CJ Olive Young opens Hongdae Town for K-beauty experience

CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, announced on Thursday that it will open Olive Young Hongdae Town, a specialty stor...

Growing controversy over call to share profits for using wind energy

Renewable energy companies in South Korea are facing growing pressure to share their profits from wind or solar energy electricity generation, stirr...

Kakao Entertainment seeks restructuring, closer ties with Piccoma

South Korea's Kakao Entertainment Corp., a unit of mobile platform giant Kakao Corp., is seeking renewed growth through corporate restructuring and ...

Shinhan to build landmark office tower for non-banking units

Shinhan Financial Group Co., South Korea's second-largest financial group, plans to build a new high-rise office tower in Seoul’s central busi...

CJ Olive Young opens specialized store for foreigners in Seoul

South Korea's health and beauty store chain CJ Olive Young announced on Wednesday it has changed its flagship store Olive Young Myeongdong Town as...

SKIET rejuvenates old mining town in Poland as green industry hub

DABROWA GORNICZA, Poland – It was not long ago that the Polish city of Dabrowa Gornicza in Silesia Province was struggling to bring back its g...

GoodGang Labs attracts $2 mn from Kakao Investment

South Korea's GoodGang Labs, a startup focused on developing a 3D avatar-based communication platform, announced on Thursday that it has secured an ...

Korea's electric battery maker SK On predicts 'tangible results' from 2024

"Despite many difficulties early on, we can see tangible results from next year if we overcome such challenges.”Chey Jae-won, CEO and executiv...

Hanjin launches global C2C purchase platform Hoot Town

Hanjin Transportation, a logistics and B2B/B2C delivery business subsidiary of South Korea’s Hanjin Group, has launched Hoot Town, a global co...

Daewoo consortium to develop building complex in Hanoi new town

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. has said it signed a contract on Jan. 26. to develop the H1HH1 block in Starlake, a new urban town in no...

NH Investment-backed REIT likely to buy Samsung Town building

A South Korean real estate investment trust firm sponsored by NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. was picked as a preferred buyer of Samsung C&...

Blackstone, Temasek’s Mapletree in $700 mn auction for Samsung Town office

The Blackstone Group and Temasek-backed Mapletree Investments are competing with South Korean asset managers and brokerage firms in the auction for Sa...