US private equity firm Blackstone Inc. is pursuing the acquisition of Juno Hair, South Korea’s largest premium hair salon chain, in a deal that values Juno Hair Group at 800 billion won ($590 million) ...

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. has invested around 150 billion won ($110 million) in Perplexity AI Inc., an AI-driven search engine developer, at a valuation of $20 billion, according to people ...

NEW YORK – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has secured a commitment from BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, to help turn the country into a regional hub for artificial ...

Samsung Electronics Co. has won long-awaited validation from Nvidia Corp. for its latest high-bandwidth memory, clearing a critical hurdle in the race to supply chips powering the next wave of ...

POSCO Group, South Korea’s largest steel and energy raw materials producer, has embarked on the process to acquire a controlling stake, worth around 7 trillion won ($5 billion), in HMM Co., the ...

Samsung Electronics Co. has recently notified major clients of an increase in DRAM prices by 15-30% for the fourth quarter, alongside a 5-10% hike in NAND flash prices, according to semiconductor ...

DL Chemical Co., South Korea's leading petrochemical company, has embarked on a process to sell Cariflex Pte about five years after acquiring the Singapore-based latex and synthetic rubber maker, in a ...

South Korea needs to prepare for its benchmark interest rates to fall to levels so low that the central bank would have limited room t ...

Five years after its release, BTS’ Dynamite continues to dazzle, now crossing the 2 billion-view mark on YouTube — the group’s first music video ever to do so. The music video for Dynamite, the band’s ...

HYBE and US label Geffen Records will launch their second global girl group in 2026, following their first joint act, KATSEYE. The Korean entertainment powerhouse said Friday that the four-member act ...

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has put its system chip and foundry businesses under tight scrutiny for a possible business overhaul, including an executive reshuffle ...

South Korea’s cosmetics products, also known as K-beauty, have gained global renown, overtaking French brands such as Chanel and Lancôme to emerge as the No. 1 imported beauty goods in the US and ...