Kakao Entertainment to launch pan-Asian K-pop artist chart with Tencent Music, LINE MUSIC

Kakao Entertainment is moving to establish a new cross-border benchmark for K-pop popularity, teaming up with China’s Tencent Music Entertainm...

YNCC, Lotte Chemical likely to consolidate naphtha facilities in Yeosu

Yeocheon NCC (YNCC) and Lotte Chemical Corp. are moving toward a consolidation of their naphtha cracking centers in Yeosu, one of South Korea’...

Dongwon mulls renewed bid for HMM, 'the pinnacle dream' of its 90-yr-old founder

Dongwon Group, South Korea’s top canned tuna maker, is weighing a renewed bid for HMM Co., according to local media reports on Friday, after l...

Enchem tipped to secure $1 bn electrolyte supply deal with CATL

Enchem Co., a South Korean battery materials producer, is tipped to secure a five-year electrolyte supply contract worth 1.5 trillion won ($1 billio...

S.Korea’s top shipyards ride container ship boom as China stumbles

South Korea’s shipbuilder giants are enjoying their strongest container ship cycle in nearly two decades, with this year’s order tally a...

Singapore's family offices increasingly eye investments in Korea

SINGAPORE – Family offices in Singapore are growing more interested in investments in South Korea as Asia’s fourth-largest economy is ex...

Blackpink set for full-group comeback, begins filming new music video this week

After a long wait, Blackpink is finally reuniting as a full group to prepare for their much-anticipated comeback. The members are set to begin filmi...

KPop Demon Hunters’ EJAE sends open call to BTS’ Jungkook: 'He sings so well'

EJAE, the singer-songwriter behind Golden, the breakout track from Netflix’s animated film KPop Demon Hunters, has expressed her desire to col...

Korea Investment & Securities partners with J.P. Morgan to expand global reach

Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), the brokerage unit of Korea Investment Holdings Co., on Thursday discussed strategic cooperation with J...

KIC yet to tap $5 bn allocated for Korean firms’ overseas deals

The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has yet to deploy the $5 billion commitment made in 2015 by the finance ministry, intended to support South K...

HYBE sets up 5th overseas unit in India to expand K-pop idol system 

HYBE Co., South Korea's entertainment powerhouse behind the global sensation BTS, has established its fifth overseas unit in Mumbai, India as part o...

Rosé’s APT. music video surges past 2 bn views in record time for K-pop title

K-pop star Rosé has notched another career milestone, becoming the fastest K-pop artist to hit 2 billion views on YouTube with her music vide...

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...

Rosé makes history as 1st K-pop artist to win MTV VMA Song of the Year with APT.

Rosé of Blackpink has achieved a historic milestone, becoming the first K-pop artist to win Song of the Year at the 2025 MTV Video Music Aw...

BTS’ Dynamite music video surpasses 2 billion views, a new milestone for the group

Five years after its release, BTS’ Dynamite continues to dazzle, now crossing the 2 billion-view mark on YouTube — the group’s fir...

KPop Demon Hunters puts traditional Korean body scrub on tourist to-do list

The global success of the animated film KPop Demon Hunters has spilled over into traditional Korean spa culture: exfoliation treatments offered in p...

Golden reclaims Billboard Hot 100 crown; KPop Demon Hunters OST makes history with four tracks in Top 10

The original soundtrack (OST) from Netflix’s animated feature KPop Demon Hunters is rewriting Billboard history. Its breakout single Golden ha...

CJ ENM, Hakuhodo launch music venture to tap global fans

CJ ENM Co., South Korea’s largest entertainment company, has formed a music joint venture with Hakuhodo Inc., a more than century-old Japanese...

BTS label BigHit to debut new boy band CORTIS on Aug. 18

BigHit Music, the powerhouse behind global K-pop acts BTS and Tomorrow X Together (TXT), has unveiled the name of its new boy group, CORTIS. The fiv...

Musicow sells out 1st US music equity offering backed by Kelly Clarkson hit

Musicow Inc., a South Korean music copyright trading platform pioneer, has sold out its debut US music royalty-backed securities offering in less th...

Hyundai, GM to co-develop five brand new vehicles, seek joint sourcing

Hyundai Motor Co. and General Motors Co. will jointly develop five brand new vehicles and source materials and car components, the two companies sai...

Millennium Management to invest $252 mn in Korean stocks for first time

Millennium Management LLC, a US major hedge fund, is set to invest about $252 million in South Korean stocks for the first time, local asset managem...

Blackpink’s Jump music video draws 100 mn YouTube views

Blackpink’s music video for their new single Jump has attracted 100 million views on YouTube in just 15 days since its release, according to i...

CJ ENM sets up Korea’s 1st Middle East entertainment unit in Saudi Arabia

CJ ENM Co., South Korea’s largest film studio and distributor, has established a subsidiary in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – the first Middle E...

Jennie, J-Hope, Jin sweep Spotify’s global K-pop rankings for mid-2025

K-pop icons Jennie of Blackpink and BTS members Jin and J-Hope have taken over Spotify’s mid-year 2025 Global Impact List, claiming the majori...

Return of the K-pop queens: Blackpink, Twice power up YG, JYP

Blackpink and Twice, two of South Korea’s most prominent K-pop female acts, made high-profile returns on Friday with new releases, heightening...

K Shipbuilding up for sale as Korean shipyards ride new boom

K Shipbuilding Co., a mid-tier South Korean shipbuilder, will be put on the market this month after a strong turnaround. The deal, estimated at 500 ...

Samsung Heavy Industries clinches $635 mn preliminary FLNG deal with African shipowner

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a major South Korean shipbuilder, has signed a preliminary agreement worth 869.4 billion won ($635 million) with an Af...

Fictional K-pop band Saja Boys beat BTS, Blackpink to top US Spotify charts

A fictional K-pop boy band from a Netflix animated feature has achieved what few real-world Korean acts have – to top the US Spotify chart.You...

Maybe Happy Ending sweeps Tony Awards with six wins

"Maybe Happy Ending" swept the Tony Awards on Sunday, taking home six trophies, including for Best Musical, and the first time a Korean-originated p...