Organic food chain Chorocmaeul up for sale amid liquidity woes
Financial investors in Chorocmaeul Co., a South Korean organic food store chain, are seeking to sell the management control of the company, which re...
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...
LS Electric poised to join Nvidia's supply chain via Vertiv deal
LS Electric Co., a South Korean industrial system supplier, is poised to deliver a large volume of power control equipment, including switchgears an...
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 ...
MBK-invested Homeplus looks for new owner as M&A emerges as option
South Korea’s leading hypermarket chain Homeplus Co. is once again up for sale, a decade after private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd. took it p...
Hyundai Rotem set to finalize $6 bn K2 tank order from Poland
Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean defense company, is set to finalize a tank supply contract with Poland, with the deal's value nearly doubling &nda...
LG Chem to sell water filter business to Glenwood PE for $692 million
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. has agreed to sell its water filter business – the world’s second-largest producer of reverse osmosis m...
South Korea’s renewed stock market darlings: Weapons makers
South Korea’s defense industry is once again capturing investor attention, as exports of tanks, armored vehicles and other weapons systems soa...
Hylium to supply liquefied hydrogen storage tanks to AirFirst
Hylium Industries Inc., South Korea’s hydrogen liquefier manufacturer, has signed a deal to supply high-capacity liquefied hydrogen storage ta...
Stay liquid, be selective, look outside US tech, says TCW CEO
Global financial markets are facing rising volatility and uncertainty this year as the US stock market rally led by Big Tech is losing steam amid co...
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...
Aekyung Industrial up for sale as group struggles to ease liquidity crunch
South Korea’s Aekyung Group has put its flagship subsidiary, Aekyung Industrial Co., up for sale as part of broader restructuring efforts to s...
Koreans’ craving for luxury goods fades
Until recently, it was not unusual to see people waiting in a long line in front of foreign haute couture brands’ stores early in the morning ...
Meritz drops bid for troubled MG Non-Life Insurance; Liquidation looms
Meritz Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s second-most valuable financial holding firm, has dropped its bid to acquire financial distressed MG...
Samsung E&A buys Norwegian Nel stake for hydrogen business push
South Korea’s Samsung E&A Co. has purchased a stake in Norway’s hydrogen technology company Nel ASA at 47.6 billion won ($32.8 milli...
Lotte aims to take Lotte Global Logistics public by end-June
Lotte Group, grappling with a prolonged downturn in the petrochemical industry, plans to take Lotte Global Logistics Co. public by the end of June a...
SK Innovation E&S to secure 10 mn tons of LNG to compete with BP, Shell
SK Innovation E&S (SKI E&S), the natural gas business unit of South Korea’s SK Innovation Co., is set to begin an LNG trading business...
South Korean state think tank cuts 2025 growth forecast, flags US tariff risk
South Korea’s state-run think tank has cut its growth forecast for the country this year, citing President Donald Trump’s trad...
HS Hyosung Advanced Materials seeks to sell tire steel cord business
South Korea’s HS Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. is seeking to sell its tire steel cord business to secure funds for its new growth ventures ...
KG Mobility, Phinia to co-work for hydrogen engine
South Korea's automaker KG Mobility Corp. said on Thursday it partnered with the global car aftermarket solutions company Phinia to develop hydrogen...
Korean carmakers to bolster lineups with EVs, hydrogen models
Hyundai Motor Co. and other South Korean carmakers will release various types of new models ranging from hybrid sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and el...
Korean firms halt bond, share issues despite tighter liquidity
South Korean companies are postponing bond issues and initial public offerings on chilled investor sentiment in the aftermath of President Yoon Suk ...
Lotte Group denies liquidity crisis rumors to calm bond holders
Lotte Group on Thursday denied liquidity crisis rumors sparked by Lotte Chemical Corp.'s struggle to meet a bond redemption request after the South ...
Hyundai Rotem to supply ground weapons to Peru
South Korea's Hyundai Rotem Co. said on Monday it signed an agreement with the Peruvian Army to supply K2 main battle tanks, armored vehicles, and o...
Hyundai Glovis to build logistics complex in Korea’s top port city
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of the world’s third-largest carmaker Hyundai Motor Group, plans to establish a logistics complex in Bu...
NinjaTrader to revitalize Koreans’ domestic, overseas derivatives investments
NinjaTrader Group LLC., a leading US futures broker, is set to accelerate South Koreans’ investments in overseas derivatives while seeking to ...
State-run think tank KDI slashes GDP forecast, urges BOK to cut rates
The Korea Development Institute (KDI), South Korea’s state-run think tank, has slashed its forecasts for the country’s economic growth f...
Hyundai Motor completes mobile hydrogen charging station in Jeju
Hyundai Motor Co. said on Monday that it completed the H Jeju Moving Station, a mobile hydrogen charging facility, at the Carbon-Free Island (CFI) E...
HD Hyundai, Amogy, SK to co-work on ammonia-hydrogen power
South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. said on Monday it partnered with Amogy Inc., a US-based ammonia-powered systems developer, and SK Innova...
Hyundai unveils Initium hydrogen FCEV concept, set to arrive in 2025
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday unveiled a new hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) concept, previewing its ne...
