Korean Wave

Taizo Son, the youngest brother of SoftBank Chairman Masayoshi Son, is poised to buy the group's South Korean venture capital arm for around 200 bil...

South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corp. is set to build solar power plants worth 800 billion won ($595.2 million) in Qatar, helping the Middle Eas...

South Korea’s petrochemical makers reduced ethylene production as a global economic slowdown is expected to hurt demand in the second half wit...

Getting shots of a drug or vaccine over a long period is not easy for many people.That's probably why global biopharmaceutical companies and biotech...

LG Electronics Inc., the world’s leading home appliance maker, plans to foster talent for its automotive electronics business at South Korean ...

SK Geo Centric Co. and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) have agreed to co-invest 200 billion won ($150 million) to increase their production of ...

LOS ANGELES -- Toyota Motor Corp., the top global automaker, showcased its sports cars – the GR86 and the GR Supra – at the Los Angeles ...

South Korea’s Naver Corp. said on Monday it has joined the RE100 initiative to go carbon-free by 2050 as the first domestic internet portal to...

China was South Korea’s top semiconductor buyer, purchasing 39.7% of overall Korean chip exports in 2021. The percentage increased 13 times ...

South Korea’s major defense maker LIG Nex1 Co. plans to develop drone jammers that can force small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to go off c...

“Oh! My Gran” was the only South Korean movie to hit the big screen in China in the past year. It was also the first Korean film to be p...

Tesla Inc. and other US electric vehicle makers are enjoying strong sales in South Korea thanks to government subsidies while the revised US EV tax ...

South Korea’s major petrochemical producer Lotte Chemical Corp. faced an earnings shock in the second quarter of 2022, hard hit by the perform...

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, plans to spend 20 trillion won ($15.1 billion) by 2028 on an advanced semiconductor...

South Korean companies are embracing the x-to-earn (X2E) business model, by which users earn rewards by playing online games and accomplishing other...

SK On Co. has turned to domestic private equity firms to raise up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) after talks with four big global funds have dried...

CNTUS SUNGJIN Co., a mid-sized South Korean company known for its colorful face masks made under the Aer brand, has focused on business-to-business ...

South Korea’s major shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) lost $53 million from a deal to build submarines for Indo...

When South Korea’s leading steelmaker POSCO Group acquired a 12.5% stake in Australia’s Roy Hill mine for 1.52 trillion won ($1.2 billio...

Daedong Corp., South Korea’s leading tractor and farm machinery maker, has attracted 10 billion won ($7.6 million) from Kakao Mobility Corp. t...

The Jubilee, a 2,200-ton tuna fishing vessel operated by South Korea’s leading fishing company Dongwon Industries Co., has been using drones t...

South Korean platform operators are feeling cornered following rapid expansion during COVID-19 as growing risks of a global economic recession and r...

Seoul Semiconductor Co., the world’s second-largest light-emitting diode (LED) display maker, has scored another win in patent litigation agai...

South Korea’s top noodle maker Nongshim Co. has posted a quarterly operating loss from its domestic business – its first loss in 24 year...

The Carlyle Group, a US private equity giant, has joined hands with South Korean energy-to-retail conglomerate GS Group to buy Medit Corp., the worl...

South Korea’s entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co. is set to provide K-content to viewers of Peacock, a streaming platform of US media and ente...

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM), a globa...

Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea’s top-ranked higher education institution, is pursuing the setup of its first overseas campus in ...

Top South Korean conglomerates Samsung and Hyundai have selected Boston as the home of their first overseas research centers for batteries and artif...

Taekwang Industrial Co., a South Korean petrochemical and textile company, reported its first quarterly loss in 10 years amid weakness in its key bu...