JLL, Savills to lead Seoul Square sale in $1 bn deal
JLL and Savills have been tapped to lead the sale of Seoul Square, a landmark office tower, valued at around 1.4 trillion won ($1 billion), adding t...
Asia Property to buy WeWork building in Seoul
Seoul-based real estate investment firm Asia Property has been picked as the sole preferred bidder for an office building currently occupied by cowo...
NPS closes $1.6 bn Korean office deal; scientists pension eyes NCSOFT building
The National Pension Service (NPS) has completed the purchase of One Grove for 2.3 trillion won ($1.6 billion), its largest single real estate inves...
CJ ENM, SK Square invest $179 mn in Wavve ahead of merger with TVing
South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co. and SK Group’s investment arm SK Square Co. have invested a combined 250 billion won ($179 mi...
SK Square to buy back $72 mn shares amid Palliser's value-up push
SK Square Co., the investment arm of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, announced shareholder-friendly measures on Thursday, in respon...
CJ Logistics opens cold-chain logistics center in Georgia
South Korea's CJ Logistics said on Thursday that it completed the construction of a large-scale cold-chain logistics center in the US and has begu...
HJ S&C wins $200 mn Philippines new port construction project order
HJ Shipbuilding & Construction Co. (HJ S&C) said on Thursday its construction division secured a 280 billion won ($200 million) contract to ...
Seoul to light up Myeong-dong with LEDs like Times Square
Seoul will light up Myeong-dong, a bustling area with office workers and shoppers in the heart of the city, with 16 large outdoor digital billboards...
Activist fund Palliser demands SK Square draw up value-boosting measures
UK-based activist fund Palliser Capital Ltd. is calling on SK Square Co., the investment arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK G...
Activist Palliser Pushes for Change at AI Chip Investor SK Square
Activist investor Palliser Capital has built a stake in the holding company of highflying artificial-intelligence chip maker SK Hynix Inc. and is pu...
LG Electronics releases World Food Day campaign
LG Electronics Inc. said on Tuesday that it will display World Food Day on outdoor billboards in Times Square, New York, and Piccadilly Circus, Lond...
Hyundai Motor celebrates 100 mn vehicles with special exhibition
Hyundai Motor Co. is celebrating the production of its 100 millionth vehicle with a month-long exhibition, "One Step Further," starting October 10 a...
LG releases sea lion-themed animal conservation video in Times Square
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has unveiled a sea lion-themed video for its “The LG Endangered Species Series” campaig...
S.Korea’s LIG Nex1, Iraq set for $2.6 billion deal on M-SAM missile system
Iraq has decided to import South Korean-made mid-range surface-to-air missile (M-SAM) system II, known as Cheongung II, in a deal estimated at $2.6 ...
IGIS puts NPS-backed building in Seoul on sale for $294 mn
IGIS Asset Management Co., one of Asia's largest real estate investment firms, is seeking to sell a building backed by South Korea’s National ...
Hanwha Ocean wins $332 mn ship order from S.Korean Navy
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. announced on Thursday that it was selected as the preferred bidder for the second auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOE)...
Bibigo releases 3D ad in New York Times Square
CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s Korean food brand Bibigo announced on Thursday that it launched a large-scale outdoor 3D advertisement for the Bibigo brand i...
Hanwha Q Cells gets solar power plant order in Colorado
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar panel manufacturing arm of South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp., said on Thursday that it has secured a large-scale sola...
Hanwha Systems signs $867 million missile radar deal with Saudi Arabia
Hanwha Systems Co., a leading South Korean defense company, said on Tuesday it has clinched a $867 million deal to supply its advanced mobile multi-...
SK Square to ramp up chip investment with new CEO
South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group said on Thursday that its investment arm SK Square Co., led by new CEO Han Myung-jin, will ramp ...
LG screens World Environment Day campaign in New York, London
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it has screend the World Environment Day (June 5) campaign video on its outdoor billboards in New York'...
LIG Nex1 participates in Malaysia's DSA 2024
South Korea's major defense system developer LIG Nex1 Co. announced on Tuesday that it's participating in the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2024 exhib...
BOK's rate policy back to square one after GDP, Fed comments
TBILISI, Georgia – The Bank of Korea (BOK) will go back to square one on monetary policy as stronger-than-expected economic growth in the...
Krafton shares sink as SK Square taps 2.2% block trade
Shares of Krafton Inc., South Korea’s gaming behemoth, lost about 8% on Tuesday on news that SK Square Co., an investment arm of the country&r...
LG Elec sees AI air conditioner sales 30% increase in Q1
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday that the sales of air conditioner models equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) features in the Whisen l...
KTO, Orange Square to promote tourism for Japanese
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) and South Korea's Orange Square signed a business agreement on Thursday to encourage more spending by Japanese ...
Samsung SDS gets CEIV Pharma certification
South Korea's Samsung SDS Co. said on Wednesday that it has achieved the Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics...
SK Ecoplant completes battery recycling plant in China
South Korea’s SK Ecoplant announced on Wednesday that it completed a battery recycling plant in the Yancheng Economic and Technological Develo...
Naver, PIF-backed JV join hands for Saudi Arabia’s smart cities
South Korean online portal giant Naver Corp. is planning to accelerate Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation in partnership with a tech firm b...
SK gives up e-commerce platform management
SK Group, South Korea's No. 2 conglomerate, gave up its online retail platform 11Street Co. as financial investors are now able to sell off their st...
