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South Korea's three major shipbuilders in 2021 have received their largest amount of orders in eight years, surpassing their targets by 45%, accordi...

Voluntary retirement packages, often coming with generous compensation, have been adopted by companies as a way to let go of older or redundant empl...

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements are expected to drive high-performance chip demand higher, in particular from data center op...

Persona Space, a subsidiary of South Korean metaverse company Galaxy Corp., said on Dec. 16 it has attracted 10 billion won ($8.5 million) investm...

The world’s second-largest electric-vehicle battery maker, LG Chem-owned LG Energy, is hoping a separate listing will give the ...

Just a couple of years ago, the prevalent market view on the cybersecurity industry was that it would go downhill rather than prosper as public orga...

South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. has attracted $20 million in investment from US data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. ahead of its...

Hyundai Motor Co.'s all-electric IONIQ 5 SUV and the flagship SUV Tucson will be featured in Sony Pictures’ upcoming film Spider-Man: No Way Hom...

South Korea's Doosan Group on Friday inked an agreement to sell a majority stake in Doosan Engineering & Construction Co. (Doosan E&C) to a ...

Samsung Biologics Co., a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has stepped up its partnerships with global big pharmas ...

South Korean companies are emerging as big buyers in the global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) markets. They are actively looking for future gro...

When DL Chemical Co. announced its $2.5 billion acquisition of US chemical manufacturer Kraton Corp. on Monday, it left many people bewildered.The a...

Plastic recyclers have known for years that there is money to be made in plastic waste. And the stakes are high these days as the prices of recycled...

In 2009, battery makers were barely on the radar in South Korea when it comes to stock investment. Back then, the rechargeable battery industry was ...

South Korea may be following China’s lead in cracking down on big tech firms. The country’s two leading tech giants Naver Corp. and Kaka...

South Korea’s major conglomerates are going big on hydrogen, launching a business council and investing heavily in related projects to gain th...

When KNet Investment Partners LLC, a South Korean venture capital company, invested 9.9 billion won ($8.6 million) in Krafton Inc. in 2009, the game...

LG Electronics Inc., one of the world’s largest TV makers, saw its market share grow rapidly in North America with its market share rising abo...

South Korean millennials in their 20s and 30s are rushing to Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) amid skyrocketing real estate prices in t...

Hanwha Systems Co., the defense and air mobility unit of Hanwha Group, is investing $300 million in UK’s satellite communications firm OneWeb ...

Shares of Samsung Electronics Co. have been trapped in a boxed range since the start of the year, dashing retail investors’ hope that the tech...

South Korea’s three major shipbuilders are looking to raise new shipbuilding prices to enhance their profitability following hefty second-quar...

The share prices of South Korea’s major steelmakers, which observed a period of a downturn over the last two months, is making a rebound amid ...

South Korea’s GS Group has invested 30 billion won ($26 million) in Kakao Mobility Corp. to fast forward its energy unit’s transition to...

There is money to be made in garbage. Such is the growing consensus among investors as well as waste treatment companies amid tighter environmental ...

The National Pension Service (NPS) has been increasing its appetite for office buildings in the development stage as part of an effort to snatch up ...

Samsung Electronics Co.’s light-emitting diode (LED) business, which was almost on the verge of a shutdown due to its sluggish performance, is...

South Korea’s merger and acquisition market is heating up as both big conglomerates and promising startups seek to buy out businesses with gro...

South Korea-based Line Plus Corp. is set to become the country's first large business group to allow employees to work from home permanently. T...

South Korea’s coal power companies are facing tighter scrutiny for debt financing as they are increasingly shunned by financial investors amid...