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Electronics LG Innotek ventures into automotive AP module market

LG Innotek Co., a major South Korean electronics parts developer, has forayed into the automotive application processor (AP) module market, poised f...

Real estate Koramco seeks to sell Seoul prime office tower in $272 million deal

South Korea’s Koramco REITs Management & Trust Co. is poised sell a prime office building in Seoul in an estimated 400 billion won ($272 m...

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...

Bio & Pharma Celltrion to acquire additional $72 mn in treasury shares

South Korea's Celltrion Inc. announced on Thursday that it decided to repurchase additional treasury shares worth 100 billion won ($71.6 million).Fr...

K-pop Rose’s music video ‘APT.’ surpasses 300 mn views on YouTube

The music video for “APT.”, featuring girl group Blackpink's Rose in a duet with pop star Bruno Mars, has surpassed 300 million views on...

Sports Global sportswear brands race to ride on Korea’s running craze

Global sportswear makers have stepped up competition in South Korea to take advantage of the country’s growing running craze with major brands...

Tech, Media & Telecom Samsung tops S.Korean smartphone market with 76% share

In the second quarter of this year,  the market share of Samsung Electronics Co. in the South Korean smartphone market slightly increased, whil...

Chemical Industry LG Chem develops eco-friendly flame-retardant material

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. developed an eco-friendly, flame-retardant material.The company announced on Monday that its per- and polyfluoroalkyl sub...

Electronics LG ramps up European HVAC marketing with new Therma V model

LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, is strengthening efforts to enhance its presence in Europe’s heating, ventil...

Economy Korea’s exports at 22-month high in May on chips, cars

South Korea’s exports hit a 22-month high in May, led by strong shipments of semiconductors and automobiles abroad, adding to hopes that overs...

Aerospace & Defense Hanwha Aerospace, Poland sign $1.6 billion Chunmoo rocket launcher deal

Hanwha Aerospace Co., a leading South Korean defense company, on Thursday signed a $1.64 billion deal to supply 72 units of Chunmoo multiple launch ...

Sovereign bonds KIC posts 11.6% return for 2023 amid tech stock boom

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) posted an 11.6% return for last year, driven by strong gains on listed stocks. The state-ru...

Pension funds Korea’s NPS sees record assets, profit on double-digit return

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) enjoyed record assets and profit in 2023 as the world’s third-largest pension fund reported...

Machinery Daedong wins $268 mn tractor order from Aral Group

South Korea’s No. 1 agricultural machinery maker Daedong Corp. announced on Tuesday that it signed a deal with Türkiye's Aral Group to ...

Electronics LG Display plans $1 bn rights offering for smaller OLED biz

LG Display Co., the world’s top manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, said on Monday it plans to raise 1.36 t...

Automobiles Korea’s small diesel truck ban powers LPG-fueled models

South Korea plans to prohibit small trucks with diesel engines from new registrations next year, increasing sales of liquefied petroleum gas-powered...

Batteries Hyundai to build EV battery pack plant in India by 2025

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is set to invest 7 billion rupees ($84 million) to build an electric vehicle battery pack assemb...

Airlines Incheon Airport’s cumulative passengers surpass 800 mn

Incheon International Airport, which opened in 2001, has surpassed a cumulative total of 800 million passengers. Incheon International Airport Corpo...

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...

Regulations More Korean FSS retirees find jobs in legal, financial biz

More retirees of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) are snagging new jobs at private companies such as the banks they regulated during their te...

Automobiles LG sees $76 bn in 2023 vehicle system order backlog

The automotive electronics business is emerging as a new cash cow for South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc., a household name in the home applianc...

Bio & Pharma Korea’s Samyang opens $22 mn surgical suture plant in Hungary

Samyang Holdings Corp., the world’s top biodegradable suture yarn manufacturer, completed the construction of a 28 billion won ($21.9 million)...

Automobiles South Korea hosts first Universo Ferrari exhibition in Asia

For the first time in Asia, South Korea is hosting an event featuring the history of the Italian sports car brand Ferrari.Ferrari on Thursday opened...

Korean SMEs Samsung Electronics' smart factory project targets SMEs

Sales of Cookia, a small maker of tofu snacks in South Korea based in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, have jumped eight-fold in six years from 300 mil...

Energy HD Hyundai Energy Solutions wins its first solar module order in Africa

South Korea's HD Hyundai Energy Solutions Co., HD Hyundai Co.'s solar power subsidiary, on Monday said it will supply solar modules for construction...

Batteries POSCO Future M to supply LG Energy Solution $22.6 bn worth of cathodes

POSCO Future M Co. on Wednesday signed a long-term contract with LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES) to supply 30.26 trillion won ($22.6 billion) worth o...

Asset Owners Report S.Korean LPs to up exposure to private debt, infrastructure in 2023: Survey

South Korean institutional investors are eyeing private debt and infrastructure for stable income and to hedge against inflation, a survey by The Kore...

Korean startups Famed S.Korean pedometer app Cashwalk attracts first investment of $22 million

Nudge Healthcare, a startup that runs the South Korean health management app Cashwork, on Wednesday said it secured its first investment of 30 billi...

Electronics LG Elec sees steady 2023 sales to widen gap with Whirlpool

LG Electronics Inc. expects sales of its home appliances division, the key cash cow of the South Korean company, to remain steady at 30 trillion won...

Automobiles S.Korea's auto industry faces shortage of skilled workers for future cars

South Korea's automobile industry is rapidly transitioning toward the future such as environmentally friendly and smart cars, but the sector is faci...