Electric vehicles
China’s BYD Co. has dethroned Tesla Inc. in South Korea, with its compact sport utility vehicle, the BYD Atto 3, becoming the best-selling imported electric vehicle last month – a symbolic breakthrough for the world’s largest EV ma
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China’s BYD Co. has dethroned Tesla Inc. in South Korea, with its compact sport utility vehicle, the BYD Atto 3, becoming the best-selling imported electric vehicle last month – a symbolic breakthrough for the world’s largest EV ma
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South Korea’s largest food company, CJ CheilJedang Corp., is shifting into high gear in its global expansion with a 100 billion won ($72 millio...
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Corporate investment
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. has broken ground on its third home appliance manufacturing plant in India with a $600 million investment to ...
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KakaoBank Corp., a leading South Korean internet-only bank, posted its highest quarterly profit in the first quarter, defying a drop in interest inco...
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Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, extended its year-on-year sales growth with an 11.1% increase to post $7.9 billion in ...
May 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), the brokerage unit of Korea Investment Holdings Co., said on Wednesday it hosted its flagship investor r...
May 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Korean chipmakers
South Korea has officially requested that the US take a distinct approach in its ongoing probe into foreign semiconductor technology and related down...
May 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Business & Politics
A landmark nuclear energy export deal between South Korea and the Czech Republic was postponed at the eleventh hour following a local court ruling, d...
May 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Beauty & Cosmetics
As Korean beauty products continue to captivate global consumers, five Seoul-based cosmetics and wellness companies are gearing up to penetrate deepe...
May 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Electronics Co. has launched a major push into next-generation microdisplays for augmented reality (AR) glasses as it aims to position itself...
May 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Asset management
Korea Investment & Securities Co. said on Tuesday it is set to sell funds operated by Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP in South Korea, offering ...
May 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
South Korea’s pharmaceutical exports are on course to surpass $10 billion this year, underscoring the country’s growing clout in the glob...
May 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
The US has eased tariffs on automotive parts that took effect on May 3, offering a sigh of relief to South Korean suppliers, who said a worst-case sc...
May 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Korean games
NCSOFT Corp. has made an equity investment in emptyvessel, a US indie games studio, as part of efforts to expand into the first-person shooter genre,...
May 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
The top five imported car brands in South Korea underwent a major shake-up last year. BMW overtook Mercedes-Benz in sales for the first time in a dec...
May 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Business & Politics
Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of US President Donald Trump, spent his one-and-a-half-day visit to South Korea in back-to-back private meetings wit...
Apr 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Korean chipmakers
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s leading memory chipmaker, is in talks to supply customized sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory, or HBM4...
Apr 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – LS Cable & System Ltd., South Korea’s leading wire and cable manufacturer, has broken ground on its first underwat...
Apr 29, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Business & Politics
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The US tariff increases are adding risk premiums to dollar-denominated assets, undermining the dollar’s role as a glob...
Apr 29, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
South Korea’s exports of used cars by its homegrown auto brands are expected to hit a historic high this year, thanks to their improved brand r...
Apr 29, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Shinhan Financial Group Co., South Korea’s leading financial holding company, is poised to surpass 1 trillion won ($692 million) in annual net ...
Apr 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) secured orders for 22 container ships worth a total of 2.54 trillion won ($1.8 billion) l...
Apr 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
South Korea’s leading biosimilar drug developer Celltrion Inc. on Sunday unveiled an anticancer medicine to expand new pipelines and accelerate...
Apr 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract manufacturing organization (CMO), said on Monday it has secured a $5.14 million order from ...
Apr 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
POSCO Holdings Inc. has raised second-quarter prices of thick plates used in vessels amid concerns over tighter supply after South Korea levied anti-...
Apr 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Business & Politics
South Korea has proposed forming a consortium with Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam to jointly assess the feasibility of investing in the $45 billion Alaska...
Apr 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Corporate strategy
KT&G Corp., South Korea’s dominant tobacco and ginseng producer, is seeking to acquire a Japanese ginseng company after dismissing a 1.9-tr...
Apr 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
South Korea’s top four financial holding companies – Shinhan, KB, Hana and Woori – reported stellar earnings for the first quarter,...
Apr 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, extended its double-digit profit margin streak to a 10th consecutive quarter, posting record...
Apr 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
SK On Co., the battery subsidiary of South Korea’s energy conglomerate SK Group, has signed a supply agreement worth an estimated 4 trillion wo...
Apr 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)