GS Retail selects six startups to innovate retail biz

GS Retail selects six startups to innovate retail biz

South Korea's GS Retail said on Friday it selected six startups—Studio Lab, Tilda, Oasis Business, YesPlzAI, Vessl AI, and Raondata—th...

GS Group, Notion to team up on AI capabilities

GS Group, Notion to team up on AI capabilities

South Korea's GS Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Notion, the US-based popular collaboration software company to enhance its ...

CU, GS25 in fierce race for top spot in Korea’s convenience store market

CU, GS25 in fierce race for top spot in Korea’s convenience store market

Using multiple measures, CU and GS25 both claim they are the No. 1 player in South Korea’s convenience store (CV) market.CU, operated by BGF R...

BMW, GS, LG open EV charging hub lounge in Seoul

BMW, GS, LG open EV charging hub lounge in Seoul

BMW Group Korea said on Thursday it opened the electric vehicle (EV) Charging Hub Lounge with GS Group and LG Group in Hoehyeon-dong, Seoul.The Char...

MBK Partners’ sale of Homeplus Express hits snag over valuation gap

MBK Partners’ sale of Homeplus Express hits snag over valuation gap

MBK Partners’ planned sale of Homeplus Express, the supermarket chain of South Korean hypermarket operator Homeplus, has hit a snag as potenti...

GS E&C in talks to sell entire stake in GS Elevator to Chinese firm

 GS E&C in talks to sell entire stake in GS Elevator to Chinese firm

South Korea’s GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) is in talks to sell its entire stake in GS Elevator Co. to a Chinese strate...

GS Caltex to capture and utilize carbon with own technology

GS Caltex to capture and utilize carbon with own technology

South Korea's GS Caltex Corp. will launch a carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project in collaboration with South Jeolla Province and Yeosu City ...

Korea’s GS Entec to invest $217 mn in wind power business

Korea’s GS Entec to invest $217 mn in wind power business

South Korea’s GS Entec Corp. is set to invest 300 billion won ($216.8 million) in facilities to manufacture wind power equipment as it shifts ...

GS Global launches BYD's T4K electric refrigerator truck

GS Global launches BYD's T4K electric refrigerator truck

South Korea's general trading company GS Global Corp. announced on Monday that it will launch BYD Company Ltd.'s 1-ton electric truck, the T4K Refri...

Overseas projects boost Korean builders’ earnings; GS profit cut in half

Overseas projects boost Korean builders’ earnings; GS profit cut in half

Large-scale overseas construction projects boosted major Korean builders’ quarterly results while lackluster domestic construction work, coupl...

Samsung, GS win $7.2 bn gas plant project in Saudi

Samsung, GS win $7.2 bn gas plant project in Saudi

South Korea’s Samsung Engineering (new name: Samsung E&A) and GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) won a $7.2 billion co...

Korea’s GS offers dim outlook after weak earnings; stocks down

Korea’s GS offers dim outlook after weak earnings; stocks down

GS Holdings Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s energy-to-retail conglomerate GS Group, on Wednesday provided a dismal business outloo...

GS E&C banned from new construction deals for 8 months

GS E&C banned from new construction deals for 8 months

The South Korean government said on Thursday it has ordered GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) and four smaller builders to halt t...

Korea’s KIC opens Mumbai office to spur emerging market investment

Korea’s KIC opens Mumbai office to spur emerging market investment

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) said on Monday it has launched its Mumbai office, establishing the state-run fund’s f...

Samsung opens premium experience store in Mumbai

Samsung opens premium experience store in Mumbai

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it opened a flagship premium experience store Samsung BKC in Mumbai, India. Samsung BKC, spread ac...

Daewoo E&C completes India's longest sea bridge

Daewoo E&C completes India's longest sea bridge

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) announced on January 23, 2024, that it has completed the construction of the Mumbai Trans...

S.Korean securities downgrades GS E&C’s investment opinion

S.Korean securities downgrades GS E&C’s investment opinion

Hyundai Motor Securities downgraded its investment opinion on GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) from "Buy" to "Market Perform" on...

Goldman Sachs lists Moloco CEO among exceptional entrepreneurs

Goldman Sachs lists Moloco CEO among exceptional entrepreneurs

Moloco Inc., a Silicon Valley-based ad-tech solution startup, said Wednesday that its co-founder and Chief Executive Ikkjin Ahn was named one of the...

Korea's GS Caltex faces FTC probe into intra-group trading

Korea's GS Caltex faces FTC probe into intra-group trading

The Korea Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has begun an investigation process for alleged intra-group transactions between GS Caltex Corp., the country&r...

LG Chem, GS Caltex form eco-friendly materials alliance

LG Chem, GS Caltex form eco-friendly materials alliance

LG Chem Ltd. and GS Caltex Corp. are accelerating their efforts in the eco-friendly bio-material business involving 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3HP). 3...

POSCO International, GS Caltex to build palm oil refinery in Indonesia

POSCO International, GS Caltex to build palm oil refinery in Indonesia

South Korea’s POSCO International Corp. and GS Caltex Corp. on Thursday signed a $210 million deal to build a bio feedstock refinery facility ...

S.Korea to receive $1 bn in unpaid bills from Uzbek gas project

S.Korea to receive $1 bn in unpaid bills from Uzbek gas project

South Korean firms are poised to receive $1 billion in unpaid bill that has accumulated since 2017 from Uzbekistan’s Surgil gas project as the...

Mirae Asset No. 1 among overseas asset managers in India

Mirae Asset No. 1 among overseas asset managers in India

MUMBAI – South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., managing 22 trillion won ($16.7 billion) in India, ranks No. 1 among overseas...

Gencurix supplies companion diagnostic kits to cancer center in India

Gencurix supplies companion diagnostic kits to cancer center in India

South Korean biotech company Gencurix Inc. on Friday said it started supplying its companion diagnostic test Droplex to a national cancer center in ...

LG 1st in South Korea’s ESG rankings for 2nd year

LG 1st in South Korea’s ESG rankings for 2nd year

LG Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group, ranked No. 1 in the country’s environmental, social...

GS E&C faces heavy loss in Q2 due to apartment reconstruction plan

GS E&C faces heavy loss in Q2 due to apartment reconstruction plan

GS Engineering & Construction Co., South Korea’s major construction firm, posted a quarterly operating loss in the April-June period for t...

GS Entec signs deal with global offshore wind power developer

GS Entec signs deal with global offshore wind power developer

GS Entec, an energy equipment manufacturer under South Korea’s GS Global Corp., on Monday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with th...

GS E&C loses $230 mn market capitalization in one day

GS E&C loses $230 mn market capitalization in one day

GS Engineering & Construction Co.'s stock price plummeted on Thursday in the aftermath of the underground parking lot collapse. Following the Mi...

Korean Air to use bio-jet fuel on international flights

Korean Air to use bio-jet fuel on international flights

Korean Air Lines Co. announced on Thursday that it will start operating bio-jet fuel flights in partnership with GS Caltex Corp., marking the first ...

S.Korean oil refiner GS Caltex accelerates advance into cosmetics biz

S.Korean oil refiner GS Caltex accelerates advance into cosmetics biz

GS Caltex Corp., South Korea’s second-largest oil refiner, is expediting its advance into the cosmetics industry as part of its green transfor...

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