Great Toy Showdown

Economy Political crisis ups downside risk to S.Korea’s economy: S&P, Moody’s

Global credit rating agencies are warning of looming downward pressure on South Korea’s sovereign credit rating about a month after Asia&rsquo...

Retail E-Land manages New Balance’s record $689 mn in Korean sales

South Korea’s retail giant E-Land Group has achieved 1 trillion won ($689 million) in Korean sales of the global sports footwear and apparel b...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD Hyundai Heavy delivers Aegis destroyer to S.Korean Navy

South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. completed and delivered Jeongjo the Great, one of the world's top-tier Aegis destroyers, to the South ...

Bio & Pharma LegoChem Bio mulls name change after defeat to Lego

South Korean biopharmaceutical company LegoChem Biosciences Inc. is seeking to change its name after it lost in a trademark infringement lawsuit fil...

Korean chipmakers SK Hynix pins high hopes on specialty DRAM for AI use: CEO

In the semiconductor industry, it’s been quite a while since memory chips became a commodity, meaning so low an entry barrier that any chipmak...

Banking & Finance Korean banks go digital in Southeast Asia for non-interest gains

South Korea’s top four banks are strengthening their overseas operations, particularly in the digital banking business, to increase their non-...

Infrastructure Australia’s renewables speeding toward net zero: Palisade

Australia, among the largest carbon emitters globally, is embarking on a once-in-a-generation shift from heavy dependence on fossil fuels to the ele...

Retail S.Korea’s convenience stores sell bottled water without plastic labels

Convenience stores in South Korea now sell bottled water without plastic labels. The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and Jeju Pro...

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, Toyota unveil new SUVs in head-to-head showdown

South Korea’s two largest automakers – Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. – are set to compete head-to-head with Japan’s top ca...

Artificial intelligence LG CNS’ AI-based marketing platform greatly boosts results

The trial application of South Korea's information and communications technology company LG CNS of artificial intelligence (AI) to marketing and adv...

Content platforms Netflix to inject $2.5 bn in Korean drama series, movies over next 4 years

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  US streaming giant Netflix is slated to invest $2.5 billion in South Korea over the next four years to boost its cont...

Korean Investors S.Korean LPs name 41 best alternative asset managers

Blackstone, Hamilton Lane, HarbourVest Partners and Audax Private Equity were jointly named the most preferred PE firms by South Korean institutional ...

E-commerce Shopee Korea widens logistics service range for Thailand

Shopee Korea, an e-commerce platform for Southeast Asian and Taiwanese customers, said on Wednesday that it would expand the Shopee Logistics Service ...

Petrochemicals LG Chem unveils eco-friendly bioplastic, supplies to US toy firm Mattel

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, has unveiled a new eco-friendly high-performance bioplastic and supplied it to Mattel Inc...

Research & Development KAIST invents world's 1st rubber-like printed circuit board

South Korea's top science and technology university has invented the world's first printed circuit board (PCB) that bends and stretches like rubber ...

ASK 2022 KIC sees secondary and deep value investments as attractive

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is eyeing secondary and deep value strategies, the sovereign wealth fund’s Senior Director of Private Equit...

Entertainment Squid Game makes Rolling Stone's 100 greatest TV shows list

Netflix original South Korean drama "Squid Game" has been selected as one of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time by US music and pop culture magaz...

ESG Korean firms with high ESG scores show great P/E ratios

South Korean corporates’ price-earnings ratios are affected by their environmental, social and governance (ESG) management, experts said at an...

E-commerce Lotte vs Shinsegae: eBay Korea becomes battleground for retail showdown

The tussle over the acquisition of eBay Korea is now down to two heavyweight contenders. South Korea’s retail titans Lotte Group and Shinsegae...

M&A PAG inks $127 mn deal to sell Tobots-maker Young Toys to MiraeN, 2 local PEFs

Hong Kong-based investment firm PAG has agreed to sell South Korean toymaker Young Toys Inc. to a consortium led by local education service provi...