00 million visitors
Scope
Date
~
-
Electronics
LG Elec takes on Lenovo, Asus in foldable laptop race
LG Electronics Inc. will join the race to lead the emerging foldable laptop market, currently led by foreign notebook majors Lenovo Ltd. and ASUSTeK...
Sep 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Economy
Korea logs surplus in IP trade in H1 on surge of culture, art
South Korea posted a surplus in its intellectual property (IP) rights trade in the first half of this year, thanks to profits on culture, art and so...
Sep 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Shipping & Shipbuilding
Woori, HMM, KOBC to buy bulk carrier operator Polaris
South Korean bulk carrier operator Polaris Shipping Co. is poised to sell its entire stake at around 600 billion won ($447.5 million) to Woori Priva...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
E-commerce
Live commerce app Grip aims to expand into Japan, US in 2024
Imagine you're using a shopping app. You talk to the seller, ask questions and receive answers in real-time on a livestream video. Now and then, the...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Retail
Korea’s Lotte Shopping aims to double profit, seek new biz
Lotte Shopping Co., South Korea’s retail giant, aims to double its profit in three years by expanding its Southeast Asian operations and cemen...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Travel & Leisure
K-food behind Japanese travelers' rush to S.Korea
South Korea is actively promoting itself as a foodies’ heaven to invite more Japanese tourists who have already contributed the most to the co...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Tech, Media & Telecom
Korean B2B cloud computing firm BusinessOn up for sale
BusinessOn Communication Co., a leading cloud computing firm listed on the junior bourse Kosdaq, is open to a sale of its controlling stake for arou...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Foreign exchange
Koreans’ US dollar selling spree continues in anticipation of weaker USD
US dollar investors in South Korea have not backed down from their shorting position of the currency despite the strengthening dollar against the Ko...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Travel & Leisure
Foreign visitors' portion of Jeju Island consumption increases: report
It has been revealed that spending by foreign tourists visiting Jeju Island has significantly increased since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.Accor...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Automobiles
Hyundai Motor’s Genesis: Distilled luxury with 1 million car sales
In South Korea’s automobile industry, it is widely acknowledged that the country’s homegrown premium car brand started with the Genesis....
Sep 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Retail
Lotte Mart at Seoul Station redesigned to lure foreign shoppers
South Korea’s Lotte Mart reopened its hypermarket at Seoul train station on Thursday following a four-month renovation to attract more foreign...
Sep 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Infrastructure
Shinhan, 3i, DWS to sell Dutch waste treatment firm to Ardian
South Korea’s Shinhan Asset Management Co., London-based 3i Group plc and Germany's DWS Group are set to sell their combined full stake in Dut...
Sep 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korean chipmakers
SK Enpulse to sell off chip processing units in China
SK Enpulse Co., a South Korean semiconductor part and equipment maker, said on Wednesday it will sell off its chip pre-manufacturing processing unit...
Sep 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Artificial intelligence
GenAI startup Wrtn’s cumulative subscribers exceed 1 million
South Korean generative AI startup Wrtn Technologies announced on Tuesday that it has surpassed one million cumulative subscribers to its service.Wr...
Sep 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Real estate
Hanjin KAL to sell off its Waikiki Resort Hotel at $108 mn
South Korea’s Hanjin KAL Corp. will sell the assets owned by its Hawaii-based subsidiary Waikiki Resort Hotel Inc. to US company AHI-CLG LLC a...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Food & Beverage
Snack maker Orion earns dividends from Vietnam for 1st time
South Korea’s confectionery and snack manufacturer Orion Corp. collected dividends from its Vietnamese unit for the first time as the company ...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Business & Politics
S.Korea woos Chinese visitors via temporary e-visa fee exemption
South Korea has waived e-visa issuance fees through year's end for Chinese visitors on group tours.This is in response to the travel industry's re...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
IPOs
Shinhan Securities handles listing of private hospital in Indonesia
Shinhan Investment & Securities announced on Thursday that its local subsidiary in Indonesia has organized the listing of private hospital RSCH ...
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Travel & Leisure
Foreign visitors to S.Korea in July surpass 1 mn post-COVID-19
The number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea has exceeded 1 million in a month for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19. According t...
Aug 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Real estate
S.Korean lenders in New York luxury hotel likely to see losses
Some South Korean institutional investors may see significant losses on their investment in a hotel in the heart of New York as the developer has de...
Aug 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Retail
The Hyundai Seoul attracts 100 mn visitors in 30 months
The Hyundai Seoul, the largest shopping mall in the South Korean capital, has attracted over 100 million visitors since its opening to emerge as a h...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korean startups
Korea Credit Data raises $75.7 million from Morgan Stanley
Korea Credit Data (KCD), a South Korean fintech startup focusing on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has raised 100 billion won ($75.7 mi...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience resumes output of flu vaccine after two years
SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, on Wednesday shipped SKYCellflu, its vaccine for the common flu, for the fi...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus launches customized solution for cultural facilities
South Korea’s telecom service provider LG Uplus Corp. has released a solution that identifies the interests and movements of exhibition visito...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Chemical Industry
SK Enmove partners with Dell, GRC for data center coolant business
South Korea’s lube oil maker SK Enmove Co. has partnered with US computer maker Dell Technologies Inc. and data center cooling system provider...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Batteries
LS e-Mobility to supply $187 million in EV parts to Hyundai Motor, Kia
LS e-Mobility Solutions Co., a power transmission parts maker, has won a 250 billion won ($187 million) deal to supply electric vehicle (EV) parts...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
K-pop
BTS’ ‘Boy With Luv’ surpasses 1.7 billion YouTube views
The number of YouTube views of the group BTS' "Boy With Luv" music video exceeded 1.7 billion, the agency Big Hit Music said on Tuesday.The music vi...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Bio & Pharma
SK Pharmteco gears up for big leap in advanced biotherapies
SK Pharmteco Co., South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), is upping the ante in its b...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Automobiles
Hyundai's premium Genesis cars to break 1 million units in global sales
Genesis, the luxury car brand of Hyundai Motor Co., is on the verge of breaking the million mark in cumulative global sales this month in seven year...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Pension funds
Blackstone, KKR join race for Korean pension fund's real estate debt
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has shortlisted four global investment firms, Blackstone, KKR & Co., Goldman Sac...
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)