Ku Hyeon Mo

Asset management Mirae Asset bets on China as Korean investors’ US focus draws concern

South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group is increasingly unveiling China-focused investment products as Chairman P...

Artificial intelligence LG, SNU team up to develop AI modeling for protein structure predictions

LG AI Research Institute, the artificial intelligence think-tank of LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-biggest conglomerate, on Thursday signed a ...

Leadership & Management AI to drive Mirae Asset's next-phase growth: chairman

Mirae Asset Group is a pioneer in South Korea’s mutual fund industry. It launched the country’s first equity mutual fund in the wake of ...

Mergers & Acquisitions Mirae Asset seeks to buy India’s 9th-largest brokerage Sharekhan

South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group aims to enhance its presence in India by acquiring Sharekhan, the Southeast As...

Economy Korea’s inflation eases to 25-mo low, but poised to rebound in H2

South Korea’s headline inflation rose at the slowest pace in 25 months in July on still-low international oil prices but is projected to reacc...

Batteries LG Chairman to refine strategy for EV battery production

Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, visited a cathode plant on Monday to review supply chains for the batt...

Leadership & Management LG Group Chairman names AI, bio, clean tech as new growth engines

LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo has pledged to continue investing in future-oriented businesses and human resources despite the global economic slowd...

Leadership & Management LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo sued over inheritance in family feud

Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, has been sued over the distribution of inherited wealth, including a s...

Business & Politics KT CEO Ku Hyeon-mo drops reelection bid as controversy flares

KT Corp. Chief Executive Ku Hyeon-mo has abandoned his ambitious bid to lead South Korea’s largest telecommunications company for another thre...

Pension funds NPS opposes KT CEO Ku's possible second term

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) has expressed disagreement with telecom giant KT Corp.'s decision on Dec. 28 to tap its current CEO Ku ...

Leadership & Management KT taps current CEO Ku as sole candidate for next chief

South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. has named current chief executive Ku Hyeon-mo the sole candidate for its next CEO during a board meeting ...

Automobiles Hyundai Motor to redirect its TaaS, AI functions to self-driving arm 42dot 

Hyundai Motor Group will redirect the core functions of its Transportation-as-a-Service (TaaS) division and AIRS Company to its recently acquired se...

Corporate investment LG eyes clean tech supremacy with $1.5 bn spending on green projects

South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG is setting its sights on clean energy technology as it steps up efforts to transform into an eco-...