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Real estate Deloitte Anjin to lead sale of Four Points by Sheraton Josun, Myeongdong

IGIS Asset Management Co., a leading South Korean real estate investment firm, has chosen Deloitte Anjin LLC as its lead manager to sell Four Points...

Real estate Korea’s IGIS Asset puts top Seoul tourist area hotel on market

IGIS Asset Management Co., one of Asia's largest real estate investment firms, is set to sell a four-star hotel in Myeong-dong, a popular spot for f...

Earnings Kia hits record 2024 sales; profit margins highest among global automakers

South Korea’s second-largest automaker Kia Corp. on Friday posted its highest-ever annual sales, operating profit and profit margins in 2024, ...

Webtoons Naver Webtoon invests in Japan's Number Nine

South Korea's Naver Webtoon said on Thursday that its Japanese service operator Line Digital Frontier invested in Number Nine, a webtoon studio in J...

IPOs Celltrion seeks large-scale M&A in Q4, eyes 2027 Nasdaq debut

SAN FRANCISCO – South Korea’s leading biosimilar drug developer Celltrion Inc. seeks to acquire a domestic health food maker as early as...

Memo from Howard Marks Prices are not high enough? Trees don't grow to the sky

The S&P 500 index just experienced its best two-year streak since the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, with the hype surrounding artificial intel...

Korean Investors Former LG man leaves KKR to start PEF

Lim Hyoung-seok, former Vice President of KKR Korea, left the private equity giant’s Seoul office and established his private equity fund (PEF...

Korean games DevSisters, VNG Games sign Cookie Run Asia publishing deal

South Korean game developer DevSisters Corp. said on Friday that it signed a publishing agreement with Vietnamese game company VNG Games for "Cookie...

Food & Beverage Nongshim opens K-Ramyun supermarket in Myeongdong

South Korean food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. said on Monday that it opened a Korean-style ramyun experience store K-Ramen Supermarket with the ...

Food & Beverage Mom's Touch opens new flagship store in Myeongdong

South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. announced on Tuesday that it opened a new flagship store in Myeongdong, Jung-g...

ESG Hyundai Motor to restore forest ecosystem

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Restoration Project with...

Bio & Pharma MedInTech attracts $14.6 mn series B investment

MedInTech Inc., South Korea's medical smart endoscopes startup, announced on Monday that it attracted a series B investment of 20 billion won ($14.6...

Automobiles Kia to bring 1st hybrid variant of subcompact SUV Sonet to Japan, China

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, plans to aggressively expand its hybrid vehicle lineup to subcompact SUVs amid slower-than-...

Retail Lotte Home Shopping opens Bellygom pop-up in Myeongdong

South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping announced on Monday that it will open a Bellygom pop-up store at Lotte Duty Free's showroom Now in Myeongdong unti...

Economy Korea’s factory output rebounds in February on chip recovery

South Korea’s factory activity last month bounced back in three months thanks to strong recovery in the country’s semiconductor sector b...

Batteries EV charging speed, battery sector’s emerging battlefield

South Korea’s three major battery makers are rushing to shorten times for electric vehicle charging, the main issue for consumers reluctant to...

Korean food Nongshim to open brand zone in Myeongdong, Seoul

South Korean food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. announced on Friday that it will open its brand zone in Myeongdong, Seoul with the domestic street...

Travel & Leisure MyRealTrip attracts $57 mn investment

South Korea's travel app MyRealTrip announced on Friday that it has attracted 75.6 billion won ($56.55 million) investment from domestic and foreign...

Aerospace & Defense Hanwha Ocean to join Canadian patrol submarine project

South Korea's shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co. secured a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with four Canadian submarine tech firms at Deep Blue Forum 20...

Beauty & Cosmetics CJ Olive Young opens specialized store for foreigners in Seoul

South Korea's health and beauty store chain CJ Olive Young announced on Wednesday it has changed its flagship store Olive Young Myeongdong Town as...

Food & Beverage Paris Baguette to open nine new North American stores in Sept.

Paris Baguette, the bakery franchise owned by South Korea's SPC Group, said on Wednesday that it plans to open nine new stores in North America this...

Leadership & Management SK Group commemorates chairman's 25th year since inauguration

SK Group, South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate, will commemorate the 25th anniversary of Chey Tae-won’s inauguration as chairman on Sept. 1....

Korean startups Forbes selects nine S.Korean startups as Asia 100 to Watch

Nine South Korean startups have made it to the "Forbes Asia 100 to Watch 2023" list.According to Forbes on Tuesday, the following companies were sel...

Electronics Samsung, LG rank top in J.D. Power’s appliance satisfaction study

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. top ranked in J.D. Power's 2023 US Appliance Satisfaction Study of nine major categories. J.D. ...

Real estate Singapore's CDL buys Nine Tree hotel in Seoul for $107 mn

Singapore-based major real estate firm City Developments Ltd. (CDL) has bought Nine Tree Premier Hotel Myeongdong II from South Korea’s Shinha...

Retail Korean dept stores to lure foreigners with K-pop, festival

South Korean department stores are set to launch various programs such as a festival and sales of K-pop star merchandise to attract foreign tourists...

Bio & Pharma AbClon shows promising results in clinical tests of leukemia treatment

South Korean companies are standing out in the global competition to develop chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) treatments, dubbed "dream" a...

Batteries LG Energy partners with Seoul Nat'l Univ. for battery technology

South Korea's No. 1 secondary battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Seoul National University on Friday signed an agreement to establish an indu...

Airlines Chinese regulator approves Korean Air-Asiana merger

The merger between South Korea's two leading airlines Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. passed a hurdle as China's antitrust watchdog ga...

Shipping & Shipbuilding KSOE joins race to buy marine engine maker STX Heavy Industries

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) has joined the race to acquire South Korean marine engine and equipment maker STX Heavy Ind...