Hana Financial to expand US presence with $100 mn injection into US banking arm

Hana Financial Group is moving to strengthen its presence in the US with a fresh capital injection into its local banking unit, as South Korean comp...

South Korean won weakens past 1,480 per dollar, lowest in 8 months

South Korea’s won weakened past the 1,480 per dollar in intraday trade on Wednesday, reaching its weakest point in about eight months as forei...

LG to supply AI infrastructure solutions to Microsoft worth billions of dollars annually

LG Group’s key units, including LG Electronics Inc. and LG Energy Solution Ltd., signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Microsoft Cor...

GM Korea to close company-run service centers amid US tariff pressure

GM Korea will shut down its company-operated service centers in South Korea by February 2026, according to people close to the matter on Friday. The...

Blackpink puts final touches on comeback album, set for release in January

Blackpink is back in the studio — and the wait is almost over.The K-pop juggernaut is fine-tuning its long-awaited comeback album, marking the...

AWS, 6 other global giants pledge $9 bn Korean investment as Trump, Lee address APEC CEO Summit

GYEONGJU – Seven global tech giants, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), on Wednesday unveiled a combined $9 billion investment plan in South...

ChatGPT now available on KakaoTalk, S.Korea’s top messaging app

ChatGPT, the world’s most famous generative artificial intelligence service by OpenAI Inc., is now available on KakaoTalk, South Korea’s...

Jisoo makes Billboard Hot 100 debut, completing Blackpink’s historic all-member entry

K-pop star Jisoo, a member of Blackpink, has entered the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time as a solo artist, marking a new milestone for the glob...

BTS’ J-Hope to feature in Le Sserafim’s new single Spaghetti, out Oct. 24

BTS’ J-Hope is teaming up with Le Sserafim for their upcoming single Spaghetti, set to release on Oct. 24. This marks J-Hope’s first col...

K-wave tourist shopping spree fuels South Korean retailers

South Korean retailers are pinning their hopes on a wave of foreign tourists lured by booming Korean pop culture — from KPop Demon Hunters to ...

Korea Investment & Securities, Man Group seek to launch Asia equity fund

Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS) and Man Group are preparing to roll out an Asia-focused equity fund, marking their second joint investme...

BTS’ Spring Day ranks No. 37 on Rolling Stone’s ‘Greatest Songs of the 21st Century’ list

Some songs fade with time — and then there’s Spring Day.Eight years after its release, BTS’s beloved ballad continues to warm hear...

Blackpink’s JUMP becomes fastest K-pop girl group song to surpass 300 million Spotify streams

Blackpink has set another streaming milestone, as their digital single JUMP crossed 300 million plays on Spotify, the world’s largest music pl...

KPop Demon Hunters’ Golden extends Hot 100 reign to 7 weeks, ties No. 2 record for a girl group

Netflix’s animated feature KPop Demon Hunters continues to fuel a chart storm, as its soundtrack hit Golden claimed the top spot once again ...

Samsung chairman’s son gives up US citizenship to enlist as naval officer in Korea

Lee Jee-ho, the eldest son of Lee Jae-yong, chairman of South Korea’s largest conglomerate Samsung, is set to begin military service as a nava...

Google to blur South Korean security sites on mapping services

Google Inc. will remove geographic coordinates of South Korea’s security locations and blur sensitive sites on its maps and Google Earth to ad...

Overseas equity boom lifts foreign currency deposits to record levels in South Korea

South Korea’s securities firms are sitting on record levels of foreign currency deposits as retail investors pile into overseas securities, pr...

HYBE, Geffen to debut new global girl group in 2026 — second joint project after KATSEYE

HYBE and US label Geffen Records will launch their second global girl group in 2026, following their first joint act, KATSEYE.The Korean entertainme...

Korean stock surge drives 4.08% return for National Pension Service in H1

The National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension scheme, posted a 4.08% return on investment in the first half of this year, wi...

GS E&C offloads Spanish water treatment arm GS Inima for $1.2 bn

GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) said on Friday it has agreed to sell its Spanish water treatment arm GS Inima Environment SA fo...

Harman sells system integration unit to Wipro to sharpen audio focus

Harman International Industries Inc., wholly owned by Samsung Electronics Co., has sold its digital transformation solutions (DTS) unit to India&rsq...

AWS, Upstage deepen ties in AI drive across Asia-Pacific, US

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reinforced its partnership with South Korean artificial intelligence startup Upstage, backing the company with a minor...

Hana Bank, Vietnam’s BIDV to expand cross-border QR payment services under strategic partnership

Hana Bank, one of South Korea’s leading lenders, said on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with Vietnam's largest state-owned commerci...

LG expands appliance subscription service to Singapore

LG Electronics Inc. has introduced a subscription service in Singapore for home appliances ranging from water purifiers to air conditioners, refrige...

LG CNS to build AI data center in Indonesia, first for Korean firm

LG CNS Co., the information technology services unit of South Korea’s LG Group, has bagged a deal to build an artificial intelligence-ready da...

Korean Air to launch premium economy at lower prices than rivals

Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s top full-service carrier, on Tuesday unveiled a plan to introduce a premium economy class in September at ...

Yulchon, FleishmanHillard sign partnership to strengthen shareholder activism advisory

Yulchon LCC, one of South Korea’s leading law firms, has signed a memorandum of understanding with FleishmanHillard Korea to strengthen their ...

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...

LG launches ChatExaone AI beta service, available soon for enterprise use

South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group has made its artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatExaone, available to external users, sign...

TWICE scores 7th Top 10 entry on Billboard 200 with This Is For album

South Korean girl group Twice has extended their Billboard streak, landing at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 this week with their new album This Is For ...