Companies
Earnings
S.Korea’s top 4 financial holding firms cheer upbeat Q1 results
Apr 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kia maintains double-digit margin in Q1 with record revenue
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, extended its double-digit profit margin streak to a 10th consecutive quarter, posting record...
Apr 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On seals $2.8 bn battery deal with Bezos-backed US EV start-up Slate
SK On Co., the battery subsidiary of South Korea’s energy conglomerate SK Group, has signed a supply agreement worth an estimated 4 trillion wo...
Apr 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
JD.com opens Korean logistics centers, preluding C-commerce invasion
JD.com, often dubbed China’s answer to Amazon.com, has opened its own logistics centers in South Korea, becoming the first Chinese e-commerce f...
Apr 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai Motor posts solid Q1; rough road ahead on Trump's auto tariffs
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. defied mounting global trade headwinds and a fresh round of US import tariffs to deliver record f...
Apr 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
KB Financial logs 61% profit growth, rebounding from ELS fiasco
KB Financial Group Inc. on Thursday reported a 61% jump in first-quarter profit, led by a nearly threefold rise in earnings at its flagship unit Kook...
Apr 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG Electronics eyes India IPO delay, says plan in flux
LG Electronics Inc. is mulling putting off an initial public offering of its wholly owned subsidiary in India amid growing volatility in the global f...
Apr 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Hynix’s Q1 profit soars on HBM chips, beats Samsung’s overall earnings
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, reported a dramatic surge in first-quarter profits on Thursday, delivering the seco...
Apr 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Trump Jr. to visit Seoul next week to meet Korean business leaders
Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the US President Donald Trump, is set to visit Seoul next week and meet with Korean business leaders grappling wi...
Apr 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix makes strides in CXL technology, escalating rivalry
SK Hynix Inc., the leading global high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chip provider, has moved faster than its rivals in the commercialization of the next-ge...
Apr 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korea’s Incheon Airport to upgrade, operate Uzbek airfield in $140m deal
INCHEON – South Korea’s Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) is set to upgrade and operate an airfield in Uzbekistan to expand the ...
Apr 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Future M to make spherical graphite as it cuts dependence on China
POSCO Future M Co., South Korea’s leading battery materials maker, is set to manufacture spherical graphite – a critical material for bat...
Apr 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
China bans export of Korean goods containing its rare earth metals to US
The Chinese government has warned South Korean companies of retributions for exporting any product containing its critical metals to US military cont...
Apr 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Activist fund Oasis boosts Korea team amid investor-friendly policy shift
Hong Kong-based activist fund Oasis Management is ramping up hiring for its Korea team as Seoul’s push to boost corporate value and strengthen ...
Apr 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Samsung seeks tech alliance with top US universities for robotics, AI, 6G
In an ambitious bid to shape the future of technology, Samsung Electronics Co. is launching a sweeping initiative to collaborate with elite North Ame...
Apr 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display eyes turnaround on China's shift to OLED
LG Display Co., the world’s top large-sized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, will likely swing to profit this year for the firs...
Apr 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan to lead financing for battery storage project in Japan
Shinhan Financial Group will lead 4.9 billion yen ($35 million) in financing for a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) construction proj...
Apr 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
WeMade accuses Shengqu Games of withholding $600 mn in royalties
WeMade Co. on Monday asked the South Korean government to intervene in its ongoing copyright dispute with China’s Shengqu Games, accusing the c...
Apr 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI, Hanwha Ocean to usher in battery-driven submarine era
Hanwha Ocean Co. and Samsung SDI Co. will start evaluating their jointly developed lithium-ion battery system for a submarine with South Korea’...
Apr 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO to invest in Hyundai Steel’s Louisiana plant
South Korea’s top steel maker POSCO has decided to invest in Hyundai Steel Co.'s first overseas plant in Louisiana and collaborate on research ...
Apr 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Games
S.Korea’s Krafton to nurture 6 new game studios in India
Krafton Inc., the publisher of global mega-hit “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” (PUBG), has selected six new Indian game studios to ...
Apr 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to launch 42 new cars to cope with Trump tariffs, EV slowdown
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, plans to unveil 42 new models, including hybrids of existing cars, next year to cope ...
Apr 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Naver, Kurly tie up to counter e-commerce giant Coupang
South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. and dawn grocery platform service provider Kurly Inc. have joined forces for a potential stake acquisiti...
Apr 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix bets on 3D HBM as next game-changer in AI chip race
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s top DRAM memory chipmaker, aims to redefine the competitive landscape in artificial intelligence memory chips with p...
Apr 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung fends off Apple to reclaim global smartphone crown in Q1
Samsung Electronics Co. has regained its position as the world’s top smartphone vendor in the first quarter, outpacing Apple Inc. despite the U...
Apr 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion expands footprint in Latin America with flagship oncology drugs
South Korea’s biopharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. has solidified its presence in South America after winning supply contracts for its flagsh...
Apr 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia EV3 named 2025 World Car of the Year; Hyundai Inster wins EV award
NEW YORK – Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, snagged top trophies for its low-cost electric vehicles at the 2025 ...
Apr 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG CNS breaks into US smart city market
LG CNS Co., the information technology service unit of South Korea’s LG Group, has won its first public-sector smart city contracts in the US, ...
Apr 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kumho Tire eyes Poland, Serbia, Portugal for 1st European plant
Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, is evaluating Poland, Serbia and Portugal as a potential site for its first plant in Europe as ...
Apr 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Genesis premieres premium electric off-road SUV X Gran Equator Concept
NEW YORK – Genesis, the luxury brand of South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co., has premiered its first electric off-roader concep...
Apr 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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