HYBE sparks summer vibes with BTS live album, TXT comeback, new boy band launch

HYBE sparks summer vibes with BTS live album, TXT comeback, new boy band launch

HYBE Co., a South Korean music powerhouse, is turning up the heat this summer with a wave of major releases, including a live album from its flagshi...

The wait is over: BTS are back with new album, global tour in spring 2026

The wait is over: BTS are back with new album, global tour in spring 2026

Now the wait is over.BTS are back – as a full-member group after a four-year hiatus.The seven-member boy band is returning with a new album in...

S.Korea's stablecoin frenzy fuels stock rally despite regulatory uncertainty

S.Korea's stablecoin frenzy fuels stock rally despite regulatory uncertainty

A wave of speculative fervor surrounding won-based stablecoins is sweeping South Korea’s equity markets, with nearly half of the top 30 perfor...

K-pop pilgrimage boosts Seoul ahead of BTS comeback

K-pop pilgrimage boosts Seoul ahead of BTS comeback

With the days numbered until all seven BTS members reunite as a group, a K-pop pilgrimage is revitalizing Seoul’s cultural and tourism sectors...

Want to look beautiful? – Here’s the 'Made In Korea' mask pack

Want to look beautiful? – Here’s the 'Made In Korea' mask pack

South Korean face mask packs – a flagship product of K-beauty – are staging a dramatic revival in popularity.Rising to fame alongside K-...

Europe looms large as K-beauty brands look to blue ocean; shares rise

Europe looms large as K-beauty brands look to blue ocean; shares rise

South Korea’s beauty industry has been reaping decent gains from traditionally strong markets such as China and the US – the world&rsquo...

MBK’s Lotte Card sale gains momentum amid Homeplus fallout

MBK’s Lotte Card sale gains momentum amid Homeplus fallout

North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners’ second attempt to exit Lotte Card Co., South Korea’s fifth-largest car issuer, is g...

K-beauty defies trade headwinds as exports to China, US lead sales growth

K-beauty defies trade headwinds as exports to China, US lead sales growth

South Korea’s beauty industry is mounting a powerful global push, defying trade pressures and economic uncertainties with a surge in exports t...

Strong momentum in non-US markets, digital real estate: Principal AM CEO

Strong momentum in non-US markets, digital real estate: Principal AM CEO

It is time to shift focus toward non-US markets after years of stellar performance of US assets driven by the robust world’s No. 1 economy, sa...

Netmarble gets tailwind from new titles, BTS comeback

Netmarble gets tailwind from new titles, BTS comeback

Netmarble Corp., a leading South Korean gaming company, expects to gain new growth momentum from the launch of nine new titles and the anticipated f...

Korean chipmakers, battery makers face new risks with Trump’s comeback

Korean chipmakers, battery makers face new risks with Trump’s comeback

With Donald Trump reelected as the next US president, South Korea’s major chipmakers, automakers and battery makers are on high alert as durin...

Samsung SDI's operating profit plunges in Q3 amid EV chasm

Samsung SDI's operating profit plunges in Q3 amid EV chasm

Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest battery maker, continues to grapple with dwindling battery demand from the electric vehicle industr...

NCSOFT to seek recovery momentum with open-world game

NCSOFT to seek recovery momentum with open-world game

South Korea’s gaming giant NCSOFT Corp. is set to develop an open-world massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) while launchin...

Yanolja gains momentum with cloud, overseas trip businesses

Yanolja gains momentum with cloud, overseas trip businesses

SoftBank-backed Yanolja Co. cheered stellar earnings in the first quarter after its new businesses – cloud and outbound trip services – ...

Korean botox sales gain momentum in US, China

Korean botox sales gain momentum in US, China

South Korea is ramping up exports of botulinum toxin to the US and China, the world’s two top consumers of the neurotoxin protein, with its pr...

Hanwha to boost battery production equipment business

Hanwha to boost battery production equipment business

Hanwha Group, South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate, is working to bolster its secondary battery manufacturing equipment business wi...

PUBG’s glorious comeback in India boon to Krafton

PUBG’s glorious comeback in India boon to Krafton

South Korea’s game developing and publishing giant Krafton Inc. boasted the local gaming industry’s highest operating margin, above 40%,...

Korea exports snap year-long slide as chips regain momentum

Korea exports snap year-long slide as chips regain momentum

South Korean exports rose in October for the first time in 13 months as semiconductors, the country’s top export item, are on course to regain...

Samsung Elec shares regain momentum after narrower chip loss in Q2

Samsung Elec shares regain momentum after narrower chip loss in Q2

Samsung Electronics Co. reaffirmed the recovery in the global chip market in the latter half of this year after confirming a downward trend in memor...

Microsoft defies media report of issues in tie with OpenAI

Microsoft defies media report of issues in tie with OpenAI

REDMOND, WASHINGTON – A Microsoft Corp.’s key executive defied a media report that its partnership with OpenAI, the developer of the glo...

S.Korean overseas card spending near pre-COVID-19 levels

S.Korean overseas card spending near pre-COVID-19 levels

South Korean residents’ overseas card use jumped in the first quarter to nearly recover levesl before the outbreak of COVID-19 on rising inter...

S.Korea wary of tougher US anti-China moves for chipmakers

S.Korea wary of tougher US anti-China moves for chipmakers

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday kicked off a six-day state visit to the US with a tough assignment: finding diplomatic solutions for ...

Hopeful signs for full comeback of Korean resort operator Paradise

Hopeful signs for full comeback of Korean resort operator Paradise

Paradise Co., a major South Korean resort and casino operator, is taking big steps towards a full comeback this year from the pandemic shock, with a...

Celltrion ex-Chairman Seo set to return to management; group stocks rally

Celltrion ex-Chairman Seo set to return to management; group stocks rally

South Korea’s biosimilar giant Celltrion Group’s founder and Honorary Chairman Seo Jung-jin is readying to return to management just two...

Ssangyong Motor gets certification for cyber security in Europe

Ssangyong Motor gets certification for cyber security in Europe

SsangYong Motor Co. announced on Thursday that it has received certification for its European cyber security management system (CSMS). This certific...

LG makes big B2B push to regain momentum, boost profits: CEO

LG makes big B2B push to regain momentum, boost profits: CEO

South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. is stepping up efforts to enhance its presence in the global business-to-business marke...

Art tech platform Tessa attracts strategic investment from Kyobo Securities

Art tech platform Tessa attracts strategic investment from Kyobo Securities

The art tech platform Tessa said on Thursday that it has succeeded in attracting strategic investment from Kyobo Securities Co. The amount of invest...

Shareholder activism gathers momentum in South Korea

Shareholder activism gathers momentum in South Korea

Institutional investors gathered momentum for shareholder activism in South Korea not only to boost their values but also to improve corporate gover...

SK taps Korean PE for $1.5 bn after Carlyle's Lee quit

SK taps Korean PE for $1.5 bn after Carlyle's Lee quit

SK On Co. has turned to domestic private equity firms to raise up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) after talks with four big global funds have dried...

Year-end inflow to Korean main bourse sign of foreigner comeback?

Year-end inflow to Korean main bourse sign of foreigner comeback?

Foreign investors are poised to extend their buying spree in South Korea’s main stock market to a sixth straight session, spurring hopes for t...

Korea Investment & Securities, UBP seek private banking partnership Maru SF to open in Silicon Valley in November as Korean startup gateway Hanwha-owned burger chain Five Guys Korea up for sale two years after launch HYBE Chair Bang referred to prosecutors over alleged unfair trading Vietnam’s top leader to make 1st South Korea visit in 11 years