BTS’ Suga, MLB star Chan Ho Park to join Oakland Athletics as shareholders

BTS’ Suga, MLB star Chan Ho Park to join Oakland Athletics as shareholders

BTS member Suga and former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher Chan Ho Park are putting their money on the Athletics, formerly the Oakland Athletics...

Hyundai Motor launches future strategy division overseeing M&As

Hyundai Motor launches future strategy division overseeing M&As

Hyundai Motor Group has created a future business strategy division that serves as a control tower for the automotive group’s expansion into n...

Daesang launches kimchi brand with three-Michelin-star chef

Daesang launches kimchi brand with three-Michelin-star chef

South Korean leading food maker Daesang Corp., the operator of kimchi brand Jongga, said on Thursday it launched San Ho Won with three-Michelin-star...

Genesis partners with Tate Modern in London

Genesis partners with Tate Modern in London

Hyundai Motor Co. 's premium brand Genesis announced on Friday that it partnered with the Tate Modern Art Museum in London and will sponsor "The Gen...

Shinsegae Group splits E-Mart, department store with executive reshuffles

Shinsegae Group splits E-Mart, department store with executive reshuffles

South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group on Wednesday carried out one of its most drastic executive reshuffles, officially splitting the gro...

Duty-free underdog Kyung Bok Kung outshines Lotte, Shilla

Duty-free underdog Kyung Bok Kung outshines Lotte, Shilla

Kyung Bok Kung Duty-Free Co., a lesser-known travel retailer, has bucked the trend of South Korea's sluggish duty-free retail industry on a downward...

STIC to buy Korean flooring firm Nox from TPG for $336 mn

STIC to buy Korean flooring firm Nox from TPG for $336 mn

Seoul-based private equity firm STIC Investments has agreed to acquire global leading luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring firm Nox Corp. at 450 billion...

Shinhan Financial opens new headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City

Shinhan Financial opens new headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City

South Korea's Shinhan Financial Group opened a new headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.Shinhan Financial held an inauguration ceremony for t...

Lotte Rental launches driver-inclusive rental service in Vietnam

Lotte Rental launches driver-inclusive rental service in Vietnam

Lotte Rental Co., South Korea's largest car rental firm, announced on Monday that it has launched a "Vietnam Driver-inclusive Rental Car."The servic...

Samsung establishes HBM team to up AI chip production yields

Samsung establishes HBM team to up AI chip production yields

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 1 memory chipmaker, recently set up a high bandwidth memory (HBM) team within the memory chip divisio...

Kang Shin-ho returns as CJ CheilJedang CEO to revive sagging sales

Kang Shin-ho returns as CJ CheilJedang CEO to revive sagging sales

South Korea’s CJ Group, which operates the country’s largest food and beverage company CJ CheilJedang Corp. and entertainment giant CJ E...

LG Elec opens customer experience space in Ho Chi Minh

LG Elec opens customer experience space in Ho Chi Minh

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday the unveiling of a customer experience space called "Another Saigon" in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where the...

Kyung Dong Navien enters into US boiler market

Kyung Dong Navien enters into US boiler market

South Korea's heating systems manufacturer Kyung Dong Navien Co. announced on Thursday it shipped its first "Condensing Hydro Furnace" to the US mar...

SK Geo Centric to attend event hosted by French president

SK Geo Centric to attend event hosted by French president

South Korea’s recycling specialist SK Geo Centric on Monday said its CEO Na Kyung-soo will attend the next day the Choose France summit at the...

S.Korea's budget carriers seek expansion via more overseas flights

S.Korea's budget carriers seek expansion via more overseas flights

South Korea's budget carrier Jeju Air Co. on Thursday announced the resumption of flights connecting Incheon to the Vietnamese cities of Ho Chi Minh...

S.Korea pledges steps to attract more foreign investment

S.Korea pledges steps to attract more foreign investment

South Korea will boost foreign investment in the country through increased incentives and deregulation, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister C...

S.Korea's Kyung Dong Navien expands its business in Central Asia

S.Korea's Kyung Dong Navien expands its business in Central Asia

South Korea's heating systems manufacturer Kyung Dong Navien Co. held a conference for 100 local dealers in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Feb. 10.The con...

Jeju Air resumes daily flights to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Vientiane

Jeju Air resumes daily flights to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Vientiane

South Korea's low-cost carrier Jeju Air Co. said on Monday that it would run daily flights from Korea to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and V...

S.Korea's science minister calls small modular reactors 'game changers'

S.Korea's science minister calls small modular reactors 'game changers'

Minister of Science and ICT Lee Jong-ho on Thursday pledged full support for the development of small modular reactors (SMRs), which he called a "ga...

KIC appoints Lee Hoon as CIO and Jung Ho-seok as CRO

KIC appoints Lee Hoon as CIO and Jung Ho-seok as CRO

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) said on Wednesday it has promoted Lee Hoon, its former head of investment strategy and innovation division, to th...

SK Telecom taps AI expert as new technology chief

SK Telecom taps AI expert as new technology chief

SK Telecom Co., South Korea's top mobile carrier, has tapped its e-commerce arm's chief executive and artificial intelligence (AI) expert Lee Sang-h...

Contrarian leader's bets drive Kumho Petrochem's record profits

Contrarian leader's bets drive Kumho Petrochem's record profits

At the end of last year, executives of Kumho Petrochemical Co. were in a heated debate on whether or not to expand the capacity of nitrile butadiene...

MBK's Lee listed among Forbes' power Asia businesswomen

MBK's Lee listed among Forbes' power Asia businesswomen

MBK Partners' first female partner Lee In-kyung has made it to the list of Forbes Asia's 20 power businesswomen published in its November issue. For...

Hyundai Glovis, Ulsan Port Authority to build logistics center in Ho Chi Minh City

Hyundai Glovis, Ulsan Port Authority to build logistics center in Ho Chi Minh City

South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis Co. and a local port authority will build a logistic center in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City to use it as a di...

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