Shinsegae chair likely to head Asian arm of pro-Trump Rockbridge
Chung Yong-jin, chairman of South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Inc., is likely to head the Asian operations of the Rockbridge Network, a gro...
Ex-TSMC executive joins Samsung Foundry to lead US expansion
Samsung Electronics Co. has brought a former Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (TSMC) executive on board to lead its North American fo...
Shinhan expands global IR push to woo foreign investors
Shinhan Financial Group Co. is stepping up efforts to attract foreign investors with back-to-back global investor relations (IR) campaigns, as South...
Morgan Stanley stalwart Cho bows out after over 10 years at the helm
The investment banking head of Morgan Stanley’s Seoul office is stepping down after overseeing a series of landmark deals over more than a dec...
Ex-US Congressman Drew Ferguson to head Hyundai's Washington office
Hyundai Motor Group has appointed former Republican Congressman Drew Ferguson as head of its Washington office, a strategic move designed to bolster...
HD Hyundai, Palantir chiefs discuss AI shipyard, defense technology
Chung Kisun, executive vice chairman of the world’s largest shipbuilder HD Hyundai Co., has met with Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies I...
Hyundai Motor taps ex-CPPIB private equity head Suyi Kim for board role
Hyundai Motor Co. has tapped Suyi Kim, former private equity head of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Benjamin Tan, an ex-portfo...
South Korean IPO market headed into winter after pitiful LG CNS debut
Companies in South Korea are expected to refrain from seeking initial public offerings for a while after the country’s much-anticipated new bl...
Blackstone zooms in on hotels, warehouses in Korea
The global real estate market is poised for a recovery, led by industrial warehouses, residential facilities and data centers benefiting from declin...
Korean firms halt bond, share issues despite tighter liquidity
South Korean companies are postponing bond issues and initial public offerings on chilled investor sentiment in the aftermath of President Yoon Suk ...
BlackRock names Lee Yoon Pyo as head of S.Korea business
BlackRock, the world's best-known asset manager, has appointed Lee Yoon Pyo as managing director and head of its South Korea operations, effective f...
KIC bets on AI-driven value creation: CEO
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will aggressively explore early investment opportunities in sectors undergoing AI-driven in...
NPS bullish on real estate in low interest era: chairman
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will raise exposure to residential housing and data centers to take advantage of lower interest r...
Samsung chip head vows drastic revamp after flagging weak Q3 earnings
Jun Young-hyun, vice chairman and head of Samsung Electronics Co.'s semiconductor business, on Tuesday vowed to take drastic steps to improve profit...
CJ Olive Young, Musinsa rivalry heats up in Brooklyn of Seoul
South Korea’s top beauty chain CJ Olive Young Corp. is turning up the heat against Musinsa to contain the rise of the country’s No. 1 on...
CPPIB global private equity head Suyi Kim to leave
Suyi Kim, global private equity head at Canada Pension Plan Investments Board (CPPIB), is set to leave the world’s seventh-largest pension fun...
NCSOFT taps ex-Pearl Abyss US head to lead N.America unit
NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s major gaming company, said on Monday it has appointed Jin Jeonghee, former head of the US operations of local riva...
Samsung’s new chip leader calls for restoring competitiveness
It is urgent to restore Samsung Electronics Co.'s competitiveness in the semiconductor business, the chip division’s new head said in his firs...
Goldman Sachs taps ex-Morgan Stanley MD as Korea co-head
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said on Monday that it has appointed Ahn Jae-hoon, former managing director at Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as country co-h...
Samsung Securities’ IB head to quit amid talent outflow
Lee Jae-hyun, who has led one of Samsung Securities Co.'s investment banking divisions for two years, has recently expressed his intention to quit, ...
GIC taps its real estate expert Jasmine Loo as new Korea head
Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund with around $770 billion in assets under management, has t...
Korea’s edtech startups defend against global giants with AI
South Korea’s major online adult education platforms improved their earnings powered by classes on artificial intelligence, defying concerns o...
Shinsegae hires Alibaba Korea head to lead online mall Gmarket
Shinsegae Group, South Korea’s retail giant, on Wednesday launched sweeping top-level management overhauls for Gmarket Inc. and SSG.COM. to ti...
PwC's Korean member taps new chiefs, creates finance unit
Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a South Korean member firm of PwC International Ltd., has appointed new chiefs of its key units and created a fi...
Deloitte Korea taps new CFO, consulting head in reshuffle
Deloitte Korea, which operates accounting firm Deloitte Anjin LLC and consulting service provider Deloitte Consulting LLC, announced a reshuffle wit...
Samsung’s new chip head instills a sense of crisis, hope
Samsung Electronics Co.'s new semiconductor chief Jun Young-hyun knows better than anyone about the difficulties the South Korean tech giant fa...
Ex-Porsche engineer Harrer to lead Hyundai’s high-performance push
Hyundai Motor Group is upping the ante to lead in the luxury and high-performance car market and speed up electrification by tapping a high-profile ...
Samsung Electronics replaces chip head amid HBM crisis
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, on Tuesday replaced its semiconductor business chief as the South Korean company st...
Deutsche Bank's Korea IB head quits after country head resigns
Cho Man Chul, managing director and head of investment banking at Deutsche Bank in Korea, has resigned, according to people with knowledge of the ma...
Macquarie Korea Asset Management confirms two nominees
Macquarie Group has named two executives at its Seoul-based real asset investment unit, which manages the main Kospi-listed Macquarie Korea Infrastr...
