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Arts Seoul appeal: Korean art captivates Indonesia’s affluent connoisseurs

JAKARTA – Last Thursday, Baik Art gallery in Jakarta, Indonesia, was crowded with well-heeled art patrons eager to meet a revered artist from ...

Asset management South Korea’s young rich vs old rich: Coins, art outpace bonds, funds

Young South Korean millionaires, placing bold wagers on unconventional financial assets such as cryptocurrencies and art, are gaining ground fast, g...

Automobiles Kumho Tire eyes Poland, Serbia, Portugal for 1st European plant

Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, is evaluating Poland, Serbia and Portugal as a potential site for its first plant in Europe as...

Real estate Colliers to lead $689 million sale of IGIS Asset-owned Signature Tower

Colliers Korea, a unit of global real estate asset management group Colliers, has been chosen as the adviser for the sale of Signature Tower in cent...

Real estate Kumho Petrochemical's Seoul headquarters put on market

IGIS Asset Management Co., has put Kumho Petrochemical Group’s headquarters building, Signature Tower in central Seoul, up for sale – a ...

Electronics LG Elec hosts OLED TV media art exhibition in Vietnam

LG Electronics Inc. held a media art exhibition, "The Future Becomes Now," at the heart of Vietnam's bustling metropolis Lotte Mall Westlake Hanoi.A...

Automobiles Kumho Tire holds Latin American dealer convention

South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. announced on Friday that it held the Kumho Dealer Convention event from July 20 to 22 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, inviting ab...

Companies Kumho Tire to sponsor Eintracht Frankfurt

South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. announced on Thursday that it signed a three-year strategic partnership agreement with Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany's B...

Automobiles Kumho Tire to supply tires for Alpine Class

South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. announced on Friday that it will exclusively supply high-performance tires for the Renault high-performance car one-mak...

Electronics Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that its TV The Frame was selected as the first official display for the world's largest art fair Art B...

Electronics Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that its TV The Frame was selected as the official display for the world's largest art exhibition Art Ba...

Automobiles Kumho Tire to supply premium tires to Jeep, Peugeot in Korea

Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, announced on Tuesday that it will supply tires to 33 official service centers nationwide for J...

Corporate restructuring Kakao Entertainment seeks restructuring, closer ties with Piccoma

South Korea's Kakao Entertainment Corp., a unit of mobile platform giant Kakao Corp., is seeking renewed growth through corporate restructuring and ...

Automobiles S.Korea’s Kumho Tire to invest $751 mn to build plant in Europe

Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, plans to invest more than 1 trillion won ($750.8 million) by 2027 to build its first plant in ...

Shareholder activism ISS backs Kumho Petrochem in family feud-triggered proxy war

Proxy advisory firm International Shareholder Services (ISS) has expressed its support for all of Kumho Petrochemical Co.'s proposals up for vote ...

Automobiles Kumho Tire forges tech licensing agreement with Saudi's Blatco

Kumho Tire Co. announced on Monday that it signed a technology export contract with Saudi Arabia's Black Arrow Tire Co. (Blatco).Under the deal, Kum...

Leadership & Management Family feud at Kumho Petrochem set to reignite

Park Chul-whan, the nephew of Kumho Petrochemical Co.'s former Chairman Park Chan-koo, has launched a proxy fight jointly with an activist fund, fue...

Petrochemicals Kumho Petrochem's Hugreen secures highest HB mark grade

South Korea's Kumho Petrochemical Co. announced on Thursday that its phenolic foam board (PF board) insulation material under the construction mater...

Electronics Samsung TV secures artful color certification from Pantone

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that its 2024 model "The Frame" TV became the first display to receive "Artful Color Certification" fro...

Korean startups Korea’s 1st institutionalized fractional art offering a smash hit

South Korea’s first institutionalized fractional investing in a work of art proffered by Yeolmae Company, operator of South Korea’s frac...

Petrochemicals Kumho Petrochemical accelerates CCUS push with CO2 capture plant

Kumho Petrochemical Co., South Korean petrochemical major, is accelerating its inroads into the carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) marke...

Leadership & Management Ex-Kumho Petrochemical chair returns as Kumho Mitsui co-CEO

Park Chan-koo, former chairman of South Korea’s Kumho Petrochemical Group, has returned to the top position of Kumho Mitsui Chemicals Inc. as ...

Chemical Industry Kumho Petrochem, POSCO look to carbon nanotube JV, share swap

South Korea’s Kumho Petrochemical Co. and POSCO International Corp. are considering launching a joint venture to produce carbon nanotubes (CNT...

Economy Korea logs surplus in IP trade in H1 on surge of culture, art

South Korea posted a surplus in its intellectual property (IP) rights trade in the first half of this year, thanks to profits on culture, art and so...

Automobiles Hyundai promotes Busan’s bid for 2030 Expo in New York with art cars

Hyundai Motor Group supports Busan’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo with IONIQ 5, IONIQ 6, and Genesis G80 covered with graffiti reading &l...

Arts Seoul eyed as possible 2nd Asian base of Gagosian empire

Seoul, which took center stage on the global art scene after successfuly hosting international art fair Frieze’s second edition earlier this m...

Companies Hyundai Card to showcase Meta's MR, AR techs at Da Vinci Motel

Hyundai Card said on Wednesday that its annual Da Vinci Motel event will feature state-of-the-art mixed reality (MR) and augmented reality (AR) expe...

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...

Food & Beverage CJ Foodville to invest $37 mn to build bakery plant in US

Tous les Jours, the bakery brand under South Korea's CJ Foodville, unveiled plans on Tuesday to invest over 50 billion won ($37 million) in its firs...

Automobiles S.Korea's Kumho HT to set up local subsidiary in India

South Korea's automotive lighting device maker Kumho HT, Inc. announced on Monday its strategy to set up an India corporation, capitalizing on the b...