Samsung vetoes Broadcom's proposed measures to avoid Korean penalties

Samsung vetoes Broadcom's proposed measures to avoid Korean penalties

Samsung Electronics Co. and other South Korean tech companies opposed measures proposed by Broadcom Inc. to avoid penalties by the country’s a...

Gucci picks Korean royal palace for 2024 collection

Gucci picks Korean royal palace for 2024 collection

Seoul is emerging as a new venue for global luxury brands’ fight for pride, with Louis Vuitton and Gucci set to unveil their new fashion colle...

Seoul zeroes in on high tech for US business alliance

Seoul zeroes in on high tech for US business alliance

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is off to a smooth start on his six-day state visit to the US this week, which is expected to pave the way for ...

POSCO Future M to supply LG Energy Solution $22.6 bn worth of cathodes

POSCO Future M to supply LG Energy Solution $22.6 bn worth of cathodes

POSCO Future M Co. on Wednesday signed a long-term contract with LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES) to supply 30.26 trillion won ($22.6 billion) worth o...

SocGen dumps Korean stocks, likely due to client margin calls

SocGen dumps Korean stocks, likely due to client margin calls

Société Générale S.A. (SocGen) on Monday dumped South Korean shares sending their prices to daily limit lows, which loca...

Hyundai Mobis test-drives 'crab walking car' on public roads

Hyundai Mobis test-drives 'crab walking car' on public roads

South Korea's Hyundai Mobis has verified through test-drives of a demonstration vehicle on public roads the real-life use of the company's e-corner ...

Korean won near 5-month low despite weak dollar; outlook dark

Korean won near 5-month low despite weak dollar; outlook dark

The South Korean won fell to the weakest level in almost five months, underperforming other currencies despite a softer dollar, as sluggish fundamen...

Korea’s shaved ice dessert bingsu price up 30% on-year on inflation

 Korea’s shaved ice dessert bingsu price up 30% on-year on inflation

Inflation has hit almost every corner of the real economy in South Korea, and the country’s popular summer dessert bingsu is no exception, wit...

LG to unveil healthcare product; open to startup M&As

 LG to unveil healthcare product; open to startup M&As

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is set to unveil its first digital healthcare product in the second half of this year, three years after it ...

LS Group' corporate value soars as EV battery market grows

LS Group' corporate value soars as EV battery market grows

LS Corp., a holding company of South Korea's LS Group, has seen its enterprise value swell by nearly 1 trillion won ($760 million) over the past yea...

KCGI’s ascent to intensify family feud over DB control; DB stocks rally

KCGI’s ascent to intensify family feud over DB control; DB stocks rally

A sibling feud over management control of DB Group is expected to intensify following the ascent of South Korean activist fund Korea Corporate Gover...

Budget Galaxy A34 5G to be released in domestic market

Budget Galaxy A34 5G to be released in domestic market

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release the budget smartphone Galaxy A34 5G in the domestic market starting tomorrow.The ...

LINE, Mizuho call off plan to set up mobile-only bank in Japan

LINE, Mizuho call off plan to set up mobile-only bank in Japan

LINE Corp. and Mizuho Financial Group’s plan to introduce an internet-only bank in Japan has fallen through about five years after they unveil...

Chip foundry DB HiTek's stock near 10-month peak on activist fund

Chip foundry DB HiTek's stock near 10-month peak on activist fund

South Korean leading foundry chipmaker DB HiTek’s stock price hit a near 10-month high this week as a domestic activist fund bought a stake to...

South Korean beef poised for export to Malaysia by end-April

South Korean beef poised for export to Malaysia by end-April

South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on Tuesday the successful conclusion of negotiations with Malaysia, allowing...

Luxury watchmaker Hublot buys Korean ceramic supplier Ecco

Luxury watchmaker Hublot buys Korean ceramic supplier Ecco

Hublot, a Swiss watchmaker under global luxury giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, has taken over South Korean ceramic manufacturer Ecco Wa...

S.Korea's microneedle maker Raphas to enter US market

S.Korea's microneedle maker Raphas to enter US market

South Korea's microneedle maker Raphas Co. is expediting its entry into the American pharmaceutical market after entering the country's cosmetics se...

Samsung's foundry sales nearly match DRAM revenue

Samsung's foundry sales nearly match DRAM revenue

Contract chipmaking sales at Samsung Electronics Co. nearly matched its DRAM chip revenue in the final quarter of last year, narrowing their sales g...

ISS, Glass Lewis urge shareholders to veto activist fund's requests on JB

ISS, Glass Lewis urge shareholders to veto activist fund's requests on JB

Proxy advisers Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. are urging shareholders of JB Financial Group Co., a South Ko...

BOK chief defies rate cut calls amid sustained inflation

BOK chief defies rate cut calls amid sustained inflation

South Korean central bank chief on Tuesday defied calls for an interest rate cut this year despite growing risks of a recession in Asia’s four...

S.Korean inflation rises at slowest rate in 10 months in February

 S.Korean inflation rises at slowest rate in 10 months in February

South Korea’s headline inflation gain eased in February, rising at the slowest pace in 10 months on a drop in oil product prices but utility p...

Activist fund Tcha Partners calls for Namyang Dairy to buy back shares

Activist fund Tcha Partners calls for Namyang Dairy to buy back shares

Seoul-based activist fund Tcha Partners Asset Management Co. on Monday demanded that South Korea’s Namyang Dairy Products Co. buy back half of...

US calls on 2 S.Korean pharmaceutical companies for swift end to legal battle

US calls on 2 S.Korean pharmaceutical companies for swift end to legal battle

Following its lawsuit against Daewoong Pharmaceutical, South Korea's Medytox Inc. is waging an all-out legal war against domestic counterpart Hugel ...

KT CEO Ku Hyeon-mo drops reelection bid as controversy flares

KT CEO Ku Hyeon-mo drops reelection bid as controversy flares

KT Corp. Chief Executive Ku Hyeon-mo has abandoned his ambitious bid to lead South Korea’s largest telecommunications company for another thre...

S.Korea hits historic low fertility rate in 2022, adding to economic woes

S.Korea hits historic low fertility rate in 2022, adding to economic woes

South Korea saw its fertility rate, which has been already the world’s lowest in the past few years, hit its historic low of 0.78 last year, a...

Ford, LG Energy to build Turkey EV battery plant for Europe

Ford, LG Energy to build Turkey EV battery plant for Europe

US automaker Ford Motor Co. and South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution Ltd. are targeting the electric commercial vehicle sector in Eu...

S.Korean won near 2-month low as US data fans Fed hike views

S.Korean won near 2-month low as US data fans Fed hike views

The South Korean won skidded to a near two-month low on Friday as hotter-than-forecast US inflation data added to expectations that the Federal Rese...

Ssangyong Motor gets certification for cyber security in Europe

Ssangyong Motor gets certification for cyber security in Europe

SsangYong Motor Co. announced on Thursday that it has received certification for its European cyber security management system (CSMS). This certific...

Samsung C&T to cancel $2.3 bn worth of treasury shares, stocks up

Samsung C&T to cancel $2.3 bn worth of treasury shares, stocks up

Samsung C&T Corp.’s share price zoomed on Thursday on news that the company will cancel its entire treasury stock holdings worth about 2.9...

Hyundai Elevator's open API sees rapid expansion of participants

Hyundai Elevator's open API sees rapid expansion of participants

Hyundai Elevator Group announced on Tuesday that its open API (application programming interface), which was launched in March last year, has seen r...

LG Energy's $6.5 bn EV battery supply deal with Ford terminated Korea Zinc offers preferential terms to US with option to buy up to 34.5% in $7 bn smelter Returns of BTS, BigBang, EXO put K-pop stocks back in play Waste management firm Ecorbit in talks to buy landfill operator Keco No Other Choice and KPop Demon Hunters step closer to the Oscars with shortlist recognition