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Economy S.Korea’s job growth slows for 2nd straight year in 2024  

South Korea’s job growth slowed last year amid a prolonged slump in the country’s construction, manufacturing and retail sectors, boding...

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...

Food & Beverage Lotte Wellfood showcases K-Food at Vietnam Foodexpo

South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. said on Thursday it participated in Vietnam Foodexpo 2024 to promote Korean food and boost its market share in the ...

Corporate restructuring Samsung to cut chip executive jobs, restructure in battle versus SK Hynix

Samsung Electronics Co. plans to drastically cut its chip executive jobs and restructure semiconductor-related operations as it struggles to compete...

Bio & Pharma SK Pharmteco to invest $260 mn in new peptide factory in S. Korea

SK Pharmteco, the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) of South Korea's SK Inc., said on Tuesday that it plans to invest $260 ...

Pension funds S.Korea’s NPS investment arm suffers from chronic understaffing

South Korea’s largest institutional investor, the National Pension Service (NPS), managing 1,150 trillion won ($870.6 billion) in assets, stru...

E-commerce Loss-making Gmarket joins Shinsegae’s job cut spree

Gmarket Inc. will cut jobs for the first time since it was acquired by South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group in 2021, joining the group&r...

Batteries SK On to cut jobs for first time amid sustained EV weakness

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, plans to cut its workforce with the company’s first voluntary retir...

Tech, Media & Telecom LG kicks off SPARK 2024 to share AI, new tech with Big Tech, startups

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-biggest conglomerate, is holding a three-week multifaceted technology innovation festival to share ideas on new...

Bio & Pharma Celltrion scraps merger with Celltrion Pharm

South Korea’s largest biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. said on Friday that it has scrapped a plan to merge with Celltrion Pharm Inc., an R&...

Economy South Korea’s job growth rises in July led by elderly workers

South Korea’s job numbers grew in July, led by new hires among those in their 60s and older in one of the world's fastest-aging countries. The...

Corporate restructuring LG Display cuts vendors’ stakes, axes jobs for turnaround

LG Display Co., the world’s top manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, reduced stakes in its vendors while cut...

Korean startups Asia's largest startup fair NextRise 2024 held in Seoul

The Korea International Trade Association and Korea Development Bank announced on Thursday that the Asia's largest startup fair "NextRise 2024 Seoul...

Economy Strong exports power S.Korea’s manufacturing job growth

South Korea’s job increases rebounded in April with growth in the manufacturing sector at a 17-month high on strong exports amid the semicondu...

Corporate bonds Korea’s Eduwill suffers credit-rating cuts, capital erosion

Eduwill Corp., South Korea’s leading provider of online and offline test prep courses for adults, has taken a hit from a series of credit-rati...

Business & Politics Korean government vows stern response to Tokyo’s pressure on Naver

The South Korean government said on Monday it will resolutely respond to any “unfair” measures by Tokyo against Naver Corp., which is re...

Future mobility Hyundai’s JV Motional delays robotaxi commercialization, cuts jobs

Self-driving technology developer Motional decided to delay robotaxi deployments with ride-hailing companies Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. ag...

Korean startups S.Korea’s largest startup fair NextRise to be held in June

The Korea International Trade Association announced on Tuesday that the largest domestic startup fair in South Korea, NextRise 2024 Seoul," will be ...

Retail KT&G faces $2 bn damages suit over heated tobacco invention

KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, is facing a $2 billion damages suit from a former employee who claimed the South Kore...

Aerospace & Defense Hyundai Wia targets Chile's advanced arms market

Hyundai Wia Corp., an auto parts and defense unit of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Thursday that it unveiled advanced weapons systems at the 202...

Pension funds NPS' former key players move to law firms as its voting power increases

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is seeing more and more of its former senior managers moving to top-tier domestic law firms. Ther...

Artificial intelligence Naver, named 3rd most innovative company in the Asia-Pacific

South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. ranked as the third most innovative company in the Asia-Pacific by a top US business magazine for the p...

Business & Politics Trump confidant Arkansas Gov. Sanders in Seoul for trade talks

Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee Sanders, Arkansas governor and long-time confidant of former US President Donald Trump, has shown firm support for her form...

Electronics Samsung unveils Galaxy Tab Active5 enterprise version

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that its enterprise version of the tablet Galaxy Tab Active5 started to sell on business-to-business (...

Economy Korea's job growth at 10-month high despite weak youth employment

South Korea’s job increases rose for a second straight month to a 10-month high in January thanks to higher employment of the older, although ...

Shareholder activism NPS chief questions fairness in POSCO’s CEO selection process

POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO, has come under fire for its opaqueness in choosing a new leader a...

Economy Vietnamese lead record-high foreign job growth in S.Korea

The number of foreign employees in South Korea reached an all-time high this year, with the Vietnamese leading the pack, amid rising minimum wages a...

Economy S.Korea’s labor gains slow in November with fewer jobs for young people

South Korea’s nonfarm payroll growth slowed in November after the country with the world’s lowest fertility rate marked its 13th straigh...

Korean food, retail firms cut jobs as spending drops

South Korea’s food, cosmetics and retail companies, heavily reliant on domestic sales, are slimming down their workforce to survive a prolonge...

Pension funds NPS logs 8.7% return in Q1-Q3 on stock boom, strong dollar

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea posted an 8.66% investment return from January to September of this year with assets under management ...