Geopolitics rewrite investment playbook – and that’s an opportunity: KKR

In an era of escalating geopolitical uncertainty, the head of one of the world’s largest private equity firms sees opportunity – not ret...

Genesis partners with Tate Modern in London

Hyundai Motor Co. 's premium brand Genesis announced on Friday that it partnered with the Tate Modern Art Museum in London and will sponsor "The Gen...

Shinsegae Group splits E-Mart, department store with executive reshuffles

South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group on Wednesday carried out one of its most drastic executive reshuffles, officially splitting the gro...

Duty-free underdog Kyung Bok Kung outshines Lotte, Shilla

Kyung Bok Kung Duty-Free Co., a lesser-known travel retailer, has bucked the trend of South Korea's sluggish duty-free retail industry on a downward...

Samsung establishes HBM team to up AI chip production yields

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 1 memory chipmaker, recently set up a high bandwidth memory (HBM) team within the memory chip divisio...

Kyung Dong Navien enters into US boiler market

South Korea's heating systems manufacturer Kyung Dong Navien Co. announced on Thursday it shipped its first "Condensing Hydro Furnace" to the US mar...

KKR Co-CEO Joe Bae meets NPS, KIC execs in S.Korea

KKR Co. Co-Chief Executive Joseph Bae made a visit to South Korea last week to meet with senior managers of the country’s top limited partners...

SK Geo Centric to attend event hosted by French president

South Korea’s recycling specialist SK Geo Centric on Monday said its CEO Na Kyung-soo will attend the next day the Choose France summit at the...

S.Korea's Kyung Dong Navien expands its business in Central Asia

South Korea's heating systems manufacturer Kyung Dong Navien Co. held a conference for 100 local dealers in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Feb. 10.The con...

Kakao Brain to unveil AI chest X-ray diagnosis service next year

Come next year, Kakao Brain, the artificial intelligence arm Kakao Corp., is slated to unveil an AI system that can write the first draft diagnosis ...

It's time to bet on high-yield bond funds: Barings

High-yield bonds generally create greater yields than other funds, but low-quality bonds are vulnerable to economic downturns and the firms’ c...

SK Square taps NPS PE expert as global investment head

South Korea’s investment firm SK Square Co. announced on Thursday that it has chosen Harvey Hakjin Bae, a former alternative investment expert...

Contrarian leader's bets drive Kumho Petrochem's record profits

At the end of last year, executives of Kumho Petrochemical Co. were in a heated debate on whether or not to expand the capacity of nitrile butadiene...

MBK's Lee listed among Forbes' power Asia businesswomen

MBK Partners' first female partner Lee In-kyung has made it to the list of Forbes Asia's 20 power businesswomen published in its November issue. For...

Joe Bae to co-lead KKR as 2nd Korean-descendent CEO of a PE giant

Joseph Bae, co-president of KKR & Co., was named as its co-chief executive officer this week, becoming the second Korean descendent CEO to lead ...