South Korean stock trading volume at 8-month high

South Korean stock trading volume at 8-month high

Trading volume in South Korean stock market has surged to its highest level in eight months, with investors piling into defense, nuclear energy, shi...

Prices are not high enough? Trees don't grow to the sky

Prices are not high enough? Trees don't grow to the sky

The S&P 500 index just experienced its best two-year streak since the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, with the hype surrounding artificial intel...

Korea’s Nongshim to mesmerize New Yorkers with Han River Shin Ramyun

Korea’s Nongshim to mesmerize New Yorkers with Han River Shin Ramyun

If you’re in New York City this weekend, be sure to drop by the Korean Cultural Center.The South Korean government office has partnered with t...

IGIS, Naver Labs to develop tech convergence space platform

IGIS, Naver Labs to develop tech convergence space platform

South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co. said on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with six companies, including Nav...

HD Hyundai Samho expands berthing facilities

HD Hyundai Samho expands berthing facilities

South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Samho Co. has expanded its berthing facilities to meet the growing number of orders for eco-friendly ships.The s...

Samsung C&T to build Korea’s first $103 mn hydrogen tank for power plant

Samsung C&T to build Korea’s first $103 mn hydrogen tank for power plant

Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, has clinched a 140 billion won ($103 million) deal to...

Samsung to more than double chip investment in Texas

Samsung to more than double chip investment in Texas

Samsung Electronics Co. plans to more than double its total semiconductor investment in Texas to about $44 billion to add an advanced semiconductor ...

Warren Buffett’s IMC to invest $98 million in Daegu for chip materials plant

Warren Buffett’s IMC to invest $98 million in Daegu for chip materials plant

DAEGU – The IMC Group, owned by Warrant Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., will invest 130 billion won ($98 million) to build a semicond...

POSCO E&C develops solution for detecting wall cracks by drones

POSCO E&C develops solution for detecting wall cracks by drones

South Korea's POSCO E&C has developed a solution for apartment exterior wall maintenance using drones.The company announced on Tuesday that it h...

Samsung Asset launches 1st Korea-listed ETF in US

Samsung Asset launches 1st Korea-listed ETF in US

Samsung Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) manager, has launched an ETF in the US, the first of its kind t...

Samsung releases The Wall for virtual production in Europe

Samsung releases The Wall for virtual production in Europe

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that it unveiled "The Wall for Virtual Production" at IBC 2023, the world's largest trade fair for elect...

Kolon Global secures patent for Kankan Smart Space technology

Kolon Global secures patent for Kankan Smart Space technology

South Korea's construction engineering company Kolon Global Corp. said on Monday that it has obtained a technology patent for the multi-purpose syst...

BofA names Korean American Mike Joo as head of North America GCIB

BofA names Korean American Mike Joo as head of North America GCIB

Bank of America Corp. has appointed Korean American Mike Joo as its new head of North America global corporate and investment banking (GCIB), accord...

Meet Wall St. thought leaders at Hankyung conference in NYC

Meet Wall St. thought leaders at Hankyung conference in NYC

The Korea Economic Daily (KED) is hosting a global financial conference for Korean investors in the heart of New York City in October, where top Wal...

Zigbang completes Samsung SDS home IoT takeover

Zigbang completes Samsung SDS home IoT takeover

Zigbang, a South Korean proptech startup that provides real estate search and transaction services, has completed the acquisition of Samsung SDS Co....

CJ ENM to build virtual studio with Samsung’s new commercial displays

CJ ENM to build virtual studio with Samsung’s new commercial displays

South Korean media company CJ ENM Co. is using Samsung Electronics Co.’s new commercial displays for a virtual production studio to spearhead ...

Samsung launches upgraded commercial MicroLED display The Wall

Samsung launches upgraded commercial MicroLED display The Wall

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest TV maker, is launching an upgraded model of The Wall, a large-size modular MicroLED display produ...

Qraft's AI-powered ETFs wow Wall Street with winning stock picks

Qraft's AI-powered ETFs wow Wall Street with winning stock picks

South Korea-based fintech startup Qraft Technologies Inc. captured the attention of Wall Street in May 2019, when it listed two artificial intellige...

Former Korean Wall Street sheriff joins US PEF board

Former Korean Wall Street sheriff joins US PEF board

New York-based EMP Belstar, of which about half of the top managers are of Korean origin, has recently hired as a non-executive director a former se...

Korean social network-turned-Wall Street gateway

Korean social network-turned-Wall Street gateway

Korean investment bankers are more visible on Wall Street than ever before. Between 2010 and 2020, some 120 bankers, of Korean origin, landed covete...

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