KAI to ramp up fighter jet share with FA-50 delivery to Poland

KAI to ramp up fighter jet share with FA-50 delivery to Poland

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s military aircraft manufacturer, started deliveries of fighter jets to Poland in a mo...

Daewoong's Nabota exceeds 600,000 customers in US

Daewoong's Nabota exceeds 600,000 customers in US

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical said on Thursday that its local loyalty program for Nabota (American name: Jeuveau) in the US, a botulinum tox...

EcoPro’s Q2 earnings lag estimates; share plunges

EcoPro’s Q2 earnings lag estimates; share plunges

South Korean battery materials maker EcoPro Co. has logged second-quarter earnings below consensus estimates. Its share price, which has soared more...

Samsung C&T invests $7.5 mn in Canadian low-carbon concrete firm

Samsung C&T invests $7.5 mn in Canadian low-carbon concrete firm

South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. announced on Wednesday that it has decided to invest $7.5 million (9.8 billion won) in CarbonCure Technologies I...

Korea’s NPS bets on more local semiconductor stocks in Q2

Korea’s NPS bets on more local semiconductor stocks in Q2

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund with 975.6 trillion won ($754.2 billion) in assets under...

NPS buys more Hyosung Heavy Industries, LS Electric shares in Q2

NPS buys more Hyosung Heavy Industries, LS Electric shares in Q2

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea increased investments in local machinery, shipbuilding and semiconductor stocks in the second quarter ...

Hanwha Q Cells captures 35% of US solar module market

Hanwha Q Cells captures 35% of US solar module market

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group, retained its leading position in the US resid...

LG sees $76 bn in 2023 vehicle system order backlog

LG sees $76 bn in 2023 vehicle system order backlog

The automotive electronics business is emerging as a new cash cow for South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc., a household name in the home applianc...

Extension Notice of Share Sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk

Extension Notice of Share Sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk

Extension Notice of Share Sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk I. Overview of sale 1. As part of efforts to ensure a successful deal, we are extendin...

Samsung Display to dump entire stake in LCD equipment maker

Samsung Display to dump entire stake in LCD equipment maker

South Korea’s Samsung Display Co. is set to sell its stake in a domestic liquid crystal display equipment maker as the unit of global tech gia...

Hyundai bets big on futuristic displays, eyes roll-up screen in 3 years

Hyundai bets big on futuristic displays, eyes roll-up screen in 3 years

South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Tuesday it expects to begin mass production of its rollable vehicle display &ndas...

S.Korean firms' rights issues swell 10-fold in June

S.Korean firms' rights issues swell 10-fold in June

An increasing number of South Korean companies are bumping up new share sales in search of cheaper funds. A total of 10 companies listed on the Kosp...

K-drama hitmaker Studio Dragon in crisis as content head resigns

K-drama hitmaker Studio Dragon in crisis as content head resigns

Studio Dragon Corp., a South Korean production company of Netflix hits such as "The Glory" and "Crash Landing on You," said on Monday its co-Chief E...

South Korea’s next price cut target to ease inflation; flour prices

South Korea’s next price cut target to ease inflation; flour prices

South Korea urged domestic millers to cut flour prices after demanding a similar move to instant noodle makers to further ease inflationary pressure...

Korea’s SK Square sells off entire stake in Grab as shares tumble

Korea’s SK Square sells off entire stake in Grab as shares tumble

SK Square Co., the intermediate holding company of South Korea’s SK Group, has liquidated Grab Geo Holdings, a joint venture with Grab Holding...

Nike to open its 3rd Jordan World of Flight store in Seoul

Nike to open its 3rd Jordan World of Flight store in Seoul

Nike Inc. is set to open its Jordan World of Flight in Seoul, a store dedicated to Jordan brand streetwear and sports shoes, on Wednesday. It will b...

Hanwha Impact develops 50% hydrogen gas turbine technology

Hanwha Impact develops 50% hydrogen gas turbine technology

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on Wednesday that Hanwha Impact Corporation, a South Korean petrochemical manufacturer, has dev...

S.Korea has just 1.2% of world's corporate unicorns: study

S.Korea has just 1.2% of world's corporate unicorns: study

Among 10 major economies worldwide, South Korea's global share of unicorn companies, or startups with a corporate value of over $1 billion, has shru...

CJ CGV seeks more fund from parent, stocks at 15-yr low

CJ CGV seeks more fund from parent, stocks at 15-yr low

Shares of CJ CGV Co., South Korea’s top multiplex cinema chain, hit the lowest level since the 2008-09 global financial crisis on Wednesday as...

SK Siltron to collaborate with Taiwan's Nanya on carbon neutrality

SK Siltron to collaborate with Taiwan's Nanya on carbon neutrality

South Korea's SK Siltron announced on Tuesday that it has signed a business agreement with Taiwan's DRAM supplier Nanya Technology Corporation to st...

S.Korea urges ramen makers to cut prices to ease inflation

S.Korea urges ramen makers to cut prices to ease inflation

South Korean instant noodle makers are considering price cuts for the first time in 13 years pressured by the government, which aims to further ease...

S.Korea's Seegene to share tech with Spanish diagnostics company

S.Korea's Seegene to share tech with Spanish diagnostics company

South Korea's in vitro diagnostic product maker Seegene Inc. on Wednesday said it signed a technology-sharing agreement with the Barcelona, Spain-ba...

Big Tech, Japanese comics publishers target webtoon business

Big Tech, Japanese comics publishers target webtoon business

Big Tech have started webtoon services while major Japanese comic book publishers are gearing up for the business, threatening South Korea’s o...

Samsung top in world smartphone market in Q1, beating Apple

Samsung top in world smartphone market in Q1, beating Apple

Samsung Electronics Co. regained the top spot in the smartphone market, surpassing Apple in the first quarter of 2023. This outcome was driven by th...

HYBE employees accused of insider stock trading over BTS

HYBE employees accused of insider stock trading over BTS

Three HYBE employees on Wednesday were accused of insider stock trading, allegedly selling the South Korean entertainment giant's shares before K-po...

Notice of share sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk & Moolarben Joint Venture

 Notice of share sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk & Moolarben Joint Venture

Notice of Share Sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk I. Overview of sale 1. Sellers: Korea Southern Power Co., Ltd.(“KOSPO”), Korea S...

Foreign demand for chip stocks powers Kospi to 1-year high

Foreign demand for chip stocks powers Kospi to 1-year high

South Korea’s main bourse Kospi on Tuesday hit its highest closing since June last year, boosted by foreigners’ net buying in semiconduc...

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

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...

Medtronic to buy S.Korean insulin patch maker for $738 mn

Medtronic to buy S.Korean insulin patch maker for $738 mn

Medtronic Plc., a Dublin, Ireland-based medical device maker, is set to acquire EOFlow Co., a South Korean wearable insulin patch maker, for $738 mi...

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

 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...

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