S.Korea’s pension fund NPS posts weaker returns amid US tariff concerns
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, is posting sh...
NPS logs 0.87% return from first-quarter investment
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, announced on ...
IFEZ posts 2nd-highest FDI performance with $309.6 million in Q1
The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority said on Monday that it attracted $309.6 million in reported foreign direct investment (FDI) in the f...
LG Chem unveils precursor-free cathode material for batteries
LG Chem Ltd. is set to become the first South Korean company to mass-produce precursor-free cathode materials, designed for high- and mid-nickel bat...
S.Korean investors name their 33 favorite alternative asset managers
Blackstone and HarbourVest Partners are South Korean institutional investors’ preferred private equity firms, according to a survey by Korea I...
Coupang posts profit for 2 straight years in 2024 on new growth drivers
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s answer to global e-commerce giant Amazon.com, ended last year with profit for the second straight year thanks to t...
How STIC Investments’ bet on animal fat processor DK O&T paid off
In South Korea, businesses handling livestock by-products have lacked investor appeal. They were usually mom-and-pop businesses and appeared to hold...
Bank of Korea seen cutting interest rates by 25 bps in January
The Bank of Korea (BOK) is widely expected to cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday amid the nation's softening economy and moderating i...
Baby Shark receives three Emmy nominations
South Korea's The Pinkfong Company, popularly known for its "Baby Shark" character, said on Friday that "Baby Shark’s Big Movie" received thre...
KEPCO expects all-time high $207 mn in 2024 overseas investment returns
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the state-run utility company, expects to post its highest-ever overseas business performance this year, thanks ...
Gensis launches motorsport team to race in high-performance segment
Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis on Wednesday launched a racing team and unveiled a motorsports prototype to raise its presence in the glob...
Samsung Heavy sails autonomous demonstration vessel
The South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on Thursday the launch ceremony for Samsung Heavy Industries' autonomous demonstra...
In South Korea, cash is king on US election, Samsung uncertainties
South Korean investors are hoarding cash as Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, hurts local stocks and uncertainties ov...
S&P upgrades SK Innovation credit rating to BBB-
Global credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) announced on Friday that it upgraded SK Innovation Co.'s long-term credit rating from a ...
Hanwha Asset taps US for Korean defense ETF listing
Hanwha Asset Management Co., a financial service sibling of South Korea’s major defense and aerospace developer Hanwha Aerospace Co., is seeki...
S.Korea’s exports fall 2.9% in first 20 days of October; chip sales strong
South Korea’s exports, the country’s main growth driver, fell 2.9% in the first 20 days of October amid falling demand for vehicles and ...
LG Elec named Lowe's 2024 vendor partner of year
LG Electronics Inc. said on Wednesday that it was named Lowe's 2024 Vendor Partners of the Year. Lowe's operates over 1,700 home improvement store...
Hanwha Q Cells sells 142 MW solar power plant in Washington
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar panel manufacturing arm of South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp., said on Wednesday that it sold a 142-megawatt solar pow...
Hyundai, Kia’s September US sales fall; hybrids buck weak sales trend
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister firm Kia Corp. saw their US sales decline last month due to fewer selling days and weak market ...
Korea Investment lowers price target for Samsung Electro-Mechanics
Korea Investment & Securities lowered the target price of Samsung Electro-Mechanics by 14.3% on Sunday, citing weaker-than-expected third-q...
Stray Kids to perform at 50th American Music Awards
K-Pop boy band Stray Kids will perform at the American Music Awards, a major music awards show in the United States.The American Music Awards announ...
SK Broadband unveils upgraded AI-powered IPTV service
SK Broadband Co., South Korea’s No. 2 internet service provider, has upgraded the voice command function of its internet protocol television (...
LG Electronics launches Global Heat Pump Consortium
LG Electronics Inc. said on Tuesday it launched a Global Heat Pump Consortium to strengthen cooperation on heating, ventilation, and air condition...
Hyundai Motor releases 2025 IONIQ 5 N
Hyundai Motor Co. said on Tuesday that it released the model year of its high-performance electric vehicle (EV) the 2025 IONIQ 5 N.The 2025 IONIQ 5 ...
Blackpink’s dance performance video surpasses 1.7 billion views
K-pop girl group Blackpink's “How You Like That” dance performance video has garnered more than 1.7 billion YouTube views, the group's a...
NCSOFT launches evaluation model to verify performance of AI LLMs
NCSOFT Corp. announced on Monday that it has launched VARCO Judge LLM, the first evaluation model in South Korea to verify the performance and capab...
No Korean firms make it onto Korea’s top five mobile games list
No South Korean game titles developed by domestic game developers made it onto the list of the country’s top five mobile games last month, ind...
Pulley Campus, Yonsei Univ. to co-work on educational AI services
Freewheelin, which operates the AI courseware Pulley Campus for university education, said on Friday that it signed an industry-academia cooperation...
Hudson AI dreams of a world without language barriers
South Korean startup Hudson AI is striving to break language barriers with its artificial intelligence-powered voice dubbing technology, enabling gl...
LG Elec unveils gram laptop featuring Intel Series 2
LG Electronics Inc. unveiled its latest LG gram laptop on Wednesday, powered by Intel's new Intel Core Ultra processor (Series 2) during an ...
