South Korea’s two leading multiplex operators Lotte Culture Works Co. and Contentree JoongAng Corp. have tentatively agreed to merge in a bid to counter a prolonged slowdown in domestic box offices, ...

Shinhan Securities Co., a leading South Korean brokerage house, has acquired a strategic equity stake in FireAnt, Vietnam’s largest retail trading and financial information platform, to strengthen ...

South Korea has suspended chicken imports from Brazil following the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the South American country, adding pressure to the local food service market ...

An auction for a co-living building, owned by South Korea’s top real estate asset management firm IGIS Asset Management Co., in the hip Hongdae area of Seoul, has garnered strong investor interest, ...

Bain Capital LP has offloaded a 6% stake in South Korean medical aesthetics company Classys Inc. through a block trade, raising 228 billion won ($163 million) as the US private investment firm scaled ...

TIEN GIANG, VIETNAM – Off the coast of Vietnam’s Tien Giang Province, 36 wind turbines spin steadily with a constant whoosh and swish, generating enough electricity to power around 200,000 households ...

As beauty-conscious tourists continue to flock to Seoul’s clinics, South Korea’s aesthetic medicine sector may be entering a golden era, where culture, commerce and cosmetic innovation align. Korea’s ...

BUSAN – On a sunny May morning in Busan’s Yeongdo shipyard, the clang of steel and the rhythmic pounding of welders was telling the new story of a shipyard once cast adrift. Workers swarmed over the ...

Kumho Tire Co. has suspended all operations at its Gwangju plant in South Korea after a fire destroyed 50-60% of the production lines in one of its two main buildings, a disruption that could end its ...

Hanwha Group will significantly increase production capacity at its US shipyard from 1.5 vessels to 10 per year as it aims to transform the facility into a mid-to-large-sized shipbuilder and be the ...

STX Corp., a South Korean general trading company, said on Monday it signed a contract with Fábrica de Armas y Municiones del Ejércitom, the Peruvian state arms procurement agency, to export Hyundai ...

The Chinese government has warned South Korean companies of retributions for exporting any product containing its critical metals to US military contractors, a move expected to take a toll on the ...