Hahn & Co. to award bonus shares to Namyang staff, retires $7.1 mn in shares
Seoul-based private equity firm Hahn & Co. will award employees of Namyang Dairy Products Co., a South Korean dairy product producer, 1.6 billio...
Samsung's Harman goes from ugly duckling to golden swan
When Samsung Electronics Co. acquired Harman International Industries Inc., a global leader in the audio and automotive electronics business, in 201...
POSCO seeks $1 bn restructuring amid weak steel, battery materials sectors
South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. said on Monday it plans to sell 61 unprofitable and non-core assets to raise 1.5 trillion won ($1 billion) a...
Binggrae sells plant-based Melona at Costco in Australia
South Korean food and beverage company Binggrae said on Wednesday that it sells its plant-based Melona at Costco stores in Australia from November.P...
Korean Telco giant KT’s Midas touch with hotel business
KT Corp., one of South Korea’s top three mobile carriers, is on a roll in the hotel business despite its late foray into the hospitality indus...
Lotte Wellfood expands dairy exports to Vietnam
South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Thursday that it will increase dairy exports to the Vietnamese market.The products newly exported to V...
Doosan Robotics to delist, wholly own cash-cow Doosan Bobcat
Doosan Enerbility Co., a leading South Korean power plant engineering company, is handing over its entire 46% stake in machinery affiliate Doosan Bo...
GM Korea supplier Erae cs eyes revival by unit sales
A controlling stake in Erae AMS Co., formerly Delphi Automotive Systems’ South Korean affiliate, is on sale with eight potential bidders eyein...
SK Chemicals' bond oversubscribed with $526 mn demand
SK Chemicals Co., a unit of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, is set for a successful debt issue as the company’s bond sale has...
Hahn & Co. overhauls Namyang board, ending family control
Private equity firm Hahn & Co. on Friday won shareholder approval to replace Namyang Dairy Products Co.'s board of directors with Hahn's executi...
Samsung begins new drug development for rare diseases
Samsung Bioepis Co., a biosimilar development unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, has begun its new drug development busines...
Samsung spurs XR device business as new cash cow
Samsung Electronics Co. is accelerating extended reality (XR) device development amid intensifying competition with tech behemoths such as Google LL...
LG Channels poised to take off in India as new cash cow
LG Electronics Inc.'s transformation into a media and entertainment platform is gaining traction as its free web-based television streaming service ...
Taeyoung to sell cash cow to shore up ailing construction arm
South Korea’s medium-sized business group Taeyoung Group said on Wednesday it is near to selling its cash cow logistics unit to shore up its f...
Hanmi Science joins race to develop Wegovy competitor
Hanmi Science Co., the holding company of South Korea’s pharmaceutical giant Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co., has joined the global race to develop t...
SK Enmove partners with Dell, GRC for data center coolant business
South Korea’s lube oil maker SK Enmove Co. has partnered with US computer maker Dell Technologies Inc. and data center cooling system provider...
Tesla Model Y runs with Kumho’s EV tires, its new cash cow
Tires tailored for electric vehicles are expected to become the next cash cow of South Korean tire maker Kumho Tire Co. thanks to growing EV tire or...
Orion teams up with Dutch Mill to tap Vietnamese dairy market
South Korea's Orion Corp. announced on Tuesday its strategic collaboration with Thailand's dairy behemoth, Dutch Mill Co., marking its ambitious ent...
Dongwon F&B selects virtual human family as brand model
South Korea's food and beverage company Dongwon F&B Co. announced on Friday that it has selected a virtual human family as the model for its pre...
S.Korea's ToolGen develops gene-edited cow for artificial blood
South Korean genome editing developer ToolGen Inc. has teamed up with Lartbio Technology, a Seoul-based transgenic animal development company, to de...
India rises as LG's cash cow under revised S.Korean tax laws
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. has received nearly 600 billion won ($470 million) in dividends from its overseas operations in the first qu...
CJ ENM’s OTT platform TVing: White elephant or new cash cow?
CJ ENM Co. is the undisputed No. 1 movie producer and distributor in South Korea, having sponsored numerous awards-wining films such as “Paras...
Activist fund Tcha Partners calls for Namyang Dairy to buy back shares
Seoul-based activist fund Tcha Partners Asset Management Co. on Monday demanded that South Korea’s Namyang Dairy Products Co. buy back half of...
HYBE cries foul over SM, Kakao’s undisclosed deal
HYBE Co., the label behind the global sensation BTS, is considering legal action to invalidate an undisclosed deal between SM Entertainment Co. and ...
SM puts cash cows up for sale as conflict with founder heats up
SM Entertainment Co., mired in conflict with its founder and former Chief Producer Lee Soo-man, is seeking to sell its shares in three key arms, wor...
Lotte Fine Chemical transforms from ugly duckling to golden swan
For Samsung Group, the fine chemicals business was an ugly duckling losing money while other affiliates, including Samsung Electronics Co., were flu...
Korea’s Hyundai Dept. Store drops holding company plan
South Korea’s major retailer Hyundai Department Store Group Co. gave up a plan to split off its core high-end shopping mall affiliate and conv...
Profit matters for survival of startups amid investment drought
As venture capitalists tighten their purse strings amid looming recession fears, only startups with killer products that generate profits are well-p...
Namyang sees big increase in overseas sales of Chupa Chups drink
Namyang Dairy Products is strengthening its presence in the overseas business-to-business (B2B) market through carbonated beverages. The famous loll...
S.Korea sends dairy cows, livestock genetic resources to Nepal
The South Korean government is donating dairy cows and genetic resources for cattle to Nepal.The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on ...
