Vietnam’s top leader to make 1st South Korea visit in 11 years
To Lam, general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party and the country’s de facto ruling leader, is expected to make a state visit to So...
At home, K-convenience stores battle stagnation; abroad they're powerful K-food ambassadors
In the bustling backstreets of Ulaanbaatar, shoppers file out of a CU convenience store with instant tteokbokki, or simmered Korean rice cake, packs...
Mercedes opens world’s 1st Maybach flagship center in Seoul
Mercedes-Benz Group on Monday opened the world’s first Maybach Brand Center in Seoul, its largest-ever dealership dedicated to the ultra-luxur...
Return of the K-pop queens: Blackpink, Twice power up YG, JYP
Blackpink and Twice, two of South Korea’s most prominent K-pop female acts, made high-profile returns on Friday with new releases, heightening...
LG Electronics' Q2 profit halves as US tariffs bite
Earnings at LG Electronics Inc. nearly halved in the second quarter after the Trump administration's tariff hikes pushed up raw material costs, maki...
LG Group executives to meet with Honda CEO to explore partnership
LG Group is accelerating its efforts to build a partnership with Honda Motor Co. as South Korea's fourth-largest conglomerate beefs up its automotiv...
Celltrion secures $730 mn to buy biosimilar unit shares, pursue M&A
Celltrion Holdings Co. has secured 1 trillion won ($732 million) in fresh funding and plans to spend half of it this year to buy shares in its biosi...
Goldman Sachs acquires Mercure Ambassador: 1st stint with Korean hotels
Goldman Sachs, in partnership with JB Asset Management Co., has acquired Mercure Ambassador Seoul Hongdae, a prominent mixed-use commercial property...
KKR in control feud over Korea’s top solar power plant
Global private equity giant KKR & Co. Inc. is embroiled in a management dispute over South Korea’s top solar power plant with key individu...
Loss-making Lotte Chemical to sell water treatment unit to Synopex
Lotte Chemical Corp., South Korea’s second-largest petrochemical company grappling with mounting losses amid a prolonged industry downturn, wi...
POSCO inducted into World Steel Dynamics’ Hall of Fame
South Korea’s POSCO Group has been permanently inducted into the Hall of Fame by the World Steel Dynamics (WSD), a US steel industry research ...
S.Korea’s power transformer exports soar as global supply shortage bites
South Korean power equipment makers are riding a wave of export growth, with their transformers in high demand amid a global rush to reinforce power...
KAI seals $700 mn FA-50 fighter jet export deal with the Philippines
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) on Tuesday signed a $700 million contract to supply 12 FA-50 fighter jets to the Philippines, marking the larg...
Goodai Global poised to build L'Oréal-style empire via M&As
Goodai Global Inc. is seeking to acquire South Korea’s first-generation independent cosmetics brand Skinfood for about 150 billion won ($108 m...
Samsung Biologics to spin off biosimilar unit Samsung Bioepis
Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, will undergo a strategic split to separate its contract development and manufac...
Google partners with Samsung, Gentle Monster for new smart glasses
SILICON VALLEY – Google LLC is making a renewed push into the smart glasses market in partnership with South Korea’s Samsung Electronics...
LG Electronics poised to extend OLED TV market lead into 2025
LG Electronics Inc. is on track to retain its lead in the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV market for the 13th consecutive year, bolstered by ...
Samsung flexes financial muscle as insurance, card units top rankings
Samsung Group’s financial affiliates are closing in on KB Financial Group for the top spot in South Korea’s financial services sector, u...
Woori Financial wins approval for Tongyang, ABL Life acquisition
Woori Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest financial services provider, has received conditional approval from the country&rsquo...
CJ CheilJedang scraps sale of Brazilian unit CJ Selecta to Bunge
CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food company, has cancelled the sale of a 66% stake in Brazilian soybean crusher CJ Selecta S.A. a...
Shinhan Financial’s overseas business blooms, on track for record earnings
Shinhan Financial Group Co., South Korea’s leading financial holding company, is poised to surpass 1 trillion won ($692 million) in annual net...
Kyobo Life poised to buy Japan’s SBI Group-owned savings bank
Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is in the final stages of negotiation with Japanese financial group SBI Holdings Inc. to buy about a 50% stake in SBI Savin...
LG Electronics eyes India IPO delay, says plan in flux
LG Electronics Inc. is mulling putting off an initial public offering of its wholly owned subsidiary in India amid growing volatility in the global ...
SK Group in talks with Hahn & Co. to sell SK Siltron
SK Inc., the holding company of SK Group, is in talks with Hahn & Co., a South Korean buyout firm, to sell SK Siltron Co., the country’s s...
Samsung unveils upgraded AI-powered OLED TVs
Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday showcased its new lineup of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs with advanced artificial intelligence features...
Kakao Entertainment sheds loss-making units, revives IPO prospects
Kakao Entertainment Corp. has been divesting unprofitable music labels and digital content platforms, which it has gobbled up over the past few year...
Hyundai premieres all-new NEXO, reinforcing hydrogen power
Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday unveiled the all-new NEXO, the first full-change model of the fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) since its launch in 20...
Hahn & Co. acquires SK Specialty for $1.8 billion
Hahn & Co., South Korea’s largest private equity firm, has finalized the acquisition of SK Specialty Co., the world’s leading produc...
LG Group units step up joint marketing for in-vehicle electronics
Chief executives of LG Group’s key units, including LG Electronics Inc., will visit the headquarters of global carmakers for a series of close...
Doosan Enerbility wins $1.5 bn in orders from Saudi Arabia
Doosan Enerbility Co., South Korea’s leading gas turbine maunfacturer for power plants, said on Thursday that it has secured a combined $1.5 b...
