APR Co., South Korea's fast-growing beauty company, has outpaced the country's second-largest cosmetics firm LG H&H Co. in terms of market capitalization as legacy giants are missing out on the ...

Global private equity giant KKR & Co. Inc. is in advanced talks to acquire the waste management arm of SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company under SK ...

The South Korean economy returned to firmer footing in the second quarter, expanding 0.6% from the previous three months, as a recovery in exports and domestic consumption helped offset weak ...

IMM Private Equity and five other South Korean private equity firms are set to invest a total of 800 billion won ($600 million) in Goodai Global Inc., a Korean beauty startup raising capital to ...

Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong departed for the US on Tuesday, just days before the US-set Aug. 1 deadline for a trade deal, signaling Seoul’s strategic use of semiconductor investments ...

The drop amount, or gaming chip purchases, at South Korea’s major foreigner-only casino venues spiked to a record high of 3.42 trillion won ($2.5 billion ...

With the US-EU tariff deal sealed, South Korea is ramping up a last-ditch push to strike its own agreement before the US-set Aug. 1 deadline, playing high-stakes cards, including shipbuilding ...

US auto giant General Motors Co. is regarding its South Korean factories as central to its global supply chain, particularly for compact SUVs and electric vehicle components. During a second-quarter ...

Hanwha Philly Shipyard has secured a 348 billion won ($250 million) order to build a liquified natural gas (LNG) carrier for Hanwha Shipping LLC, marking the first order by a US shipyard for an export ...

South Korean girl group Twice has extended their Billboard streak, landing at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 this week with their new album This Is For – the ...

Global private equity firm TPG has struck one of this year’s standout mid-cap deals in South Korea, selling Samhwa Co., a cosmetics packaging specialist, ...

K-pop icons Jennie of Blackpink and BTS members Jin and J-Hope have taken over Spotify’s mid-year 2025 Global Impact List, claiming the majority of the top 10 spots among Korean artists streamed ...