Yonsei University: Unlikely yet adroit dealmaker in S.Korea’s M&A market

Yonsei University: Unlikely yet adroit dealmaker in S.Korea’s M&A market

For decades, or probably for centuries, Yonsei University has been seen as an ivory tower – a place for academics – in South Korea.One o...

European student housing is top of the class: Savills IM

European student housing is top of the class: Savills IM

The appeal of European purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) to real estate investors is growing rapidly. In the recent 2025 INREV Investor Int...

Samsung lowers bar on hiring foreign talent in South Korea

Samsung lowers bar on hiring foreign talent in South Korea

South Korea’s biggest business group Samsung has sweetened the pot to win the technology talent war by lowering the bar for new hires of forei...

Hyundai Motor Group to nurture young talent in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Group to nurture young talent in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Group said on Wednesday that it held the inaugural ceremony for the first cohort of H-Jump School Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia, the...

LG CNS, Seoul National Univ. to establish DX talent program

LG CNS, Seoul National Univ. to establish DX talent program

South Korea's LG CNS Co. signed an agreement with Seoul National University's Department of Industrial Engineering on Tuesday to develop talent in d...

Celltrion scraps merger with Celltrion Pharm

Celltrion scraps merger with Celltrion Pharm

South Korea’s largest biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. said on Friday that it has scrapped a plan to merge with Celltrion Pharm Inc., an R&...

LG CNS, Aeon to collaborate on EdTech in Japan

LG CNS, Aeon to collaborate on EdTech in Japan

South Korea's LG CNS announced on Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Aeon, an education company operating over 300 direct l...

Samsung SDI, Sungkyunkwan Univ. to develop battery engineer

Samsung SDI, Sungkyunkwan Univ. to develop battery engineer

Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle cell maker, will establish a Department of Battery Engineering at Sungkyunkwan Uni...

Woori Bank offers internship for SE Asian students in S.Korea

Woori Bank offers internship for SE Asian students in S.Korea

South Korea's Woori Bank announced on Tuesday that it is recruiting interns targeting Southeast Asian students studying in Korea.This program aims t...

Hanmi’s planned merger with OCI scrapped as sons win family feud

Hanmi’s planned merger with OCI scrapped as sons win family feud

Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s proposed merger with OCI Holdings Co. has collapsed after two sons of the group’s founding family, who oppo...

Hanmi Science-OCI merger may gain traction with NPS' support

Hanmi Science-OCI merger may gain traction with NPS' support

The merger of South Korea’s pharmaceutical holding firm Hanmi Science Co. and chemicals giant OCI Holdings Co. is likely to gain momentum as N...

Mathpresso throws down the gauntlet in US edtech market

Mathpresso throws down the gauntlet in US edtech market

Mathpresso Inc., a South Korean startup operating the Google-backed learning app Qanda, has released its first study app catering to US university s...

S.Korea to scrap capital gains taxes on financial products

S.Korea to scrap capital gains taxes on financial products

South Korea will scrap a plan to impose taxes on capital gains from financial products for all shareholders and further lower securities transaction...

KAIST, MIT jointly open Quantum Winter School

KAIST, MIT jointly open Quantum Winter School

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Monday that it is partnering with the Massachusetts Institute of Techn...

CJ CheilJedang searches for global bio talent in Boston

CJ CheilJedang searches for global bio talent in Boston

South Korean food and bio giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. on Monday said its Chief Technology Officer Hwang Yun-il, CJ CheilJedang BIO executive Yoon Seo...

LG CNS to develop AI digital textbook with Mirae N

LG CNS to develop AI digital textbook with Mirae N

South Korea's largest cloud computing service provider LG CNS Co. on Wednesday signed an agreement with Mirae N, an educational content provider, on...

Hyundai Motor, Seoul Univ. to establish Future Automotive Mobility

Hyundai Motor, Seoul Univ. to establish Future Automotive Mobility

Hyundai Motor Co. and Seoul National University have joined forces to cultivate talent in electric vehicle control and vehicle software, which are e...

Ourhome strikes catering deal with Vietnam's FPT Education

Ourhome strikes catering deal with Vietnam's FPT Education

A prominent South Korean food service provider Ourhome Ltd. disclosed on Monday that it has penned a memorandum of understanding with FPT Education,...

TPG to fully acquire cosmetics container firm Samhwa at around $237 mn

TPG to fully acquire cosmetics container firm Samhwa at around $237 mn

Texas-based private equity firm TPG Inc. is poised to fully acquire Samhwa Co., a South Korean cosmetic packaging supplier to global beauty powerhou...

BlackRock buys $860 mn stake in S.Korean gas supplier

BlackRock buys $860 mn stake in S.Korean gas supplier

Global asset manager BlackRock has bought a 30% stake in South Korea’s industrial gas supplier AirFirst Co. for 1.11 trillion won ($860 millio...

LG Chem’s CEO searches for talent in Japan to lead new growth engines

LG Chem’s CEO searches for talent in Japan to lead new growth engines

Vice Chairman and CEO Shin Hak-cheol of South Korea's largest chemical company LG Chem Ltd. is looking for talent in Japan to lead his company's thr...

12-color ‘Lakeside Recital’ held by 12 poets in Como, Italy

12-color ‘Lakeside Recital’ held by 12 poets in Como, Italy

COMO, ITALY -- Como, a lakeside city with a glacial lake at the foot of the Alps in northern Italy. The 13th European International Poetry Festival &l...

LG Uplus to open cyber security dept. at Soongsil Univ.

LG Uplus to open cyber security dept. at Soongsil Univ.

In a first for the company, South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. will set up a cyber security department that offers employment at Soongsil University...

S.Korea, US to jointly invest $60 mn for student exchange programs

S.Korea, US to jointly invest $60 mn for student exchange programs

South Korea and the United States have agreed to jointly invest $60 million in the exchange of young professionals in the field of science and techn...

LG shares soar as UK asset manager Silchester raises stake

LG shares soar as UK asset manager Silchester raises stake

LG Corp., the holding firm of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group, saw its share price soar in the local market on Wednesday as...

LG Chem, Hanyang Univ. open industry-academic center for battery materials

LG Chem, Hanyang Univ. open industry-academic center for battery materials

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. on Wednesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Hanyang University on industry-academic cooperation in bat...

CJ undertakes educational programs for ethnic minorities in Vietnam

CJ undertakes educational programs for ethnic minorities in Vietnam

South Korea's CJ Group announced on Wednesday that it will undertake a "Second Girls Education Project" for the Vietnamese ethnic minority.The proje...

Samsung Elec launches motor HR development track with sci-tech school

Samsung Elec launches motor HR development track with sci-tech school

Samsung Electronics Co. and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) will jointly develop human resources to advance motor technology, the...

MBK, Unison to expand Osstem Implant's target reach beyond China

MBK, Unison to expand Osstem Implant's target reach beyond China

South Korean private equity firm Unison Capital Korea is set to focus on boosting the corporate value of Osstem Implant Co., once the PE manager and...

VANK launches campaign to promote Korea in Vietnamese

VANK launches campaign to promote Korea in Vietnamese

The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (or VANK), an online public diplomatic mission, said on Saturday that it has opened a Vietnamese language site...

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