Another Saigon

Airlines Korea’s Sono to sell Air Premia stake to focus on another LCC

South Korea's top resort operator Sono Hospitality Group has decided to sell its entire stake in low-cost carrier (LCC) Air Premia Inc. at a profit ...

Arts Maybe Happy Ending: A robot love story that rewrote Broadway playbook

On an unremarkable evening in November 2024, inside the opulent Belasco Theatre in Manhattan, something quietly historic was taking place.A delicate...

Airlines Sono Hospitality becomes new owner of Korean budget carrier T’way Air

South Korea’s top resort operator Sono Hospitality Group has emerged as the new owner of budget carrier T’way Air Co. by acquiring ...

Machinery Korean tractor maker Daedong ends two-decade partnership with Deere

Daedong Corp., South Korea’s leading tractor and farm machinery maker, has ended its two-decade-long partnership with Deere & Co., the wor...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Hanwha Ocean, another Korean shipbuilder win $951 million WTIV deals

Hanwha Ocean Co. and another major South Korean shipbuilder have won deals worth a combined 1.4 trillion won ($951 million) to each build a wind tur...

Real estate KT&G to sell Korean office tower to Pebblestone for $90 mn

KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, is set to sell an office tower in South Korea to a local asset manager for an estimat...

Korean games NCSOFT taps ex-Pearl Abyss US head to lead N.America unit

NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s major gaming company, said on Monday it has appointed Jin Jeonghee, former head of the US operations of local riva...

Automobiles Slowing economy creates opportunity for S. Korean used car sellers

South Korea’s used car sellers hope to take advantage of the slowing economic growth at home and abroad to expand their market shares.Lotte Re...

Automobiles GM Korea supplier Erae cs eyes revival by unit sales

A controlling stake in Erae AMS Co., formerly Delphi Automotive Systems’ South Korean affiliate, is on sale with eight potential bidders eyein...

Electronics US court dismisses suit against Samsung by ex-patent chief

A US court rejected a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co. by a former intellectual property chief of the company and banned ...

Asset management Samsung Asset eyes expansion into US ETF market

NEW YORK – South Korea’s largest asset manager Samsung Asset Management Co. is leveraging its strategic partnership with a US investment...

K-pop HYBE to fire NewJeans agency CEO; Min refutes accusation

HYBE Co. is seeking to sack Min Hee-jin, the chief of ADOR, its label behind globally popular girl group NewJeans, as it investigates allegations th...

Pension funds Korea's Military Mutual Aid Association starts search for new CIO

South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), which managed 10.4 trillion won ($7.7 billion) in assets as of the end of 2023, said on ...

Batteries Korea’s EcoPro invests $11 mn in Indonesian nickel smelter

South Korea’s leading electric vehicle battery materials producer EcoPro Group is expanding its investment in Indonesia for stable procurement...

Aerospace & Defense Hanwha expected to sign $751 mn howitzer deal with Romania

Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s major aerospace and defense system developer, is set to sign a 1 trillion won ($751 million) contract to s...

Electric vehicles S.Korean refiners’ competition in EV lubricants sector intensifies

Refiners in South Korea are in a race to expand their presence in the electric vehicle lubricants market through overseas production facilities and ...

Leadership & Management Jay Y. Lee heads to Middle East, Malaysia for next Samsung takeoff

Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee has embarked on a business trip to the Middle East in his first overseas trip since a South Korean court...

Earnings Samyang’s power: Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen by daughter-in-law

Samyang Foods Co., a South Korean instant noodle maker, enjoyed record earnings last year thanks to increasing overseas sales of its global-hit Hot ...

Logistics CJ Logistics, Saigon Co.op form partnership in Vietnam

South Korea’s CJ Logistics announced on Wednesday that it has formed a strategic partnership with Vietnamese state-owned retail chain giant ...

Electronics LG Elec opens customer experience space in Ho Chi Minh

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday the unveiling of a customer experience space called "Another Saigon" in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where the...

Corporate strategy Samsung launches new growth engine control tower at mobile division

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips and smartphones, has created a business control tower within its Digital eX...

Supply chain China’s urea halts raise specter of another logistics crisis in Korea

China has halted customs clearance on its exports of urea, a substance used to reduce carbon emissions in diesel vehicles, raising the prospect of a...

E-commerce SK Square pauses talks with Qoo10 over 11Street deal

SK Square Co., an investment arm of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has suspended negotiations with Singapore-headquartered e-comme...

E-commerce Alibaba continues eyeing S.Korean e-commerce M&A

Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group is seeking to purchase a major online retail platform in South Korea, one of the world’s largest e-commerce m...

Aerospace & Defense S.Korea mulls plan B as Indonesia falls behind on KF-21 project payments

Indonesia, a partner of South Korea’s KF-21 fighter jet development project, has failed again to notify the Korean government of its plan to p...

Retail E-Land eyes another leap forward in China under new strategy

SHANGHAI – E-Land World Ltd., a South Korean fashion and retail company, is gearing up for another leap forward in China, where the company&rs...

Shareholder activism KT&G faces another legal battle with Korean activist fund

Singapore-based private equity firm Flashlight Capital Partners Pte. said Monday that it has filed court injunctions against KT&G Corp., beginni...

Korean chipmakers SK Hynix unveils another NAND to win chip stacking war

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., showcased its progress in the chip stacking technolo...

Central bank BOK keeps door open for another rate hike on Fed, debts

South Korea’s central bank on Thursday kept the door open for another interest rate hike after leaving the policy borrowing cost unchanged for...

Chemical Industry S.Korea’s SKC seeks to sell fine ceramic business for $307 mn

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, is seeking to sell its fine ceramic business for an estimated 400 billion won ($307 million) as the unit o...