Korean conglomerates

The ongoing shipping cargo crisis has brought record-high earnings results in the first quarter to South Korea’s largest container line HMM Co...

South Korea’s platform giant Naver Corp. is taking the leap into the digital currency platform market with its plans to participate in the Ban...

South Korean institutional investors in the Drew Las Vegas development are preparing to file a lawsuit against two domestic brokerage firms, seeking...

There was a time when virtually all major South Korean firms were racing to make something big and heavy. Power plants, offshore oil and gas constru...

South Korea's lesser-known private equity firm Centroid Investment Partners has acquired US sports equipment manufacturing firm TaylorMade Golf Co. ...

South Korea is home to the world’s two leading memory chipmakers, Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., which together with their smaller...

South Korean and overseas private equity firms are knocking on the door of the initial public offering market for profitable divestments, riding the...

South Korea's IGIS Asset Management Co. and Hana Financial Investment Co. have acquired a 49% stake in the headquarters of the US mortgage lender Fa...

Oil refiners in South Korea and across Asia have been among those hit hardest by the subdued demand amid the global pandemic. With increasing vaccin...

South Korea’s biosimilar and pharmaceutical companies are looking at a growing chance of emerging as a global hub for manufacturing vaccines f...

Cosmetics industry sees continued export growth for two straight decades K-beauty has emerged as a global trend, thanks to the development of innov...

South Korea’s major companies are looking for merger and acquisition opportunities in the rechargeable battery materials sector, which is grow...

Korean Air Lines Co. is entering into the business of urban air mobility (UAM), which is emerging as one of the most futuristic modes of transportat...

South Korea’s faster-than-expected economic growth in the first quarter is prompting analysts to raise their growth outlook for this year, wit...

South Korea’s major companies are increasingly adopting corporate storytelling as a means of rebranding their identities.As the companies enjo...

Franklin Templeton Investments' South Korean arm is in talks with a domestic asset management company to sell its retail operations, following Black...

Sport utility vehicles (SUVs) manufactured in South Korea have earned more than half the market share in the small-size SUV segment in the US.In the...

Sport utility vehicles (SUVs) manufactured in South Korea have earned more than half the market share in the small-size SUV segment in the US.In the...

Actress Youn Yuh-jung has made history by becoming the first Korean actor to win an Oscar at the Academy Awards, held in Los Angeles Sunday night.&n...

Since the end of last year, countries have begun lifting COVID-19 lockdowns, driving a speedy recovery in export freight volume despite transportati...

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Hong Kong-based logistics property developer ESR will expand their $500 million Korean logistic...

The aviation industry, one of the hardest-hit sectors by the global pandemic, is now whetting the appetite of South Korean private equity firms whic...

South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit $105 million to three global infrastructure funds this year, targeting a net i...

South Korea-based EastBridge Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the country's waste treatment firm YIDO for around 260 billion won (...

South Korea's Mastern Investment Management Co. and Kiwoom Securities Co. are in the due diligence process to acquire six last-mile logistics center...

Naver Corp. and Kakao Corp., South Korea's two online giants, are competing to acquire Munpia Inc., their smaller domestic rival in the web novel ma...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), other state-run savings funds and big companies are expected to pocket decent gains from their...

Shares of Korean content providers are flying high as platform operators such as Kakao Entertainment Corp. are looking to expand overseas to bask in...

Seoul Semiconductor Co., whose founder and CEO has not cut his hair since 2018 to concentrate on patent lawsuits, has moved up one notch to third pl...

South Korea's No. 1 fried chicken brand Kyochon F&B has inked a master franchise agreement with Dubai-based franchise operator Galadari Brothers...