Like Planning
Scope
Date
~
-
Retail
Quick delivery war deepens Korean big-box retailer-Baemin ties
As competition for same-day delivery heats up in South Korea, traditional big-box retailers are rushing to join hands with the country’s No. 1...
Dec 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Retail
E-Land sets sights on Vietnam as its next China, to open 10 outlets by 2025
South Korea’s retail giant E-Land Group has set its sights on Vietnam as its next target market after China, planning to open 10 outlets there...
Dec 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Content platforms
Naver recruits 500 creators for Clip
South Korea's Naver Corp. said on Monday it will recruit 500 creators for Clip in the first half of 2025, the company's short-form platform from Dec...
Dec 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Mergers & Acquisitions
Rebellions · Sapeon Korea merger, the first domestic AI chip unicorn
Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, officially merged with Sapeon Korea to form the first domestic AI chi...
Dec 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Airlines
Korean Air-Asiana merger to spur M&A among budget carriers
Korean Air Lines Co.'s anticipated acquisition of Asiana Airlines Inc. is expected to spur domestic budget carriers to seek mergers, with the two do...
Nov 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to invest $479 million in Malaysia
Hyundai Motor Co. said on Tuesday that it plans to invest $479 million in Malaysia over five years, starting in 2025.The South Korean automaker stat...
Nov 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Corporate governance
LG Group affiliates unveil value-up plans
LG Group affiliates— LG Display Co., LG Innotek, LG Chem Ltd., and LG Energy Solution Ltd. —unveiled their ambitious growth strategies o...
Nov 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Food & Beverage
Corstone Asia, Q Capital Partners to sell Norang Tongdak
South Korean private equity firms (PEF) Corstone Asia and Q Capital Partners plan to sell Norang Tongdak, the Korean-style fried chicken franchise.&...
Nov 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Electronics
Apple supplier LG Innotek to invest $268.4 mn in Vietnam in 2025
South Korea’s LG Innotek Co., a major contractor for Apple Inc., said on Thursday it plans to spend 375.9 billion won ($268.4 million) next ye...
Nov 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Electric vehicles
Hyundai premieres IONIQ 9 to be made in US, Korea
LOS ANGELES -- Hyundai Motor Co. on Wednesday unveiled the IONIQ 9 with a plan to produce the leading South Korean automaker’s first large ele...
Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Bio & Pharma
Hanmi Pharma to move up launch of anti-obesity drug
South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Thursday the launch of its anti-obesity drug candidate efpeglenatide has been rescheduled ...
Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Electro-Mechanics gets European certification for camera SW
South Korea's Samsung Electro-Mechanics said on Wednesday it obtained Automotive SPICE (A-SPICE) Level 3 certification for its vehicle camera modu...
Nov 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Zinc chair hatches plan to maintain management control
Korea Zinc Inc. Chair Choi Yun-birm said on Sunday he has a strategy for defending management control of the world’s top zinc and lead smelter...
Nov 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Electric vehicles
Korean EV, battery makers to suffer from Trump’s plan to end incentives
WASHINGTON/SEOUL — US President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is seeking to eliminate federal incentives for electric vehicles, d...
Nov 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix affiliate Solidigm unveils industry’s highest-capacity 122TB eSSD
Solidigm, the NAND flash-making subsidiary of South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc., said on Wednesday it has launched a 122-terabyte (TB) enterprise...
Nov 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Aerospace & Defense
Korea’s Hanwha wins US Navy MRO deal as Trump seeks deeper shipbuilding ties
Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea’s third-largest shipbuilder, secured another vessel repair contract from the US Navy, expanding its defense busi...
Nov 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Artificial intelligence
Naver’s AI-powered search, online shopping services to go into full swing
South Korea’s Naver Corp. has been preparing for years to take its artificial intelligence-based services to the next level. The tech giant no...
Nov 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Food & Beverage
Bibigo enters Australian supermarket chain Coles
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Monday that its Bibigo products will be sold in Coles, Australia’s second-largest superma...
Nov 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Shareholder activism
KT&G to buy back shares, rejects Ginseng unit buyout offer
South Korean tobacco maker KT&G Corp. on Thursday unveiled a plan to buy back shares and pay dividends totaling 3.7 trillion won ($2.7 billion) ...
Nov 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Artificial intelligence
GS Group, Notion to team up on AI capabilities
South Korea's GS Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Notion, the US-based popular collaboration software company to enhance its ...
Nov 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Earnings
Coupang posts record quarterly sales, swings to Q3 operating profit
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s answer to global e-commerce giant Amazon.com, posted its highest quarterly sales in the third quarter and swung to...
Nov 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Aerospace & Defense
Perigee, Quantum Aero to cooperate on military UAV
South Korea's small space launch vehicle startup Perigee Aerospace Inc. said on Friday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Quantum Ae...
Nov 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai may nearly double shipbuilding capacity in Vietnam
HD Hyundai Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, is likely to nearly double its vessel construction capacity in Vietnam to meet surging...
Oct 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Chemical Industry
LG Chem strengthens automotive adhesives biz
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd., the world’s fourth-largest chemical manufacturer, said on Wednesday it will expand into the automotive adhesives m...
Oct 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Bio & Pharma
Celltrion's Zymfentra gets 90% distribution channel in US
South Korean biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. said on Monday its subcutaneous injection formulation for autoimmune diseases, Zymfentra (infliximab), ...
Oct 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
IPOs
South Korea’s Viva Republica drops Korean IPO plan, seeks US debut
Viva Republica Inc., a leading South Korean fintech unicorn and operator of mobile financial super app Toss, has dropped its plan to go public in th...
Oct 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Automobiles
Kia debuts Tasman to target $333 bn global pickup truck market
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, on Tuesday premiered the Tasman, its first pickup truck to target t...
Oct 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
IPOs
TheBorn Korea eyes M&As, overseas expansion after $73.7 million IPO
TheBorn Korea Inc., a leading South Korean food and beverage group operated by TV celebrity and chef Paik Jong-won, is looking to acquire soy sauce ...
Oct 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Zinc, MBK face proxy war for zinc smelter
Korea Zinc Inc.'s face-off with an MBK Partners-led consortium over control of the world’s largest zinc smelter looks set to escalate into a l...
Oct 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
IPOs
Korea’s LG CNS, DN Solutions seek billions of dollars via Jan IPOs
LG CNS Co., DN Solutions Co. and other South Korean companies aim to raise billions of dollars through domestic initial public offerings (IPOs) in J...
Oct 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)