Maybe Happy Ending sweeps Tony Awards with six wins
"Maybe Happy Ending" swept the Tony Awards on Sunday, taking home six trophies, including for Best Musical, and the first time a Korean-originated p...
Kumho Tire shuts Gwangju plant after fire, derailing record sales run
Kumho Tire Co. has suspended all operations at its Gwangju plant in South Korea after a fire destroyed 50-60% of the production lines in one of its ...
Maybe Happy Ending: A robot love story that rewrote Broadway playbook
On an unremarkable evening in November 2024, inside the opulent Belasco Theatre in Manhattan, something quietly historic was taking place.A delicate...
Hanwha Ocean shares sink after KDB's sale of 4.2% stake
Investors rushed to dump Hanwha Ocean Co. shares early Tuesday after its second-largest shareholder, Korea Development Bank, cashed in on a 4.2% sta...
Meritz drops bid for troubled MG Non-Life Insurance; Liquidation looms
Meritz Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s second-most valuable financial holding firm, has dropped its bid to acquire financial distressed MG...
Hanwha agrees to buy 60% stake in Ourhome for $599 mn
South Korea’s Hanwha Group, which is seeking to re-enter the catering market five years after leaving the sector, has agreed to buy a nearly 6...
NPS initiates strategic currency hedging to unleash up to $48.2 billion
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, is set to beg...
Google unveils Android XR platform to launch on Samsung headset
SILICON VALLEY/SEOUL -- Global tech giant Google LLC on Thursday introduced a new operating system for extended reality (XR) devices to be installed...
Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures named Google Play's Best Game
"Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures", the globally popular mobile game of South Korean game developer DevSisters Corp., was selected the Best for Googl...
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...
Global sportswear brands race to ride on Korea’s running craze
Global sportswear makers have stepped up competition in South Korea to take advantage of the country’s growing running craze with major brands...
DevSisters, VNG Games sign Cookie Run Asia publishing deal
South Korean game developer DevSisters Corp. said on Friday that it signed a publishing agreement with Vietnamese game company VNG Games for "Cookie...
BTS Jin to open pop-up for solo album release
BTS Jin will open a pop-up titled “Running Wild to Happiness” from November 19 to December 1 at The Hyundai Seoul, marking the release o...
BTS Jin previews new song ‘I’ll Be There' ahead of release of his solo album
BTS Jin released “I'll Be There,” a preview track from his first solo album, on Friday, his agency Big Hit Music announced.“I'll B...
Korean brokerages flock to debt market with securities bonds on bull run
South Korea’s leading brokerage houses are flocking to the debt market as bonds issued by securities companies are in growing demand, industry...
BTS Jin reveals track list of 6 songs for solo album 'Happy'
The title track of the first solo album to be released by BTS member Jin is “Running Wild,” his agency Big Hit Music announced on Thursd...
Hyundai, Kia production may be disrupted by subsidiary labor strike
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s two largest carmakers, are likely to face disruptions in local production as their auto parts s...
Lotte Shopping to set up Singapore holding firm, eyes its IPO
Lotte Shopping Co., South Korea’s leading retail company, will transform its special purpose company (SPC) in Singapore into a holding firm to...
Korail to join Manila railway maintenance project
South Korea's state-run railway company Korea Railroad Corporation (Korail) said on Monday that it participates in the operation and maintenance (O&...
SPC, SK Telecom to collaborate on AI business
South Korea's SPC Group and SK Telecom Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate in various areas such as membership and busines...
LG Energy Solution sells upcycled products
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Wednesday that it has started selling upcycled products made from waste separators through Naver&rsq...
Samsung Galaxy S25 to run on Qualcomm chips
The Galaxy S25, a new iteration of Samsung Electronics Co.'s flagship Galaxy smartphone series, will run on Qualcomm Inc.’s application proces...
Kakao Pay to run Pangyo office with renewable energy
South Korea’s Kakao Pay Corp. said on Monday that it signed a green premium purchase agreement with Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the So...
KAI, TAI ink deal to boost T-50TH support
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Thai Aviation Industries (TAI), Thailand's state-owned aircraf...
Hyosung, Kolon’s tire cord plants running near 100% on insatiable demand
The business outlook is bright for Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. and Kolon Industries Inc., the world’s top two tire cord producers based i...
Half of EV imports in Korea run on Chinese batteries as EV fires rise
Of 58 electric vehicle models running on the streets of South Korea, 22 models are equipped with Chinese batteries, a survey showed on Friday.Accord...
CJ Group to hold K-festa in Vietnam
South Korea's CJ Group announced on Thursday that it will hold a "CJ K-festa" in Vietnam from Aug. 10 to Sept. 1, focusing on food, sports and movie...
S.Korean stocks log largest daily loss since pandemic
The South Korean stock market dropped more than 3% on Friday to breach the psychologically important barrier of 2,700 in almost two months, after we...
SK On logs record quarterly loss on sluggish EV market
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, on Thursday reported a record quarterly loss on the prolonged weakness in the electric veh...
Hyundai Premium Outlet runs AI Human for foreign customer
South Korea's Hyundai Premium Outlet announced on Tuesday that it will trial the artificial intelligence (AI) service AI Human at its Songdo store u...
