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Real estate European student housing is top of the class: Savills IM

The appeal of European purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) to real estate investors is growing rapidly. In the recent 2025 INREV Investor Int...

Korean chipmakers SK Hynix, Samsung to cut legacy DRAM output as Chinese firms catch up

South Korea’s two leading memory chipmakers – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. – are moving to significantly reduce their...

League table UBS retains top position on Korea’s M&A advisor list after Ecorbit deal

UBS Group AG remained on the top of the South Korean merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory market as of the end of the third quarter after addin...

Automobiles Hyundai Tucson HEV posts record US sales as hybrids catch on

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. saw sales of the hybrid version of its flagship Tucson SUV hit an all-time monthly high in July in the US, the...

Food & Beverage HiteJinro invests in table order service startup

HiteJinro Co., South Korea’s largest soju maker, announced on Monday that it invested in a stake in the table order service startup TMR Founde...

Korean chipmakers Samsung's Jay Y. Lee visits Zeiss to reinforce EUV ties

Samsung Electronics Co. is deepening ties with Zeiss Group, the sole provider of optical systems to the world’s only extreme ultraviolet (EUV)...

Korean startups Korea’s Catchtable eyes offshore table reservation markets

Wad Corp., the developer and operator of South Korea’s most popular restaurant reservation app Catchtable, is considering offering Catchtable ...

Food & Beverage Nongshim Kellogg overtakes Dongsuh as Korea’s top cereal maker

Just a few years back, cereals meant cornflakes eaten with milk during busy mornings in South Korea.Nowadays, however, cereals mean granola made of ...

The KED View WeWork vs Starbucks as workspace in South Korea

In 2019, WeWork’s business model underwent a reality check.Its application for an initial public offering the same year was met with investor ...

Korean chipmakers SK Hynix’s new LPDDR5T chip shipped to Vivo for X100 smartphones

SK Hynix Inc. said on Monday it has commercialized the world’s fastest mobile DRAM by shipping its new advanced mobile chips, LPDDR5T, to Chin...

Tech, Media & Telecom LG Uplus set to catch up to KT as Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier

  LG Uplus Corp., the perennial No. 3 mobile carrier in South Korea, is fast catching up to its closest rival KT Corp. to rank second just beh...

Batteries LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China in H1

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. in the first half of this year retained its No. 1 ranking on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batte...

Automobiles Hyundai, Kia firm up ranking as world's 3rd; first-half profits improve

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group solidified its position as the world’s third-largest carmaker with improved profit margi...

Korean chipmakers Samsung to apply AI, big data tech to entire chipmaking process

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to use AI and big data technology in its chipmaking process to enhance pr...

Travel & Leisure Hopeful signs for full comeback of Korean resort operator Paradise

Paradise Co., a major South Korean resort and casino operator, is taking big steps towards a full comeback this year from the pandemic shock, with a...

Aerospace & Defense Hanwha Aerospace secures tech to catch illegal drones using nets

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. has secured technology to respond to threats from unmanned aerial vehicles such as drones.The company seeks the a...

Automobiles Hyundai’s Chung Euisun named MotorTrend’s Person of the Year

Chung Euisun, chairman of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, has been named Person of the Year by MotorTrend, topping the prestigious US autom...

Korean chipmakers Korea's Hanmi Semiconductor releases new glass micro saw

Hanmi Semiconductor Co., South Korea’s leading chip equipment maker, has launched a ‘full automation glass micro saw' dubbed GL2101 and ...

Korean startups South Korea’s alternative meat startups get VCs salivating

In South Korea, the list of early stage startups that garnered more than 5 billion won ($3.8 million) in the last 12 months looks slightly different...

Business & Politics Samsung leader Lee, Intel CEO Gelsinger discuss chip alliance

Samsung Group’s de facto leader Jay Y. Lee on Monday met with visiting Intel Corp. Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger in Seoul to explore ways to f...

Korean chipmakers Samsung to make mobile AP chip dedicated to Galaxy smartphones

Samsung Electronics Co. is working on a mobile application processor chip, which will be used exclusively for its flagship Galaxy smartphone series ...

The KED View Can Samsung Electronics ever catch up to foundry leader TSMC?

For years, Samsung Electronics Co. has been touted as the backbone of the South Korean economy, Asia’s fourth-largest, under the government&rs...

Korean startups Retail investment amount in startups triples on-year in Q1

South Korea’s retail investors are increasingly more bullish in startups than in manufacturing or retail firms. The Ministry of SMEs an...

EV Charging With the Genesis GV60, you can charge without a plug

Hyundai Motor Co. is rolling out a wireless charging system for its latest premium electric crossover, the GV60, amid intensifying competition among...

League table NH, KB ranked top S.Korean equity, debt underwriters

Fundraising via initial public offerings and rights issues in South Korea more than doubled to 27.2 trillion won ($23 billion) in 2021 from a year a...

Mergers & Acquisitions 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...

Advertising & Marketing POSCO’s 37-year gymnastics sponsorship proves fruitful in Tokyo

South Korean steelmaker POSCO’s long-standing sponsorship of the country’s gymnasts again proved effective at the Tokyo Olympics. The So...

Batteries Korea unveils $35 billion battery investment plan to catch up to China

South Korea’s major battery makers have pledged to invest 40.6 trillion won ($35.4 billion) in the electric vehicle battery industry over the ...

Mergers & Acquisitions Morgan Stanley tops S.Korea's H1 M&A league table

Morgan Stanley topped South Korea's M&A advisor league table in the first half of this year, working on six buyout deals worth a combined 9.75 t...

Entertainment DearU strives to catch up with leading K-pop fan platform Weverse

Imagine getting this text from your favorite K-pop group member: “Hey, what did you eat for lunch? Can’t wait to see you at the concert ...