HYBE to bring K-pop idol playbook to India, tapping local talent
India, a country of 1.4 billion people, will be HYBE Co.'s next stop to test its K-pop model by discovering and nurturing local talent under its Cha...
Used SUVs pricier than new ones? Yes, in South Korea thanks to Russia
Prices of certain used sport utility vehicles in South Korea are defying the broader economic slowdown, with used models like Hyundai Motor Co.'s Pa...
Samsung’s Q1 profit beats expectations; Q2 outlook murky on tariff war
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, posted stronger-than-expected first-quarter operating profit on Tuesday, booste...
HD Hyundai on course for $1.55 bn order amid US-China trade war
HD Hyundai Co., the world’s largest shipbuilding group, is emerging as a key beneficiary of the Trump administration’s tariff policies a...
Hyundai Motor launches global talent recruitment program
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has launched a global talent recruitment program, beginning April 1 via its official hiring webs...
US Chamber of Commerce sees Korea’s business penalties as trade barrier
The US Chamber of Commerce, the country’s largest lobbying group, told Washington that South Korea’s penalties on businesspeople are amo...
Korea to create new visa for high-quality foreign talent
South Korea said on Wednesday it plans to create a new visa to attract high-level foreign talent for advanced industries such as artificial intellig...
Samsung lowers bar on hiring foreign talent in South Korea
South Korea’s biggest business group Samsung has sweetened the pot to win the technology talent war by lowering the bar for new hires of forei...
Korean bakery giant SPC to build $160 mn US plant as tariff war escalates
SPC Group, the operator of South Korea’s largest bakery chain Paris Baguette as well as Paris Croissant, SPL, Dunkin and SPC GFS, is building ...
Ruthless Politics of South Korea Is Rooted in Cold-War History
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Quick delivery war deepens Korean big-box retailer-Baemin ties
As competition for same-day delivery heats up in South Korea, traditional big-box retailers are rushing to join hands with the country’s No. 1...
SK to nurture 10,000 AI talent, introduce Board 2.0 to enhance governance
SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, said on Monday it plans to nurture 10,000 artificial intelligence professionals over the ...
Korean steel giant POSCO to sell Chinese JV PZSS amid US-China trade war
South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc. is seeking to sell its entire stake in a Chinese stainless steel joint venture as it faces growing comp...
Korea Zinc, MBK face proxy war for zinc smelter
Korea Zinc Inc.'s face-off with an MBK Partners-led consortium over control of the world’s largest zinc smelter looks set to escalate into a l...
North Korean Troops Train in Russia as Moscow Deepens War Coalition
North Korea has sent hundreds of special forces to eastern Russia for training in recent weeks, according to South Korea’s main intelligence a...
S.Korea’s premium kimchi war escalated by luxury hotels
Kimchi, Koreans’ staple food throughout millennia, has become a new, lucrative revenue source for the country’s luxury hotel chain opera...
South Korean developers fret over inflow of Indian talent
South Korea is opening its doors wide to Indian developers, causing some concerns that the inflow of highly talented software developers from the So...
Hyundai Motor Group to nurture young talent in Indonesia
Hyundai Motor Group said on Wednesday that it held the inaugural ceremony for the first cohort of H-Jump School Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia, the...
Junior bankers choosing track records over name value
A number of junior bankers at the Korean offices of major global investment banks such as Morgan Stanely and J.P.Morgan have resigned since July wit...
High-performance 4680 battery war is on; LG Energy takes lead over rivals
With stagnating electric vehicle sales or an EV chasm set to be prolonged, battery makers are increasingly turning their sights toward next-generati...
LG CNS, Seoul National Univ. to establish DX talent program
South Korea's LG CNS Co. signed an agreement with Seoul National University's Department of Industrial Engineering on Tuesday to develop talent in d...
Cosmax, China's Jiangnan Univ. to cooperate joint research
Cosmax Inc., South Korea's largest cosmetics original development and design manufacturer (ODM), said on Thursday that it signed a strategic memoran...
S.Korea's early stage VC funding down amid dearth of targets
Early stage startup funding has plummeted in South Korea as venture capitalists shifted to late-stage venture firms with stable business models amid...
Slimming wars: Samsung aims to launch 7 mm foldable smartphone
When Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled its latest iteration of foldable smartphones – the Galaxy Z Flip6 and the Z Fold6 – at the Unpacke...
Samsung Securities’ IB head to quit amid talent outflow
Lee Jae-hyun, who has led one of Samsung Securities Co.'s investment banking divisions for two years, has recently expressed his intention to quit, ...
HBM chip war intensifies as SK Hynix hunts for Samsung talent
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc., just like its global peers, has largely designed and produced semiconductors in-house, including high-bandwidt...
S.Korea's Vegan J. enters Amazon USA
South Korean eco-friendly cosmetic brand Vegan J. announced on Friday that it sells its products on Amazon, the largest e-commerce platform in the U...
South Korea sets sights on fostering EDA tech to win HBM chip war
In an escalating war in the semiconductor industry, insiders know there’s one technology critical for gaining chip supremacy: Electronic desig...
SK Innovation to adjust business portfolios for long-term growth
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top energy company, is slated to adjust its business portfolios for long-term growth while not planning to sl...
Samsung to produce 290-layer V9 NAND to win chip stacking war
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is set to begin mass production of 290-layer ninth-generation vertical (V9) NAN...
