K-Unicorn

South Korean asset manager DSC Investment has formed the country’s largest-ever fund for venture capital secondaries to explore opportunities ...

South Korea's major defense system developer LIG Nex1 Co. announced on Tuesday that it's participating in the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2024 exhib...

The number of foreign patients visiting South Korea for medical tourism hit a record high last year, driven by those who traveled to Korea for skin ...

HYBE Co., the company behind boy band BTS, has reported Min Hee-jin, the chief of popular girl group NewJeans’ label ADOR, to police for inves...

CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, announced on Thursday that it will open Olive Young Hongdae Town, a specialty stor...

Disputes between HYBE Co. and its label behind popular girl group NewJeans has made headlines as an almost unheard-of conflict in the K-pop industry...

South Korea's Aekyung Industrial Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Silicon2, a global K-beauty distri...

South Korean bio-health company HK inno.N announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract with Saudi Arabian local pharmaceutical company Tabuk Pharm...

South Korea’s CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Tuesday that its sales of the flagship brand Bibigo’s Cooked Sticky White Rice in North Ameri...

HYBE Co. is seeking to sack Min Hee-jin, the chief of ADOR, its label behind globally popular girl group NewJeans, as it investigates allegations th...

South Korea's Kakao Entertainment Corp., a unit of mobile platform giant Kakao Corp., partnered with the renowned US music magazine Billboard on W...

The South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on Wednesday that it selected six cities including Indonesia's Jakarta, Vi...

South Korean unicorns, or startups valued at $1 billion or more, are slowing the pace of growth to shore up their bottom lines as they revive l...

Woowa Brothers Corp. and Viva Republica Inc., South Korea’s most valuable unicorns, have pulled the plug on some of their overseas businesses ...

K-pop companies, led by HYBE Co. and SM Entertainment Co., are gearing up for a rebound from poor performances in the first quarter, with the releas...

South Korea's over-the-top (OTT) platform company Wavve announced on Wednesday that it plans to enter European and Oceanian OTT markets through it...

South Korea's Hyundai Glovis Co. announced on Monday that it has won a long-term charter for four liquefied natural gas carriers (LNGC) from QatarEn...

K Enter Holdings Inc., an umbrella entity of South Korea-based entertainment companies creating original entertainment content and managing related ...

Samsung Financial Networks, a union of Samsung Group’s four financial affiliates, is seeking to launch a super mobile banking app in partnersh...

South Korea’s initial public offering market is heating up as HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., which aims to raise 742.6 billion won ($553.4 mi...

CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, took the throne in the domestic cosmetics market last year, beating industry giant...

AliExpress, an e-commerce arm of China’s Alibaba Group, on Thursday started selling products of CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s top ...

South Korea's ramyun(instant noodles) exports increased 39.4% year-over-year to $86 million in January, according to the Korea Customs Service. Th...

South Korea’s content production startup Studio Meta-K announced on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Vietna...

South Korea’s Hyundai Department Store Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a business agreement with Thailand’s retail giant Siam ...

South Korean unicorns, or private companies worth $1 billion or more, are increasingly refraining from taking over smaller startups for business exp...

South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Tuesday that its overseas food sales surpassed the domestic market in the fourth quarter performan...

It all began in August, when hundreds of tons of frozen South Korean kimbap, or seaweed-wrapped rice rolls, sold out within a month of their arrival...

Kakao Corp. is set to replace executives of SM Entertainment Co., who ousted its founder Lee Soo-man when the South Korean mobile giant acquired the...

South Korea's Lotte Mart has introduced its first specialized grocery store overseas, announcing the opening of its revamped Gandaria store in Jakar...