Korean conglomerates

South Korean investment firm SK Square Co. has sold all of its shares in Korean biotech NanoEntek Inc., a 28.4% stake, for 58 billion won ($44.3 mil...

Naver Z Corp., the operator of Asia’s largest metaverse platform Zepeto, is set to accelerate its global expansion through localization, mainl...

If you are using artificial intelligence-powered chatbot services in South Korea, you may soon be receiving messages like this: “Would you lik...

South Korea’s major liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributor E1 Corp. made inroads into the hydrogen industry by setting up the eco-friendly ...

SK E&S Co., the natural gas business unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Monday it is set to invest $25 million in US turquoise hydrog...

The majority of South Korea’s small and medium-sized exporters are concerned about a possible cancellation of orders or difficulty in winning ...

South Korea’s shared micromobility startup The Swing Co. is making inroads in Japan, becoming the first domestic service provider in the secto...

South Korean budget airlines are seeing a slow recovery in international flights as key routes such as China and Japan have yet to normalize while t...

The South Korean won is expected to weaken to 1,400 against the dollar, a level not seen since the 2008-09 global financial crisis as the country&rs...

Affirma Capital is a small player in South Korea’s private equity market, but its successful bolt-on strategy helps the mid-cap-focused invest...

South Korean conglomerates are rushing to nurture their robotics businesses, encouraged by surging demand for robots in the service industry.LG Elec...

Mirae Asset Securities Co. is poised to invest $100 million in US spacecraft and satellite communication corporation SpaceX. The South Korean f...

South Korea’s Kakao Corp. has voluntarily removed an external payment link from the country’s largest messaging app KakaoTalk in complia...

Kim Jae-young, founder and chief executive of Lionheart Studio Corp., the company behind South Korea’s most popular mobile game Odin, has join...

A US private equity firm Bain Capital and South Korea’s major petrochemical manufacturer Lotte Chemical Corp. were among the shortlisted candi...

LG Innotek Co., a major supplier of camera modules for Apple iPhones, is the only South Korean company to announce a billion-dollar facility investm...

Samsung Engineering Co. has won a $680 million gas plant construction order in Malaysia from UK-headquartered energy giant Shell plc’s subsidi...

South Korean convenient stores are ramping up competition in the business of drone delivery. The initial target regions include the Seoul subur...

Singapore-based Keppel Infrastructure appears set to buy South Korea’s leading waste management and recycling company EMK Co. for around $600 ...

Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled a virtual playground within Roblox, the world’s top metaverse game platform with 54 million users a day, as t...

Dunamu, the operator of South Kora’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, has launched two programs to support 500 startups over the next fi...

South Korea’s central bank is expected to raise interest rates by 50 basis points (bps) on Wednesday for the first time in history to cool dow...

Moloco Inc., an AI-powered advertising solutions startup, is set to accelerate its global business with a new executive hire from The Walt Disney Co...

South Korea’s major companies are anxious about looming labor strife at the Port of Long Beach, California and strikes at German ports –...

South Korean manufacturers are importing even more key industrial raw materials from China, deepening concerns over the dependence of Asia’s f...

South Korea’s two largest convenience store chains GS25 and CU are branching out into Malaysia in search of new growth markets.GS Retail Co., ...

South Korean corporates are increasingly eyeing alternative assets seeking downside protection amid interest rate hikes and equity and bond price dr...

A selloff in risk assets in South Korea is intensifying as foreigners turned net sellers of Korean bonds for the first time in 18 months in June whi...

South Korea’s defense exporter LIG Nex1 Co. showcased its guided rocket at the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise l...

Hit by shrinking liquidity around the globe, startups in South Korea are coming up with different ways to cut costs, most notably in human resources...