Kia's Lego-like PV5 with 16 variants to hit market in July

Kia's Lego-like PV5 with 16 variants to hit market in July

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest carmaker under Hyundai Motor Group, is set to redefine mobility solutions with its modular electric pl...

With waning MZ interest, is heyday over for S.Korea’s golf apparel market?

With waning MZ interest, is heyday over for S.Korea’s golf apparel market?

South Korea’s once-dominant golf apparel market, the largest in the world at its peak, is rapidly losing steam, as sales tumble and brands scr...

Korean waste management firm Koentec put on market for $730 mn

Korean waste management firm Koentec put on market for $730 mn

Korea Environment Technology Co. (Koentec) is up for sale in a deal that could fetch up to 1 trillion won ($730.4 million) with global private equit...

Gochujang, fiery seasonings: K-sauces go viral among adventurous foreign palates

Gochujang, fiery seasonings: K-sauces go viral among adventurous foreign palates

Once an afterthought in the global food trade, South Korea’s signature spices and sauces, ranging from fiery gochujang to fermented doenjang, ...

Samsung Asset leads H1 AUM rankings amid ETF boom

Samsung Asset leads H1 AUM rankings amid ETF boom

South Korea’s asset management industry posted stellar growth in the first half of 2025, buoyed by a 28% surge in the country’s benchmar...

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...

Hyundai Rotem seals record $6.5 bn K2 tank deal with Poland

Hyundai Rotem seals record $6.5 bn K2 tank deal with Poland

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean defense system developer, will export its battle tanks to Poland in what would be the largest single export deal f...

NH, KB Securities, Kookmin Bank, Kim & Chang lead capital markets in H1

NH, KB Securities, Kookmin Bank, Kim & Chang lead capital markets in H1

NH Investment & Securities Co. retained its lead in South Korea’s equity capital market (ECM) in the first half, riding a surge in large-s...

From G-Dragon to Ibuki: Dongmyo emerges as global fashion hotspot

From G-Dragon to Ibuki: Dongmyo emerges as global fashion hotspot

Once a humble thrift market popular among older locals in Seoul, Dongmyo Market, often dubbed Dongmyo flea market, has become a vibrant hotspot for ...

MSCI maintains S.Korea’s emerging-market status; level playing field eyed

MSCI maintains S.Korea’s emerging-market status; level playing field eyed

South Korea’s years-long bid for developed-market status has suffered yet another setback after global index provider MSCI Inc. declined to ad...

SK Hynix joins Samsung in 200 trillion won market cap club

SK Hynix joins Samsung in 200 trillion won market cap club

SK Hynix Inc. surpassed 200 trillion won ($147 billion) in market capitalization on Tuesday, becoming the second Korean stock in history to cross th...

Is chip winter over? Doomsayers gone as Korea’s DRAM exports surge

Is chip winter over? Doomsayers gone as Korea’s DRAM exports surge

Global memory chip markets, long weighed down by excess inventories and sagging demand, are showing early signs of a thaw.South Korea’s export...

Lockheed Martin, KAI to expand partnership to future defense, aerospace tech

Lockheed Martin, KAI to expand partnership to future defense, aerospace tech

Global defense giant Lockheed Martin Corp. and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) on Tuesday agreed to expand their collaboration into futur...

Affirma Capital to acquire Equis’ Korean waste assets for $294 million

Affirma Capital to acquire Equis’ Korean waste assets for $294 million

Affirma Capital, a Singapore-headquartered buyout private equity firm, has agreed to acquire the entire portfolio of South Korean waste processing a...

Miri Capital closes in on STIC Investments chairman’s stake

Miri Capital closes in on STIC Investments chairman’s stake

Miri Capital Management LLC has steadily raised its stake in STIC Investments Inc., narrowing the ownership gap with the firm’s founder and Ch...

S.Korea’s power transformer exports soar as global supply shortage bites

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...

CJ CGV under pressure to shed China, Vietnam cinema assets

CJ CGV under pressure to shed China, Vietnam cinema assets

MBK Partners and Mirae Asset Securities Co. are considering divesting of their holdings in CGI Holdings Co., which oversees CJ CGV Co.’s multi...

LG Energy cracks China's cylindrical battery market with Chery deal

LG Energy cracks China's cylindrical battery market with Chery deal

LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Monday it has signed a six-year contract with Chery Automobile Co. to supply 8 gigawatts per hour (GWh) of next-gene...

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-...

President Lee: Businesses at center of policy priorities for economic growth

President Lee: Businesses at center of policy priorities for economic growth

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Friday pledged strong government support for the country’s businesses, while emphasizing the need for ...

Partners Group sees infrastructure secondaries quadrupling to $60 bn

Partners Group sees infrastructure secondaries quadrupling to $60 bn

Infrastructure secondaries are gaining momentum as the infrastructure sector attracts investors seeking stable and predictable returns amid heighten...

S.Korea’s No.1 dried seaweed firm Kwangcheonkim on market for $295 mn

S.Korea’s No.1 dried seaweed firm Kwangcheonkim on market for $295 mn

Kwangcheonkim Co., South Korea’s largest seaweed producer with a history spanning over 50 years, is up for grabs in a deal that could fetch up...

S.Korea eases path for foreign REITs in senior housing push

S.Korea eases path for foreign REITs in senior housing push

South Korea, grappling with a fast-aging population, has relaxed development and ownership rules for senior housing, opening the sector to foreign h...

Lee vows policy overhaul to spur dividend payouts

Lee vows policy overhaul to spur dividend payouts

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said on Wednesday that the government is preparing tax and regulatory reforms to spur dividend payouts as part ...

Coupang bids for Korean luxury market dominance with Farfetch

Coupang bids for Korean luxury market dominance with Farfetch

Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce player, is set to seize control of the country’s online luxury market with Farfetch amid ...

LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess

LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate by assets, should step up its efforts to foster future growth with promising technologies,...

Now, it’s K-vehicle: KG Mobility, Kia lead S.Korea’s military vehicle exports

Now, it’s K-vehicle: KG Mobility, Kia lead S.Korea’s military vehicle exports

South Korea’s once domestically focused automakers are making significant inroads into the global defense sector, with a string of recent cont...

Markets in honeymoon with Lee: Kospi, won rally; bond yields spike

Markets in honeymoon with Lee: Kospi, won rally; bond yields spike

South Korea’s financial markets showed strong gains on Thursday, with shares surging to an 11-month high and the won hitting a seven-month hig...

KAI seals $700 mn FA-50 fighter jet export deal with the Philippines

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...

S.Korea imports Canadian oil for 1st time under Trump's 2nd term

S.Korea imports Canadian oil for 1st time under Trump's 2nd term

South Korea has imported crude oil from Canada for the first time amid escalating tariff tensions between the US and Canada since Donald Trump's ret...

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