Seoul court rejects MBK bid to block Korea Zinc share sale to US-backed JV

A South Korean court has rejected a bid by an alliance of private equity firm MBK Partners and Young Poong Corp. to block Korea Zinc Inc. from selli...

IMM PE-owned Hanssem commits to sweeping treasury share cancellation to cope with govt mandate

As South Korea’s listed companies scramble to deal with the government’s move to mandate cancellations of treasury shares, IMM Private E...

Hanwha picks H&Q as preferred buyer of Five Guys' Korean business

Hanwha Group has named Seoul-based H&Q Equity Partners as the preferred buyer of Five Guys’ Korean operations, just over two years after l...

Korea Zinc offers preferential terms to US with option to buy up to 34.5% in $7 bn smelter

Korea Zinc Inc. has agreed to grant the US government an option to acquire up to a 34.5% stake in a minerals smelter it plans to build in Tennessee,...

Hanwha heirs reshape ownership as group moves closer to succession, IPO

Two of the three sons of Kim Seung-youn, the chairman of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, are selling significant stakes in Hanwha Energy Corp., a ...

SK Hynix mulls treasury-share-backed ADR listing on NYSE in fresh value-up initiative

SK Hynix Inc., one of the world’s top memory chipmakers, is looking into a plan to list American depositary receipts (ADRs) backed by its trea...

Coupang faces tough penalties, lawsuits over data breach; shares fall on NYSE

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday called for tough penalties for corporate negligence in data breaches, saying a massive leak at Coupa...

Samsung emerges as top HBM supplier for Google's AI chips with 60% share

Samsung Electronics Co. has ramped up high-bandwidth memory (HBM) shipments in the second half of this year, bringing its share of semiconductor use...

Hyundai-Kia’s US market share climbs to record 10.9% in October

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., under South Korea’s auto behemoth Hyundai Motor Group, are rapidly rewriting their place in the US auto marke...

Korea’s governing party pushes to enact mandatory treasury share cancellations by year-end

South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party plans to force listed companies to cancel treasury shares within 12 months of acquisition, in a sweeping...

Samsung Heavy lands nearly $1.4 bn box-ship deal, boosting shares

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., one of South Korea’s top three shipbuilders, has secured a landmark order for seven container carriers worth nea...

BTS comeback fever lifts HYBE shares nearly 24% in a month

Investors are singing along with excitement as HYBE Corp., the powerhouse behind BTS, has seen its shares soar nearly 24% in just a month, driven by...

Kospi tumbles on AI bubble fears; short-selling adds to market strain

After weeks of relentless gains that made it the world’s best-performing major stock index this year, South Korea’s Kospi stumbled on We...

Malaysian PM shares G-Dragon’s APEC stage: “K-POP FOREVER”

When world leaders gathered in South Korea for the APEC 2025 summit, one performance stole the spotlight — and even the Malaysian prime minist...

White House press secretary shares ‘K-beauty finds’ on Instagram during Trump’s Korea visit

Caroline Leavitt, the youngest White House press secretary in US history, accompanying US President Donald Trump on his state visit to South Korea, ...

Blackpink’s Lisa sends SAMG Entertainment shares soaring 24% with single Instagram post

Shares of SAMG Entertainment, the animation studio behind the popular Teenieping franchise, surged on Friday after Blackpink member Lisa shared phot...

Art without borders: How Japan and Korea are building understanding through creativity

Under the neon canopy of Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills Arena, a crowd gathered late into the night, drawn by a sense of discovery.Some came to see Ki...

Palliser Capital cites LG Chem as most discounted Korean stock, lifting shares

Activist fund Palliser Capital said on Tuesday that LG Chem Ltd. trades at a 74% discount to its net asset value, the widest among the units of all ...

K-beauty boom spurs venture rush into niche Korean startups

Venture capital is pouring into fledgling cosmetics labels as big Korean beauty brands already command lofty valuations.Fruitful, the company behind...

Ejae, the voice behind KPop Demon Hunters’ Rumi, to release debut single In Another World Oct. 24

Ejae — the Korean American singer-songwriter who lent her soulful voice to Rumi in Netflix’s hit animated film KPop Demon Hunters &mdash...

Kospi surges past 3,600 for 1st time in post-holiday catch-up rally

South Korea’s stock market extended its record-breaking run on Friday, surging past the 3,600-point mark for the first time in its history.Sem...

Bio, semiconductor, content firms to reboot Korea’s IPO market

South Korea’s initial public offering (IPO) market is set to regain momentum after the mid-autumn harvest festival holidays with biotechnology...

South Korea to share monthly FX intervention data with US

South Korea and the US struck a new foreign-exchange policy accord that officials in Seoul said could lay the groundwork for a prompt bilateral curr...

LG Electronics eyes completion of Indian unit’s IPO process by October

LG Electronics Inc. has moved ahead with the long-delayed initial public offering of its wholly owned Indian subsidiary, aiming to complete the proc...

Debate brewing over Naver, Dunamu’s enterprise values as share swap deal progresses

A fierce debate is brewing in Seoul’s investment community over the pricing of a landmark share swap between Naver Corp., South Korea’s ...

Lotte minority shareholders join forces to demand share cancellation

A coalition of minority shareholders at Lotte Corp. has stepped up pressure on management, calling for the cancellation of all treasury shares held ...

Seoul clears Shinsegae-Alibaba JV with data-sharing ban

The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday conditionally approved the launch of a joint venture in South Korea between Shinsegae Inc. and Alibaba G...

KDB recoups $664 mn in public funds from HMM’s buyback

The Korea Development Bank (KDB) has made its first recovery of public funds from HMM Co. following the South Korean ocean carrier’s completio...

Disney to buy into Webtoon in new comics platform tie-up

The Walt Disney Co. will acquire a 2% equity stake in Webtoon Entertainment Inc., a digital comic and novel platform operator owned by South Korea&r...

K-pop mogul J.Y. Park appointed to minister-level cultural role; JYP shares surge

South Korea has elevated one of its most recognizable music figures, Park Jin-young, or J.Y. Park, to a minister-level government position – p...