Hana Asset launches ultra-low-fee Nasdaq 100 ETF

Hana Asset launches ultra-low-fee Nasdaq 100 ETF

Hana Asset Management Co. will list the “1Q US Nasdaq 100 ETF” on Tuesday, an exchange-traded fund that tracks the Nasdaq 100 index with...

SK Hynix to exit image sensor market to focus on AI chips

SK Hynix to exit image sensor market to focus on AI chips

SK Hynix Inc. will shutter its image sensor business as the South Korean memory giant doubles down on the development of premium artificial intellig...

S.Korea’s top financial regulator pushes tax support for value-up program

S.Korea’s top financial regulator pushes tax support for value-up program

South Korea is ramping up efforts to encourage companies to enhance shareholder value by providing tax support for its corporate value-up program, a...

Magnachip, up for sale again, contacts Samsung, LG, LX

Magnachip, up for sale again, contacts Samsung, LG, LX

South Korean chipmaker Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. is on the market again four years after the US blocked a takeover by a Chinese private equity f...

Hana Financial, Bain Capital to expand investment in S.Korea

Hana Financial, Bain Capital to expand investment in S.Korea

South Korean Hana Financial Group and the US-based global well-known private equity fund (PEF) Bain Capital plan to strengthen their strategic par...

Doosan Enerbility, KAI to cooperate on aero engine localization

Doosan Enerbility, KAI to cooperate on aero engine localization

South Korea's Doosan Enerbility Co. and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) said on Tuesday that the two companies signed a memorandum of understa...

Samsung C&T, LS Electric to establish US solar JV

Samsung C&T, LS Electric to establish US solar JV

South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. and LS Electric Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Monday to expand solar power projects in the U...

Robotis, MIT to jointly develop physical AI

Robotis, MIT to jointly develop physical AI

South Korea's Robotis Co. said on Tuesday it partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop physical AI.Robotis and MIT w...

Kia, KEPCO collaborate to build power ecosystem using PBV

Kia, KEPCO collaborate to build power ecosystem using PBV

South Korea's Kia Corp. and Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the state-run utility company, said on Thursday that they signed a memorandum of und...

Samsung, NTT Docomo to cooperate on AI technology

Samsung, NTT Docomo to cooperate on AI technology

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with NTT Docomo, Japan's largest mobile telecommunicati...

South Korea Can Go Only So Far Copying Japan’s Market Reforms

South Korea Can Go Only So Far Copying Japan’s Market Reforms

South Korea is taking a page from Japan to boost its stock market. There are certainly some low-hanging fruits to pick, but the country’s larg...

Samsung unveils new AI-enhanced side by side refrigerator

Samsung unveils new AI-enhanced side by side refrigerator

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Wednesday that it launched a new side-by-side refrigerator, featuring enhanced artificial intelligence (AI) technolo...

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&...

KOSME, CJ Olive Young support K-beauty SMEs to enter US

KOSME, CJ Olive Young support K-beauty SMEs to enter US

Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) announced on Tuesday that it held online and offline marketing and buyer meetings in partnership with CJ Oliv...

SM Entertainment, S.Korean startup Jienem to build K-Pop hotel

SM Entertainment, S.Korean startup Jienem to build K-Pop hotel

South Korea's residence operator startup Jienem announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kreation Music Rights (K...

Hanwha, Univ. of Surrey to team up for space business

Hanwha, Univ. of Surrey to team up for space business

Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s major aerospace and defense system developer, announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understan...

Hanwha, KT to cooperate on smart mining

Hanwha, KT to cooperate on smart mining

South Korea's Hanwha Global, the global division of Hanwha Corp. and KT Corp. announced on Monday that they signed a memorandum of understanding (...

Nexon to see record sales on The First Descendant, DnF Mobile

Nexon to see record sales on The First Descendant, DnF Mobile

Gaming giant Nexon Co. is set to enjoy record sales this year thanks to the strong debut of its new title The First Descendant and the success of a ...

Shinhan Card, KakaoBank to team up for PLCC

Shinhan Card, KakaoBank to team up for PLCC

South Korea's Shinhan Card Co. and the domestic internet bank KakaoBank Corp. said on Wednesday that they signed a business agreement to develop and...

Korea to inject $200 mn into semiconductor packaging R&D

Korea to inject $200 mn into semiconductor packaging R&D

South Korea will inject 274.4 billion won ($200 million) into a state-run R&D project for semiconductor packaging technology, a key to producing...

Booming AI industry boosts chip packaging equipment makers

Booming AI industry boosts chip packaging equipment makers

Global chip packaging equipment manufacturers are enjoying surging demand and skyrocketing share prices thanks to the rapid growth of the artificial...

Spaceflight venture Innospace eyes July Kosdaq IPO

Spaceflight venture Innospace eyes July Kosdaq IPO

South Korean spaceflight startup Innospace, which fired the country’s first private launch vehicle last year, aims to list on the Kosdaq in Ju...

Samsung, SNU to open AI Joint Research Center

Samsung, SNU to open AI Joint Research Center

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Seoul National University (SNU) to establish an ...

Hyundai E&C, KAERI partner to commercialize next-gen reactors

Hyundai E&C, KAERI partner to commercialize next-gen reactors

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) announced on Wednesday that it signed a public-private partnership agreement for the so...

Ottogi, KTO partner to attract foreign tourists

Ottogi, KTO partner to attract foreign tourists

The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with domestic food company Ottogi to attract f...

HD Hyundai, ABS to set standards for e-propulsion ships

HD Hyundai, ABS to set standards for e-propulsion ships

South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., partnered with the American Bureau...

Korea desperately seeks global bond index inclusion to rescue won

Korea desperately seeks global bond index inclusion to rescue won

South Korea is desperately working for inclusion on a global major bond index to save the ailing won, the second worst-performer among emerging Asia...

Genesis unveils GV70 facelift ahead of Korean debut in May

Genesis unveils GV70 facelift ahead of Korean debut in May

Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis on Friday unveiled the GV70 facelift as the leading South Korean automaker plans to launch the luxury mids...

Korea's AI startup Upstage raises $72 mn for global expansion

Korea's AI startup Upstage raises $72 mn for global expansion

Upstage, South Korea’s artificial intelligence startup, raised about 100 billion won ($72 million) in its latest funding round, which the comp...

KEXIM, US DOE to support S.Korean green energy firms

KEXIM, US DOE to support S.Korean green energy firms

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) said on Mar. 7 that it will support domestic firms that aim to enter the American green energy industry with...

Kakao Pay backs out of acquisition deal for SSG Pay, Smile Pay Hanwha in talks to buy five-star hotel Paraspara Seoul Kia's Lego-like PV5 with 16 variants to hit market in July Stray Kids make K-pop history with landmark stadium show in Germany S.Korea’s most prominent business leader returns with all charges cleared