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Mergers & Acquisitions Shin & Kim’s Jeong Hae Sung named Korea’s most influential M&A lawyer

Jeong Hae Sung, a partner at Shin & Kim, topped the list of South Korea’s 10 most influential M&A lawyers after advising on a total of...

Executive reshuffles Lotte replaces 21 CEOs, slashes executive jobs by 22% in drastic reshuffle

South Korea’s retail-to-chemical conglomerate Lotte Group on Thursday replaced 21 chief executives across its affiliates and slashed executive...

Culture & Trends Seoul to light up Myeong-dong with LEDs like Times Square

Seoul will light up Myeong-dong, a bustling area with office workers and shoppers in the heart of the city, with 16 large outdoor digital billboards...

Beauty & Cosmetics CJ Olive Young, Musinsa rivalry heats up in Brooklyn of Seoul

South Korea’s top beauty chain CJ Olive Young Corp. is turning up the heat against Musinsa to contain the rise of the country’s No. 1 on...

Leadership & Management Hanwha’s Kim Dong-seon to raise his stake in Galleria to 19.86%

Kim Dong-seon, vice president of South Korea’s Hanwha Galleria Corp. and the third son of Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-yeon, plans to buy a...

Real estate IGIS puts NPS-backed building in Seoul on sale for $294 mn

IGIS Asset Management Co., one of Asia's largest real estate investment firms, is seeking to sell a building backed by South Korea’s National ...

Corporate strategy Lotte leader Shin Dong-bin stresses pivot to AI-centered innovation

Shin Dong-bin, chairman of South Korea’s retail, food and chemicals conglomerate Lotte, on Friday urged affiliate executives to ramp up effort...

Executive reshuffles Lotte Group's heir apparent joins Japan holding firm's board

Shin Yoo-yeol, the heir apparent to Lotte Group, has been elected to the board of directors of its Japanese holding company, which serves as a link ...

Retail Lotte Duty Free rebrands LDF House to Now in Myeong-dong

South Korea’s Lotte Duty Free announced on Tuesday that it changed its duty-free showroom LDF House, which was opened last October in Myeong...

Corporate governance Lotte Group to give more authority to outside directors

Food-to-retail conglomerate Lotte will expand the authority of outside directors by separating the roles of chief executives and board chairs at its...

Corporate restructuring Lotte Group Chairman says to sell ailing units for new biz: report

Lotte Group plans to sell ailing units as the South Korean retail-to-chemical conglomerate is shifting its focus to new growth sectors such as bio, ...

Bio & Pharma SK Biopharm, Dong-A ST sign licensing deal of Cenobamate

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. announced on Thursday that it has signed a contract with Dong-A ST to transfer the rights to commercialize t...

Real estate Myeong-dong cements status as super-prime real estate in Korea

A 170-square-meter plot of land in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, where South Korean beauty brand Nature Republic’s flagship store is located, ha...

Executive reshuffles LG Energy's new CEO aims to focus on qualitative growth

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, is set to focus on qualitative growth by securing leading ...

Korean SMEs Kyung Dong Navien enters into US boiler market

South Korea's heating systems manufacturer Kyung Dong Navien Co. announced on Thursday it shipped its first "Condensing Hydro Furnace" to the US mar...

Bio & Pharma Dong-A ST, UMass to jointly research for gene therapy

South Korea's Dong-A ST announced on Friday it has signed a joint research agreement with the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Chan Medical Schoo...

Retail Lotte Duty Free focuses energy on stores in Seoul

South Korea’s Lotte Duty Free, which removed its stores from Incheon International Airport in late June, is channeling its energy toward boost...

Retail Lotte’s intra-group merger, business integration fare well

Lotte Mart and Lotte Super are leading Lotte Group’s efforts to streamline the overlapping businesses of its units. Their second-quarter resul...

Fashion Dior to open Tears capsule collection pop-up store in Seoul

Dior will open a pop-up store in Seoul's Seongsu-dong to commemorate the launch of the "Dior Tears capsule collection."This collection was created t...

Get It Made in Korea Dong-A ENG Co.

Key facts Industry Mass-production mold design and manufacturing/machinery manufacturing Mainstay products/services Automotive int...

Dong-A ENG Co.

Key facts Industry Mass-production mold design and manufacturing/machinery manufacturing Mainstay products/services Automotive interior ...

CAPA: Dong-A ENG Co.

Key facts:- Industry: Mass-production mold design and manufacturing/machinery manufacturing- Mainstay products/services: Automotive interior molds, GM...

Dong-A Eng Co.

Key facts Main Business Industrial mold design and manufacturing / machinery manufacturing212.1 Millions USE(Automated Optical Inspection; AOI...

Petrochemicals SK Earthon to be reborn as carbon-neutral company

SK Earthon, an oil development subsidiary of South Korea's SK Innovation Co., plans to transform into a carbon-neutral company focused on oil explor...

Advertising & Marketing S.Korea's Kyung Dong Navien expands its business in Central Asia

South Korea's heating systems manufacturer Kyung Dong Navien Co. held a conference for 100 local dealers in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Feb. 10.The con...

Steel Dong Yang Steel Pipe signs contract with Japanese EPC company

DongYangSteelPipe, a steel pipe unit of KBI Group, said on Tuesday that it had signed on the previous day an agreement with a Japanese EPC (engineer...

Real estate Hotels in top Seoul tourist area on sale due to rate hikes

South Korea's KB Asset Management Co. is set to sell two three-star hotel buildings in Myeong-dong, one of the most popular spots for foreign touris...

Bio & Pharma Dong-A ST incorporates NeuroBo as subsidiary

Dong-A ST said on Friday that it would acquire American drug company NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals as a subsidiary.NeuroBo, located in Boston, is a Nasdaq...

Banking & Finance Korea Shinhan Financial taps banking unit head as group CEO

Shinhan Financial Group appointed the head of its flagship banking unit as the group’s next chief executive officer as the major South Korean ...

Entertainment Squid Game wins Emmy awards for best actor, director

LOS ANGELES, California -- Netflix mega-hit Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk each bagged an Emmy trophy Monday night in Los ...