Samsung's Harman goes from ugly duckling to golden swan

When Samsung Electronics Co. acquired Harman International Industries Inc., a global leader in the audio and automotive electronics business, in 201...

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...

Samsung’s AP chip Exynos turns from ugly duckling to golden swan

Samsung Electronics Co. has bittersweet memories of its Exynos chip – an in-house application processor (AP) referred to as the brain of mobil...

LG Elec unveils shoe care appliance at ComplexCon 2023

LG Electronics Inc. unveiled its dedicated shoe care appliance Styler Objet Collection ShoeCare and ShoeCase at ComplexCon 2023 in Long Beach, Calif...

LG Labs opens door to unconventional idea seekers

South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. has launched LG Labs, a playground for those wanting to test unconventional ideas that ...

Poshmark launches Posh Lens with Naver's AI tech

South Korea's Naver Corp. announced on Thursday that Poshmark, the US-based social e-commerce C2C (consumer-to-consumer) marketplace, has launched a...

Nike to open its 3rd Jordan World of Flight store in Seoul

Nike Inc. is set to open its Jordan World of Flight in Seoul, a store dedicated to Jordan brand streetwear and sports shoes, on Wednesday. It will b...

S.Korea’s Musinsa, Disney to collaborate character products

South Korea’s online fashion platform Musinsa has partnered with the Walt Disney Company Korea, a Korean unit of the global entertainment...

Lotte Fine Chemical transforms from ugly duckling to golden swan

For Samsung Group, the fine chemicals business was an ugly duckling losing money while other affiliates, including Samsung Electronics Co., were flu...

Korean firms tapped to buy shoe parts supplier Texon

Southeast Asia-focused Navis Capital Partners is tapping South Korean companies and private equity firms to sell Texon, a Hong Kong-based footwear c...

Foundry player DB HiTek: An ugly duckling becomes a golden swan

DB HiTek Co., one of South Korea’s leading foundry chipmakers, was once an ugly duckling in the industry, reeling under heavy debt and snowbal...

MBK in talks to buy S.Korea's top shoe fabric maker

MBK Partners is in exclusive talks to buy Dongjin Textile Co., a South Korean family-owned business that supplies footwear textiles to companies inc...

Hankook Tire, YASE unveil shoes made of recycled tires

Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s largest tire maker, said on Tuesday it is collaborating with local leather shoe brand YASE to...

Dongkuk Steel’s Brazil plant: From ugly duckling to golden swan

For Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., South Korea’s third-largest steelmaker, Companhia Siderurgica do Pecem steel mill in Brazil, commonly known as CSP...