Hidden Champions

Bio & Pharma Korea’s pharmaceutical exports set to top $10 bn, led by ‘K-M7’ champions

South Korea’s pharmaceutical exports are on course to surpass $10 billion this year, underscoring the country’s growing clout in the glo...

Electric vehicles Gensis launches motorsport team to race in high-performance segment

Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis on Wednesday launched a racing team and unveiled a motorsports prototype to raise its presence in the glob...

Earnings Hyundai Motor, Kia: S.Korea’s highest earners, Tesla’s biggest rival in US

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s two largest automakers, became the country’s highest earners in 2023, buoyed by robust sa...

Korean startups Korea’s Growth Champions 2024 by Statista, Korea Economic Daily

Statista, the world’s leading data and intelligence company, has teamed up with The Korea Economic Daily to identify South Korea’s faste...

Korea’s Growth Champions 2024 list by Statista, Korea Economic Daily

List of Korea’s Growth Champions 2024 Rank Company Absolute Growth Rate Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) Revenue 2019 Revenu...

Korean startups Korean startups join push to champion satellite data analytics market

Artificial intelligence is making big changes everywhere, even in space. Joining an AI-controlled space war, South Korean startups armed with AI tec...

Travel & Leisure Seoul to open hidden space below City Hall subway station

Seoul is set to unveil a secret path below the City Hall subway station to the public for the first time in 40 years as the South Korean capital aim...

Fiber & Textile Hansae: Hidden Korean champion in global OEM apparel market

Hansae is an unfamiliar name to many South Koreans for sure.But among original equipment manufacturing (OEM) companies in the apparel industry, Hans...

Shareholder activism KT&G’s hidden saviors in activist fight: In-house funds

KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, will likely get support from in-house shareholders in a battle against activist funds...

Carbon neutrality Solar cells & modules, Hyundai Heavy’s hidden growth fuel

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, the world’s top shipbuilder, secured another future growth engine from its solar cells and modules business on...

Retail Fila Korea: Hidden beneficiary of China’s guochao fashion trend

The burgeoning Chinese fashion fad, known as guochao, has pushed out or significantly reduced the popularity and influence of Western and other well...

Korean startups IB-turned-podcaster in quest of hidden startup gems

A seasoned investment banker of Korean origin, David Kim, has turned his eyes to rising startups that have yet to receive attention and began to int...

fuel-cell electric vehicles [Upcoming IPO] Korean fuel-cell tank maker Iljin Composites gears up to become industry champion

The production of fuel-cell tanks is in full swing at Iljin Composites' factory, a restricted area tightly guarded with strict identification controls...

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