become South Korea’s first company to mass-produce cylindrical 46-millimeter(46 mm)-diameter batteries, regarded as ...
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...
