Korean cosmetics on display at a Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris, France The global appetite for Korean beauty products shows no sign of slowing, with their exports in April surging 20% ...

Lotte Chemical's petrochemical plant in Seosan, South Chungcheong province (Courtesy of Lotte) Lotte Chemical Corp., South Korea’s second-largest petrochemical company grappling with mounting losses ...

If the R&D proves successful, the partners plan to integrate their LMR production lines at existing US sites by 2028, sources said. GM’S STRATEGIC PIVOT GM’s strategic pivot is driven by its intention ...

The two groups have been running a 40:60 joint venture, HD Hyundai Chemical, since 2014. The JV operates an ethylene facility with an annual production capacity of 850,000 tons. Separately, Lotte ...

Micron SOCAMM is a modular LPDDR5X memory solution for AI servers in data centers (Courtesy of Micron) In a move that could reshape the global memory industry’s competitive dynamics, Nvidia Corp. has ...

President Lee Jae-myung (second from right) presides over his first cabinet meeting on June 5, 2025 South Korea’s financial markets showed strong gains on Thursday, with shares surging to an 11-month ...

Samsung Electronics' chip cleanroom Samsung Electronics Co. has brought a former Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (TSMC) executive on board to lead its North American foundry operations ...

The Pinkfong Company Inc., the creator of the billion-view video Baby Shark, has launched the process of an initial public offering on South Korea’s junior stock market Kosdaq as it rebounds from its ...

Yong Seok-woo, president and head of Samsung’s visual display business division Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smart TV maker, plans to offer seven years of a free upgrade to its open-source ...

Kim Sang-gon, head of Lee & Ko Including patent services and overseas operations, Lee & Ko’s revenue came in at 432.4 billion won in 2024. The number of M&A deals it handled reached 56, slightly short ...

Park Il Young, chief executive of KIC, speaks at ASK 2025 The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is zeroing in on Asia’s real estate market by region, while targeting residential facilities and data ...

A cosmetologist performs an injection for lip augmentation and anti wrinkle therapy at a beauty salon (Courtesy of Getty Images) As beauty-conscious tourists continue to flock to Seoul’s clinics, ...