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K-pop KAIST launches Korean rapper G-Dragon’s music into space

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) has launched the music and iris image of G-Dragon, a Korean rapper and singer-songw...

Business & Politics Korea eyes laws akin to US AMPC to offer subsidies for its battery makers

South Korea, home to global top battery makers such as LG Energy Solution Ltd., SK On Co. and Samsung SDI Co., is seeking to enact laws that would l...

Airlines Korean Air changes badge before full integration with Asiana Airlines

Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s largest full-service carrier, has undergone a major makeover of its corporate identity (CI) for the first ...

Korean chipmakers Samsung’s system chip, foundry business under close scrutiny for overhaul

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has put its system chip and foundry businesses under tight scrutiny for a possi...

Private equity Bain Capital acquires control of Mohegan's Korean resort

Private equity firm Bain Capital has acquired control of Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort on Yeongjong Island, the largest integrated resort in ...

Mergers & Acquisitions Shin & Kim’s Jeong Hae Sung named Korea’s most influential M&A lawyer

Jeong Hae Sung, a partner at Shin & Kim, topped the list of South Korea’s 10 most influential M&A lawyers after advising on a total of...

Leadership & Management Former FSC chief Shin Je-yoon likely to be tapped as Samsung board chair

Shin Je-yoon, former chairman of South Korea’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), will likely assume the role o...

League table Korean law firms' 2024 revenue soars on M&As, management disputes

South Korea’s major law firms saw rapid growth in revenue last year as the economic slowdown sparked business overhauls at top conglomerates, ...

Culture & Trends 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...

Executive reshuffles Samsung to replace chiefs of 3 key posts: Memory, foundry, system LSI

Samsung Electronics Co. plans to replace the three key posts of its semiconductor business — memory, foundry and system LSI — as the Sou...

Corporate restructuring Korean steel giant POSCO to sell Chinese JV PZSS amid US-China trade war

South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc. is seeking to sell its entire stake in a Chinese stainless steel joint venture as it faces growing comp...

Business & Politics Korean chipmakers, battery makers face new risks with Trump’s comeback

With Donald Trump reelected as the next US president, South Korea’s major chipmakers, automakers and battery makers are on high alert as durin...

Korean startups PEN Ventures: A skilled startup accelerator for entrepreneurs going global

For startup accelerators that nurture promising young entrepreneurs, identifying a soon-to-be-unicorn, or a company valued at over $1 billion, in ...

K-pop BTS Jin previews new song ‘I’ll Be There' ahead of release of his solo album

BTS Jin released “I'll Be There,” a preview track from his first solo album, on Friday, his agency Big Hit Music announced.“I'll B...

K-pop Blackpink’s Rose releases new song in collaboration with Bruno Mars

Girl group Blackpink's Rose released her single “APT.” in collaboration with global pop star Bruno Mars on Friday, her agency The Black ...

K-pop BTS Jin reveals track list of 6 songs for solo album 'Happy'

The title track of the first solo album to be released by BTS member Jin is “Running Wild,” his agency Big Hit Music announced on Thursd...

Markets Activist Palliser Pushes for Change at AI Chip Investor SK Square

Activist investor Palliser Capital has built a stake in the holding company of highflying artificial-intelligence chip maker SK Hynix Inc. and is pu...

K-pop BTS Jungkook receives platinum certification from RIAJ

Boy band BTS' Jungkook's solo song “Seven - Explicit Ver.” has been certified “Platinum” in the streaming category by the Re...

Tech, Media & Telecom Hyundai Motor Group becomes KT's largest shareholder

Hyundai Motor Group has officially become the largest shareholder of South Korea's major telecommunications company KT Corp., following a public int...

Construction Hyundai opens climate change response edu Center in Vietnam

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering Co. said on Thursday that it has established a climate change response education center in Thanh Hoa Province, Vie...

K-pop NewJeans surpasses 5 billion cumulative Spotify streams

K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed five billion combined streams on Spotify, the world's largest music platform, its agency, Adore, announced o...

Pension funds NPS signals more say in Hanmi Pharmaceutical's family feud

South Korea’s National Pension Service is indicating more active involvement in the management of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group embroiled in a ye...

Automobiles The new Kia K8: A high-tech, modern and innovative sedan

South Korea’s second-largest automaker Kia Corp. on Friday unveiled a new K8 large-size sedan, its first drastic facelift in three years.Kia, ...

Banking & Finance HI Investment & Securities changes its name to iM Securities

HI Investment & Securities Co. was rebranded as iM Securities after it held an extraordinary shareholders' meeting at its headquarters in Yeouid...

Batteries Samsung SDI’s Q2 profit drops on sluggish European EV sales

Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, saw its second-quarter operating profit plunge from the year-earlie...

Mergers & Acquisitions Doosan Robotics, Bobcat ordered to clarify merger deal

South Korean regulators have ordered Doosan Robotics Inc. to amend the securities prospectus it submitted last week for its merger with Doosan Bobca...

North Korea This Song Is Catchy and Going Viral. It’s Also North Korean Propaganda.

SEOUL—Jordan Daniels, a 31-year-old pianist and software engineer in California, posted a cover of a catchy new tune on TikTok. One asp...

Korean stock market KB Securities downgrades LIG Nex1's investment opinion

KB Securities Co. on Tuesday raised the target price for LIG Nex1 Co. from 195,000 won ($140.4) to 200,000 won amidst a recent significant rise in...

Leadership & Management Kyobo Life CEO’s ethical management earns global recognition

Kyobo Life Insurance Co.'s Chairman Shin Chang-jae is internationally recognized for setting the global standard for ethical management after two de...

League table UBS tops Korea’s M&A advisor list on Asiana, Affinity deals

UBS Group AG topped the South Korean mergers and acquisitions (M&A) league table in the second quarter as the global investment bank worked on m...