Global matcha boom pushes Korean green tea exports to record high
A global boom in matcha drinks is delivering an unexpected lift to South Korea’s green tea exports, which have climbed to their highest level ...
Samsung, SK Hynix to beat TSMC in gross profit margin for memory business
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, are expected to surpass global foundry leader Taiwan Sem...
Korea’s Hanwha wins 1st US defense deal with Boeing for F-15 parts
Hanwha Systems Co., a leading South Korean defense manufacturer, has won its first US Air Force contract to supply Boeing Co. with cockpit displays ...
Samsung unveils Exynos 2600, industry’s first 2 nm AP
Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday set out details of its latest application processor, the Exynos 2600, the industry’s first smartphone chip p...
Doosan named preferred bidder for SK Siltron, world's No. 3 chip wafer supplier
Doosan Group has moved a step closer to acquiring SK Siltron Co., the world’s third-largest semiconductor wafer maker, after the engineering-t...
Hong Kong-based Gaw Capital poised to acquire Koentec for $500 mn
Hong Kong-based private equity firm Gaw Capital Partners has emerged as the preferred bidder for Koentec Co., a South Korean industrial waste incine...
S.Korea’s steel exports set to slide to 5-year low as Chinese supply floods markets
South Korea’s steel industry is heading toward its weakest export performance in five years, as a prolonged global construction slump collides...
After stellar 2025 performance, Kospi’s bull run likely to hit 5,000 in 2026: EpicAI
South Korea’s brokerages are growing increasingly confident that the country’s benchmark Kospi stock index will surge toward 5,000 next ...
South Korea names former lawmaker Kim Sung-joo to lead NPS
South Korea has appointed Kim Sung-joo, a former lawmaker from the ruling Democratic Party and a longtime health policy specialist, as chairman and ...
Stray Kids extend their historic run with another Billboard year-end victory
Stray Kids have reaffirmed their status as a global top artist, claiming the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s 2025 World Albums Year-End chart for th...
Weak won: A double-edged sword for Korean tourism industry
South Korea’s travel market is splitting in two as a protracted weak-won cycle versus the dollar is driving an early year-end boom for hotels ...
Seoul taps Mirae Asset's Park, Celltrion's Seo to co-lead $102 bn National Growth Fund
South Korea has asked two of its most prominent billionaire entrepreneurs – Mirae Asset Group Chairman Park Hyeon-joo and Celltrion founder Se...
Korea Zinc gains climate nod as Steel Cycle chief awarded for RHF processing
Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, has gained fresh validation for its circular-metals strategy after an executive at...
Johns Hopkins University, IFEZ to host global biotech innovation summit in Korea
Johns Hopkins University will bring prominent figures from the US and South Korea’s life-science communities together in Songdo on Thursday fo...
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...
Offshore investors boost appetite for Korean real estate; Singapore funds at forefront
A softening won and lower interest rates are raising foreign appetite for South Korean commercial real estate, with Singaporean heavyweights -...
Lotte Chemical, HD Hyundai Chemical agree to merge naphtha facilities amid industry overhaul
South Korea has launched its most sweeping petrochemicals restructuring in decades after Lotte Chemical Corp., the country’s largest petrochem...
SK Hynix to ramp up 1c DRAM production 8-fold in 2026
SK Hynix Inc., a crucial supplier of high-bandwidth memory to Nvidia Corp.’s artificial-intelligence processors, is set to boost output of its...
Yen's slide pushes Korean won to 7-month low amid worries over Japan's fiscal plan
The Korean won fell to its weakest level in seven months on Thursday, weighed down by a sharp decline in the Japanese yen following reports of Japan...
From founders to successors, S. Korea’s PE firms turn to younger bench for next phase
South Korea’s private equity industry, now in its 20th year, is entering a pivotal leadership transition as second-generation dealmakers step ...
Netflix, S.Korean rivals bleed cash as fight for OTT market heats up
South Korea’s streaming battlefield has become so cutthroat that even Netflix Inc., the world’s largest over-the-top (OTT) platform, is ...
NCSOFT bets big on AI, cloud with debut of Horizon universe-based MMORPG
NCSOFT Corp., a leading South Korean game developer and publisher, has unveiled Horizon Steel Frontiers, the first MMORPG set in Sony Interactive En...
Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee, LG’s top brass discuss cooperation with Mercedes-Benz chief in Seoul
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong and Mercedes-Benz Chief Executive Ola Källenius met in Seoul on Thursday to discuss expanding coo...
ASML, Samsung, SK Hynix expected to deepen chip technology cooperation
ASML Holding NV, the Dutch tech giant and the world's sole producer of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines, is expected to discuss ways t...
BTS’ Jin teams up with Otoki to conquer Indonesia’s instant noodle market
Otoki Co., one of South Korea’s leading food manufacturers, is partnering with BTS member Jin to expand its presence in Indonesia, the world&r...
Faker leads T1 to historic 3rd straight League of Legends World Championship title
In front of a roaring crowd in Chengdu, T1’s veteran captain Faker guided his team to another world title – their third in a row –...
Chinese high rollers lift Korean casino operators' profits in Q3
South Korea’s casino operators reported solid third-quarter earnings, supported by a sharp increase in Chinese tourists and a recovery in the ...
Korea to overhaul steel industry, pledges $139 million in specialty steel R&D subsidies
South Korea on Tuesday unveiled a package to overhaul its steel industry, with government-backed plans for production cuts, an increase in the outpu...
Samsung SDI set to supply ESS batteries to Tesla amid industry shift toward US-made parts
Samsung SDI Co. is set to clinch its first large-scale battery supply agreement with Tesla Inc., a deal for energy storage systems (ESS) estimated a...
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...
