HYBE Bang under financial watchdog’s scrutiny for alleged unfair trading
Bang Si-hyuk, founder and chairman of HYBE Co., the South Korean entertainment giant behind K-pop global sensation BTS, could face investigation by ...
South Korea asks US for tailored approach to chip tariffs
South Korea has officially requested that the US take a distinct approach in its ongoing probe into foreign semiconductor technology and related dow...
Hyundai Steel picks Donaldsonville as $5.8 bn US plant site, seeks investors
South Korea’s Hyundai Steel Co. has chosen Donaldsonville, Louisiana, as the location for its $5.8 billion US steel mill, marking a major stra...
POSCO to sell entire stake in Nippon Steel, ending equity ties
POSCO Holdings Inc. has decided to sell its entire stake in Nippon Steel Corp., according to industry sources on Wednesday, marking the end of their...
Dongkuk to file anti-dumping petition vs Chinese color steel imports
Dongkuk Coated Metal Co. and SeAh Steel Corp. are set to file an anti-dumping complaint against Chinese rivals in March as the country plans to impo...
South Korea’s steel imports from China at 7-year high
South Korea’s imports of steel products from China climbed to their highest level in seven years despite a decrease in its total steel imports...
SPC to establish bakery plant in Texas
South Korea's SPC Group, the operator of the bakery franchise Paris Baguette said on Thursday it plans to build a plant in the City of Burleson, Joh...
S-1 releases CCTV monitoring service
South Korea's security service provider S-1 Corp. said on Monday it launched CCTV Monitoring Service, a system designed to notify customers of any r...
Netmarble unveils teaser video for its new game ‘The King of Fighters’
Netmarble Corp. announced on Thursday that it premiered a teaser video for its new game “The King of Fighters (KOF) AFK” at the SNK boot...
Hanwha teams up with Australian startup for space business
South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. has joined hands with Australian startup Gilmour Space Technologies in the space business, bolstering coope...
TMON, WeMakePrice file for court receivership amid liquidity troubles
TMON Inc. and WeMakePrice Co. – the e-commerce platforms owned by Singapore-based Qoo10 Pte. – have filed for court receivership amid co...
Doosan Bobcat ramps up Chennai plant in India
Doosan Bobcat Inc., the construction and agricultural machine manufacturer of South Korea’s Doosan Group, announced on Wednesday that it compl...
SK Hynix to invest $14.6 bn to build HBM plant in S.Korea
SK Hynix Inc. will spend 20 trillion won ($14.6 billion) to build a new memory chip manufacturing plant on a site originally designated to build a N...
HYBE to fire NewJeans agency CEO; Min refutes accusation
HYBE Co. is seeking to sack Min Hee-jin, the chief of ADOR, its label behind globally popular girl group NewJeans, as it investigates allegations th...
AhnLab to form joint venture with Saudi SITE
AhnLab Inc., South Korea's information security solutions company, announced on Monday that it signed an agreement to establish a joint venture (JV)...
Genesystem enters Indian tuberculosis treatment market
Genesystem, a South Korean biotech company said on Tuesday that it will export 20 on-site tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic devices and 6,000 TB test kit...
Korea gives the nod for foreign workers at plant construction sites
South Korea is expected to allow foreigners to work at plant construction sites nearly two decades after non-native Koreans were banned from those p...
POSCO taps ex-President Chang In-hwa as its next group chairman
POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO, has nominated former President Chang In-hwa as its next group chair...
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...
Kakao inspects SM Entertainment’s management
Kakao Corp. has embarked on a special inspection of SM Entertainment Co.'s financial reporting for the first time since the South Korean internet gi...
POSCO chair, board under investigation ahead of new CEO selection
Police in Seoul have launched a probe into South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Choi Jeong-woo and the company's boa...
S.Korea to probe Chinese batteries' alleged patent violations
South Korea will investigate alleged patent infringement by Chinese makers of smartphone batteries and high-nickel cathodes upon requests by LG Chem...
Samsung tech leak suspects allegedly bribed by Chinese firm
A former senior manager at Samsung Electronics Co. and an ex-subcontractor employee are among those accused of receiving several tens of million dol...
ITC launches probe into Samsung’s suit vs China’s BOE over OLED
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided to launch an investigation into a complaint filed by South Korea’s Samsung Display Co....
Korean ELS investors biting nails over sharp falls in Hong Kong shares
Chinese shares listed on the Hong Kong bourse have fallen sharply so far this year, placing the city’s main stock index, the HSCEI, among the ...
HD Hyundai wins $72 mn power equipment order in Saudi
HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical equipment and energy solution company under South Korea’s shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Co., has won a...
SK E&S partners with East Timor gov't on CCS project
South Korea's SK E&S announced on Wednesday that it signed a mutual cooperation partnership (MCP) with the East Timor Ministry of Petroleum and ...
Toss Pay expands on-site payment in 42 countries
Toss Pay, the convenient payment service of South Korea's mobile financial platform Toss, said on Monday it has expanded its overseas on-site paymen...
Naver Webtoon seizes 150 illegal overseas sites
South Korea’s Naver Webtoon announced on Thursday it shut down 150 illegal overseas sites, which unauthorizedly posted more than 80 webtoons i...
Naver Pay expands on-site payment to SE Asia countries
Naver Pay, the simple payment service of South Korea's Naver Financial, said on Thursday it has expanded its overseas on-site payment services. It...
