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Shareholder activism Korean activist investors to routinize campaigns throughout year

South Korea’s activist investors are set to routinize campaigns all year long rather than launch fresh moves only before annual general meetin...

Artificial intelligence LG Uplus to support AI startup creation

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. said on Wednesday that it launched the startup support program Shift, which aims to discover and nurture startups, incl...

ASK 2024 KIC bets on AI-driven value creation: CEO

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will aggressively explore early investment opportunities in sectors undergoing AI-driven in...

Advertising & Marketing Innocean establishes social marketing subsidiary

Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it has established its social m...

Private equity IMM PE's value creation leads to $840 mn deal with BlackRock

When BlackRock bought a 30% stake in South Korean gas supplier AirFirst Co. for 1.1 trillion won ($842 million) from Seoul-based IMM Private Equit...

The KED View Five most common frustrations of Korean entrepreneurs

A South Korean company recently gave up on its plan to venture into the burgeoning robot market.Fair-trade regulations that prohibit the creation of...

Batteries Road near SK On’s US plant in Georgia named SK Blvd

South Korean battery maker SK On announced on Thursday that a road near its US corporation, SK Battery America's (SKBA) site, has been renamed "SK...

Batteries Samsung SDI, GM to build JV plant for EV batteries in Indiana

South Korea's major secondary battery maker Samsung SDI Co. and General Motors (GM) of the US will set up a joint venture (JV) plant for electric ve...

Energy Hanwha inks largest supply deal for US community solar biz

South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. is set to sell 2.5 million modules to US community solar programs through the largest-ever supply deal fo...

Korean startups 3D content specialist NdotLight attracts $6 million

3D content technology startup NdotLight Co. said Wednesday that it has raised 8 billion won ($6.3 million) in Series A funding.IMM Investment, Naver...

Insurance Kyobo Life Insurance speeds up creation of holding company

South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is set to establish a holding company by the second half of 2024. The major insurer seeks to raise its ...

Carbon neutrality Samsung Biologics receives Terra Carta Seal

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, said on Wednesday it was awarded the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Ter...

Korean games Nexon teams up with 'Parasite' film production company Barunson E&A

Nexon, one of South Korea's top three game giants, on Tuesday said it signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with Barunson Entertainment &am...

Leadership & Management Hyundai Heavy Industries Group changes its name to HD Hyundai

HD Hyundai held a 50th-anniversary vision declaration ceremony at its Global R&D Center in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, on Monday where it annou...

Content platforms KT spurs content creation with hot Netflix drama Attorney Woo

On the heels of South Korea's successful Netflix drama "Squid Game" comes drama series “Extraordinary Attorney Woo." It has topped the streami...

Asset management DigitalBridge names Korean Tae Ahn as Asia capital formation head

DigitalBridge Group Inc., a US digital infrastructure investment firm, announced on July 19 it has appointed South Korean Tae E. Ahn as managing d...

NFTs Gallery Hyundai paints new chapter with NFT

South Korea’s Gallery Hyundai paints a new future by incorporating NFT (non-fungible token.)  The country’s first commercial art g...

Entertainment Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Has Already Inspired Thousands of Halloween Costumes

“Squid Game,” the South Korean dystopian thriller which debuted on Netflix on Sept. 17, is on track to be the platform’s...

Corporate rebranding SK Global Chemical rebrands as plastic recycler SK Geocentric

SK Innovation Co.’s petrochemical unit SK Global Chemical Co. has undergone a corporate name change to SK Geocentric Co., in a move to reident...

The Secret to CrossFit Games Domination: Bobsledding in South Korea

How far was the four-time reigning women’s CrossFit Games champion willing to go to stay in tiptop shape and defend her title? From Tennessee ...

Korean startups RECON Labs to drive AR commerce by cutting content creation costs by up to 99%

Does the adoption of augmented reality (AR) technology in e-commerce platforms drive sales? The answer is yes, as the purchase conversion rate for p...

Entertainment KT to bolster content creation with $350 mn investment by 2023

South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. plans to expand its content business with an investment of 400 billion won ($353 million) by 2023. The co...

The National Pension Service (NPS) is considering creating two positions of deputy chief investment officers, one of whom will lead domestic and globa...