Korean commercial act revision to drive reevaluation of equities: J.P. Morgan

Korean commercial act revision to drive reevaluation of equities: J.P. Morgan

J.P. Morgan, a leading US investment bank, has thrown its weight behind South Korea’s landmark commercial act revision, saying that the new go...

LG Display eyes turnaround on China's shift to OLED

LG Display eyes turnaround on China's shift to OLED

LG Display Co., the world’s top large-sized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, will likely swing to profit this year for the fir...

SK Hynix surpasses Samsung with record-high profit in Q4

 SK Hynix surpasses Samsung with record-high profit in Q4

SK Hynix Inc., the top supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips to Nvidia Corp., on Thursday reported its highest-ever quarterly profit of 8.08...

Samsung's Lee inspects MLCC plant in Philippines as it eyes turnaround

Samsung's Lee inspects MLCC plant in Philippines as it eyes turnaround

Samsung Group Chairman Jay Y. Lee on Sunday inspected Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co.’s production facilities for multilayer ceramic capacitors ...

Hyundai Motor’s 1st overseas plant in Turkey makes decent turnaround

Hyundai Motor’s 1st overseas plant in Turkey makes decent turnaround

Back in the late 1990s, South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. built its first overseas plant in Turkey, betting on the European and Mi...

SK Hynix’s turnaround gains traction from US, China

SK Hynix’s turnaround gains traction from US, China

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s No. 2 memory chipmaker, has made a significant business turnaround in the US and China, which made up 80% of its sa...

Kia’s Chinese business makes turnaround as it becomes export base

Kia’s Chinese business makes turnaround as it becomes export base

South Korean automaker Kia Corp.'s Chinese business has been struggling for years amid escalating tension between the US and China – Korea&rsq...

LG Display cuts vendors’ stakes, axes jobs for turnaround

LG Display cuts vendors’ stakes, axes jobs for turnaround

LG Display Co., the world’s top manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, reduced stakes in its vendors while cut...

Rebound in large OLED TV demand bodes well for LG Display, Samsung

Rebound in large OLED TV demand bodes well for LG Display, Samsung

In the flat panel market, South Korea’s two display makers – LG Display Co. and Samsung Display Co. – have been bleeding for years...

Korean beauty brands show signs of turnaround in China

Korean beauty brands show signs of turnaround in China

South Korean cosmetics brands are showing signs of a turnaround in China, with their sales in the neighboring country recovering from the slump over...

Korean battery maker SK On expects business turnaround in H2

Korean battery maker SK On expects business turnaround in H2

SK On Co., the battery unit of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., said on Monday it expects a business turnaround in the seco...

SK Hynix, latest chipmaker to emerge victorious with record Q1 sales

SK Hynix, latest chipmaker to emerge victorious with record Q1 sales

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Thursday it has swung to a profit in the fir...

Hanwha Ocean’s Q1 turnaround brightens earnings outlook

Hanwha Ocean’s Q1 turnaround brightens earnings outlook

Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea’s third-largest shipbuilder, turned to the black in the first quarter powered by increasing sales of higher-end ...

CJ CheilJedang to sell feed, livestock unit for $1.4 bn

CJ CheilJedang to sell feed, livestock unit for $1.4 bn

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is seeking again to sell its loss-making feed and livestock subsidiary, Asia’s largest in the ind...

Hanatour makes turnaround through restructuring, premium packages

Hanatour makes turnaround through restructuring, premium packages

When IMM Private Equity Inc. acquired a 16.68% stake in South Korea’s top travel agency Hanatour Service Inc. for 128.9 billion won ($95.7 mil...

Solo Leveling: Arise, Netmarble's webtoon-based game to spur turnaround

Solo Leveling: Arise, Netmarble's webtoon-based game to spur turnaround

South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. said on Tuesday it is set to launch “Solo Leveling: Arise” — a new title based on a po...

LG Display to raise $971 mn in rights offering for OLED business

LG Display to raise $971 mn in rights offering for OLED business

LG Display Co., the world’s leading manufacturer of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, said on Monday it will raise 1.29 trillion won...

Netmarble bets on new games for turnaround in 2024

Netmarble bets on new games for turnaround in 2024

Netmarble Corp. expects a turnaround this year driven by new games after successfully snapping its seven consecutive quarter losing streak in the fi...

SK Hynix swings to profit; sees 60% surge in HBM demand

SK Hynix swings to profit; sees 60% surge in HBM demand

SK Hynix Inc. turned a profit in the last quarter of 2023, reversing losses over the past four quarters as high-performance chips such as doubl...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics eyes turnaround with Galaxy AI

Samsung Electro-Mechanics eyes turnaround with Galaxy AI

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., the top electronic components maker in South Korea, aims for a turnaround this year with the launch of the first arti...

LG Display unveils brightest OLED TV panel for turnaround

LG Display unveils brightest OLED TV panel for turnaround

LAS VEGAS, NV -- LG Display Co., the global leading manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, introduced the industry&r...

Samsung’s narrowed Q4 chip losses fuel bullish 2024 outlook

Samsung’s narrowed Q4 chip losses fuel bullish 2024 outlook

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips, smartphones and TVs, said on Tuesday its chip business losses significantl...

Korea’s Gmarket poised to post 1st profit since Shinsegae’s takeover

Korea’s Gmarket poised to post 1st profit since Shinsegae’s takeover

Gmarket, a major e-commerce website based in South Korea, likely turned to profit in the fourth quarter of last year, which would mark the first tim...

Lotte extends Brisbane Airport duty-free shop operations until 2034

Lotte extends Brisbane Airport duty-free shop operations until 2034

Lotte Duty Free, South Korea’s largest duty-free business operator, said on Sunday it has extended its operating rights for a duty-free shop a...

LG Display narrows Q3 losses, sees turnaround in Q4

LG Display narrows Q3 losses, sees turnaround in Q4

LG Display Co. said on Wednesday it will likely turn a profit in the fourth quarter of this year, snapping its losing streak of the past six quarter...

Samsung Electronics’ narrowed Q3 chip losses fuel more bullish outlook

Samsung Electronics’ narrowed Q3 chip losses fuel more bullish outlook

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips, smartphones and TVs, said on Wednesday it likely posted a 78% drop in it...

Samsung chip turnaround likely in second half after dismal Q2

Samsung chip turnaround likely in second half after dismal Q2

Samsung Electronics Co. expects to see light at the end of the tunnel with a likely turnaround of its mainstay chip business in the second half afte...

Lotte Chemical projects recovery in Q2 after 4th consecutive loss in Q1

Lotte Chemical projects recovery in Q2 after 4th consecutive loss in Q1

Lotte Chemical Corp. suffered its fourth consecutive operating loss in the first quarter due to a prolonged petrochemical slowdown amid the global e...

LG Display to focus on automotive screens for turnaround

LG Display to focus on automotive screens for turnaround

LG Display Co., the world’s top manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, is set to focus on the automotive scree...

Korean convention sector enjoys increase in events post-pandemic

Korean convention sector enjoys increase in events post-pandemic

Coex Convention & Exhibition Center, the largest event complex in Seoul, was crowded on Friday for a smart factory and plant automation fair.&ld...

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