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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, ...

Korean food Daesang launches kimchi brand with three-Michelin-star chef

South Korean leading food maker Daesang Corp., the operator of kimchi brand Jongga, said on Thursday it launched San Ho Won with three-Michelin-star...

Banking & Finance Hanwha's financial companies open AI center in San Franciso

South Korea’s seventh-largest conglomerate’s financial companies have opened a joint artificial intelligence center in San Francisco, a ...

Banking & Finance Shinhan Securities Vietnam launches mobile trading system

South Korea's Shinhan Securities said on Thursday its overseas subsidiary Shinhan Securities Vietnam (SSV) launched a mobile trading system (MTS) "N...

Korean games PUBG’s Krafton taps ex-Apple, Samsung execs for global business

South Korean gaming giant Krafton Inc. has hired former executives of not only global game developers but also tech leaders such as Apple Inc. and S...

Pension funds NPS to spur buyout, VC in US tech sector: chairman

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, will speed up its private equity (PE) investments ...

Advertising & Marketing Nexen Tire partners with San Diego Padres

South Korea's Nexen Tire Corp. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with US Major League Baseball (MLB) team San Diego Padres.The Padres, founde...

Electric vehicles EverCharge to install EV chargers at Oracle Park

South Korea’s SK E&S Co. announced on Sunday that its US-based electric vehicle (EV) charging subsidiary EverCharge Inc. will install hund...

Banking & Finance Woori Financial to sponsor MLB Seoul Series

South Korea's Woori Financial Group announced on Tuesday that it will be an official sponsor of the US Major League Baseball World Tour Seoul Series...

Airlines T’way, Air Premia to take off with Korean Air-Asiana merger

The proposed 1.8 trillion-won ($1.3 billion) merger between Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. will offer a tailwind to South Korea&rsquo...

Carbon neutrality SK C&C invests in US startup Glassdome

South Korea's SK C&C announced on Thursday that it has made a new investment in Glassdome, a US carbon emission management solution startup.&nbs...

Bio & Pharma Bertis Pan-omics Analysis Solution, Systems (PASS) launched in US

Bertis, a company specializing in the development of proteomics-based precision medicine technology , announced on Monday the launch of PASS (Pan-om...

Artificial intelligence Kakao will launch Korean-specific vertical AI in year's first half

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s platform giant operating the country’s No. 1 chat app KakaoTalk, by the first half of the year will launch an...

Bio & Pharma SK bio families to present visions to global investors at SK Bio Night

SK Inc., the investment company of SK Group, said on Tuesday that it will hold a networking event called "SK Bio Night" in the US along with its bio...

Tech, Media & Telecom Slack gains more than 1,000 clients in S.Korea in just two years 

The seven hottest tech companies and startups in South Korea earned a new nickname, a word combining their first syllables. What they also have in c...

Alternative investments Aju sells San Jose-based hotel at $63 mn after five years

Aju Hotels & Resorts Co., a hospitality firm under Korean conglomerate Aju Group, has sold its San Jose-based hotel to an affiliate of US hosp...

Sovereign wealth funds KIC opens San Francisco office to boost VC deals

The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) officially opened its San Francisco office on Mar. 26, as part of its efforts to improve deal sourcing and in...

Sovereign wealth KIC to boost startup investment with new San Francisco office

Korea Investment Corporation will open a San Francisco office within the year to improve its deal sourcing capability for technology startups and othe...