synergy

Airlines Sono Hospitality becomes new owner of Korean budget carrier T’way Air

South Korea’s top resort operator Sono Hospitality Group has emerged as the new owner of budget carrier T’way Air Co. by acquiring ...

IPOs TheBorn Korea eyes M&As, overseas expansion after $73.7 million IPO

TheBorn Korea Inc., a leading South Korean food and beverage group operated by TV celebrity and chef Paik Jong-won, is looking to acquire soy sauce ...

Banking & Finance KB Kookmin Bank opens branches in Chennai, Pune

South Korea's KB Kookmin Bank opens branches in Chennai and Pune, major economic hubs in India on October 21. The bank, which established its Gurug...

Mergers & Acquisitions Woori signs $1.16 bn deal to acquire Tongyang, ABL Life from China’s Dajia

Woori Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest financial services provider, said on Wednesday it has signed a deal to acquire Tongya...

Automobiles Hyundai Motor speeds up hydrogen bus charging business in Korea

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. is set to become the largest shareholder of a local hydrogen-powered-vehicle charging station operator to boos...

Energy Hyundai E&C, KAERI partner to commercialize next-gen reactors

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) announced on Wednesday that it signed a public-private partnership agreement for the so...

Tech, Media & Telecom LG ends XR partnership with Meta; Amazon emerges as new partner

South Korean tech giant LG Electronics Inc. has ended its extended reality (XR) partnership with Meta Platforms Inc. three months after they agreed ...

Korean food Lotte Wellfood, Studio Dragon to collaborate on K-contents

South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with K-drama producer Studio Dragon to col...

Tech, Media & Telecom Doosan to form $75 mn fund for new techs

Doosan Investment, the corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of South Korea's Doosan Group, has formed a 100 billion won ($75 million) fund, focusin...

Aerospace & Defense LIG Nex1, Hyundai Rotem to team up for Middle East export

South Korea's major defense maker LIG Nex1 Co. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hyundai Rotem Co. to...

Artificial intelligence LG CNS launches AI center for synergy of business, research

South Korea’s LG CNS Co., a cloud computing services arm of LG Corp., said on Sunday it has launched an artificial intelligence center to stre...

Artificial intelligence SK Networks invests $19 mn in AI startup Upstage

South Korea's SK Networks Co. announced on Friday that it has invested 25 billion won ($19.02 million) in the domestic artificial intelligence (AI...

Business & Politics SK’s Chey proposes South Korea-Japan economic bloc akin to EU

WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Korea and its closest neighbor Japan need to form an economic coalition, similar to the European Union (EU), to meet ...

Bio & Pharma Celltrion to supply Remsima to Brazil gov’t in three-year row

South Korea's Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Friday its autoimmune disease treatment Remsima (ingredient: infliximab) has won a bid for the B...

Bio & Pharma S.Korea's Boryung gets gov’t OK for diabetes drug Trubuddy

South Korea’s Boryung Corp. on Tuesday said it received approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for its new compound diabetes drug ...

Leadership & Management UBS names Credit Suisse Korea head as vice chair for Asia

UBS Group AG, a global investment bank, appointed Kyungin David Lee, chief of Credit Suisse Group AG’s Seoul branch, as vice chair for Asia an...

Tech, Media & Telecom KT Submarine to rename itself LS Marine Solution

South Korea’s undersea cable company KT Submarine Co. will change its name to LS Marine Solution following its integration into the LS Group. ...

Food & Beverage Daesang's spicy rice cake project launches two products

With tteokbokki (spicy rice cake) drawing attention at home and abroad amid a South Korean food craze worldwide, domestic food company Daesang Corp....

Korean chipmakers Samsung’s foundry business to make DDIC chips for LX Semicon

LX Semicon Co., one of South Korea’s leading chip design firms, plans to ask Samsung Electronics Co. to manufacture display driver integrated ...

Retail 7-Eleven’s operator Korea Seven hit by rating cut

The credit rating of Korea Seven Co., which runs the South Korean operations of the convenience store chain 7-Eleven, was downgraded to its lowest l...

Bio & Pharma S.Korea’s top pharmaceutical distributor buys 25% of No. 2 Baekje Pharma

South Korea’s top pharmaceutical distributor Geo-young Co. has acquired 25% of market No. 2 Baekje Pharmaceutical.Geo-young on Tuesday said th...

Insurance DB Group, T&T Group sign agreement for business corporation

DB Group, South Korea's conglomerate, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for business collaboration with Vi...

Bio & Pharma CrystalGenomics to sell largest 20% stake to Invites Healthcare for $44 mn

CrystalGenomics Inc., South Korea’s first-generation biopharma venture company, will sell new shares worth 58 billion won ($44 million) in a b...

Capital raising CJ Bioscience conducts paid-in capital increase of $50 mn

South Korea's CJ Bioscience Inc., a pharmaceutical company specializing in intestinal microorganisms called microbiomes, will conduct a paid-in capi...

Bio & Pharma S.Korea's i-Sens buys US glucose-measuring device maker for $27 mn

South Korean maker of diabetes-related devices i-Sens Inc. on Wednesday announced its planned acquisition of AgaMatrix, an American manufacturer of ...

Corporate restructuring Hyundai Doosan Infracore rebrands as HD Hyundai Infracore

Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co., a construction and machinery subsidiary of HD Hyundai  Group, decided to rebrand itself as HD Hyundai Infracore, ...

Energy Hanwha Q Cells jumps into distributed energy biz with forecast service

Hanwha Q Cells, the Q Cells division of Hanwha Solutions Corp., said on Wednesday that it had started a renewable energy generation forecast service...

Future mobility Daewoo E&C, Jeju Air kick off K-UAM Grand Challenge phase 1 project

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. and Jeju Air Co. have teamed up to participate in the Korean urban air mobility (K-UAM) project. The two c...

Electric vehicles SK Networks completes acquisition of local EV charging platform operator

SK Networks Co., a South Korean general trading firm, said on Jan. 3 it has completed the acquisition of SS Charger Co., a leading electric car char...

Companies SK Discovery launches bio strategy, investment division

Korea's chemical company SK Discovery Co. on Tuesday said it launched a bio strategy and investment division headed by Kim Jung-hoon, director of SK...